Chapter CCL. to pay, in Part, for publishing the Debates of Congress, and for other Purposes
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Chap. CCL.— An Act to pay, in Part, for publishing the Debates of Congress, and for other Purposes.July 4, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatSet of Congressional Globe and Appendix for each senator, &.c. the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, directed to purchase from the publishers of the Congressional Globe arid Appendix, for each senator, representative, and delegate in the present and each succeeding congress, who has not heretofore received the same, one complete set of the Congressional Globe and Appendix.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatPay to publishers of Globe and Appendix for extra pages. there shall be paid to the publishers of the Congressional Globe and Appendix, by the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives, out of the contingent funds of the two houses, according to the number of copies of the Congressional Globe and Appendix taken by each, one cent for every five pages exceeding three thousand pages for a long session, or fifteen hundred pages for a short session, including the indexes and the laws of the United States for this and each future congress.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* ThatAppropriation, the sum of ninety-eight thousand five hundred and forty-four dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes herein named for the present congress; and that thirty thousandhow disbursed. four hundred and twenty-four dollars of the same be disbursed by the secretary of the Senate, and the remainder by the clerk of the House of Representatives.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* ThatRepealing clause.Either party may abrogate these provisions by two years’ notice. all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith be, and the same are hereby, repealed: *Provided, however,* That the above provisions are made upon the express condition that they may be abrogated by either congress or the publishers of the Congressional Globe and Appendix at any time after giving two years notice for that purpose. Approved, July 4, 1864.