An Act to amend section 1732 of title 28, United States Code, entitled ""Judiciary and judicial procedure"" by adding a new subsection thereto ""To permit the photographic reproduction of business records and the introduction of the same in evidence""
PL 82-129 (H.R.4106), enacted 08/28/1951

65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 129—AUG. 28, 1951 
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T H E STATE OF OHIO 
By FRANK J. LAUSCHE 
Governor 
Dated: 1-3-51 
Attest: CHARLES F . SWEENEY 
Secretary of State 
T H E STATE or 
OKLAHOMA 
By ROY J. 
TURNER 
Governor 
Dated: Oct 7,1950 
Attest: WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT 
Secretary of State 
T H E STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA 
By JOHN S . F I N E 
Governor 
Dated: 2-21-51 
Attest: GERALD SMITH 
Secretary of State 
T H E STATE OF TENNESSEE 
By GORDON 
BROWNING 
Governor 
Dated: 2-16-51 
Attest: JAMES H . CUMMINGS 
Secretary of State 
T H E STATE OF TEXAS 
By ALLAN 
SHIVERS 
Governor 
Dated: October 3,1950 
Attest: Louis SCOTT WILKERSON 
Ass't Secretary of State 
T H E STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA 
By OKEY L . PATTESON 
Governor 
Dated: January 8, 1951 
Attest: D. PITT O'BRIEN 
Secretary of State 
SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal the provisions of sec-
tion 1 is hereby expressly reserved. 
Approved August 28, 1951. 
Public Law 129 
CHAPTER 351 
AN ACT 
To amend section 1732 of title 28, United States Code, entitled "Judiciary and 
judicial procedure" by adding a new subsection thereto "To permit the 
photographic reproduction of business records and the introduction of the 
same in evidence". 
August 28, 1951 
[H. R. 4106] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1732 
of title 28 of the United States Code entitled "Judiciary and judicial 
procedure" is amended by inserting " ( a ) " immediately preceding the 
first paragraph thereof, and by adding a new subsection to read as 
follows: 
"(b) If any business, institution, member of a profession or calling, 
or any department or agency of government, in the regular course of 
62 Stat. 945. 
Photographic repro-
duction of records. 
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PUBLIC LAW 130—AUG. 29, 1951 
[65 
STAT. 
Admissibility in pvi-
dence. 
business or activity has kept or recorded any memorandum, writing, 
entry, print, representation or combination thereof, of any act, trans-
action, occurrence, or event, and in the regular course of business has 
caused any or all of the same to be recorded, copied, or reproduced by 
any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-card, miniature photo-
graphic, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a 
durable medium for so reproducing the original, the original may be 
destroyed in the regular course of business unless held in a custodial 
or fiduciary capacity or unless its preservation is required by law. 
Such reproduction, when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible in 
evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative pro-^ 
ceeding whether the original is in existence or not and an enlargement 
or facsimile of such reproduction is likewise admissible in evidence 
if the original reproduction is in existence and available for inspection 
under direction of court. The introduction of a reproduced record, 
enlargement, or facsimile does not preclude admission of the original. 
This subsection shall not be construed to exclude from evidence any 
document or copy thereof which is otherwise admissible under the 
rules of evidence." 
SEC. 2. The analysis of section 1732 of chapter 115 of title 28, United 
States Code, immediately preceding section 1731 of such title, is 
amended so as to read: 
"1732. Record made in regular course of business; photographic 
copies." 
SEC, 3. The catchline of section 1732, chapter 115 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended so as to read: 
"1732. Kecord made in regular course of business; photographic 
copies." 
Approved August 28, 1951. 
August 29, 1951 
(S. 167.3] 
Public Law 130 
CHAPTER 3 5 5 
AN ACT 
To authorize and direct the Administrator of General Services to transfer to 
the Department of the Air Force certain property in the State of Mississippi. 
Department of the. 
Air Force. 
Transfer of lands. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the Adminis-
trator of General Services is authorized and directed to transfer, 
without reimbursement, to the Department of the Air Force the 
following-described lands in Harrison County, Mississippi: 
(a) That certain tract of land comprising one hundred and forty-
seven acres, more or less, lying within sections 19 and 30, township 
7 south, range 9 west, at Keesler Field, Mississippi, now occupied by 
the Department of the Air Force under a permit from the Veterans' 
Administration; and 
(b) That certain tract of land lying northwesterly of and abutting 
the land described in (a) above, comprising fourteen and thirty-five 
one-hundredths acres, more or less, within sections 19 and 30, township 
7 south, range 9 west, said land being approximately described as 
follows: 
Beginning at the section corner common to sections 25, 30, 31, 
and 36, township 7 south, ranges 9 and 10 w^est. Saint Stephens 
base and meridian; thence north no degrees thirteen minutes west, 
one thousand two hundred eighty-five and ten one-hundredths feet 
to a point on the west line of section 30, township 7 south, range 
9 west; thence south eighty-seven degrees fourteen minutes east, 
two hundred twelve and tw^enty one-hundredths feet to a point