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73d C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 735. JUNE 23, 1934 . [CHAPTER 735 .1 June 23, 1934.
AN ACT [s.317s .1 Authorizing the George Washington Bicentennial Commission to print and dis- [Public, No . 460 .1
tribute additional sets of the writings of George Washington . Be it enacted by the Senate and Ho use of Representatives of the Bicentenn ial
mmix- George Co mmi x- United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of sion .
the Act entitled "An Act to enable the George Washington Bicen- Vol.46,p.71. tennial Commission to carry out and give effect to certain approved plans ", approved February 21, 1930, is amended by striking out all preceding the last sentence therein and inserting in lieu thereof the following Edition of essential " That the United States Commission for the Celebration of the ~cntings of George Washington to be pre- Two Hundredths Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington pared Vol.43,p.671. established by the joint resolution entitled `Joint resolution author- izing an appropriation for the participation of the United States in the prepar ation and c omplet ion of plans for the co mprehe nsive observance of that greatest of all historic events, the bicentennial of the birthday of George Washington', approved December 2, 1924 (hereinafter referred to as the ` Commission'), is authorized and directed to prepare, as a congressional memorial to George Wash- ington, a definitive edition of all his essential writings, public and private (excluding the diaries), including personal letters from the origi nal man uscrip ts or f irst pr ints, and the genera l orde rs, at a cost Limit of cost .
not to exceed $56,000 for preparation of the manuscript . Such Printing and binding . definitive edition shall be printed and bound at the Government Printing Office and shall be in about the same form as the already published diaries of George Washington and shall consist of twenty- Distribution .
live volumes, more or less. There shall be three thousand sets of such edition, two thousand of which shall be sold by the Superin- Cost to libraries .
tendent of Documents (1) at a cost of $50 per set for sets sold to To others . public libraries, and institutions and societies of learning, and (2) the remainder of the two thousand sets, at $75 per set. The Com- mission shall, upon the publication of each volume of the remaining one thousand sets, distribute copies of each such volume as follows
Desig nated off icial s, Two each to the President, the library of the Senate, and the library officers, etc . of the House of Representatives
- twenty-five to the Library of Con-
gress ; one to each Member of the Cabinet
- one each to the Vice
President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives ; one to each Senator, Representative in Congress, Delegate and Resident Commissioner ; one each to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives
- one each to the libraries
Independent offices of t he e xecu tive dep artm ents and ind epen dent est abli shme nts loca ted 4,13 3shed beforeMar . i n Washington City, which were not created after March 4, 1933 ; and one to each member and officer of the Commission . Every such recipient eligible to receive any volume or volumes of such writings at any time prior to the issue of the final volume (but not later than December 31, 1934) shall be entitled to receive a complete set of such writings . The remaining sets, if any, shall be distributed as Foreign excbang e . Library of Congress directs, including such number of sets as may No "usual number." be necessary for foreign exchange . The usual number for congres- sional distrib ution a nd for deposi tory li brarie s shall not be print ed ." Vol .46,p . 72.
SEC. 2. Section 1 of such Act of February 21, 1930, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph Acceptance and dis- " The one thousand extra copies (theretofore privately pri nted) inile' vately p edvoum . of the first v olume of such writings sha ll be consider ed to have been authorized by the Commission and the Commission may accept a donation of such extra copies for distribution for reviews, adver- tising, and for such other promotional purposes as it may deem advisable . If the Commission shall direct the Superintendent of
