4 U.S.C. § 145 : US Code - Section 145: Printing and distribution

Search 4 U.S.C. § 145 : US Code - Section 145: Printing and distribution

(a) The Public Printer shall print and bind each volume of the
official papers relating to the Territories of the United States as
provided for in this chapter, of which - 
(1) four hundred and twenty copies shall be delivered to the
Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, for
distribution, on the basis of one copy each, and as directed by
the Archivist, to those historical associations, commissions,
museums, or libraries and other nondepository libraries, not to
exceed eight in number within each State, Territory, or
Possession, which have been or may be designated by the Governor
thereof to receive such copies;
(2) one hundred copies shall be delivered to the National
Archives and Records Administration for the use of that
Administration; and
(3) one hundred copies shall be delivered to the Superintendent
of Documents for distribution in such manner and number as may be
authorized and directed by the Joint Committee on Printing.
(b) The historical associations, commissions, museums, or
libraries and other nondepository libraries within each State,
Territory, or Possession which have been or may be designated by
the Governor thereof to receive the publications referred to in
subsection (a) of this section, shall, during their existence,
receive the succeeding volumes, the distribution of which shall be
made by the Superintendent of Documents in accordance with lists of
designations transmitted to him by the Archivist. A new designation
may be made to the Archivist by the Governor only when a designated
association, commission, museum, or library shall cease to exist,
or when authorized by law.