THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

1 - . THE LIBRARY OF congress . ~\ _S. LIBRARY OF congress . I, REPORT. OF THE. LIBRARIAN OF congress . AND. REPORT. OF THE. SUPERINTENDENT OF THE LIBRARY . BUILDING AND FOR THE. FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE .30, 1906. WASHINGTON. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFPICE. 1906. :! TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page I,ist of Officers.. 5. Report of the Librarian. 7. Report of the Superintendent of the LIBRARY Builrling and 69. Appendix Ia. AppropriatiOl'ls and expenditures (tables).. 83. lb. Appropriation acts, 1906-7. 85. II. Report of the Register of Copyrights.. 91. III. Copyright bill. Statement of the Librarian of congress .. 1I1. IV. Manuscripts: Accessions, 1905-6 .. 12 7. V. Division of Prints: CO'llection of prints, origi . nal drawings, water-color paintings, and illustrated books by celebrated Japanese artists.

2 Given by l\Ir. Crosby S. Noyes, Washington, D. C.. 141. ~. ILL USTRATIONS. The LIBRARY of congress Exterior view Plan of the cellar Plan of the basement Plan of the first or main floor Plan of the second floor Plan of the attic LIST OF OFFICERS. LIBRARIANS SINCE THE INCEPTIOX OF THE LIBRARY . IS02-1S07-John Beckley, Clerk of the House of RepresentatiYes and Librarian IS07-1 Sls-Patrick l\Iagruder, Clerk of the House of Representatives al\(l Librarian ISIS-1829-George \Vattcrston 1829-IS6I-:;J0hn Silva l\Iechan IS61-1S6-/-John G. Stephenson (june ]o)-Ainsworth Rand Spofford IS97 (jU~11 I)-January 17, 1899-John Russell Young 1899 (APri1s)-Herbert Putnam LIBRARY STAFF. GENERAl. AD:\IlNISTRATION. HERlmR'r PUTN:\:\I-Librarian of congress AINSWORTH RAND SPOFFORD-Chief Assistant Librarian Allen Richards BOYII-Chief Clerk Margaret Drake l\IcGuffey-Secretary DIVISIONS.)

3 Reading Rooms-David Hutcheson, Superintendent; John Graham l\Iorrison, Hugh Alexander Morrison, chief assistants. Reading Room for the Blind-Esther Josselyn Giffin, assistant in charge j)hlisioJl of IJibliograpliy-Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin, Chief Card Secliol/--Cllarles Harris Hastings, in charge Calalogut' j)i;.'isiol/-Jamcs Christianl\Ieinich Hanson, Chief; Charles .Martel, Chief Classifier Dh'ision of Doof1l/cnls-James David Thompson, Chief IJh'ision of Jfanuscripls-\Vorthington Chauncey Ford, Chief IJizJision of 3faps and Cliarts-Philip Lee Phillips, Chief Division of ilfusic-Oscar George Theodore Sonncck, Chief Order Division-Hermtmn Hcnry Bernard l\Ieyer, Chief Dh.'isiOll of Periodicals-Claude Bernard Guittard, Chief Dh!

4 Ision {If Prints-Arthur Jeffrey Parsons, Chief Smithsoniall Deposit-raul Brockett, Custodian (office at Smithsonian Institution); Francis Henry Parsons, Assistant in charge Law LibraJ)'-George \Vinfield Scott, Custodian (5). 6 Report oj'the L braria1l of congress COPYRIGHT OFFICE. THORVALD SOLBERG, Register LIBRARY BRANCH, GOVERNl\IENT PRINTING OFFICE. Printillg-William Henry Fisher, foreman Binding-Henry Clay Espey, foreman LIBRARY BUILDING AND GROUNDS. BERNARD RICHARDSON GREEN-Superintenclent George Norris French, Chief Clerk Charles Benjamin Titlow, Chief Engineer Damon \Varren Harding, Electrician John Vanderbilt \Viirdemanll, Captain of the watch I. I. I I. HI I. I II. ~. ~ I. i I. I . I. I. ,I. - --- . BOUIID H~PVI~.}

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6 REPORT. OF. THE LIBRARIAN OF congress . LIBRARY OF congress . fiVaski1lg/01l, D. December 3, 9 06 , SIR: I have the honor to submit my report as Librarian of congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906. l"INANCE. The following table exhibits the appropriations and ex . penditures of the LIBRARY proper of the Copyright Office for the fiscal year and the appropriations for the year now current. Details are given in Appendix Ia. In . cluded also are the appropriations for the equipment and care of the building and grounds, expended by the Super . intendent. The allotment for printing and binding (during the past year $185,000) is not included. Object of appropriation Appropria- Appropria- Expcndi- \ppropria . tions, 1905 I tions, 1906 tures, 1906 tions, 1907.

7 -------------1---- . LIBRARY ~ndCopyright O~ce: i SalaTIcs, general service $236, '$236, $235, 8i9. 56 $237, Salaries, special service _. Cl2, 090. 00 CI 2, II 2, a 2, Salaries, Sunday 10, 10, 9,74 10, Salaries, distribution of card .. b 6, I, 7 b i, 798. IS I, 10, Salaries, indexes, digests, and I. conlpilation of laws . 5,84 . 00. Salaries, Copyright Office.. c 74, " 74, c 74, 536. 67 c75,3 00. 00. Increase of LIBRARY d99, 800. 00 d 98, d 97, 512. dgB, Contingent 7,300. 00 7, 7, 7,3 00. 00. Total Ubrary and Copyright Office , .. I. 437, 437, 15-1 94 435,2 12 13 447, 21 Building and grounds: I. Care and maintenance 76, I. 77,505. 00 77. 034 86 I 0 5. 00. Fuel, light,andmiscellaneons. 32, 32, 3 2 ,460. 2 9 3 2 ,500.

8 00. Furniture and 40, I 40, 39,900. 82 20,000600. Sunday opening 2, I 2, 1 2, Plans for newspaper stack !.. 2, Grand total. , 1589, i 589, 58 14.(;1 I-5S2-,5:!O ;8. -- a Including balance brought forward. bThis expenditure is offset by subscriptions covered into the TreasuI)' during the past year, $16, actually applied. c This expenditure is offset by fees cO\'ered into the Treasury during the past year, $SO,lqS. d Exclusive of $1,500 to be expended by the marshal of the Supreme Court for new books for that body. LIB 1906-2 (7). 8 RejJort the Libraria'lZ congress li;~! proprill- As will be seen, the appropriations for the past year were substantially identical with those for the preceding. There was no increase of employees or in the salaries of particular positions.

9 Only two additional positions had, in fact, been requested: One of a stenographer for the Periodical Division, at $900; the other of a clerk, at $600, in the Copyright Office. These have now been granted (effective July 1, 1906). One increase of salary also, carrying a change of designation, or rather the creation of a distinctive office-that of Chief Classifier-was provided at the last session; and of the remaining nine heretofore recommended annually in my estimates as necessary to a fair adjustment of the roll, two have been withdrawn, leaving only seven now to be sought. The recommendations for these are again repeated in my estimates. for the coming year. An increase of $3,000. (t: '"':ective July 1, 1906) for the Card Section includes a special provision for traveling and transportation expenses in connection with the sale and distrIbution of the printed cards.

10 The appropriation for the increase of the LIBRARY (for 'which $100,000 was asked) remains still at $90,000. The request for the full amount is repeated in my estimates for 1907-8. Repeated also is the recommendation for. a grant ($28,000) for the compilatio~l of an Index to Compara . tive Legislation. A recent provision for certain work of a Law Index,'s cognate nature in connection with the Law LIBRARY has been induced by a realization of its importance. The pro . vision, incorporated in the sundry civil act for the present year, is as follows: "To SVSTEl\IAT1ZE THE PREPARATION OF LAW IN . DEXES AND SO FORTH AND TO PROVIDE TRAINED. LAW CLERKS THEREFOR: To el~able the Librarian of congress to direct the Law Librarian to prepare a new index to the Statutes at Large, in accordance with a plan previo!