Editorial Notes
Codification
section 136 of this titleSection 137a, R.S. § 94, related to persons specially privileged to use library. See last sentence of , which gives Librarian of Congress power to make rules and regulations for government of library.
26 Stat. 678section 136 of this titleSection 137b, act , No. 41, , which related to Interstate Commerce Commission and Chief of Army Engineering Corps, was omitted from the Code as superseded by the last sentence of .
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Joint Committee Report
section 137a of this titleWith reference to former , the Joint Committee on the Library, in an official report (54th Cong., 2d Sess., Senate Report 1573) declared:
section 136 of this title“Heretofore the Joint Committee on the Library has had authority to approve such rules and regulations as have been made by the Librarian of Congress, but the provision of law under which the Joint Committee has hitherto passed upon said rules and regulations would appear to be repealed by the more recent act () which places this power in the hands of the Librarian of Congress.”