Notes on 28 U.S.C. § 1738 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 28 U.S.C. § 1738 : US Code - Notes

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 947.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 687 (R.S. Sec. 905).
Words "Possession of the United States" were substituted for "of
any country subject to the jurisdiction of the United States".
Words "or copies thereof" were added in three places. Copies have
always been used to prove statutes and judicial proceedings under
section 687 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed. The added words will
cover expressly such use.
Words "and its Territories and Possessions" were added in two
places so as to make this section and section 1739 of this title
uniform, the basic section of the latter having provided that
nonjudicial records or books of any State, Territory, or "country
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States" should be
admitted in any court or office in any other State, Territory, or
"such country."
Words "a judge of the court" were substituted for "the judge,
chief justice or presiding magistrate" without change of substance.
At the beginning of the last paragraph, words "Such Acts" were
substituted for "And the said". This follows the language of
Article IV, section 1 of the Constitution.
For additional provisions as to authentication, see Rule 44 of
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Changes were made in phraseology.