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as impracticable, since it will tend to render better known in onr country 

 the practical details of the institutions of this, together with its ad- 

 vances, which so greatly stimulate our own, while the constant perusal 

 of the publications of our Republic will show the eagerness Avith which 

 American countries of Spanish extraction are seeking, in spite of well- 

 known obstacles, to secure for themselves a permanent position among 

 the nations of the modern world. 



Carlos Farini. 



Central Office of International Exchanges of Publications. 



The Senate and House of Representatives of the Bepublic of Uruguaij in 

 general assembly, &c., resolve : 



Article 1. There is established in the national library an office called 

 " The Central Office of International Exchanges of Publications." 



Article 2. The director of the library, through the intermediary of 

 the office created by the preceding article, will [)roceed to effect the ex- 

 change of official publications, and of the literary and scientific works 

 which are printed in the Republic, in conformity with dij)lomatic con- 

 ventions in force, and those which the Executive may conclude with 

 foreign Governments. 



Article 3. The Executive will make the necessary regulations for the 

 office (jreated by this law. 



Article 4. This is made known, &c. 



House of Representatives, Montevideo, May 14, 1884. 



X. Lavina, President. 

 Jos^ Luis Missaglia, Secretary. 



Souse of Representatives of the Republic of Uruguay, 



Montevideo, May 15, 1884. 

 To the Executive of the Republic : 



We have the honor to transmit to the Executive of the Republic the law 

 sanctioned by the honorable Congress in yesterday's session, establish- 

 ing in the national library an office called "The Central Office of Inter- 

 national Exchanges of Publications." 



Xavier Lavina. 

 Jose Luis Missaglia. 



Department of State, Montevideo, May 27, 1884. 



We have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication, 

 and to inform you that there has been forwarded to the director of the 

 library the decree authorizing him to make the necessary regulations. 



Santos. 

 Carlos de Castro. 



