Printed books of U.S. Congress laws that say they are officially published by Congress or the U.S. government can be used in court as proof of what those laws say.
490.040. Books containing acts of Congress. — The printed books containing the acts of the Congress of the United States, to be published by of congress, or by authority of the United States, shall be of the laws, public or private, general, local or special, therein contained.
(RSMo 1939 § 1815)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1651; 1919 § 5338; 1909 § 6283
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