Sec. CHAPTER SIX The Library of Congress 118. Collections composing Library. books. 127. Agents for exchange, etc., of doc- 128. Appointment of Librarian. 130. Librarian's bond. 131. Librarian's bond. 133. Librarian's report. Sec. 139. Persons specially privileged to use Library. 140. Use of Library by Regents of 141. Use of Library by Interstate 145. Copies of Statutes at Large. 148. Delivery to and preservation in 149. Transfer to Library of books, etc., from Executive Departments or bureaus, etc. 150. Transfer to other libraries of books, etc., and disposition of useless material. 151. Sale of copies of card indexes and other publications. 152. Smithsonian library. 153. How to be kept and used. § 118. (R. S. § 80.) Collections composing Library. The Library of Congress, composed of the books, maps, and other publications which now remain in existence, from the collections heretofore united under the act of January twenty-six, eighteen hundred and two, chapter two; the resolution of October twentyone, eighteen hundred and fourteen; the act of January thirty, eighteen hundred and fifteen, chapter twenty-seven; the act of June twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, chapter one hundred and forty-seven, section one; the resolution of July twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-six; the act of March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, chapter one hundred and sixty-seven, section one; and those added from time to time by purchase, exchange, donation, reservation from publications ordered by Congress, deposit to secure copyright, and otherwise, shall be preserved in the Capitol in the rooms which were, on the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, appropriated to its use, and in such others as may hereafter be assigned thereto. Act Jan. 26, 1802, c. 2, 2 Stat. 128. Res. Oct. 21, 1814, No. 3, 3 Stat. 246. Act Jan. 30, 1815, c. 27, 3 Stat. 195. Act June 25, 1864, c. 147, § 1, 13 Stat. 148. Res. July 25, 1866, No. 77, 14 Stat. 365. Act March 2, 1867, c. 167, § 1, 14 Stat. 464. Provisions for the removal of the Library to the Library Building, erected pursuant to Act April 15, 1886, c. 50, 24 Stat. 12, and for the custody, care, and maintenance of that building, were made by Act Feb. 19, 1897, c. 265, § 1, 29 Stat. 544. § 119. (R. S. § 81.) Library to be in two departments. The Library of Congress shall be arranged in two departments, a general library and a law library. Act July 14, 1832, c. 221, § 1, 4 Stat. 579. § 120. (R. S. § 82.) Joint Committee upon Library. The unexpended balance of any sums appropriated by Congress for the increase of the general library, together with such sums as may hereafter be appropriated to the same purpose, shall be laid out under the direction of a joint committee of Congress upon the Library, to consist of three members of the Senate and three members of the House of Representatives. Act April 24, 1800, c. 37, § 5, 2 Stat. 56. Act Jan. 26, 1802, c. 2, § 6, 2 Stat. 129. The number of members of each house constituting the committee was increased by Res. Feb. 7, 1902, No. 5, post, § 122. § 121. (Act March 3, 1883, c. 141, § 2.) Joint Committee upon Library during recess of Congress. The portion of the Joint Committee of Congress upon the Library on the part of the Senate remaining in office as Senators shall during the recess of Congress exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred by law upon the Joint Committee of Congress upon the Library. (22 Stat. 592.) This was a provision of the deficiency appropriation act for the fiscal year 1883, cited above. § 122. (Res. Feb. 7, 1902, No. 5.) Committee upon Library. Number of members of Joint The Joint Committee of Congress upon the Library, authorized by section eighty-two of the Revised Statutes, shall hereafter consist of five members of the Senate and five members of the House of Representatives. (32 Stat. 735.) This was a joint resolution entitled "Joint Resolution increasing the membership of the Joint Committee of Congress upon the Library." R. S. § 82, mentioned in this resolution, is set forth ante, § 120. § 123. (R. S. § 83.) Incidental expenses of law library. The incidental expenses of the law library shall be paid out of the appropriations for the Library of Congress. Act July 14, 1832, c. 221, § 3, 4 Stat. 579. § 124. (R. S. § 84.) Purchase of books for law library. The Librarian shall make the purchases of books for the law library, under the direction of and pursuant to the catalogue furnished him by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Act July 14, 1832, c. 221, § 4, 4 Stat. 579. Printing and binding for the Library are to be done at the Government Printing Office, by the Printing and Binding Act of Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 93, post, § 7172. § 125. (R. S. § 85.) Regulations for the Library. The Joint Committee upon the Library is authorized to establish regulations, not inconsistent with law, in relation to the Library of Congress or either department thereof; and from time to time to alter, amend, or repeal the same; but such regulations as to the law library shall be subject to those imposed by the justices of the Supreme Court under section ninety-five. And until they impose new regulations or restrictions, the care and business of the Library shall continue to be regulated by such rules as may have been heretofore imposed by any lawful authority. Act Jan. 26, 1802, c. 2, § 2, 2 Stat. 129. So much of this section as authorized the Joint Committee upon the Library to establish regulations was probably superseded by the provision that the Librarian should make rules and regulations for the government of the Library, contained in Act Feb. 19, 1897, c. 265, § 1, post, § 129. R. S. § 95, mentioned in this section, authorizing the Justices of the Supreme Court to make regulations for the use of the Law Library, is set forth post, § 143. § 126. (R. S. § 86.) Duplicate, injured, or wasted books. The Joint Committee upon the Library may, at any time, exchange, or otherwise dispose of duplicate, injured, or wasted books of the Library, or documents, or any other matter in the Library not deemed proper to it, as they deem best. Act June 26, 1848, c. 73, § 1, 9 Stat. 240. Subsequent provisions for the disposition, by the Librarian, of books, etc., no longer necessary to the uses of the Library, and of material that has become useless, contained in Act March 4, 1909, c. 297, § 1, are set forth post, § 150. § 127. (R. S. § 87.) Agents for exchange, etc., of documents. The Joint Committee upon the Library may from time to time. appoint such agents as they deem requisite, to carry into effect the donation and exchange of documents and other publications placed at their disposal for the purpose. Act June 26, 1848, c. 73, § 1, 9 Stat. 240. § 128. (R. S. § 88.) Appointment of Librarian. The President, solely, shall appoint from time to time a Librarian to take charge of the Library of Congress. Act Jan. 26, 1802, c. 2, § 3, 2 Stat. 129. So much of this section as provided for the appointment of the Librarian by the President, solely, was superseded by the provision for such appointment with the advice and consent of the Senate, contained in Act Feb. 19, 1897, c. 265, § 1, post, § 129. § 129. (Act Feb. 19, 1897, c. 265, § 1.) and government of Library. Appointment of Librarian, For Librarian of Congress, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, [five thousand dollars]; and the Librarian shall make rules and regulations for the government of the Library of Congress. (29 Stat. 544.) This was a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1898, cited above. The words inclosed in brackets, "five thousand dollars," stated the amount appropriated for the Librarian for that year. Subsequent annual appropriations were for increased amounts. The appropriation for the fiscal year 1914 was $6,500, by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 746. § 130. (R. S. § 89.) Librarian's bond. * * Such The librarian of Congress shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give a bond payable to the United States, bond shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State. Act Jan. 26, 1802, c. 2, § 3, 2 Stat. 129. The portion of this section omitted here related to the amount and security, and prescribed the conditions of the Librarian's bond. This provision, and a further provision of R. S. § 4950, requiring him to give bond in the sum of $5,000, conditioned to render a true account of all moneys received by virtue of his office, were superseded by the provision relating to the Librarian's bond of Act Feb. 19, 1897, c. 265, § 1, post, § 131. § 131. (Act Feb. 19, 1897, c. 265, § 1.) Librarian's bond. The Librarian of Congress shall on and after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, give bond, payable to the United States, in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, with sureties approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the faithful discharge of his duties. according to law. (29 Stat. 546.) This was a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1898, cited above. § 132. (R. S. § 90.) Librarian's salary. The Librarian of Congress is entitled to a salary of four thousand dollars a year. Act July 8, 1870, c. 230, § 85, 16 Stat. 212. The appropriation for the Librarian made in connection with provisions for the removal of the Library to and its maintenance in the Library Building, by Act Feb. 19, 1897, c. 265, § 1, 29 Stat. 544, was $5,000, and subsequent annual appropriations further increased the amount. The appropriation for the fiscal year 1914 was $6,500, by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 746. § 133. (Act Feb. 19, 1897, c. 265, § 1.) Librarian's report. The Librarian of Congress shall make to Congress at the beginning of each regular session, a report for the preceding fiscal year, as to the affairs of the Library of Congress, including the copyright business, and said report shall also include a detailed statement of all receipts and expenditures on account of the Library and said copyright business. (29 Stat. 546.) This was a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1898, cited above. (R. S. § 91. Superseded.) This section, incorporating the provisions of Act March 3, 1871, c. 136, 16 Stat. 584, authorized the Librarian “to employ from time to time the following assistants in the business of the Library," specifying three assistant librarians and eleven other assistants, at various rates of compensation. The increase of their pay of 15 per cent., by a provision of Act March 3, 1873, c. 226, § 1, 17 Stat. 487, was repealed by Act Jan. 20, 1874, c. 11, 18 Stat. 4. Provisions for an enlarged and reorganized force of officers and employés, in connection with appropriations for the removal of the Library to and its maintenance in the Library Building, were made by the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1898. That act provided "for the following, to be selected by the Librarian of Congress, by reason of special aptitude for the work of the Library, including the copyright work," specifying a chief assistant librarian, assistant librarian (superintendent of reading room), chief of catalogue department, and superintendents of other departments, etc., with numerous assistants and others, designated as attendants, attendants and collaters, watchmen, and laborers, and prescribing the compensation of each; and in the Copyright Department it provided for a Register of Copyrights, describing his duties and the bond required of him, and for various clerks, also prescribing the compensation of each. Act Feb. 19, 1897, c. 265, § 1, 29 Stat. 544. Subsequent annual appropriations provided for officers, besides the Librarian and chief assistant librarian, in divisions of the Library corresponding to those named in said act of 1897, with some additions, but designated most of such officers by other titles and changed their compensation, and provided in like manner for assistants, clerks, and other employés; the number of officers and others employed, and the amounts appropriated for them respectively, varying from year to year. The provisions for the fiscal year 1914 were by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 746–749. The provisions of said Act Feb. 19, 1897, c. 265, § 1, relating to the Register of Copyrights, his duties, bond, etc., and his assistants, and to the Copyright Department of the Library, were superseded by the more permanent provisions of the Copyright Act of March 4, 1909, c. 320, §§ 47-51, post, §§ 95689572. § 134. (Act Feb. 19, 1897, c. 265, § 1.) Superintendent of Library building and grounds; appointment, compensation, duties, and bond; employment of subordinates. For superintendent of the Library building and grounds, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, five thousand dollars; and said superintendent shall disburse all appropriations made for and on account of the Library and Library building and grounds, and shall on and after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, give bond, payable to the United States in the sum of thirty thousand dollars, with sureties approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the faithful discharge of his duties; and for the employment by said superintendent of all necessary clerks, messengers, watchmen, engineers, firemen, electrician, elevator conductors, mechanics, laborers, charwomen, and others for the proper custody, care, and maintenance of said building and grounds. (29 Stat. 545.) These were provisions, under the heading "Custody, care, and maintenance of Library building and grounds," of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1898, cited above. Specific annual appropriations were made for the same purposes by the subsequent similar acts. The provisions for the fiscal year 1914 were by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 748. The superintendent of the Library building and grounds is also to disburse certain other appropriations, by a provision of Act July 16, 1897, c. 9, § 1, post, § 136. § 135. (Act Feb. 19, 1897, c. 265, § 1.) Persons employed in and about Library to be appointed solely with reference to fitness. All persons employed in and about said Library of Congress, under the Librarian or the superintendent of the Library building and grounds shall be appointed solely with reference to their fitness for their particular duties. (29 Stat. 545.) This was a proviso annexed to the provisions of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1898, cited above, for care, etc., of the Library building and grounds, ante, § 134. § 136. (Act July 16, 1897, c. 9, § 1.) Disbursements by superintendent of Library building and grounds. The superintendent of the Library building and grounds shall here |