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[CITE: 28USC414]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
 
             CHAPTER 19--DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS AND DIGESTS
 
Sec. 414. Transmittal of books to successors

    All government publications and law books furnished to justices, 
judges, clerks of courts, and United States attorneys of the United 
States and its territories and possessions, and other officers of the 
United States or an agency thereof shall be transmitted to their 
successors in office. All permanent or bound books and publications 
furnished under this chapter except those books furnished to the Library 
of Congress for international exchange shall remain the property of the 
United States and shall be marked plainly, ``The Property of the United 
States''.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 906; Pub. L. 87-845, Sec. 7, Oct. 18, 
1962, 76A Stat. 699.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on section 90 of title 5, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Executive 
Departments and Government Officers and Employees, section 530 of title 
28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., and section 92 of title 44, U.S.C., 1940 ed., 
Public Printing and Documents (Aug. 7, 1882, ch. 433, Sec. 1, 22 Stat. 
336; Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, Sec. 74, 28 Stat. 620; June 20, 1936, ch. 
630, Secs. 11, 12, 49 Stat. 1552, 1553; May 14, 1940, ch. 189, title IV, 
54 Stat. 210; June 28, 1941, ch. 258, title IV, 55 Stat. 301; July 2, 
1942, ch. 472, title IV, 56 Stat. 504; June 28, 1943, ch. 173, title II, 
Sec. 201, 57 Stat. 243; June 26, 1944, ch. 277, Sec. 203, 58 Stat. 358; 
May 21, 1945, ch. 129, title IV, 59 Stat. 200; July 5, 1946, ch. 541, 
title IV, 60 Stat. 480).
    Section consolidates section 90 of title 5, U.S.C., 1940 ed., 
providing that ``statutes'' shall be delivered to successors of United 
States attorneys and clerks and provisions of section 530 of title 28, 
U.S.C., 1940 ed., requiring that all lawbooks for judges and others 
shall be marked as property of the United States and shall be 
transmitted to their successors, with section 92 of title 44, U.S.C., 
1940 ed., relating to transmittal of ``Government publications.''
    Words ``All Government publications and lawbooks'' and ``furnished 
under this chapter'' were used to cover ``all statutes'' and ``The 
Federal Reporter and continuations thereto.''
    Words ``justices and judges of the United States'' were substituted 
for ``United States judges'' in conformity with uniform use of the 
phrase to describe all members of the Federal judiciary. Similar 
provisions in sections 334 and 377 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., were 
therefore omitted as covered by this revised section.
    Other provisions of said section 530 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., 
were omitted. (See reviser's note under section 413 of this title.)
    The words ``permanent or bound'' were inserted in the last sentence 
of the revised section to obviate the wasteful practice under existing 
law of marking temporary pamphlets.
    Changes were made in phraseology.


                        Senate Revision Amendment

    As finally enacted, part of act July 9, 1947, ch. 211, title IV, 61 
Stat. 306, which was classified to Title 28, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 530, 
became one of the sources of this section and was accordingly included 
in the schedule of repeals by Senate amendment. See 80th Congress Senate 
Report No. 1559.


                               Amendments

    1962--Pub. L. 87-845 substituted ``furnished to justices, judges, 
clerks of courts, and United States attorneys of the United States and 
its territories and possessions, and other officers of the United States 
or an agency thereof'' for ``furnished to justices and judges of the 
United States and of the Territorial Courts, United States attorneys, 
clerks of courts, and other officers of the United States''.


                    Effective Date of 1962 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 87-845 effective Jan. 2, 1963, see section 25 
of Pub. L. 87-845, set out as a note set out under section 14 of Title 
18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
