Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 28 : Section 1738


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1738 - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 947.)
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 687 (R.S. Sec. 905).
      Words "Possession of the United States" were substituted for "of
    any country subject to the jurisdiction of the United States".
      Words "or copies thereof" were added in three places. Copies have
    always been used to prove statutes and judicial proceedings under
    section 687 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed. The added words will
    cover expressly such use.
      Words "and its Territories and Possessions" were added in two
    places so as to make this section and section 1739 of this title
    uniform, the basic section of the latter having provided that
    nonjudicial records or books of any State, Territory, or "country
    subject to the jurisdiction of the United States" should be
    admitted in any court or office in any other State, Territory, or
    "such country."
      Words "a judge of the court" were substituted for "the judge,
    chief justice or presiding magistrate" without change of substance.
      At the beginning of the last paragraph, words "Such Acts" were
    substituted for "And the said". This follows the language of
    Article IV, section 1 of the Constitution.
      For additional provisions as to authentication, see Rule 44 of
    the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
      Changes were made in phraseology.

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