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adex of public documents; heads of departments to furnish superintendent of 

 documents copies of department documents. 



Sec. 62. The superinteiulent of documents shall, at the close of 

 ach regular session of Congress, prepare and publish a comprehen- 

 ve index of public documents, beginning with the Fifty-third Con- 

 ■ress, upon such plan as shall be approved by the Joint Committee on 

 *rinting: and the Public Printer shall, immediately upon its publi- 

 ation. deliver to him a copy of each and every document printed by 

 ae Government Printing Office; and the head of each of the P^xecu- 

 ve Departments, bureaus, and offices of the Government shall deliver 

 ) him a copy of each and every document issued or published by such 

 )epai'tment,bureau,or office not confidential in its character. * * * 

 Act January 12, 1S9.5. c. 23, s. 02, 28 Stat. 610. 



felivery of documents in charge of departments, to superintendent of docu- 

 ments. 



Sec. 67. All documents at present remaining in charge of the sev- 

 ral Executive Departments, bureaus, and offices of the Government 

 ot required for official use shall be delivered to the superintendent 

 f documents, and hereafter all public documents accumulating in 

 iid Departments, bureaus, and offices not needed for official use shall 

 e annually turned over to the superintendent of documents for dis- 

 'ibution or sale. 



Act January 12, 1805. c. 23, s. 67. 28 Stat. Gil. 

 ionthly catalogue of Government publications. 



Sec. 69. xV catalogue of Government publications shall be prepared 

 y the sujjerintendent of documents on the first day of each month, 

 •hich shall sliow the docinnents printed during the preceding month, 

 'here obtainable, and the price thereof. Two thousand copies of such 

 italogue shall l>e printed in pamphlet form for distribution. 

 Act Januaiy 12, 189'), o. 23, s. 69. 28 Stat. 612. 



CT FEBRUARY 25, 1903, c. 755. (32 Stat. 854.) 



ransfer of books, etc., from departments to Library of Congress and Public 

 Library of District of Columbia. 



The head of any Executive department or bureau or any commis- 

 on of the Government is hereby authorized from time to time to 

 av\\ over to the Librarian of Congress, for the use of the Tiibrary 

 f Congress, any books, maps, or other nuiterial in the libraiy of the 

 epartment, bureau, or conunission no longer needed for its use, and 

 1 the judgment of the T^ibrarian of Congress appropriate to the 

 ses of the I..ibraiy of Congress. 



Any books of a 'miscellaneous character no longer required for the 

 se of such department, bureau, or conuni.ssion, and not deemed an 

 dvisable addition to the LibraiT of Congress, shall, if appropriate 

 ) the u.ses of the Free Public Libraiy of the District of Columbia, 

 e turned over to that library for general use as a i)ait thcre^)f. 

 Ar-t Fehru.-iry 23. 1903. c. 7.55. s. 1. 32 Stat. 865. 



ES. MARCH 2, 1901, No. 16. (31 Stat. 1464.) 



ublications by departments printed elsewhere than at Government Printing 

 Office. 

 Sec. 3. That of anv publication printed at the Government expense 

 v direction of any Department, commission, bureau, or officer of the 



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