All government publications and law books furnished to justices, judges, clerks of courts, and United States attorneys of the United States and its territories and possessions, and other officers of the United States or an agency thereof shall be transmitted to their successors in office. All permanent or bound books and publications furnished under this chapter except those books furnished to the Library of Congress for international exchange shall remain the property of the United States and shall be marked plainly, “The Property of the United States”.
June 25, 1948, ch. 64662 Stat. 906Pub. L. 87–845, § 776A Stat. 699(, ; , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
section 90 of title 5section 530 of title 28section 92 of title 44Aug. 7, 1882, ch. 433, § 122 Stat. 336Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 7428 Stat. 620June 20, 1936, ch. 63049 Stat. 1552May 14, 1940, ch. 18954 Stat. 210June 28, 1941, ch. 25855 Stat. 301July 2, 1942, ch. 47256 Stat. 504June 28, 1943, ch. 17357 Stat. 243June 26, 1944, ch. 277, § 20358 Stat. 358May 21, 1945, ch. 12959 Stat. 200July 5, 1946, ch. 54160 Stat. 480Based on , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, , U.S.C., 1940 ed., and , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Public Printing and Documents (, ; , ; , §§ 11, 12, , 1553; , title IV, ; , title IV, ; , title IV, ; , title II, § 201, ; , ; , title IV, ; , title IV, ).
section 90 of title 5section 530 of title 28section 92 of title 44Section consolidates , U.S.C., 1940 ed., providing that “statutes” shall be delivered to successors of United States attorneys and clerks and provisions of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., requiring that all lawbooks for judges and others shall be marked as property of the United States and shall be transmitted to their successors, with , U.S.C., 1940 ed., relating to transmittal of “Government publications.”
Words “All Government publications and lawbooks” and “furnished under this chapter” were used to cover “all statutes” and “The Federal Reporter and continuations thereto.”
Words “justices and judges of the United States” were substituted for “United States judges” in conformity with uniform use of the phrase to describe all members of the Federal judiciary. Similar provisions in sections 334 and 377 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., were therefore omitted as covered by this revised section.
section 530 of title 28section 413 of this titleOther provisions of said , U.S.C., 1940 ed., were omitted. (See reviser’s note under .)
The words “permanent or bound” were inserted in the last sentence of the revised section to obviate the wasteful practice under existing law of marking temporary pamphlets.
Changes were made in phraseology.
Senate Revision Amendment
act July 9, 1947, ch. 211, title IV61 Stat. 306As finally enacted, part of , , which was classified to Title 28, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 530, became one of the sources of this section and was accordingly included in the schedule of repeals by Senate amendment. See 80th Congress Senate Report No. 1559.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 87–8451962— substituted “furnished to justices, judges, clerks of courts, and United States attorneys of the United States and its territories and possessions, and other officers of the United States or an agency thereof” for “furnished to justices and judges of the United States and of the Territorial Courts, United States attorneys, clerks of courts, and other officers of the United States”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1962 Amendment
Pub. L. 87–845, § 2576A Stat. 701