Public Law 74–426

That so much of

Hinds’ Parliamentry Precedents of the House of Representatives.

Printing and distribution.

Vol. 41, p. 1181.

Post, p. 571.

the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1921 (41 Stat. 1181), approved March 1, 1921. as relates to the printing and distribution of a revised edition of Hinds’ Parliamentary Precedents of the House of Representatives,

Revision.

is hereby amended to read as follows:

“That Hinds’ Parliamentary Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States shall be compiled, prepared, corrected, and revised up to and including the Seventy-third Congress, by Clarence Cannon, who shall also prepare a complete index digest of the work and supervise the printing thereof; and there shall be printed and bound two thousand five hundred sets thereof, which shall be delivered to the Superintendent of Documents for distribution as follows: “To the offices of the Vice President and the Speaker of the

Distribution.

House of Representatives, each, five sets; “To the Washington office of each Senator, Representative, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner in the Seventy-fourth Congress, who makes written application therefor, one set; “To the compiler of the revised precedents, one hundred sets; “To the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, ten sets; “To the Parliamentarian of the Senate, five sets; “To the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, and the Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, each, one set; “To the offices of the superintendents of the Senate and House document rooms, each, one set; “To the Library of Congress for international exchange and for official use in Washington, District of Columbia, not to exceed one hundred and fifty sets; “To The National Archives, two sets; “To each existing, or hereafter established, depository library that makes written application therefor, one set; “To the library of each executive department, independent office, and establishment of the Government now in Washington, District of Columbia, or which may be hereafter created, and who make written application therefor, except those designated as depository libraries, and to the libraries of the municipal government of the District of Columbia, the Naval Observatory, and the Smithsonian Institution, each, one set; and “To the library of each branch of the legislature of every State, Territory, and insular possession of the United States, one set.

“Sec. 2.

There shall also be distributed for official use, and upon

Distribution for official use.

delivery shall become and remain the property of the United States Government and may not be removed from the offices hereinafter designated, not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five sets, which shall have legibly stamped on the front cover and back of each volume the name of the office to which each set is furnished, as follows: “To the office of each standing committee of the Senate and House of Representatives now in existence, or which may be hereafter created, one set; “To the library of the Executive Office, two sets; “To the offices of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, each, one set; “To the library of the Senate, five sets; “To the library of the House of Representatives, twenty-five sets; “To the library of the Supreme Court of the United States, two sets; and “To the offices of the Official Reporters of Debates of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, each, one set.

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“Sec.3.

The remaining sets shall be distributed by the Superintendent of Documents as may be authorized and directed by the Joint Committee on Printing; and, after the Seventy-fourth Congress and during each succeeding Congress until the residue is exhausted, the Superintendent or Documents shall furnish, only upon written application therefor, one sot to each Senator, Representative, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner who previously had not received a set of this revised publication. The ‘usual number’ shall not be printed.

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“Sec. 4.

That the sum of not exceeding $20,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated to provide reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection with the revision of the precedents.”

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