after disburse all appropriations made for and on account of the Botanic Garden, and shall also disburse all appropriations authorized to be expended by the Joint Committee on the Library. (30 Stat. 136.)

This was a provision of the deficiency appropriation act for the fiscal year 1897, cited above.

§ 137. (R. S. § 92.) No maps to be taken out.

No map shall be taken out of the Library by any person.

Act Jan. 26, 1802, c. 2, § 4, 2 Stat. 129.

§ 138. (R. S. § 93.) Who may take out books.

No book shall be taken from the Library except by the President, the Vice-President, Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, and the persons enumerated in section ninety-four, or otherwise authorized by law.

Act Jan. 26, 1802, c. 2, § 4, 2 Stat. 129.

§ 139. (R. S. § 94.) Persons specially privileged to use Library. The Joint Committee on the Library is authorized to grant the privilege of using and drawing books from the Library, in the same manner and subject to the same regulations as members of Congress, to any of the following persons:

First. Heads of Departments.

Second. The Chief Justice and Associate Justices, the reporter, and clerk of the Supreme Court.

Third. Members of the diplomatic corps.

Fourth. The judges and clerk of the Court of Claims.

Fifth. The Solicitor-General, and Assistant Attorneys-General.

Sixth. The Secretary of the Senate.

Seventh. The Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Eighth. The Chaplains of the two Houses of Congress.

Ninth. The Solicitor of the Treasury.

Tenth. The financial agent of the Joint Committee on the Library. Eleventh. The Smithsonian Institution, through its Secretary. Twelfth. Any person, when in the District of Columbia, who has been President.

Act May 1, 1810, c. 50, 2 Stat. 612. Res. March 2, 1812, No. 1, 2 Stat. 786. Act April 16, 1816, c. 46, § 3, 3 Stat. 284. Res. Jan. 13, 1830, No. 2, 4 Stat. 429. Res. Aug. 11, 1848, No. 26, 9 Stat. 340. Act March 3, 1863, c. 92, § 4, 12 Stat. 765. Act April 5, 1866, c. 25, § 3, 14 Stat. 13.

§ 140. (Act March 3, 1875, c. 179.) Use of Library by Regents of Smithsonian Institution.

That the Joint Committee of both Houses of Congress on the Library be authorized to extend the use of the books in the Library of Congress to the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution resident in Washington on the same conditions and restrictions as members of Congress are allowed to use the Library. (18 Stat. 512.)

This was an act entitled "An act extending the privilege of the Library of Congress to the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution."

§ 141. (Res. Aug. 28, 1890, No. 41.) Use of Library by Interstate Commerce Commission, and by Chief of Engineers of Army. That the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library be authorized to extend the use of the books in the Library of Congress to the members and secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Chief of Engineers of the Corps of Engineers United States Army, resident in Washington, on the same conditions and restrictions as members of Congress are allowed to use the Library. (26 Stat. 678.)

§ 142. (Res. Jan. 27, 1894, No. 9.) Use of Library by Justices of Courts of District of Columbia.

That the chief justice and associate justices of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia and the chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court of said District be authorized to use and take books from the Library of Congress in the same manner and subject to the same regulations as Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. (28 Stat. 577.)

§ 143. (R. S. § 95.) Use and regulation of law library.

The justices of the Supreme Court shall have free access to the law library; and they are authorized to make regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the use of the same during the sittings of the court. But such regulations shall not restrict any person authorized to take books from the Library from having access to the law library, or using the books therein in the same manner as he may be entitled to use the books of the general Library.

Act July 14, 1832, c. 221, § 2, 4 Stat. 579.

§ 144. (Act July 11, 1888, c. 615, § 1.) while Congress in session.

Law library to be open

Hereafter the law library shall be kept open every day so long as either House of Congress is in session. (25 Stat. 262.)

This was a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1889, cited above.

§ 145. (R. S. § 96.) Copies of Statutes at Large.

Ten of the copies of the Statutes at Large, published by Little, Brown & Co., which were deposited in the Library prior to February fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, shall be retained by the Librarian for the use of the justices of the Supreme Court, during the terms of court.

Act Feb. 5, 1859, c. 22, § 11, 11 Stat. 381.

§ 146. (R. S. § 97.) Copies of journals and documents.

Two copies of the journals and documents, and of each book printed by either House of Congress, well bound in calf, shall be deposited in the Library, and must not be taken therefrom.

Res. Jan. 28, 1857, No. 5, § 5, 11 Stat. 253.

§ 147. (R. S. § 98.) Deposit in Library of journals of Senate and House.

Twenty-five copies of the public journals of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives, shall be deposited in the Library of the

United States, at the seat of Government, to be delivered to members of Congress during any session, and to all other persons authorized by law to use the books in the Library, upon their application to the Librarian, and giving their responsible receipts for the same, in like manner as for other books.

Res. Dec. 27, 1813, No. 1, 3 Stat. 140. Res. July 20, 1840, No. 5, 5 Stat. 409.

Provisions for distribution of the journals of each House, including 52 bound copies of each, to the Library of Congress, were made by Act Oct. 19, 1888, c. 1213, 25 Stat. 610; and subsequent provisions for the printing at the Government Printing Office and distribution of the journals were made by the Printing and Binding Act of Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 57, post, § 7030.

§ 148. (Act June 6, 1900, c. 791, § 1.) Delivery to and preservation in Library of bound volumes from files of House of Representatives.

The Clerk of the House of Representatives is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to the Librarian of Congress all bound volumes of original papers, general petitions, printed matter, books, and manuscripts now in, or that may hereafter come into, the files of the House, which in his judgment are not required to be re-. tained in the immediate custody of the file clerk; and it shall be the duty of the Librarian of Congress to cause all such matter so delivered to him to be properly classified by Congress and arranged for preservation and ready reference. All of such matter to be held as a part of the files of the House of Representatives, subject to its orders and rules. (31 Stat. 642.)

This was a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1901, cited above.

§ 149. (Act Feb. 25, 1903, c. 755, § 1.) Transfer to Library of books, etc., from Executive Departments or bureaus, etc. The head of any Executive department or bureau or any commission of the Government is hereby authorized from time to time to turn over to the Librarian of Congress, for the use of the Library of Congress, any books, maps, or other material in the library of the department, bureau, or commission no longer needed for its use, and in the judgment of the Librarian of Congress appropriate to the uses of the Library of Congress. (32 Stat. 865.)

This was a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1904, cited above.

§ 150. (Act March 4, 1909, c. 297, § 1.) Transfer to other libraries of books, etc., and disposition of useless material.

The Librarian of Congress may from time to time transfer to other governmental libraries within the District of Columbia, including the Public Library, books and material in the possession of the Library of Congress in his judgment no longer necessary to its uses, but in the judgment of the custodians of such other collections likely to be useful to them, and may dispose of or destroy such material as has become useless. (35 Stat. 858.)

This was a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1910, cited above.

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§ 151. (Act June 28, 1902, c. 1301, § 1.) Sale of copies of card indexes and other publications.

The Librarian of Congress is hereby authorized to furnish to such institutions or individuals as may desire to buy them, such copies of the card indexes and other publications of the Library as may not be required for its ordinary transactions, and charge for the same a price which will cover their cost and ten per centum added, and all moneys received by him shall be deposited in the Treasury. (32 Stat. 480.) This was a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1903, cited above.

§ 152. (R. S. § 99.) Smithsonian library.

The library collected by the Smithsonian Institution under the provisions of the act of August ten, eighteen hundred and forty-six, chapter twenty-five, and removed from the building of that Institution, with the consent of the Regents thereof, to the Library of Congress, shall, while there deposited, be subject to the same regulations as the Library of Congress, except as hereinafter provided.

Act April 5, 1866, c. 25, § 1, 14 Stat. 13.

§ 153. (R. S. § 100.) How to be kept and used.

The Smithsonian Institution shall have the use thereof in like manner as before its removal, and the public shall have access thereto for purposes of consultation on every ordinary week-day, except during one month of each year, in the recess of Congress, when it may be closed for renovation. All the books, maps, and charts of the Smithsonian library shall be properly cared for and preserved in like manner as are those of the Congressional Library; from which the Smithsonian library shall not be removed except on re-imbursement by the Smithsonian Institution to the Treasury of the United States of expenses incurred in binding and in taking care of the same, or upon such terms and conditions as shall be mutually agreed upon by Congress and the Regents of the Institution.

Act April 5, 1866, c. 25, § 2, 14 Stat. 13.

§ 154. (Act March 3, 1901, c. 830, § 1.) Library of House of Representatives under control of Librarian of Congress.

The library of the House of Representatives shall hereafter be un'der the control and direction of the Librarian of Congress, who shall provide all needful books of reference therefor. The librarian, two assistant librarians, and assistant in the library, * * shall be appointed by the Clerk of the House, with the approval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-sixth Congress, and thereafter no removals shall be made from the said positions except for cause reported to and approved by the Committee on Rules. (31 Stat. 964.)

This was a provision accompanying appropriations for the office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1902, cited above. The words omitted here, "above provided for," referred to appropriations therein.

Stealing, wrongfully defacing, etc., any book, pamphlet, etc., belonging to the Library of Congress, or to any public library in the District of Columbia, when not otherwise punishable by some statute of the United States, was made punishable by provisions of Act June 19, 1878, c. 317, 20 Stat. 171.

Sec.

CHAPTER SEVEN

Congressional Investigations

155. Oaths to witnesses, by whom administered.

156. Oaths to witnesses may be administered by any member of Congress.

157. Refusal of witness to testify.

Sec.

158. No privilege to refuse to answer criminating questions.

159. Proceedings against witnesses failing to testify.

160. Fees of witnesses residing in District of Columbia.

§ 155. (R. S. § 101.) Oaths to witnesses, by whom administered. The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or a chairman of a Committee of the Whole, or of any committee of either House of Congress, is empowered to administer oaths to witnesses in any case under their examination.

Act May 3, 1798, c. 36, § 1, 1 Stat. 554. Act Feb. 8, 1817, c. 10, 3 Stat. 345.

Provisions for administration of oaths in the Senate, by the Presiding Officer for the time being, the Secretary of the Senate, or the Chief Clerk, including oaths to witnesses, are contained in Act April 18, 1876, c. 66, ante, §§ 27, 28.

Authority to administer oaths to witnesses was also conferred upon members of either House by Act June 26, 1884, c. 123, post, § 156; and upon masters in chancery, on examination of witnesses as to private claims pending before any committee, by Act Feb. 3, 1879, c. 40, post, § 6409.

§ 156. (Act June 26, 1884, c. 123.)

Oaths to witnesses may be ad

ministered by any member of Congress.

Any member of either House of Congress may administer oaths to witnesses in any matter depending in either House of Congress of which he is a member, or any committee thereof. (23 Stat. 60.)

This was an act entitled "An act to provide for the administration of oaths to witnesses in matters depending in either House of Congress," cited above.

§ 157. (R. S. § 102.) Refusal of witness to testify.

Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either House of Congress, to give testimony or to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either House, or any committee of either House of Congress, willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars nor less than one hundred dollars, and imprisonment in a common jail for not less than one month nor more than twelve months.

Act Jan. 24, 1857, c. 19, § 1, 11 Stat. 155.

§ 158. (R. S. § 103.) No privilege to refuse to answer criminating questions.

No witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact, or to produce any paper, respecting which he shall be examined by either House of Congress, or by any committee of either House, upon the ground that his testimony to such fact or his production of such