l i l 76 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. l. Ch. 101. 1846. Ecclesiastical States, the Two Sicilies, China, Brazil, Mexico, New Grenada, Venezuela, Chili, Peru, the Argentine Confederation, and the Sandwich Islands. Heads of de- Forty copies to the heads of departments, for the use of their vari- P¤"m°¤'·’• ous offices and bureaus. Congress. Two hundred and eighty copies to the librarian of Congress, for the use of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives during the sessions of Congress. Lew libnfy of Four copies to the law library of Congress. C°"g’°s‘l' Twenty copies to the secretary of the Senate, and fifty copies to the C°mmm°°°' clerk of the House of Representatives, for the chambers and commit. tee rooms of the two branches. District judges One copy to the judge, and one copy to the district attorney, and °“‘l °l°""· one copy to the clerk, of each of the District Courts of the United States. Judgcsgsciayks One copy to each of the judges and clerks of the Supreme Courts °*"I`°¤i*°*'i¤¤· of the Territories and District of Columbia. Collectors. One copy to each collector of customs in the United States. g.,,,,,,.,,, of Onp copy to each surveyor of the customs at places where there is <>¤¤¢¤¤¤¤- no co lector. Land stares. One copy to each of the surveyors-general of the public lands, and Foreign mink_ to each register and receiver of the land offices. tcm_ One copy to each of the foreign ministers of the United States. Navy yards, One copy to the library of each navy yard in the Union; one to the
- 2:°j?;marlY;2: naval lyceum at Brooklyn, New York ; one to the naval school at An-
,,_d,,g,y,&c_y uapolis, Maryland; one to the naval institute at Charlestown, Massachusetts; and one copy to the Military Academy at West Point. Residue. And the residue of said thousand copies shall remain at the future dis- Copies to pass posal of Congress: Pr0vided,That the copies of the Laws thus distributed 25g2z2s1Vé m· to public officers shall be held for the use of their respective offices, ' and as the property of the government; and that, in case of the death, resignation, or di mission from olshce, of either of said officers, or whenever their terms of ofdce shall expire, the said copies of the Laws shall be delivered up to their successors in said offices; and a printed copy of this proviso shall be inserted into each of the volumes thus distributed. P'“mbl°· SBC. 2. And whereas said edition of the said Laws and Treaties of the United States has been carefully collated and compared with the original rolls in the archives of the government, under the inspection and supervision of the Attorney-General of the United States, as duly 5,;,; Edition certified by that officer; therefore, Be it further enacted, That said ggpiciletorpl edition of the Laws and Treaties of the United States, published by c“e¤’;,,.m°,,w,_ Little &· Brown, is hereby declared to be competent evidence of the several public and private acts of Congress, and of the several treaties therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the United States, and of the several States, without any further proof or authentication thereoii Approved, August 8, 1846. Aug. 8, 1846. CHAP. CI.-H1: #68 to pvddnfw qgdwsiftfgdud Publication of the Laws of fh! "'*;"" es. De it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqzresentatives of the dj?1 ofgezeagt United States of America in Congress assembled, That the tW€¤¢)’· ,,,P6g&_ · • first section of the act entitled "An Act legalizing and making Appl'0- priations for such nece sary Objects as have usually been included in the general Appropriation Bills, without Authority of Law, and to tix and
