CHAPTER XXIX.
Public documents Adelaide R.Hasse, of the New York Public library How issued Government documents are issued in two sets or editions, viz.: the Congressional or sheep, and the Departmental or cloth.

The annual reports of the heads of departments, with many of the serial and occasional publications of the various departments, are contained in the sheep set, and in addition, all the reports of committees, and records of the transactions of congress, except the debates which are contained in the Congressional record.

The cloth set contains all the publications of the various departments, irrespective of the fact that some of them may have appeared in the sheep set.
To whom issued The depository libraries receive the sheep set by law from the superintendent of documents.

Each department has its own list of "exchanges" (i.e., designations) which receive gratis the publications of that department intended for general distribution.

Non-depository libraries receive their documents regularly from the departments when on the department exchange list, or irregularly from their representatives in congress.