§ 131

Sec.

148.

Repealed.

149.

150.

151.

152.

153.

154.

155.

156.

Same; gifts, etc., to.

157.

158.

159.

160.

161.

162.

162a.

163.

164.

164a. 165.

166.

167.

167a.

Same; expenses.

Same; trust funds; management of.

Same; deposits with Treasurer of United States.
Same; perpetual succession; suits by or against.
Same; gifts, etc., to Library not affected.

Same; gifts, etc., exempt from Federal taxes.
Same; employees; compensation.

Same; gross salary of employees.

Same; report to Congress.

Index and digest of State legislation; preparation. Same; official distribution.

Appropriation for biennial index.

Legislative Reference Service; duties; appointment and compensation of personnel; employment of specialists.

Buildings and grounds; designation of employees as special policemen.

Same; public use.

167b. Same; sale of articles; signs; solicitation.

167c.

167d.

167e. 167f.

Same; injuries to property.

Same; firearms or fireworks; speeches; objectionable language.

Same; parades or assemblages; display of flags. Same; additional regulations; publication; effective date.

167g. Same; prosecution and punishment of offenses. 167h. Same; jurisdiction of police.

167i.

1671.

Same; suspension of prohibitions against use of grounds.

Same; area comprising.

§ 131. Collections composing Library; location.

The Library of Congress, composed of the books, maps, and other publications which on December 1, 1873, remained in existence, from the collections theretofore united under authority of law and those added from time to time by purchase, exchange, donation, reservation from publications ordered by Congress, deposit to secure copyright, and otherwise, shall be preserved in the Library Building. The law library shall be preserved in the Capitol in the rooms which were on July 4, 1872, appropriated to its use, and in such others as may hereafter be assigned thereto. (R. S. § 80; Feb. 19, 1897, ch. 265, § 1, 29 Stat. 545, 546.)

DERIVATION

Act Jan. 26, 1802, ch. 2, 2 Stat. 128; res. Oct 21, 1814, No. 3, 3 Stat. 246; act Jan. 30, 1815, ch. 27, 3 Stat. 195; act June 25, 1864, ch. 147, § 1, 13 Stat. 148; res. July 25, 1866, No. 77, 14 Stat. 365, and act Mar. 2, 1867, ch. 167, $ 1, 14 Stat. 464.

TRANSFER TO LIBRARY BUILDING

Provisions for the removal of the Library to the Library Building, erected pursuant to act Apr. 15, 1886, ch. 50, 24 Stat. 12, and for the custody, care, and maintenance of that building, were made by act Feb. 19, 1897. ORGANIZING AND MICROFILMING OF PRESIDENTIAL PAPERS;

APPROPRIATION

Pub. L. 85-147, Aug. 16, 1957, 71 Stat. 368, provided: "That the Librarian of Congress is authorized and directed to arrange, index and microfilm the papers of the Presidents of the United States in the collections of the Library of Congress, in order to preserve their contents against destruction by war or other calamity and for the purpose of making them more readily available for study and research to the fullest possible extent consistent with any existing limitations that may have been

§ 132. Departments of Library.

The Library of Congress shall be arranged in two departments, a general library and a law library. (R. S. § 81.)

DERIVATION

Act July 14, 1832, ch. 221, § 1, 4 Stat. 579.

§ 132a. Appropriations for increase of general library. The unexpended balance of any sums appropriated by Congress for the increase of the general library, together with such sums as may hereafter be appropriated to the same purpose, shall be laid out under the direction of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library. (R. S. § 82; Feb. 7, 1902, No. 5, 32 Stat. 735; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 223, 60 Stat. 838.) DERIVATION

R. S. § 82 from acts Apr. 24, 1800, ch. 37, § 5, 2 Stat. 56, and Jan. 26, 1802, ch. 2, § 6, 2 Stat. 129.

AMENDMENTS

1946-Act Aug. 2, 1946, amended section by changing composition of the Joint Committee which is now covered by section 132b of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1946 AMENDMENT Effective date, see note under section 72a of this title. CROSS REFERENCES

Librarian of Congress to make rules and regulations for government of library, see section 136 of this title.

§ 132b. Joint Committee on the Library.

The Joint Committee of Congress on the Library shall, on and after January 3, 1947, consist of the chairman and four members of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the chairman and four members of the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 223, 60 Stat. 838.)

EFFECTIVE DATE Effective date. see note set out under section 72a of this title.

§ 133. Joint Committee during recess of Congress.

The portion of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library on the part of the Senate remaining in office as Senators shall during the recess of Congress exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred by law upon the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library. (Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 141, § 2, 22 Stat. 592; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 223, 60 Stat. 838.)

AMENDMENTS

1946-Act Aug. 2, 1946, amended section by changing composition of the Joint Committee which is now covered by section 132b of this title.

§ 134. Incidental expenses of law library.

The incidental expenses of the law library shall be paid out of the appropriations for the Library of Congress. (R. S. § 83.)

DERIVATION

Act July 14, 1832, ch. 221, § 3, 4 Stat. 579.

§ 135. Purchase of books for law library.

The Librarian shall make the purchases of books for the law library, under the direction of and pursuant to the catalogue furnished him by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. (R. S. § 84.)

DERIVATION

Act July 14, 1832, ch. 221, § 4, 4 Stat. 579.

§ 135a. Books and sound-reproduction records for blind; annual appropriation; purchases.

There is authorized to be appropriated annually to the Library of Congress, in addition to appropriations otherwise made to said Library, such sums for expenditure under the direction of the Librarian of Congress as may be necessary to provide books published either in raised characters, on sound-reproduction recordings or in any other form, and for the purchase, maintenance, and replacement of reproducers for such sound-reproduction recordings, for the use of the blind residents of the United States, including the several States, Territories, insular possessions, and the District of Columbia, all of which books, recordings, and reproducers will remain the property of the Library of Congress but will be loaned to blind readers under regulations prescribed by the Librarian of Congress for this service. In the purchase of books in either raised characters or in sound-reproduction recordings the Librarian of Congress, without reference to the provisions of section 5 of Title 41, shall give preference to non-profit-making institutions or agencies whose activities are primarily concerned with the blind, in all cases where the prices or bids submitted by such institutions or agencies are, by said Librarian, under all the circumstances and needs involved, determined to be fair and reasonable. (Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 400, § 1, 46 Stat. 1487; Mar. 4, 1933, ch. 279, 47 Stat. 1570; June 14, 1935, ch. 242, § 1, 49 Stat. 374; Apr. 23, 1937, ch. 125, § 1, 50 Stat. 72; June 7, 1939, ch. 191, 53 Stat. 812; June 6, 1940, ch. 255, 54 Stat. 245; Oct. 1, 1942, ch. 575, § 1, 56 Stat. 764; June 13, 1944, ch. 246, § 1, 58 Stat. 276; Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 868, § 1, 60 Stat. 908; July 3, 1952, ch. 566, 66 Stat. 326; Sept. 7, 1957, Pub. L. 85-308, § 1, 71 Stat. 630.)

AMENDMENTS

1957-Pub. L. 85-308 amended section to authorize annual appropriation of necessary sums in lieu of provisions which limited annual appropriation to $1,125,000, and to eliminate limitation of $200,000 on amount of appropriated funds to be expended annually for books in raised characters.

1952-Act July 3, 1952, amended section to include children within its provisions as well as adults.

1946-Act Aug. 8, 1946, amended section by increasing the annual appropriation from $500,000 to $1,125,000. 1944 Act June 13, 1944, increased the annual appropriation from $370,000 to $500,000, the amount allocated to sound-reproduction records from $250,000 to $400,000, and omitted the provision allocating $20,000 to the maintenance and replacement of Government-owned reproducers.

1942-Act Oct. 1, 1942, amended section, substituting "$370,000" for "$350,000", and adding clause at end of first sentence relating to expenditure of not exceeding $20,000 for maintenance and replacement of reproducers for sound-reproduction records.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1957 AMENDMENT Section 2 of Pub. L. 85-308 provided that: "This Act [this section] shall be applicable with respect to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, and for each fiscal year thereafter."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1946 AMENDMENT Section 2 of act Aug. 8, 1946, provided: "This Act [this section] shall be applicable with respect to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for each fiscal year thereafter."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1944 AMENDMENT

Section 2 of act June 13, 1944, provided: "This Act [this section] shall be applicable with respect to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, and for each fiscal year thereafter."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1942 AMENDMENT

Section 2 of act Oct. 1, 1942, provided as follows: "This Act [this section] shall be applicable with respect to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for each fiscal year thereafter."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1937 AMENDMENT

Section 2 of act Oct. 1, 1942, provided: "This Act [this section] shall be applicable with respect to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for each fiscal year thereafter."

§ 135b. Same; circulation; choosing of libraries; preference to veterans.

The Librarian of Congress may arrange with such libraries as he may judge appropriate to serve as local or regional centers for the circulation of such books, under such conditions and regulations as he may prescribe. In the lending of such books preference shall at all times be given to the needs of blind persons who have been honorably discharged from the United States military or naval service. (Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 400, § 2, 46 Stat. 1487.)

§ 136. Librarian of Congress; appointment; bond; rules and regulations.

The Librarian of Congress shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. He shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give a bond payable to the United States, in the sum of $20,000, with sureties approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the faithful discharge of his duties according to law. He shall make rules and regulations for the government of the Library. (Feb. 19, 1897, ch. 265, § 1, 29 Stat. 544, 546.)

PRIOR LAWS

R. S. §§ 88, 89, 4950.

§ 136a. Librarian of Congress; salary.

CODIFICATION

Section, acts Mar. 6, 1928, ch. 134, 45 Stat. 197; Oct. 15, 1949, ch. 695, § 5 (a), 63 Stat. 880, which prescribed the annual basic compensation of the Librarian of Congress, was omitted from the Code, and is now covered by section 2205 (a) of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

§ 136b. Maximum salary for any position in Library. CODIFICATION

Section, act July 17, 1947, ch. 262, § 101, 61 Stat. 372, which related to maximum salary for any position in the Library, has been omitted from the Code as superseded by section 162a of this title.

§ 137. Use and regulation of law library.

The justices of the Supreme Court shall have free access to the law library; and they are authorized to make regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the use of the same during the sittings of the court. But such regulations shall not restrict any person authorized to take books from the Library from having access to the law library, or using the books therein in

DERIVATION

Act July 14, 1832, ch. 221, § 2, 4 Stat. 579.

§ 137a. Persons specially privileged to use library.

CODIFICATION

Section, R. S. § 94, was omitted from the Code as superseded by the last sentence of section 136 of this title, which gives the Librarian of Congress power to make rules and regulations for government of library.

JOINT COMMITTEE REPORT

With reference to this section the Joint Committee on the Library, in an official report March 3, 1897 (54th Cong., 2d Sess., Senate Report 1573) declared:

"Heretofore the Joint Committee on the Library has had authority to approve such rules and regulations as have been made by the Librarian of Congress, but the provision of law under which the Joint Committee has hitherto passed upon said rules and regulations would appear to be repealed by the more recent act (section 136 of this title) which places this power in the hands of the Librarian of Congress."

All persons employed in and about said Library of Congress under the Librarian shall be appointed solely with reference to their fitness for their particular duties. (Feb. 19, 1897, ch. 265, § 1, 29 Stat. 545; June 29, 1922, ch. 251, § 1, 42 Stat. 715.)

§ 141. Duties of Architect of the Capitol and Librarian of Congress.

The Architect of the Capitol shall have charge of all structural work at the Library Building and on the grounds, including all necessary repairs, the operation, maintenance, and repair of the mechanical plant and elevators, the care and maintenance of the grounds, and the purchasing and supplying of all furniture and equipment for the building. The employees required for the performance of the foregoing duties shall be appointed by the Architect of the Capitol. All other duties on June 29, 1922, required to be performed by the Superintendent of the Library Building and Grounds shall be performed under the direction of the Librarian of Congress, who shall appoint the employees necessary therefor. (June 29. 1922, ch. 251, § 1, 42 Stat. 715.)

CODIFICATION

The office created by this section, act June 29, 1922, ch. 251, § 1, 42 Stat. 715, was abolished by section 142a of this title.

§ 142a. Office of administrative assistant and disbursing officer in Library of Congress abolished; transfer of duties to appointee of Librarian; bond. From and after June 10, 1928, the office of administrative assistant and disbursing officer of the Library of Congress, created by section 142 of this title, is abolished and thereafter the duties required to be performed by the administrative assistant and disbursing officer shall be performed, under the direction of the Librarian of Congress, by such persons as the Librarian may appoint for those purposes: Provided, That the person who shall disburse the appropriations for the Library of Congress and the Botanic Garden shall give bond payable to the United States in the sum of $30,000, with sureties approved by the Secretary of the Treasury for the faithful discharge of his duties. (May 11, 1928, ch. 521, 45 Stat. 497.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Disbursement functions of all Government agencies except the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and the Panama Canal were transferred to Division of Disbursements, Treasury Department, by Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 4, June 10. 1933, and Ex. Ord. No. 6728, May 29, 1934. The Division was subsequently consolidated with other agencies into the Fiscal Service in the Treasury Department by 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 1 (a) (1), eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F. R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231.

§ 142b. Certifying officers of the Library of Congress; bond; accountability; relief by Comptroller General.

On and after June 13, 1957, each officer and employee of the Library of Congress, including the Copyright Office, who has been duly authorized in writing by the Librarian of Congress to certify vouchers for payment from appropriations and funds, shall (1) be held responsible for the existence and correctness of the facts recited in the certificate or otherwise stated on the voucher or its supporting papers and for the legality of the proposed payment under the appropriation or fund involved; (2) be required to give bond to the United States, with good and sufficient surety approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, in such amount as may be determined by the Librarian of Congress, pursuant to standards prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and under such conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; (3) be held responsible and accountable for the correctness of the computations of certified vouchers; and (4) be held accountable for and required to make good to the United States the amount of any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate made by him, as well as for any payment prohibited by law or which did not represent a legal obligation under the appropriation or fund involved: Provided, That the Comptroller General of the United States may, at his discretion, relieve such certifying officer or employee of liability for any payment otherwise proper whenever he finds (1) that the certification was based on offi

cial records and that such certifying officer or employee did not know, and by reasonable diligence and inquiry could not have ascertained, the actual facts, or (2) that the obligation was incurred in good faith, that the payment was not contrary to any statutory provision specifically prohibiting payments of the character involved, and the United States has received value for such payment: Provided further, That the Comptroller General shall relieve such certifying officer or employee of liability for an overpayment for transportation services made to any common carrier covered by section 66 of Title 49, whenever he finds that the overpayment occurred solely because the administrative examination made prior to payment of the transportation bill did not include a verification of transportation rates, freight classifications, or land grant deductions. 85-53, § 1, June 13, 1957, 71 Stat. 81.)

CROSS REFERENCES

(Pub. L.

General provisions concerning responsibilities of certifying officers, see section 82c of Title 31, Money and Finance.

§ 142c. Same; enforcement of liability.

The liability of these certifying officers or employees shall be enforced in the same manner and to the same extent as now provided by law with respect to enforcement of the liability of disbursing and other accountable officers; and they shall have the right to apply for and obtain a decision by the Comptroller General on any question of law involved in a payment on any vouchers presented to them for certification. (Pub. L. 85-53, § 2, June 13, 1957, 71 Stat. 81.)

CROSS REFERENCES

General provisions concerning enforcement of liability of certifying officers, see section 82d of Title 31, Money and Finance.

§ 142d. Disbursing officer of the Library of Congress; disbursements in accordance with voucher; examination of vouchers; liability.

The disbursing officer of the Library of Congress shall (1) disburse moneys of the Library of Congress only upon, and in strict accordance with, vouchers duly certified by the Librarian of Congress or by an officer or employee of the Library of Congress duly authorized in writing by the Librarian to certify such vouchers; (2) make such examination of vouchers as may be necessary to ascertain whether they are in proper form, and duly certified and approved; and (3) be held accountable accordingly: Provided, That the disbursing officer shall not be held accountable or responsible for any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate, the responsibility for which, under section 142b of this title, is imposed upon a certifying officer or employee of the Library of Congress. (Pub. L. 85-53,

§ 3, June 13, 1957, 71 Stat. 81.)

§ 143. Appropriations for Library Building and Grounds.

All appropriations made to the Architect of the Capitol on account of the Library Building and Grounds shall be disbursed for that purpose in the same manner as other appropriations under his control. (June 29, 1922, ch. 251, § 3, 42 Stat. 715.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Disbursement functions of all Government agencies except the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and the Panama Canal were transferred to Division of Disbursements, Treasury Department, by Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 4, June 10, 1933, and Ex. Ord. No. 6728, May 29, 1934. The Division was subsequently consolidated with other agencies into the Fiscal Service in the Treasury Department by 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 1 (a) (1), eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F. R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231.

§ 144. Copies of Statutes at Large.

Ten of the copies of the Statutes at Large, published by Little, Brown & Co., which were deposited in the Library prior to February 5, 1859, shall be retained by the librarian for the use of the justices of the Supreme Court, during the terms of court. (R. S. 96.)

DERIVATION

Act Feb. 5, 1859, ch. 22, § 11, 11 Stat. 381.

§ 145. Copies of Journals and Documents.

Two copies of the Journals and Documents, and of each book printed by either House of Congress, bound as provided in section 116 of Title 44, shall be deposited in the Library. (R. S. § 97; Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 86, 28 Stat. 622.)

DERIVATION

Res. Jan. 2, 1857, No. 5, § 5, 11 Stat. 253.
CROSS REFERENCES

Copies of House and Senate documents to be deposited with Library of Congress, see section 131 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

Distribution of printed copies of Journals of Senate and House of Representatives, see section 147 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

§ 145a. Periodical binding of printed hearings of committee testimony.

The Librarian of the Library of Congress is authorized and directed to have bound at the end of each session of Congress the printed hearings of testimony taken by each committee of the Congress at the preceding session. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 141, 60 Stat. 834.)

§ 146. Deposit of Journals of Senate and House. Twenty-five copies of the public Journals of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives, shall be deposited in the Library of the United States, at the seat of government, to be delivered to Members of Congress during any session, and to all other persons authorized by law to use the books in the Library, upon their application to the librarian, and giving their responsible receipts for the same, in like manner as for other books. (R. S. § 98.)

DERIVATION

Res. Dec. 27, 1813, No. 1, 3 Stat. 140; res. July 20, 1840, No. 5, 5 Stat. 409.

§ 147. Repealed. Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 562, §1 (1), 65 Stat. 638.

Section, act June 6, 1900, ch. 791, § 1, 31 Stat. 642, related to bound volumes from files of House of Representatives, and is now covered by act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, § 140 (b), 60 Stat. 833, and section 397 (a) (1) of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

§ 148. Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §1 (7), 65 Stat. 701.

Section, act Feb. 25, 1903, ch. 755, § 1, 32 Stat. 865, related to transfer of books from executive departments to

Library, and is now covered by sections 471 (c) and 472 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

§ 149. Transfer of books to other libraries.

The Librarian of Congress may from time to time transfer to other governmental libraries within the District of Columbia, including the Public Library, books and material in the possession of the Library of Congress in his judgment no longer necessary to its uses, but in the judgment of the custodians of such other collections likely to be useful to them, and may dispose of or destroy such material as has become useless: Provided, That no records of the Federal Government shall be transferred, disposed of, or destroyed under the authority granted in this section. (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 297, § 1, 35 Stat. 858; Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 562, § 4 (1), 65 Stat. 640.)

AMENDMENTS

1951-Act Oct. 25, 1951, added the proviso.

CROSS REFERENCES

Management and disposition of records, see chapters 10 and 11 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

§ 150. Sale of copies of card indexes and other publications.

The Librarian of Congress is authorized to furnish to such institutions or individuals as may desire to buy them, such copies of the card indexes and other publications of the Library as may not be required for its ordinary transactions, and charge for the same a price which will cover their cost and ten per centum added, and all moneys received by him shall be deposited in the Treasury. (June 28, 1902, ch. 1301, § 1, 32 Stat. 480.)

§ 151. Smithsonian Library.

The library collected by the Smithsonian Institution under the provisions of the Act of August 10, 1846, chapter 25, and removed from the building of that institution, with the consent of the Regents thereof, to the Library of Congress, shall, while there deposited, be subject to the same regulations as the Library of Congress, except as hereinafter provided. (R. S., § 99.)

DERIVATION

Act Apr. 5, 1866, ch. 25, § 1, 14 Stat. 13.

REFERENCE IN TEXT

Act August 10, 1846, chapter 25, referred to in text, probably should be act Aug. 10, 1846, ch. 178, 9 Stat. 102, which was entitled "An Act to establish the 'Smithsonian Institution', for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men."

CROSS REFERENCES

Smithsonian Institution, see sections 41-76g of Title 20, Education, and sections 711 (21) and 725s (c) of Title 31, Money and Finance.

§ 152. Same; how kept and used.

The Smithsonian Institution shall have the use of the library referred to in section 151 of this title in like manner as before its removal. All the books, maps, and charts of the Smithsonian Library shall be properly cared for and preserved in like manner as are those of the Congressional Library; from which the Smithsonian Library shall not be removed except on reimbursement by the Smithsonian Institution to the Treasury of the United States of expenses incurred in binding and in taking care of the same, or upon such terms and conditions as shall

be mutually agreed upon by Congress and the Regents of the Institution. (R. S. § 100.) DERIVATION

Act Apr. 5, 1866, ch. 25, § 2, 14 Stat. 13.

§ 153. Control of library of House of Representatives. The library of the House of Representatives shall be under the control and direction of the Librarian of Congress, who shall provide all needful books of reference therefor. The librarian, two assistant librarians, and assistant in the library, shall be appointed by the Clerk of the House, with the approval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. No removals shall be made from the said positions except for cause reported to and approved by the Committee on Rules. (Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 830, § 1, 31 Stat. 964.)

§ 154. Library of Congress Trust Fund Board; members; quorum; seal; rules and regulations.

A board is created and established, to be known as the "Library of Congress Trust Fund Board" (hereinafter referred to as the board), which shall consist of the Secretary of the Treasury, the chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library, the Librarian of Congress, and two persons appointed by the President for a term of five years each (the first appointments being for three and five years, respectively). Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the board shall have an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed. The board may adopt rules and regulations in regard to its procedure and the conduct of its business. (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, § 1, 43 Stat. 1107.)

§ 155. Same; expenses.

No compensation shall be paid to the members of the board for their services as such members, but they shall be reimbursed for the expenses necessarily incurred by them, out of the income from the fund or funds in connection with which such expenses are incurred. The voucher of the chairman of the board shall be sufficient evidence that the expenses are properly allowable. Any expenses of the board, including the cost of its seal, not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by it, shall be estimated for in the annual estimates of the librarian for the maintenance of the Library of Congress. (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, § 1, 43 Stat. 1107.)

$ 156. Same; gifts, etc., to.

The Board is authorized to accept, receive, hold, and administer such gifts, bequests, or devises of property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the Library, its collections, or its service, as may be approved by the Board and by the Joint Committee on the Library. (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, § 2. 43 Stat. 1107; Apr. 13, 1936, ch. 213, 49 Stat. 1205.)

CODIFICATION

This section was originally part of section 1 of act Mar. 3, 1925. Amendment by act Apr. 13, 1936, renumbered it section 2.

§ 157. Same; trust funds; management of.

The moneys or securities composing the trust funds given or bequeathed to the board shall be