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REPOSITORIES OF THE LAW 105 
By Edmund M. Morgan 106 
Books of Primary Authority 
A. Statutes in the United States. 
1. Constitutions. 
a. Constitution of the United States. Usually published in 
compilations of federal statutes, and frequently in compila- 
tions of state statutes. For example: 
United States Revised Statutes (2d ed.), pp. 17-32. 
U.S. Compiled Statutes, Vol. 10, p. 13062, Vol. 11 (Annotated) . 
Federal Statutes Annotated, Vols. 10, 11 (Annotated). 
Barnes, Federal Code, pp. 23-38. 
General Statutes of Connecticut, Revision of 1918, pp. 23-40. 
Ohio General Code revised to 1921, Throckmorton, pp. v-xii. 
b. Constitutions of the several states. Usually the constitution 
of a state is published in the compilation of the statutes of 
that state. For example: 
General Statutes of Connecticut, Revision of 1918, pp. 41-67. 
2. Treaties. 
Treaties of the United States with foreign nations and with the 
Indian tribes are contained in the U.S. Statutes at Large. They are 
also contained in the U.S. Treaty Series published by the Government 
Printing Office. The treaties to 1913 are to be found in the collection 
of William T. Malloy, issued in 1910 by the Government Printing Office, 
and the supplement thereto by Charles Garfield, issued in 1913. 
3. Federal Statutes. 
a. United States Statutes at Large. These contain all acts of 
Congress arranged chronologically, treaties, concurrent res- 
olutions, and proclamations of the President, as originally 
enacted or promulgated. At the close of each session of 
Congress the above-mentioned documents of that session are 
published by the Government. 
b. Revised Statutes of the United States. The first edition 
contains all acts of Congress of a general and permanent 
nature in force December 1, 1873. The second edition was 
published in 1878, and until 1901 was kept up to date by 
supplements issued periodically. 
c. Compiled Statutes of the United States. The 12 volumes 
originally issued contain all acts of Congress of a general 
and permanent nature in force January 1, 1915. A two- 
volume supplement brings the work down to March 4, 1919. 
These 12 volumes contain also extensive annotations to the 
statutes, which, of course, fall without the class of material 
characteristic of books of primary authority. A so-called 
“Compact Edition” contains in one volume the statutory 
i°5 Published by permission of Professor Morgan, 
loa Professor of law, Harvard University. 
