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title: "44 U.S.C. § 1123"
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# 44 U.S.C. § 1123 - Binding materials; bookbinding for libraries
## Text
Binding for the departments of the Government shall be done in plain sheep or cloth, except that record and account books may be bound in Russia leather, sheep fleshers, and skivers, when authorized by the head of a department. The libraries of the several departments, the Library of Congress, the libraries of the Surgeon Generals Office, and the Naval Observatory may have books for the exclusive use of these libraries bound in half Turkey, or material no more expensive.
(Pub. L. 90620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1264; Pub. L. 106113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(b)(24)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A585.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 116 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 86, 28 Stat. 622). This section incorporates all but the first sentence of former section 116. The balance will be found in section 501 of the revision.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1999—Pub. L. 106113 struck out “the Patent Office,” after “the Surgeon Generals Office,”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1999 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 106113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29, 1999, see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4731] of Pub. L. 106113, set out as a note under section 1 of Title 35, Patents.