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Committee on the Library, who shall exchange the same, through the agency of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, for such works published in foreign countries, and especially 

 by foreign Governments, as may be deemed by said committee an equivalent; said 

 works to be deposited in the Library of Congress." 



This resolution provides, as plainly and distinctly expressed, for three times 50 

 copies of certain official publications, or rather for 50 copies each of three different 

 and distinct issues into which the publications of the United States Government may 

 be classed: 



L The Congressional issue, consisting of series of journals, reports of committees, 

 miscellaneous documents, and executive documents. 



II. The annual reports of the Executive Departments and bureaus of the Govern- 

 ment. 



III. The memoirs, monographs, and special reports published by the Executive 

 Departments and bureaus of the Government. 



Of the first issue, the Congressional series, the usual number printed is, as pre- 

 scribed in section 3792, Revised Statutes, "Fifteen hundred and fifty copies of any 

 documents ordered by Congress. " * * * (Increased this to 1900, which includes 

 the instalments for distribution by the Congressional Library and for exchange in 

 foreign countries.) Section 3799 provides that: "Of the documents printed by 

 order of either House of Congress there shall be printed and bound 50 additional 

 copies for the purpose of exchange in foreign countries. ' ' 



The second issue is formed by the " extra copies " ordered to be printed by Congress 

 in addition to the usual number, and represents the annual reports of the Executive 

 Departments and bureaus of the Government, reports of foreign affairs, commerce 

 and navigation, commercial relations, etc. , and as such form each an independent 

 series of Government jiublications. 



Relative to this issue section 3796 Revised Statutes provides, ' ' The Congressional 

 Printer shall, when so directed by the Joint Committee on the Library, print in addi- 

 tion to the usual number either 50 or 100 copies, as he may be directed, of all docu- 

 ments printed by either House of Congress or by any Department or bureau of the 

 Government." 



Resolution No. 72, second session Fortieth Congress (approved July 25, 1868) — a 

 resolution to carry into effect the resolution approved March 2, 1867, providing for 

 the exchange of certain public documents — specifies: 



" That the Congressional Printer, whenever he shall be so directed by the Joint 

 Committee on the Library, be, and he hereby is, directed to print 50 copies, in addi- 

 tion to the regular number, of all documents hereafter printed by order of either 

 House of Congress or by order of any Department or bureau of the Government, and 

 whenever he shall be so directed by the Joint Committee on the Library, 100 copies 

 additional of all documents ordered to be printed in excess of the usual number; 

 said 50 or 100 copies to be delivered to the Librarian of Congress, to be exchanged, 

 under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, as provided by joint 

 resolution approved March 2, 1867." 



The third series (the memoirs, monographs or special reports published by the 

 Executive Departments and bureaus of the Government) is provided for by section 

 2 of the (above) joint resolution No. 72 (second session Fortieth Congress, approved 

 July 25, 1868) — a resolution to carry into effect the resolution approved March 2, 

 1867, providing for the exchange of certain public documents — as follows: 



'^And be it further resolved, That 50 copies of each publication printed under the 

 direction of any Department or bureau of the Government, whether at the Congres- 

 sional Printing Office or elsewhere, shall be placed at the disposal of the Joint Com- 

 mittee on the Library, to carry out the provision of said resolution." 



Subsequent to this resolution becoming a law, the Hon. E. D. Morgan, Chairman 



