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CHAPTER 5 - OFFICIAL TERRITORIAL PAPERS

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Sec.

141. Collection, preparation and publication.

142. Appointment of experts.

143. Employment and utilization of other personnel; cost of copy

reading and indexing.

144. Cooperation of departments and agencies.

145. Printing and distribution.

146. Authorization of appropriations.

AMENDMENTS

1951 - Chapter added by act Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, Sec. 12, 65

Stat. 713.

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SIMILAR PROVISIONS; REPEAL; SAVING CLAUSE; DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS;

TRANSFER OF PROPERTY AND PERSONNEL

Similar provisions were contained in former chapter 5, comprising

former sections 141 to 146, which was set out here but which was

not a part of this title. Former sections 141 to 146 were derived

from: acts Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 419, Sec. 1, 2, 43 Stat. 1104; Mar. 3,

1925, ch. 419, Sec. 3, 4, as added Feb. 28, 1929, ch. 385, 45 Stat.

1412, 1413; Feb. 28, 1929, ch. 385, 45 Stat. 1412 (in addition to

the provisions added to said act Mar. 3, 1925); Mar. 22, 1935, ch.

39, Sec. 1 (part), 49 Stat. 69; Feb. 14, 1936, ch. 70, 49 Stat.

1139; May 15, 1936, ch. 405, Sec. 1 (part), 49 Stat. 1311; June 16,

1937, ch. 359, Sec. 1 (part), 50 Stat. 262, 263; June 28, 1937, ch.

386, 50 Stat. 323, 324; Apr. 27, 1938, ch. 180, Sec. 1 (part), 52

Stat. 249; June 29, 1939, ch. 248, title I (part), 53 Stat. 886;

July 31, 1945, ch. 336, 59 Stat. 510, 511; 1946 Proc. No. 2714,

Dec. 31, 1946, 12 F.R. 1; act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI,

Sec. 1106(a), 63 Stat. 972; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, Sec. 1, eff.

May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1272; act July 7, 1950, ch.

452, 64 Stat. 320. All of the foregoing provisions, with the

exception of 1946 Proc. No. 2714, act Oct. 28, 1949, Sec. 1106(a),

and 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, Sec. 1, were repealed by act Oct. 31,

1951, ch. 655, Sec. 56(k)(1)-(11), 65 Stat. 730. Subsec. (l) of

section 56 provided that the repeal should not affect any rights or

liabilities existing under the repealed statutes on the effective

date of the repeal (Oct. 31, 1951). For delegation of functions

under the repealed statutes, and for transfer of records, property,

personnel, and funds, see sections 3 and 4 of said 1950 Reorg. Plan

No. 20, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization

and Employees.

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Sec. 141. Collection, preparation and publication

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The Archivist of the United States, hereinafter referred to in

this chapter as the ''Archivist'', shall continue to completion the

work of collecting, editing, copying, and suitably arranging for

issuance as a Government publication, the official papers relating

to the Territories from which States of the United States were

formed, in the national archives, as listed in Parker's ''Calendar

of Papers in Washington'' Archives Relating to the Territories of

the United States (to 1873)'', being publication numbered 148 of

the Carnegie Institution of Washington, together with such

additional papers of like character which may be found.

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(Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, Sec. 12, 65 Stat. 713; amended Pub.

L. 98-497, title I, Sec. 107(f), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2292.)

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AMENDMENTS

1984 - Pub. L. 98-497 substituted ''Archivist of the United

States'' and ''Archivist'' for ''Administrator of General

Services'' and ''Administrator'', respectively.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 98-497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section

301 of Pub. L. 98-497, set out as a note under section 2102 of

Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

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SIMILAR PROVISIONS; REPEAL; SAVING CLAUSE; DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS;

TRANSFER OF PROPERTY AND PERSONNEL

See note preceding this section.

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 142, 143, 144 of this

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Sec. 142. Appointment of experts

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For the purpose of carrying on the work prescribed by section 141

of this title, the Archivist, without regard to the Classification

Act of 1949 and the civil service laws and regulations thereunder,

may engage the services, either in or outside of the District of

Columbia, of not to exceed five historical experts who are

especially informed on the various phases of the territorial

history of the United States and are especially qualified for the

editorial work necessary in arranging such territorial papers for

publication.

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(Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, Sec. 12, 65 Stat. 714; amended Pub.

L. 98-497, title I, Sec. 107(f), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2292.)

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REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Classification Act of 1949, referred to in text, is act Oct.

28, 1949, ch. 782, 63 Stat. 954, which was repealed by Pub. L.

89-554, Sec. 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 632, and reenacted by

the first section thereof as chapter 51 and subchapter III of

chapter 53 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

The civil service laws, referred to in text, are set forth in

Title 5. See, particularly, section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.

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AMENDMENTS

1984 - Pub. L. 98-497 substituted ''Archivist'' for

''Administrator''.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 98-497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section

301 of Pub. L. 98-497, set out as a note under section 2102 of

Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

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SIMILAR PROVISIONS; REPEAL; SAVING CLAUSE; DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS;

TRANSFER OF PROPERTY AND PERSONNEL

See note preceding section 141 of this title.

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Sec. 143. Employment and utilization of other personnel; cost of

copy reading and indexing

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(a) In carrying out his functions under this chapter, the

Archivist may employ such clerical assistants as may be necessary.

(b) The work of copy reading and index making for the publication

of the papers described in section 141 of this title shall be done

by the regular editorial staff of the National Archives and Records

Administration, and the cost of this particular phase of the work

(prorated each month according to the number of hours spent and the

annual salaries of the clerks employed) shall be charged against

the annual appropriations made under section 146 of this title.

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(Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, Sec. 12, 65 Stat. 714; amended Pub.

L. 98-497, title I, Sec. 107(f), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2292.)

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AMENDMENTS

1984 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-497 substituted ''Archivist'' for

''Administrator''.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-497 substituted ''National Archives and

Records Administration'' for ''General Services Administration''.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 98-497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section

301 of Pub. L. 98-497, set out as a note under section 2102 of

Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

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SIMILAR PROVISIONS; REPEAL; SAVING CLAUSE; DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS;

TRANSFER OF PROPERTY AND PERSONNEL

See note preceding section 141 of this title.

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Sec. 144. Cooperation of departments and agencies

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The heads of the several executive departments and independent

agencies and establishments shall cooperate with the Archivist in

the work prescribed by section 141 of this title by permitting

access to any records deemed by him to be necessary to the

completion of such work.

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(Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, Sec. 12, 65 Stat. 714; amended Pub.

L. 98-497, title I, Sec. 107(f), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2292.)

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AMENDMENTS

1984 - Pub. L. 98-497 substituted ''Archivist'' for

''Administrator''.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 98-497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section

301 of Pub. L. 98-497, set out as a note under section 2102 of

Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

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SIMILAR PROVISIONS; REPEAL; SAVING CLAUSE; DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS;

TRANSFER OF PROPERTY AND PERSONNEL

See note preceding section 141 of this title.

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Sec. 145. Printing and distribution

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(a) The Public Printer shall print and bind each volume of the

official papers relating to the Territories of the United States as

provided for in this chapter, of which -

(1) four hundred and twenty copies shall be delivered to the

Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, for

distribution, on the basis of one copy each, and as directed by

the Archivist, to those historical associations, commissions,

museums, or libraries and other nondepository libraries, not to

exceed eight in number within each State, Territory, or

Possession, which have been or may be designated by the Governor

thereof to receive such copies;

(2) one hundred copies shall be delivered to the National

Archives and Records Administration for the use of that

Administration; and

(3) one hundred copies shall be delivered to the Superintendent

of Documents for distribution in such manner and number as may be

authorized and directed by the Joint Committee on Printing.

(b) The historical associations, commissions, museums, or

libraries and other nondepository libraries within each State,

Territory, or Possession which have been or may be designated by

the Governor thereof to receive the publications referred to in

subsection (a) of this section, shall, during their existence,

receive the succeeding volumes, the distribution of which shall be

made by the Superintendent of Documents in accordance with lists of

designations transmitted to him by the Archivist. A new designation

may be made to the Archivist by the Governor only when a designated

association, commission, museum, or library shall cease to exist,

or when authorized by law.

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(Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, Sec. 12, 65 Stat. 714; amended Pub.

L. 98-497, title I, Sec. 107(f), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2292.)

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AMENDMENTS

1984 - Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 98-497 substituted ''Archivist''

for ''Administrator''.

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 98-497 substituted ''National Archives

and Records Administration'' for ''General Services

Administration''.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-497 substituted ''Archivist'' for

''Administrator'' in two places.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 98-497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section

301 of Pub. L. 98-497, set out as a note under section 2102 of

Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

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SIMILAR PROVISIONS; REPEAL; SAVING CLAUSE; DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS;

TRANSFER OF PROPERTY AND PERSONNEL

See note preceding section 141 of this title.

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Sec. 146. Authorization of appropriations

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For the purposes of this chapter, there are authorized to be

appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise

appropriated, sums of not more than $50,000 for any one fiscal

year.

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(Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, Sec. 12, 65 Stat. 715.)

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SIMILAR PROVISIONS; REPEAL; SAVING CLAUSE; DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS;

TRANSFER OF PROPERTY AND PERSONNEL

See note preceding section 141 of this title.

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 143 of this title.