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Trrmu x1.—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.—Ch. 7-8-9. 85 carrying the mail. discriminating the sum paid as stipulated by the original contract and the sums id as additional allowance. Sec. 511. On the tirst llldirida i in January, in each year when a new Distribution of Congress is assembled, there shall be delivered to the President, the Vice- Bi¤¤¤i¤l Reglmf- President, each hcad of a Department, each member of the·Senate and guprglilgld House of Representatives. one copy of the Biennial Register; to the Sec- 6, s. 3, v. 3, p. 342. retary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, ten 3 M***·· 1g5L *‘- copies each, for the use of the respective Houses; to the Librarv of Con- 32* °‘ l·v‘9* P‘ 6m' gress, twenty-tive copies; and to the secretary of state of each State, one copy: and the residue of 'the copies shall be disposed of as Congress shall, from time to time. direct. CHAPTER EIGHT. THE RETURNS OFFICE. sec. sec. 512. Retums Office. 514. Indexes. 513. Clerk to file returns. 515. Copies of returns. Sec. 512. The Secretary of the Interior shall from time to time provide Returns Office. a proper apartment., to be called the Returns Ofhce, in which he shall é`;=jé‘ cause to be tiled the returns of contracts made b · the Secretary of Vl’ar, ,,_ 4, v_ é, p_ .h§_»_ ’ the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of) the Interior, and shall appoint a clerk of the iirst class to attend to the same. [See Ss 3744-3747-] DEC. 513. The clerk of the Returns Office shall tile all returns made Clerk m me re to the Office, so that the same may be of easy access, keeping all returns ******8- ___ made by the same officer in the same place, and numbering them in the 2June,1862,c,93, order in which they are made. S- 4, v- 12. p- 412. Sec. 514. The clerk of the Returns Oihce shall provide and keep an Indexes. index-book, with the names of the contracting parties, and the number 2 Jum,'1862,C_g§ of each contract opposite to the names; and shal submit the index-book s. 4, v. 12, p. 412. and returns to any person desiring to ins ct it. Sec. 515. The clerk of the Returns Odife shall furnish copies of such Copiesofreturns. returns to any person paying therefor at the rate of five cents for every é§ one hundred words, to which copies certificates shall be appended in ,_4,v_1§,p_.§lQq_ ’ every case by the clerk making the same, attesting their correctness, and that each copy so certified is a full and complete copy of the return. CHAPTER NINE. THE OFFICE 0F EDUCATIO]'. Sec. Sec. 516. Office of Education. 518. Duties oi Commissioner. 517. Commissioner of Education. . 519. Rooms for Office of Education. Sec. 516. There shall be in the Department of the Interior a Bureau Omce of Edum. called the Ofhce of Education, the purpose and duties of which shall be tion. to collect statistics and facts showing the condition and pro ress of education in the several States and Territories, and to diffuse su51 infor- ,_ 1, v:’14’ ,{_ d34_, mation respecting the organization and mana ement of schools and 20 July, 1868, c. school-s stems, and metho s of teaching, as shad aid the ople of the l76» 8- L V- 15» PP- United States in the establishment and maintenance of ellifient school- °2· 1°6‘ systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the countr . Sec.y517. The management of the Office of Education shall, subject to Commissionerof the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, be intrusted to a Commis- Educat[<m;__ sioner of Education, who shall be appointed by the President, by and jgius-.}£6€¤-gg.