Report on the Subject of International Exchanges

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J. and G.S. Gideon, 1848 - Exchange of publications - 29 pages
 

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Page 19 - Librarian be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to have the same bound, and to transmit the above extra copies of the laws, public documents, journals of the Senate and of the House of Delegates, together with such surplus books, now remaining in the Library, as the Joint Committee on the Library may direct, to the agents of foreign countries in the United States authorized to receive the same for the above purpose.
Page 23 - That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives be requested, to use their best exertions to procure the passage of a law...
Page 6 - 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...
Page 7 - ... [Here follows a list of the works presented.] One of the most important features of the law above quoted is that which provides for the reception of all objects of exchange duty free. The heavy duties hitherto imposed have formed an important drawback upon the operations of exchange.
Page 15 - Resolved, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth, under the direction of His Excellency the Governor, be authorized to exchange copies of the State Map of Massachusetts, not exceeding twenty in number, and bound copies of the Laws and Legislative Documents of the Commonwealth for the current political year, not exceeding fifty volumes of each, for books and other works of science and art from foreign countries, to be deposited in the Library of the General Court.
Page 4 - That hereafter fifty additional copies of each volume of documents printed by order of either house, be printed .and bound, for the purpose of exchange in foreign countries.
Page 8 - Jlnd 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.
Page 9 - States, to be disposed of by them for purposes of international exchange. " SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That seven copies of the Exploring Expedition now published, and an equal number of such of the works of the same as may hereafter be published, be placed at the disposal of the joint library committee of Cougress, for the purpose of international exchange.
Page 18 - That the sum of three hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to defray the expense of an agency in the city of Paris, in France, for the purpose of receiving and transmitting such works as may be made the subject of international exchanges.
Page 21 - Vattemare is hereby constituted the agent of this State in effecting International Exchanges with such governments, public institutions, and cities of Europe, as shall adopt his system; and for the necessary expenses to render such agency permanent and effectual, an annual sum, not exceeding four hundred dollars, is hereby appropriated to be paid out of the treasury on warrant of the auditor of State, who shall issue the same on the certificate of the Governor that the amount certified has been properly...

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