Public Law 70–910

That there be prepared and published under the supervision of the Committee on Revision of the Laws of the House of Representatives a supplement to the Code of Laws of the United States in one volume, in the style and form of said code, to contain the general and permanent laws of the United States enacted during the Sixty-ninth Congress and in force December 5, 1927, a restatement of such statutes or parts of statutes as were inaccurately set forth in the code, and statutes of a general and permanent nature in force December, 6, 1925, omitted from the code, and other perfecting amendments to the code, together with preface, table of contents, parallel reference tables, table of statutes repealed since December 6, 1925, and indexes on durable paper and bound in buckram with thumb inserts and other devices to distinguish the parts, and with such explanatory and advertising slips as seem suitable.

Sec. 2.

That in addition there be prepared and published under the

Supplements of general and permanent laws of 70th and succeeding Congresses, to be prepared in addition.

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supervision of said committee a supplement containing the general and permanent laws of each session of the Seventieth and succeeding Congresses, cumulatively embracing the legislation and ancillaries of the preceding supplement or supplements.

Sec. 3.

That said committee is hereby authorized to print bills to

Bills to codify, etc., general and permanent laws of District of Columbia, authorized to be printed.

codify, revise, and reenact the general and permanent laws relating to the District of Columbia and cumulative supplements thereto, similar in style, respectively, to the Code of Laws of the United States, and supplements thereto, and to so continue until final enactment thereof in both Houses of the Congress of the United States.

Sec. 4.

That in all courts, tribunals, and public offices of the United

Laws in the Code and supplements prima facie evidence of the laws of the United States.

States, at home or abroad, of the District of Columbia, and of each State, Territory, or insular possession of the United States, the laws set forth in the supplements provided for by sections 1 and 2 of this Act shall, together with the Code of Laws of the United States, so amended and supplemented, establish prima facie the laws of the United States, general and permanent in their nature.

Sec. 5.

That copies of the Code of Laws relating to the District of

Copies of the Code of Laws of District of Columbia, and supplements, conclusive evidence of the originals.

Columbia, when and if completed, and copies of the supplements provided for by this Act, printed at the Government Printing Office and bearing its imprint, shall be conclusive evidence of the original of such code and supplements in the custody of the Secretary of State.

Sec. 6.

That copies of the Code of Laws relating to the District

Distribution of the District Code and supplements.

of Columbia, when and if completed, and of the supplements provided for by this Act shall be distributed by the Superintendent of Documents in the same manner as bound volumes of the Statutes at Large: Provided, That no slip or pamphlet copies of the Code of

Provisos.

No slip copies, etc., to be printed.

Laws relating to the District of Columbia, when and if completed, and of the supplements provided for by this Act need be printed or distributed: And provided further, That the Code of Laws relating

To be separate parts of Statutes at Large.

to the District of Columbia, when and if completed, and the supplements provided for by this Act shall, upon enactment, be published as separate parts of the Statutes at Large.

Sec. 7.

That in addition to quotas provided for by section 6 of

Additional bound copies to be printed, etc., of the District of Columbia Code.

this Act there shall be printed, published, and distributed of the Code of Laws relating to the District of Columbia, when and if completed, with tables, index, and other ancillaries, suitably bound and with thumb inserts and other convenient devices to distinguish the parts, and of the supplements to both codes as provided for by this Act, ten copies of each for each Member of the Senate and House of

Distribution.

Representatives of the Congress in which the original authorized publication is made, for his use and distribution, and in addition for the Committee on Revision of the Laws of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a number of bound copies of each equal to ten times the number of members of such committees, and one bound copy of each for the use of each committee of the Senate and House of Representatives.

Sec. 8.

That in addition the Superintendent of Documents shall,

One copy of each Code and their supplements to each Senator and Representative applying therefor at the first session of each Congress.

at the beginning of the first session of each Congress, supply to each Senator and Representative in such Congress, who may in writing apply for the same, one copy each of the Code of Laws of the United States, the Code of Laws relating to the District of Columbia, when and if completed, and the latest supplement to each code: Provided,

Provisos.

For personal use exclusively.

That such applicant shall certify in his written application for the same that the volume or volumes for which he applies is intended for his personal use exclusively: And provided further, That no Senator or Representative during his term of service shall

Only one copy during his term of service.

receive under this section more than one copy each of the volumes enumerated herein.

Sec. 9.

Section 5 of the Act of July 1, 1902 (Thirty-second Statutes

Revised Statutes distribution repealed.

Vol. 32, p. 631, repealed.

at Large, page 631), is hereby repealed.

Sec. 10.

That for preparation and editing an annual appropriation

Additional annual appropriation authorized.

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of $6,500, in addition to appropriations for the Code of Laws relating to the District of Columbia, is hereby authorized to carry out the purposes of this Act.