2 U.S.C. § 149 — Transfer of books to other libraries
submitted 117 years ago by ch. 297 to r/title-2-THE-CONGRESS · 95 words · no verdicts yet
The Librarian of Congress may give surplus books to other Washington, D.C. libraries, including the Public Library. The Librarian may also destroy materials that are no longer useful. Federal government records can never be transferred, given away, or destroyed this way.
This law lets the Librarian of Congress give away books the Library no longer needs. The Librarian can transfer them to other government libraries in Washington, D.C. This includes the Public Library. The Librarian only sends books that, in the judgment of the receiving library's staff, would actually be useful to them.
The Librarian may also dispose of or destroy material that has become useless.
But there is one hard limit built into this law: no records of the federal government may be transferred, disposed of, or destroyed under the authority this section grants. That protection cannot be gotten around.
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.
Source credit: (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 297, § 1, 35 Stat. 858; Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 562, § 4(1), 65 Stat. 640.)
- 1909Enacted · Act of Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 297 · 35 Stat. 858
- 1951Amended · Act of Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 562 · 65 Stat. 640
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 297 on 1909-03-04.
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