DISPOSITION OF RECORDS IN THE UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION

JULY 10, 1939.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. ELLIOTT, from the Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, submitted the following

REPORT

The joint select committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed on the part of the Senate and on the part of the House of Representatives, to which are referred the reports of the Archivist of the United States (in compliance with sec. 9 of The National Archives Act, approved June 19, 1934) in respect to accumulation of records which are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business of departments, bureaus, etc., and have no permanent value or historical interest, respectfully report to the Senate and House of Representatives, pursuant to an act entitled "An act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the exceutive departments," approved February 16, 1889, as amended, as follows: Your committee has taken action on the records described in the attached report of the Archivist of the United States, dated May 31, 1939, to the Seventy-sixth Congress, first session, with respect to records recommended to him for disposal by the United States Tariff Commission, and we find and report that said records are not needed in the transaction of the current business of such Commission and have no permanent value of historical interest.

We recommend that the United States Tariff Commission, as required by law, destroy or otherwise effectively dispose of such records; if by sale, upon the best obtainable terms, after due publication of notice inviting proposals therefor, and receive and pay the proceeds thereof into the Treasury of the United States and make report thereof to Congress.

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REPORT OF THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES ON A LIST OF PAPERS, ConSISTING OF 32 ITEMS, FROM THOSE RECOMMENDED TO HIM FOR DISPOSITION, NOVEMBER 25, 1938, BY THE UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION

To the Congress of the United States:

In compliance with the provisions of section 9 of the National Archives Act (48 Stat. 1122; U. S. C., title 40, sec. 239), I have the honor to transmit herewith a list of papers, consisting of 32 items, among the archives and records of the United States Tariff Commission, which that agency has recommended should be destroyed or otherwise disposed of.

This list has been carefully examined and I beg to report, with the approval of the National Archives Council, that the archives and records described therein appear to have no permanent value or historical interest to the Government of the United States.

Respectfully submitted.

R. D. W. CONNOR, Archivist of the United States.

DISPOSITION OF RECORDS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

July 10, 1939.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. ELLIOTT, from the Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, submitted the following

REPORT

The joint select committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed on the part of the Senate and on the part of the House of Representatives, to which are referred the reports of the Archivist of the United States (in compliance with section 9 of the National Archives Act, approved June 19, 1934) in respect to accumulation of records which are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business of departments, bureaus, etc., and have no permanent value or historical interest, respectfully report to the Senate and House of Representatives, pursuant to an act entitled "An act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the executive departments," approved February 16, 1889, as amended, as follows:

Your committee has taken action on the records described in the attached report of the Archivist of the United States, dated May 31, 1939, to the Seventy-sixth Congress, first session, with respect to records recommended to him for disposal by the Department of the Interior, and we find and report that said records are not needed in the transaction of the current business of such Department and have no permanent value or historical interest.

We recommend that the Department of the Interior, as required by law, destroy or otherwise effectively dispose of such records; if by sale, upon the best obtainable terms, after due publication of notice inviting proposals therefor, and receive and pay the proceeds thereof