TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 107. 1830.
Chap. CVII._ An Ad for the distribution of certain books therein mentioned.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the copies of the diplo-matic correspondence of the American revolution, published in pursu-ance of a resolution of Congress of twenty-seventh March, one thousandeight hundred and eighteen, which have been or may hereafter be re-ceived at the Department of State , be distributed and disposed of inmanner following, to wit:
To the President and Vice President of the United States , one copyeach; to the heads of department, five copies each; to the PostmasterGeneral, the commissioner of the general land office, and the super-intendent of the patent office, one copy each; to each member and de-legate of the present Congress, one copy; to the library of the Senate ,five copies; to the library of the House of Representatives , ten copies;to the attorney general, the judges of the Supreme Court , and of theother courts of the United States , each one copy; to each governor ofa state or territory, for the public library of the state or territory, onecopy; to the military academy at West Point, and to each incorporateduniversity, college, historical or antiquarian society and athenaeum, onecopy; to the Secretary of State, one copy for each American legationin foreign countries; to the Secretary of the Navy , five copies for thenaval commanders on different stations; and to each person who hasbeen President of the United States , one copy.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That of the edition of the journalsof the House, ordered to be printed by a resolution of this House , ofeighteenth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, the copiesbe distributed in manner following, to wit:
To the President and Vice President of the United States , one copyeach; to the heads of department, five copies each; to each memberand delegate of the present Congress , one copy; to the library of theSenate, five copies; to the library of the House of Representatives , tencopies; to the Attorney and Postmaster General,one copy each; to eachgovernor of a state or territory, for the public library of the state or ter-ritory, one copy; to the military academy at West Point, and to eachincorporated university, college, historical, or antiquarian society, andathenaeum, one copy; and to each person who has been President of theUnited States , one copy; and that the residue remain in the custody ofthe clerk of the House of Representatives , till otherwise ordered by theHouse .
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the books hereby directed tobe distributed, be properly prepared for transmission, under the directionof the clerk of the House of Representatives ; and that they be forwardedfree of postage, by mail, to the persons hereby authorized to receivethem; or delivered to the order of said persons in the city of Wash-ington.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, of the copies of the diplo-matic correspondence of the revolution, which shall remain after thedistribution aforesaid, one copy shall be distributed to each new memberof each Congress succeeding the present, until all the copies shall havebeen distributed, with the exception of twenty-five, which shall be retainedfor the library of Congress.
Approved, May 26, 1830.
407
Statute I.May 26, 1830.
Distribution ofdiplomatic cor-respondence.
Resolution ofMarch 27,1818.
Further dis-tribution of di-plomatic corre-spondence.