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# 2 U.S.C. § 132 - Departments of Library

## Text

The Library of Congress shall be arranged in two departments, a general library and a law library.

(R.S. § 81.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification R.S. § 81 derived from act July 14, 1832, ch. 221, § 1, 4 Stat. 579.