LAWS 119 



ordinary octavo size ; water-supply and irrigation papers, of ordinary 

 octavo size ; and such maps, folios, and atlases as may be required by 

 existing law: 



That hereafter the reports of the Geological Survey, except the 

 annual report of the Director, shall be published in editions as recom- 

 mended in each case by the Director and approved by the Secretary 

 of the Interior, but not to exceed ten thousand copies. 



That whenever the edition of any of the reports of the Survey 

 shall have become exhausted, and the demand for it continues, there 

 shall be published, on the requisition of the Secretary of the Interior, 

 as many additional copies of the report as the Director of the Survey 

 shall state will, in his judgment, be necessary to meet the demand. 



That the bulletins and professional papers shall be distributed 

 gratuitously, and not sold; and that of the number published one 

 thousand copies shall be delivered to the Senate and two thousand 

 copies shall be delivered to the House of Representatives for dis- 

 tribution. 



That the Director of the Survey shall transmit to the Library of 

 Congress two copies of every report of the Bureau as soon as the 

 first delivery to the Survey is made, such copies to be additional to 

 those received by the Library of Congress under existing law. 



1903 — Act of March 3, 1903; 32 Stat. L., 1146. (An Act 

 making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of 

 the government for the fiscal year ending June thir- 

 tieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other pur- 

 poses. ) 



And the Director of the Geological Survey shall hereafter dis- 

 tribute to public libraries that have not already received them such 

 copies of sale publications as may remain on hand at the expiration of 

 five years after date of delivery to the Survey document room, ex- 

 cepting a reserve number not to exceed two hundred copies. 



1906— Act of June 30, 1906; 34 Stat. L., 727, 728. (An Act 

 making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of 

 the government for the fiscal year ending June thir- 

 tieth, nineteen hundred and seven, and for other pur- 

 poses.) 



The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to permit scien- 

 tific and other employees of the United States Geological Survey, em- 

 ployed in the field, to make assignments of their pay, under such 

 regulations as he may prescribe, during such time as they may be in 

 the employ of the United States Geological Survey. And the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior is further authorized, in his discretion, under 



