Chapter XXII. *Relation to the Promulgation of the Laws of the United States.*March 9, 1868. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Duty of Secretary of State in furnishing congressional printer with copy of acts and resolutions
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CHAP. XXII.— An Act *Relation to the Promulgation of the Laws of the United States.*March 9, 1868. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Duty of Secretary of State in furnishing congressional printer with copy of acts and resolutions. That from and after the passage of this act it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to furnish the congressional printer with a correct copy of every act and joint resolution as soon as possible after its approval by the President of the United States, or after it shall have become a law in accordance with the Constitution without such approval.
And so much of section seven of the Repeal of. 1864, ch. 155, § 7. Vol. xiii. p. 185.act entitled “An act to expedite and regulate the printing of the public documents, and for other purposes,” approved June twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as requires the secretary of the Senate to furnish such copy, is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,*Congressional printer to do what. That the congressional printer, on receipt of the copy provided for in the foregoing section, shall in every case immediately cause an accurate printed copy of the act or resolution, as it shall have been furnished to him, to be prepared and sent in duplicate to the Secretary of State for revision, and on return of one of the revised duplicates the congressional printer shall at once have the marked corrections made, should there be any, and cause to be printed and sent to the Department of State fifty copies, and also cause Number of copies.to be printed separately the usual number for the use of the two Houses of Congress: *Provided,* That on request of the Secretary of State the congressional printer shall furnish to the Department of State any Additional copies.additional number of copies of any act or resolution, not exceeding five hundred copies.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,*List of newspapers authorized to publish laws, to be furnished printer, who shall send to them copy of public laws and resolutions. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to transmit to the congressional printer, at the beginning of each session of Congress, and thereafter when necessary, a list of all newspapers authorized by law to publish the laws of the United States, with their respective post-offices, so far as the same shall have been communicated to him by the clerk of the House of Representatives; and it shall be the duty of the congressional printer, on the Secretary of State to designate such laws as are of a private character.printing of each act or resolution, excepting those which are of a private character, and which shall be so designated by the Secretary of State, to transmit a copy thereof to each of the editors of such newspapers for prompt publication; and the number of copies of the public acts and resolutions requisite for this purpose are hereby authorized and required Letters, &c. to be free of postage.to be printed; and all letters and documents to and from the congressional printer, relating to the duties and business of his office, shall be transmitted by mail, free of postage, under such regulations as may be established by the Postmaster-General.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,*Provisions of this act to apply to treaties and postal conventions. 1851, ch. 20, § 2. Vol. ix. p. 589. 1851, ch. 48, §2. Vol. ix. p. 645. *Post,* p. 347. That all the provisions of this act which apply to public acts and resolutions shall in like manner apply to treaties between the government of the United States and foreign governments, after they shall have been duly ratified and proclaimed by the President of the United States; and shall also apply to postal conventions made between the Postmaster-General, by and with [the] advice and consent of the President, on the part of the United States, and equivalent officers of foreign governments on the part of their respective countries, under the authority of the second section of the act entitled “ An act to reduce and modify the rates of postage in the United States, and for other purposes,” approved March three, eighteen hundred Proviso as to postal conventions.and fifty-one: *Provided,* That it shall be the duty of the Postmaster-General to transmit a copy of each of said conventions to the Secretary of State, for this purpose, and that the printed copy of said conventions shall be revised by the Post-Office Department.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,*Repeal of inconsistent laws. That all laws and parts of laws requiring the Secretary of State to send the laws first directly to news41papers for publication, as well as all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. Approved, March 9, 1868.