1996 US Code
Title 2 - THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 5 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Sec. 160 - Disbursement of gifts, etc., to Library

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 2 - THE CONGRESS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 2 - THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 5 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Sec. 160 - Disbursement of gifts, etc., to Library
Containssection 160
Date1996
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 6, 1997
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditMar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, §4, 43 Stat. 1108.
Statutes at Large Reference43 Stat. 1108


§160. Disbursement of gifts, etc., to Library

Nothing in sections 154 to 162 and 163 of this title shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting the Librarian of Congress from accepting in the name of the United States gifts or bequests of money for immediate disbursement in the interest of the Library, its collections, or its service. Such gifts or bequests, after acceptance by the librarian, shall be paid by the donor or his representative to the Treasurer of the United States, whose receipts shall be their acquittance. The Treasurer of the United States shall enter them in a special account to the credit of the Library of Congress and subject to disbursement by the librarian for the purposes in each case specified.

(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, §4, 43 Stat. 1108.)

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