June 26, 1848.
Chap. LXXIII. — An Act to regulate the Exchange of certain Documents and other Publications of Congress.
Agents for the exchange and donation of documents, &c., to be appointed.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the joint committee on the Library shall appoint such agents as they may from
time to time deem requisite, to carry into effect the donation and exchange of such
documents and other publications as have been, or shall be, placed at their disposal
for the purpose.
Books transmitted through such agents to be duty free.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all books transmitted through such agents for the use of the government of the
United States, or of any government of a State or of its legislature, or of any department
of the government of the United States or of a State, or of the Academy at West Point,
or of the National Institute, shall be admitted into the United States duty free.
Appropriation.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the same is put at the disposal of the Library
Committee, for the purpose of carrying into effect such agency and donation, and exchange,
and of paying the expenses already incurred in relation thereto.
Approved, June 26, 1848.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Public Acts, 30th Cong., 1st sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 240