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and wheresoever located, and shall have the full cooperation af any and all persons
in charge of such records in such inspections, and to requisition for transfer to tie
National Archives Establisment such archives, or records as the National Archives
Council, hereafter provided shall approve for such transfer, and he shall have autho
rity to make regulations for the arrangement, custody, use and withdrawal of material
deposited in the National Archives Building: Provided, That any head of an executive
department, independent office, or other agency of the Government may, for limited
periods, not exceeding in duration his tenure of that office, exempt from examination
and consultation by officials, private individuals, or any other persons such confidential
matter transferred from his department or office, as he may deem wise
SEC. 4. The immediate custody and control of the National Archives Building
and such other buildings, grounds, and equipment as may from time to time become
a part of the National Archives Establishment (except as the same is vested by law
in the Director of National Buildings, Parks, and Reservations) and their contents
shall be vested in the Archivist of the United States.
SEC. 5. That there is hereby created also a National Historical Publications Gommis
sion which shall make plans, estimates and recommendations for such historical works
and collections of sources as seem appropriate for publication and/or otherwise
recording at the public expense, said Commission to consist of the Archivist of tie
United States, who shall be its chairman; the historical adviser of the Department o
State; the chief of the historical section of the War Department, General Staff; the
superintendent of naval records in the Navy Department; the Chief of the Division
of Manuscripts in the Library of Congress; and two members of the American Historical
Association appointed by the president thereof from among those Persons who iare or
have been members of the executive council of the said association Provided, I hat t e
preparation and publication of annual and special reports on the archives and records
of the Government, guides, inventory lists, catalogs and other instruments facilitating
the use of the collections shall have precedence over detailed calendars and textua
reproductions. This Commission shall meet at least once a year, and the members
shall serve without compensation except repayment of expenses actually incurred in
attending meetings of te Commission.
SEC. 6. That there is hereby further created a National Archives Council
composed of the Secretaries of each of the executive departments of the Government
(or an alternate from each department to be named by the Secretary thereof), the
Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Library, the Chairman of the House Com
mittee on the Library, the Librarian of Congress, the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, and the Archivist of the United States. The said Council shall define the
classes of material which shall be transferred to the National Archives Building and
establish regulations governing such transfer; and shall have power to advise the
Archivist in respect to regulations governing the disposition and use of the archives
and records transferred to his custody.
SEC. 7. The National Archives may also accept, store, and preserve motion-
picture films and sound recordings pertaining to and illustrative of historical activities
of the United States, and in connection therewith maintain a projecting room for
showing such films and reproducing such sound recordings for historical purposes
SEC. 8. That the National Archives shall have an official seal which will be
judicially noticed.
SEC. 9. That the Archivist shall make to Congress, at the beginning ot each
regular session, a report for the preceding fiscal year as to the National Archives, the
said report including a detailed statement of all accessions and of all receipts an
expenditures on account of the said establishment. He shall also transmit to Congress
the recommendations of the Commission on National Historical Publications, and on
lanuari 1 of each year with the approval of the Council, a list or description of the
papers, documents, and so forth (among the archives and records of the Government),
which appear to have no permanent value or historical interest, and which, with the
concurrence of the Government agency concerned, and subject to the approval of
Congress, shall be destroyed or otherwise effectively disposed of.
SEC. 10. I hat there are hereby authorized such appropriations as may be neces
sary for the maintenance of the National Archives Building and the administration of
the collections, the expenses, and work of the Commission on National Historical
Publications, the supply of necessary equipment and expenses incidental to the opera
tions aforesaid, including transfer of records to the Archives Building; printing and
binding; personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel and subsi
stence and per diem in lieu of subsistence, notwithstanding the provisions of any other
Acts; stenographic services by contract or otherwise as may be deemed necessary;
purchases and exchange of books and maps; purchase, exchange, and operation of
motor vehicles; and all absolutely necessary contingent expenses, all to be expended
under the direction of te Archivist, who shall annually submit to Congress estimates
therefor in the manner prescribed by law.
SEC. 11. All acts or parts of Acts relating to the charge and superintendency,
custody, preservation, and disposition of officials papers and documents of executive
departments and other governmental agencies inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act are hereby repealed.
Approved, |une 19, 1934.
Overdruk uit „First Annual Report of the Archivist of the United States", 1934-1935
(Washington, 1936), p. 43-45.
De gebeurtenissen van de laatste weken van September van
dit jaar zijn voor de autoriteiten in ons land aanleiding geweest, om
meer aandacht dan tot nu toe geschied was te besteden aan de
voorzorgsmaatregelen ter bescherming van gebouwen tegen een
dreigend oorlogsgevaar uit de lucht. In allerijl zijn hier en daar
voorzieningen getroffen; door het Hoofd van den Rijksgebouwendienst
zijn bij circulaire rondgezonden de „Richtlijnen voor het nemen van
zelfbeschermingsmaatregelen tegen luchtaanvallen in groote gebouwen"
en aan de hand daarvan zijn door verschillende hoofden van dienst
zolders ontruimd, bluschmaterialen aangeschaft e. d. Deze richtlijnen
beoogden eenige leiding te geven voor de bescherming tegen lucht-
gevaar en zij hebben dat doel dan ook gedeeltelijk bereikt; maar
toch is wel gebleken, dat met het oog op de beveiliging van een
apart soort van gebouwen, als archiefbewaarplaatsen zijn, nadere
voorschriften zeer gewenscht zijn. In het kort gezegd heeft men wel
kunnen constateeren, dat er met het oog op de bescherming onzer
