specifically designated by law, to be made within the limitations of sections 82 of this title, and only when the library to be replaced shall cease to exist, or relinquishes its depository status, or when the Superintendent determines it no longer fulfills the conditions for depository libraries, for provisions which continued libraries designated as depositories prior to June 23, 1913, and permitted new designations when others ceased to exist, or other designations were authorized by law.

§ 84a. Regional depositories; designation; functions; disposal of publications.

Not to exceed two depository libraries in each State and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may be designated as herein provided to be regional depositories, and as such shall receive from the Superintendent of Documents copies of all new and revised Government publications authorized for distribution to depository libraries. Designation of regional depository libraries may be made by a Senator or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico within the areas served by them, after approval by the head of the library authority of the State or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as the case may be, who shall first ascertain from the head of the library to be so designated that the library will, in addition to fulfilling the requirements for depository libraries, retain at least one copy of all Government publications either in printed or microfacsimile form (except those authorized to be discarded by the Superintendent of Documents); and within the region served will provide interlibrary loan, reference service, and assistance for depository libraries in the disposal of unwanted Government publications as herein provided. The agreement to function as a regional depository library shall be transmitted to the Superintendent of Documents by the Senator or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico when designation is made.

The libraries designated as regional depositories shall be authorized to permit depository libraries, within the areas served by them, to dispose of Government publications which they have retained for at least five years after first offering them to other depository libraries within their area, then to other libraries, and then if not wanted to discard. (Pub. L. 87-579, § 9, Aug. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 355.)

§ 85. Distribution of copies of publications to designated depositories; notice to Government components; cost of printing and binding; land-grant colleges as depositories.

Upon request of the Superintendent of Documents, the components of the Government which order the printing of publications shall either increase or decrease the number of copies of publications furnished for distribution to designated depository libraries and State libraries so that the number of copies delivered to the Superintendent of Documents shall be equal to the number of libraries on the list: Provided, That the number thus delivered shall not be restricted by any existing statutory limitation: Provided further, That such copies of publications which are furnished the Superintendent of Documents for distribution to designated depository libraries shall include the journals of the Senate and House of Representatives; all publications, not confidential in character, printed upon the requisition of any congressional committee; all Senate and House public bills and resolutions; and all reports

on private bills, concurrent or simple resolutions; but shall not include so-called cooperative publications which must necessarily be sold in order to be self-sustaining.

The Superintendent of Documents shall currently inform the components of the Government which order the printing of publications as to the number of copies of their publications required for distribution to depository libraries. The cost of printing and binding those publications whoch are distributed to depository libraries, when obtained elsewhere than from the Government Printing Office, shall be borne by components of the Government responsible for their issuance; those requisitioned from the Government Printing Office shall be charged to appropriations provided the Superintendent of Documents for that purpose.

All land-grant colleges shall be constituted as depositories to receive Government publications subject to the provisions and limitations of the depository laws. (Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2284, § 4, 34 Stat. 1014; June 25, 1938, ch. 708, 52 Stat. 1206; Aug. 9, 1962, Pub. L. 87-579, § 5, 76 Stat. 354.)

AMENDMENTS

1962-Pub. L. 87-579 required the components of the Government which order the printing of publications to be responsible for increasing or decreasing the number of copies of publications furnished for distribution, instead of the Public Printer, substituted "depository libraries and State libraries" for "depositories and State and Territorial libraries", removed the limitation that the number delivered shall not exceed the number authorized under statute and provided that such number shall not be restricted by existing statutory limitations, excluded so-called cooperative publications which must be sold in order to be self-sustaining from the publications furnished the Superintendent for distribution, required the Superintendent to currently inform the components of the Government which order the printing of publications as to the number of copies of their publications required for distribution to depositories, and provided that the cost of printing and binding of the publications, when obtained from the Government Printing Office, shall be charged to appropriations provided the Superintendent for that purpose and, when obtained elsewhere, shall be borne by the components of the Government responsible for their issuance.

1938-Act June 25, 1938, amended section to require the Public Printer to furnish the necessary number of copies of the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives, of all publications, not confidential in character, printed upon the requisition of any Congressional committee, of all Senate and House public bills and resolutions, and of all reports on private bills, concurrent or simple resolutions.

REPEAL OF INCONSISTENT LAWS

Act June 25, 1938, provided in part as follows: "Any provision contained in sections 54, 55, or 57 of the Printing Act of 1895 (28 Stat. 608, 609; U. S. C. Title 44, sections 131, 147, and 189, or any other act), which may be inconsistent herewith, is hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency only."

§ 85a. Appropriations for supplying depository libraries; restriction.

On and after June 27, 1956, appropriations available for the Office of Superintendent of Documents shall not be used to supply depository libraries any documents, books, or other printed matter not requested by such libraries, and the requests therefor shall be subject to approval by the Superintendent of Documents. (June 27, 1956, ch. 453, § 101, 70 Stat. 369.)

886. Requirements of depository libraries; reports on conditions; investigation by Superintendent of Documents; withdrawal of depository statutes; designation of a replacement.

Each library which may hereafter be designated by Senators, Representatives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or the Governors of Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands as a depository of Government publications shall be able to provide custody and service for depository materials and be located in an area where it can best serve the public need, and shall be located within an area not already adequately served by existing depository libraries. The Superintendent of Documents shall receive reports from designated depository libraries at least every two years concerning the condition of each and shall make firsthand investigation of conditions for which need is indicated; the results of such investgations shall be included in his annual report. Whenever he shall ascertain that the number of books in any such library is below ten thousand, other than Government publications, or it has ceased to be maintained so as to be accessible to the public, or that the Government publications which have been furnished the library have not been properly maintained, he shall delete the library from the list of depository libraries if the library fails to correct the unsatisfactory conditions within six months. The Representative or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico in whose area the library is located (or (1) in the case of a library designated by a Senator, the Senator who made such designation or any successor of such Senator, (2) in the case of a library in the District of Columbia, the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and (3) in the case of a library in Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, the Governor) shall be notified and shall then be authorized to designate another library within the area served by him, which shall meet the conditions herein required, but which shall not be in excess of the number of depository libraries authorized by law within the State, district, territory, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as the case may be. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 70, 28 Stat. 612; Aug. 9, 1962, Pub. L. 87-579, § 6, 76 Stat. 354.)

AMENDMENTS

1962-Pub. L. 87-579 substituted provisions requiring depositories designated by Senators, Representatives, the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or the Governors of Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, to be able to provide custody and service for depository materials, be located to serve public needs and in an area not already served by existing depositories, and report on conditions every two years to the Superintendent who shall investigate when necessary, and include the results in his annual report, and providing that if books in any such library fall below 10,000, other than Government publications, or if it has ceased to be accessible to the public, or if it has not properly maintained the publications, such library is to be deleted from the list of depository libraries if the inadequacy is not corrected within six months, and notice shall be given to the Representative, Senator, Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, of Governor of Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, concerned, who shall be authorized

to designate another library in his area which meets the required conditions but does not exceed the number authorized for that area, for provisions requiring the Superintendent to investigate all designated libraries, and to strike any from the list if it is no longer maintained as a public library, or, excepting college libraries, if the number of books other than Government publications falls below 1000, and authorizing the Senator, Representative, or Delegate to designate another library which meets the requirements.

CROSS REFERENCES

Designated libraries to receive Government publications during their existence and new designations to be made when chosen libraries cease to exist, see section 84 of this title.

§ 87. Libraries of executive departments, Service Academies, and independent agencies constituted depositories; certifications of need; disposal of unwanted publications.

The libraries of the executive departments, of the United States Military Academy, of the United States Naval Academy, of the United States Air Force Academy, of the United States Coast Guard Academy, and of the United States Merchant Marine Academy are constituted designated depositories of Government publications. A depository library within each independent agency may be designated upon certification of need by the head of the independent agency to the Superintendent of Documents. Additional depository libraries within executive departments and independent agencies may be designated to receive Government publications to the extent that the number so designated shall not exceed the number of major bureaus or divisions of such departments and independent agencies. These designations shall be made only after certification by the head of each executive department or independent agency to the Superintendent of Documents as to the justifiable need for additional depository libraries. Depository libraries within executive departments and independent agencies are authorized to dispose of unwanted Government publications after first offering them to the Library of Congress and the National Archives. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 98, 28 Stat. 624; Aug. 9, 1962, Pub. L. 87-579, § 7, 76 Stat. 355.)

AMENDMENTS

1962-Pub. L. 87-579 added the Air Force, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine Academies to the enumeration of designated depositories, authorized designations of depositories within independent agencies upon certification of need by the head of any such agency to the Superintendent, additional designations within executive departments and independent agencies to the extent that they do not exceed the number of major bureaus or divisions therein, and upon certification by the head of each department or agency as to the justifiable need therefor, and authorized depository libraries within such departments and agencies to dispose of unwanted publications after first offering them to the Library of Congress and the National Archives, and deleted provisions requiring the Superintendent to "supply one copy of said publications, in the same form as supplied to other depositories, to each of said libraries."

§ 87a. Repealed. Pub. L. 87-579, 811, Aug. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 356.

Section, act Aug. 5, 1939, ch. 445, 53 Stat. 1209, constituted the United States Coast Guard Academy library as a designated depository of Government publications, and is now covered by section 87 of this title.

§ 88. American Antiquarian Society to be depository.

One copy of the public journals of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, and of the documents published under the orders of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, shall be transmitted to the Executive of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the use and benefit of the American Antiquarian Society of said Commonwealth. (Dec. 1, 1814, No. 7, 3 Stat. 248.)

§ 89. Distribution of public documents to library of Philippine Government.

CODIFICATION

Section, act Jan. 18, 1907, ch. 153, 34 Stat. 850, which related to distribution of public documents to the library of the Philippine Government, Philippine Islands was omitted as obsolete in view of the independence of the Philippines by 1946 Proc. No. 2695, July 4, 1946, 11 F.R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352. issued under the authority of section 1394 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. Proc. No. 2695 is set out as a note under section 1394 of Title 22.

§ 90. Repealed. June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title VII, § 12, 49 Stat. 1553.

Section, R. S. § 506, prohibited the removal of books and documents from depositories.

§ 91. Documents and reports for foreign legations. Documents and reports may be furnished to foreign legations to the United States upon request specifying those desired and requisition made upon the Public Printer by the Secretary of State: Provided, That such gratuitous distribution shall only be made to legations whose Governments furnish to legations from the United States copies of their printed and législative documents desired. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 75, 28 Stat. 620.)

§ 91a. Public documents for legations and consulates of United States.

Only such of the books published by the Government, and usually known by the name of "Public Documents", shall be supplied to any legation or consulate of the United States as are first designated by the Secretary of State, by an order to be recorded in the State Department as suitable for and required by such legation and consulate. (R. S. § 504.)

§ 92. Government publications as public property; free use in depositories; disposal of unwanted publications

All Government publications of a permanent nature which are furnished by authority of law to officers (except Members of Congress) of the United States Government, for their official use, shall be stamped "Property of the United States Government", and shall be preserved by such officers and by them delivered to their successors in office as a part of the property appertaining to the office. Government publications which are furnished to depository libraries shall be made available for the free use of the general public, and may be disposed of by depository libraries after retention for a minimum period of five years, and in accordance with the provisions of section 84a of this title, if the depository library is served by a regional depository library. When the depository libraries are not served by a regional depository library, or if they are regional depository libraries themselves, the Government publications, except superseded publi

cations or those issued later in bound form which may be discarded as authorized by the Superintendent of Documents, shall be retained permanently in either printed form or in microfacsimile form. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 74, 28 Stat. 620; June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title VII, § 11, 49 Stat. 1552; Aug. 9, 1962, Pub. L. 87-579, § 8, 76 Stat. 355.)

AMENDMENTS

1962—Pub. L. 87-579 inserted "of a permanent nature which are" preceding "furnished by authority", substituted provisions permitting disposal of publications by depository libraries after five years and in accordance with section 84a of this title if served by a regional depository library, for provisions forbidding disposal except as the Superintendent might direct, and provided that when the depositories are not served by regional depositories, or are regional depositories themselves, the publications, except those superseded or issued later in bound form which may be discarded as authorized by the Superintendent, shall be permanently retained in either printed or microfacsimile form.

1936-Act June 20, 1936, extended provisions to all officers of the Government, except members of Congress. § 93. Exchange of documents.

Heads of departments are authorized to exchange surplus documents for such other documents and books as may be required by them, when the same can be done to the advantage of the public service. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 95, 28 Stat. 623.)

§ 94. Blank forms; printing and sale.

The Public Printer is authorized to print for sale by the Superintendent of Public Documents to the public, upon prepayment, additional copies of approved Government blank forms. (June 7, 1924, ch. 303, 1, 43 Stat. 592.)

§ 95. Distribution of publications to be by Public Printer; mailing lists.

No money appropriated by any Act shall be used for services in any executive department or other Government establishment at Washington, District of Columbia, in the work of addressing, wrapping, mailing, or otherwise dispatching any publication for public distribution, except maps, weather reports, and weather cards issued by an executive department or other Government establishment at Washington, District of Columbia, or for the purchase of material or supplies to be used in such work; and it shall be the duty of the Public Printer to perform such work at the Government Printing Office. Each head of such executive department and other Government establishment at Washington, District of Columbia, shall furnish from time to time to the Public Printer mailing lists, in convenient form, and changes therein, or franked slips, for use in the public distribution of publications issued by such department or establishment; and the Public Printer shall furnish copies of any publication only in accordance with the provisions of law or the instruction of the head of the department or establishment issuing the publication. Nothing in this section shall be construed as applying to orders. instructions, directions, notices, or circulars of information printed for and issued by any of the executive departments or other Government establishments or to the distribution of public documents by Senators or Members of the House of Representatives or to the Senate Service Department, House

Folding Room and document rooms of the Senate or House of Representatives. (Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, § 8, 37 Stat. 414; July 2, 1954, ch. 455, title I, § 101, 68 Stat. 397.)

CODIFICATION

Section is from section 8 of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1913, act Aug. 23, 1912. Words "shall be used after the first day of October, nineteen hundred and twelve" following "Act" and "and or after October first, nineteen hundred and twelve, each head of such executive department and other Government establishment at Washington, District of Columbia" and sentences "The employment of all persons in the several executive Departments and other Government establishments at Washington, District of Columbia, wholly in connection with the duties herein transferred to the Public Printer, or whose services can be dispensed with or devalued upon another because of such transfer, shall close and determine on or before the first day of October, nineteen hundred and twelve, and their salaries or compensation shall lapse for the remainder of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen and be covered into the Treasury. A detailed statement of all machines, equipment, and material transferred to the Government Printing Office by operation of this provision and of all employments discontinued shall be submitted to the Congress at its next session by the head of each executive department and other Government establishments at Washington, District of Columbia, in the annual estimates of appropriations" were omitted as executed and temporary in character.

"Senate Service Department, House Folding Room" was substituted for "folding rooms" in view of act July 2, 1954, which redesignated the Senate Folding Room as the Senate Service Department.

CHANGE OF NAME

Act July 2, 1954, provided in part that "hereafter" the Senate Folding Room should be known as the Senate Service Department.

§ 96. Departmental distribution of documents.

Government publications printed for or received by the executive departments, whether for official use or for distribution, except such as are required by section 95 of this title to be distributed by the Public Printer, shall be distributed by a competent person detailed to such duty in each department by the head thereof. He shall prevent duplication and make detailed report to the head of the department. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 92, 28 Stat. 623; May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1 (2), 45 Stat. 986.)

§ 111. Government printing to be done at Government Printing Office.

All printing, binding, and blank-book work for Congress, the Executive Office, the Judiciary (other than the Supreme Court of the United States), and every executive department, independent office, and establishment of the Government, shall be done at the Government Printing Office, except (1) such classes of work as shall be deemed by the Joint Committee on Printing to be urgent or necessary to have done elsewhere; and (2) printing in field printing plants operated by any such executive department, independent office, or establishment, and the procurement of printing by any such executive department, independent office, or establishment from allotments for contract field printing, if approved by the Joint Committee on Printing. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 87, 28 Stat. 622; Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, § 11, 40 Stat. 1270; July 5, 1949, ch. 296, 63 Stat. 405.)

AMENDMENTS

1949-Act July 5, 1949, permitted essential Government printing to be produced in field printing shops.

CROSS REFERENCES

Supreme Court, printing for, see section 676 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Veterans' Administration, printing to be done in veterans' hospitals where found advisable notwithstanding this section, see section 111b of this title.

Work which Public Printer not able or not equipped to do, see section 111a of this title.

§ 111a. Same; exception.

Such printing, binding, and blank-book work authorized by law, as the Public Printer is not able or equipped to do at the Government Printing Office, may be produced elsewhere under contracts made by him with the approval of the Joint Committee on Printing. (Feb. 28, 1929, ch. 367, § 1, 45 Stat. 1400.)

§ 111b. Same; printing in veterans' hospitals.

The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized to utilize the printing and binding equipment which the various hospitals and homes of the Veterans' Administration use for occupational therapy purposes for the purpose of doing such printing and binding as may, in his judgment, be found advisable for the use of the Veterans' Administration, notwithstanding the provisions of section 111 of this title. (June 16, 1933, ch. 101, § 1, 48 Stat. 302; Feb. 2, 1935, ch. 3, § 1, 49 Stat. 18; Mar. 19, 1936, ch. 156, § 1, 49 Stat. 1182.)

§ 111c. Same; printing and binding outside continental limits of United States for State Department.

CODIFICATION

Section, acts July 5, 1946. ch. 541, title I, 60 Stat. 447; July 9, 1947, ch. 211, title I, § 101, 61 Stat. 282; June 3, 1948, ch. 400, title I, § 101, 62 Stat. 306; July 20, 1949, ch. 354, title I, § 101, 63 Stat. 448: Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, ch. III, title I. § 101, 64 Stat. 609; Oct. 22, 1951, ch. 533, title I, § 101, 65 Stat. 575; July 10, 1952, ch. 651, title I. § 101, 66 Stat. 549; Aug. 5, 1953, ch. 328, title I. § 101, 67 Stat. 367; July 2, 1954, ch. 456, title I. § 101, 63 Stat. 413; July 7, 1955, ch. 279, title I, § 101, 69 Stat. 264; June 20,

the libraries of the Surgeon General's Office, the Patent Office, and the Naval Observatory may have books for the exclusive use of said libraries bound in half Turkey, or material no more expensive. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 86, 28 Stat. 622.)

1956, ch. 414, title I, § 101. 70 Stat. 299, was from annual Department of State Appropriation Acts. Similar provisions were made permanent and are classified to section 170g (a) of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

§ 112. Stereotyping and electrotyping.

The Public Printer shall cause to be stereotyped or electrotyped all matter when there is a reason to believe that it will be needed a second time. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 25, 28 Stat. 604.)

§ 113. Engraving and lithographing; contracts.

The Public Printer shall preserve in his office samples of the paper on which any engravings or lithographs are to be furnished by contract, and he shall not receive any engraving or lithograph which is not printed on paper equal to the sample, or which is not executed in the proper manner or in the quantity contracted for, or within the time specified in the contract, unless, for special reasons, he may have extended the time. The contractor shall not be paid except upon the certificate of the Public Printer that his contract has been complied with. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 41, 28 Stat. 607.)

§ 114. Printing and sale of extra copies of documents. The Public Printer shall furnish to all applicants giving notice before the matter is put to press, not exceeding two hundred and fifty to any one applicant, copies of bills, reports, and documents, said applicants paying in advance the price of such printing: Provided, That the printing of such work for private parties shall not interfere with the printing for the Government. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 42, 28 Stat. 607; June 30, 1932, ch. 314, § 307, 47 Stat. 409.)

CODIFICATION

Section originally provided for the payment in advance of "the cost of such printing with 10 per centum added." Act June 30, 1932 provided that the selling price of publications as provided in section 72a of this title should govern for extra copies printed under this section.

CROSS REFERENCES

Price of printing, see section 72a of this title.

§ 115. Illustrations and maps in documents and reports; orders for printing acted on within one year.

No document or report to be illustrated or accompanied by maps shall be printed by the Public Printer until the illustrations or maps designed therefor shall be ready for publication; and no order for public printing shall be acted upon by the Public Printer after the expiration of one year, unless the entire copy and illustrations for the work shall have been furnished within that period. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 80, 28 Stat. 621.)

§ 116. No printing and binding unless authorized; binding materials.

No printing or binding shall be done at the Government Printing Office unless authorized by law. Binding for the departments of the Government shall be done in plain sheep or cloth, except that record and account books may be bound in Russia leather, sheep fleshers, and skivers, when authorized by the head of a department: Provided, The libraries of the several departments, the Library of Congress,

AIR FORCE

For transfer of certain functions insofar as they pertain to the Air Force, and to the extent that they were not previously transferred to the Secretary of the Air Force and Department of the Air Force from the Secretary of the Army and Department of the Army, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 40 [App. A(82)], July 22, 1949.

§ 117. Certificate of necessity; estimate of cost.

When any department, the Supreme Court, the Court of Claims, or the Library of Congress shall require printing or binding to be done, it shall be on certificate that such work be necessary for the public service; whereupon the Public Printer shall furnish an estimate of the cost by the principal items for such printing or binding so called for, after which requisitions shall be made upon him therefor by the head of such department, the clerk of the Supreme Court, chief judge of the Court of Claims, or the Librarian of Congress; and the Public Printer shall place the cost thereof to the debit of such department in its annual appropriation for printing and binding. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 93, 28 Stat. 623; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32 (a), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 127, 63 Stat. 107.)

CHANGE OF NAME

"Chief Justice" of the Court of Claims was changed to "chief judge" by act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, as amended by act May 24, 1949.

CROSS REFERENCES

Printing for Supreme Court, see section 676 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

§ 118. Restrictions on use of appropriations for printing and binding for illustrations.

No part of the appropriations made for printing and binding shall be used for any illustration, engraving, or photograph in any document or report ordered printed by Congress unless the order to print expressly authorizes the same, nor in any document or report of any executive department or other Government establishment until the head of the executive department or Government establishment shall certify in a letter transmitting such report that the illustration is necessary and relates entirely to the transaction of public business. (Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1483, § 1, 33 Stat. 1213.)

CODIFICATION

Section is from the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act for fiscal year 1906, act Mar. 3, 1905.

§ 119. Blanks and letterheads for judges and officers of courts.

All blanks and letterheads for use by the judges and other officials of the United States courts other than such as are required to be paid for by any of these officers out of the emoluments of their offices shall be printed at the Government Printing Office upon forms prescribed by the Department of Justice, and shall be distributed by it upon requisition. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 97, 28 Stat. 624.)