| Great
Britain. Crown. | United
States. President. |
| Charles I. | Buchanan. |
| Charles II. | Lincoln. |
| James II. | Johnson. |
| William and Mary. | Grant. |
45. In the entry of Government publications, use for a subdivision the name of the office rather than the title of the officer, i. e., Ministère de la Marine, not Ministre de la Marine, Registry of Deeds, not Register of Deeds. [20] The individual name of the occupant of the office for the time being may be added in parenthesis to the name of the office; [21] and it should be so added when the publication has an individual character.
[20] There are cases, however, where the title of the officer is the only name of the office, as Illinois. State Entomologist.
[21] Great Britain. Crown, 1377–99 (Richard II). A roll, etc.
46. Messages of a superior executive officer (as President or Governor) transmitting to a legislative body or to some higher executive officer the report of some inferior officer should be entered as the report of the inferior officer, provided the message is merely introductory and contains no independent matter; provided, also, there are not three or more reports; if there are, the higher officer is to be regarded as the collecting editor (§ [59], d); in this case refer analytically to the superior officer’s official title from all the inferior officers whose reports are so transmitted.
47. “Articles to be inquired of” in ecclesiastical districts should go under the name of the district; but episcopal charges are not to go under the name of the bishopric unless they relate especially to its affairs, in which case they will have a subject-entry.
Ex. York, Archdeaconry of. Articles to be enquired of within the A. of Y. {29}
48. Reports made to a department, but not by an official, are to be entered under the department, with either an entry, reference, or analytical under the author as circumstances require.
Gould’s “Mollusca and shells” and Cassin’s “Mammalogy and ornithology of the United States Exploring Expedition under Wilkes” are of this nature; so is “Memorial ceremonies at the graves of our soldiers, collected under authority of Congress, by Frank Moore.” (Compare § [43].)
49. Enter congresses of several nations under the name of the place of meeting (as that usually gives them their name), with references from the nations taking part in them and from any name by which they are popularly known.