4 U.S.C. § 141 : US Code - Section 141: Collection, preparation and publication

Search 4 U.S.C. § 141 : US Code - Section 141: Collection, preparation and publication

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.