Chapter 23. Providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents
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CHAP. 23.— An Act Providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents.January 12, 1895. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public printing.Joint Congressional Committee.[R. S., sec. 3756, p. 741](/us/rs/s3756/p741). That there shall be a Joint Committee on Printing, consisting of three members of the Senate and three members of the House of Representatives, who shall have the powers hereinafter stated.
Sec. 2. The Joint Committee on Printing shall have power to adoptGeneral powers.[R. S., sec. 3757, p. 742, amended](/us/rs/s3757/p742). such measures as may be deemed necessary to remedy any neglect or delay in the execution of the public printing; and the committee shall have power to order reprinted not exceeding three hundred copies ofReprint of bills. a public bill pending before either House of Congress, when the supply shall have become exhausted, and the interests of the public service demand immediate action.
Sec. 3. The Joint Committee on Printing shall fix upon standards ofPaper. paper for the different descriptions of public printing and binding, and the Public Printer shall, under their direction, advertise in two newspapers,Advertising for bids.[R. S., sec. 3767, p. 742, amended](/us/rs/s3767/p742). published in each of the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati, Saint Louis, Louisville, Omaha, Denver, San Francisco, and Chicago, for sealed proposals to furnish the Government with paper, as specified in the schedule to be furnished to applicants by the Public Printer, setting forth in detail the quality and quantities required for the public printing.
And theStandard samples.[R. S., sec. 3769, p. 743, amended](/us/rs/s3769/p743). Public Printer shall furnish samples of the standard of papers fixed upon to applicants therefor who shall desire to bid. Sec. 4. The advertisements shall specify the minimum portion ofQuantity.[R. S., sec. 3768, p. 742, amended](/us/rs/s3768/p742). each quality of paper required for either three months, six months, or 602FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. one year, as the Joint Committee on Printing may determine; but when the minimum portion so specified exceeds, in any case, one thousand reams, it shall state that proposals will be received for one thousand reams or more.
Sec. 5. The sealed proposals to furnish paper shall be opened in theAwarding contracts.[R. S., sec. 3770, p. 743, amended](/us/rs/s3770/p743). presence of the Joint Committee on Printing, and the contracts shall be awarded by them to the lowest and best bidder for the interest of the Government; but they shall not consider any proposal which is Bond, etc.not accompanied by a bond approved by a judge or clerk of a court of record in the penalty of five thousand dollars that the bidder or bidders, if his or their proposal is accepted, shall enter into a contract to furnish the articles proposed for and by satisfactory evidence that the person making it is a manufacturer of or dealer in the description of paper which he proposes to furnish.
Sec. 6. No contract for furnishing paper shall be valid until it hasApproving contracts.[R. S., sec. 3772, p. 743, amended](/us/rs/s3772/p743). been approved by the Joint Committee on Printing, if made under their direction, or by the Secretary of the Interior, if made under his [R. S., sec. 3771, p. 743](/us/rs/s3771/p743).direction, according to the provisions of section nine of this Act. The award of each contract for furnishing paper shall designate a reasonable time Bond.for its performance.
The contractor shall give bond in such amount as may be fixed by, and to the approval of, the Joint Committee on Printing. Sec. 7. The Public Printer shall compare every lot of paper deliveredPaper to conform to standard.[R S., sec. 3773, p. 743, amended](/us/rs/s3773/p743). by any contractor, with the standard of quality fixed upon by the Joint Committee on Printing, and shall not accept any paper which does not conform to it in every particular. Sec. 8. In case of difference of opinion between the Public PrinterDisputes as to quality.[R.
S., sec. 3774, p. 743, amended](/us/rs/s3774/p743). and any contractor for paper respecting its quality, the matter of difference shall be determined by the Joint Committee on Printing or by the Secretary of the Interior when Congress is not in session, and the decision of said Joint Committee or of the Secretary of the Interior shall be final as to the United States. Sec. 9. If any contractor shall fail to comply with his contract, theDefault by contractor.[R. S., sec. 3775, p. 743, amended](/us/rs/s3775/p743).
Public Printer shall report such default to the Joint Committee on Printing, when Congress is in session, or to the Secretary of the Interior New contractwhen Congress is not in session; and he shall, under the direction of the Committee, or of the Secretary of the Interior, as the case may.be, enter into a new contract with the lowest, best and most responsible bidder for the interest of the Government among those whose proposals were rejected at the last opening of bids, or he shall advertise for new proposals, under the regulations hereinbefore stated; and during the interval which may thus occur he shall, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, or of the Secretary of the Interior, purchase in open market, at the lowest market price, all paper necessary for the public printing.
Sec. 10. In case of the default of any contractor to furnish paper,Contractor’s liability.[R. S., sec. 3776, p. 743](/us/rs/s3776/p743). he and his sureties shall be responsible for any increase of cost to the Government in procuring a supply of such paper which may be consequent upon such default. The Public Printer shall report every such default, with a full statementSuit on bond.[R. S., sec. 3777, p. 743](/us/rs/s3777/p743). of all the facts in the case, to the Solicitor of the Treasury, who shall prosecute the defaulting contractor and his sureties upon their bond, in the circuit court of the United States in the district in which such defaulting contractors reside.
Sec. 11. The Joint Committee on Printing, or during the recess ofOpen-market purchases of paper.[R. S., sec. 3778, p. 743, amended](/us/rs/s3778/p743). Congress the Secretary of the Interior, may authorize the Public Printer to make purchase of paper in open market whenever they may deem the quantity required so small or the want so immediate as not to justify advertisement for proposals. Sec. 12. The Joint Committee is authorized to give permission toPurchase of other material. the Public Printer to purchase material other than paper in open market, whenever in their opinion it would not promote the public interest FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.603 to advertise for proposals and to make contracts for the same: *Provided, however*,*Proviso*.Limit. That the purchases authorized by this Act shall not in any term of six months exceed the sum of fifty dollars for any particular article required. Sec. 13. The Joint Committee shall have control of the arrangementCongressional Record.[R. S., sec. 78, p. 14, amended](/us/rs/s78/p14).Vol. 18, p. 5. and style of the Congressional Record, and while providing that it shall be substantially a verbatim report of proceedings, shall take all needed action for the reduction of unnecessary bulk, and shall provide for the publication of an index of the Congressional Record semimonthly during the sessions of Congress and at the close thereof.
Sec. 14. The Joint Committee shall designate to the Public PrinterIndex. a competent person to prepare the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional Record, and shall fix and regulate the compensation to be paid by the Public Printer for the said work and direct the form and manner of its publication and distribution. Sec. 15. When the probable total cost of the maps or plates accompanyingLithographing, etc., contracts.[R. S., sec. 3780, p. 744, amended](/us/rs/s3780/p744). one work or document exceeds twelve hundred dollars, the lithographing or engraving thereof shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder, after advertisement by the Public Printer, under the direction of the Joint Committee, which may authorize him to make immediate contracts for lithographing or engraving whenever the exigencies of the public service do not justify advertisement for proposals.
Sec. 16. The Public Printer shall prepare a schedule of materialsContracts for all materials. required to be purchased, showing the description, quantity, and quality of each article, and shall invite proposals for furnishing the same, either by advertisement or circular, as the Joint Committee on Printing may direct, and shall make contracts for the same with the lowest responsible bidder, making a return of the same to the Joint Committee, showing the number of bidders, the amounts of each bid, and the awards of the contracts.
Sec. 17. The President of the United States shall nominate and, byPublic Printer; appointment.[R. S., sec. 3758, p. 741, amended](/us/rs/s3758/p741). and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a suitable person, who must be a practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding, to take charge of and manage the Government Printing Office. The title of said officer shall be Public Printer. He shall receive aSalary; bond.[R. S., sec. 3759, p. 742, amended](/us/rs/s3759/p742). salary of four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and shall give bond in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, said bond to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 18. It shall be the duty of the Public Printer to purchase allDuties.[R. S., sec. 3760, p. 742, amended](/us/rs/s3760/p742). materials and machinery which may be necessary for the Government Printing Office; to take charge of all matter which is to be printed, engraved, lithographed, or bound; to keep an account thereof in the order in which it is received, and to cause the work to be promptly executed; to superintend all printing and binding done at the Government Printing Office, and to see that the sheets or volumes are promptly delivered to the officer who is authorized to receive them.
The receipt of such officer shall be a sufficient voucher for their delivery. Sec. 19. The Public Printer shall make annual report to Congress,Annual report to Congress. and in it specify the number of copies of each Department report and document printed upon requisition by the head of the Department for which the printing was done, and he shall also specify in said report the exact number of copies of books, giving the titles of the books, bound upon requisition for Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and other officers of the Government and the cost thereof.
Sec. 20. The chief clerk, the foreman of printing, and a person designatedBoards to examine articles delivered, etc. by the Joint Committee on Printing, shall constitute aboard to examine and report in writing on all paper delivered under contract, or by purchase or otherwise, at the Government Printing Office. The chief clerk, foreman of binding, and a person designated by the Joint Committee on Printing shall constitute a board to examine and report 604FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. in writing on all material, except paper, for the use of the bindery. The chief clerk, the foreman of printing, and a person designated by the Joint Committee on Printing shall constitute a board of condemnation, who, upon the call of the Public Printer, shall determine the condition of presses and other machinery and material used in the Government Printing Office, with a view to condemnation. Sec. 21. Whenever any machinery or material in the GovernmentUnserviceable material.
Printing Office shall have been regularly condemned as unserviceable, the Public Printer may sell the same, after public advertisement, to the highest bidder, for cash, and turn the proceeds into the Treasury *Proviso*.Exchanges.of the United States: *Provided*, That in case the sum or sums offered for such advertised property should be deemed by him too low, he may exchange said old machinery or material for new, paying the difference in money, and render appropriate vouchers for such expenditure.
Sec. 22. The Public Printer shall, on the first day of each regularDetailed yearly report.[R. S., sec. 3821, p. 748, amended](/us/rs/s3821/p748). session, report to Congress the exact condition and the quantity and cost of all printing, binding, lithographing, and engraving; the quantity and cost of all paper purchased for the same; a detailed statement of all proposals and contracts entered into for the purchase of paper and other materials, and for lithographing and engraving; of all payments made, during the preceding year, under his direction; of the quantity of work ordered and done, with a general classification thereof, for each Department, and a detailed statement of each account with the Departments or public officers; a classified detailed statement of the number of bands employed and the sums paid to each; and such other information touching all matters connected with the Printing Office as may be in his possession.
Sec. 23. The employees of the Government Printing Office, whetherLeaves of absence to employees.Vol. 24, p. 91; Vol. 25, p. 352. employed by the piece or otherwise, shall be allowed leaves of absence with pay to the extent of not exceeding thirty days in any one fiscal year under such regulations and at such times as the Public Printer may designate at the rate of pay received by them during the time in which said leave was earned; but such leaves of absence shall not be allowed to accumulate from .year to year.
Such employees as are engaged on piecework shall receive the same rate of pay for the said *Provisos*.Record employees.thirty days’ leave as will be paid to day hands: *Provided*, That those regularly employed on the Congressional Record shall receive leave, with pay, at the close of each session, pro rata for the time of such Pro rata leaves.employment: *And provided further*, That it shall be lawful to allow pro rata leave to those serving fractional parts of the year. Sec. 24.
There shall be reserved by the Public Printer from theDaily copies of Record. quota of each member of Congress and Delegate one copy of the Congressional Record in unstitched form, to be delivered to each member or Delegate; and there shall be furnished to each standing committee of Congress one copy, which copies for members and committees shall be bound promptly in paper when each semimonthly index shall be issued and shall be delivered without delay. Sec. 25. The Public Printer shall cause to be stereotyped or electrotypedStereotyping. all matter when there is a reason to believe that it will be needed a second time.
Sec. 26. The Public Printer shall, at the beginning of each sessionEstimates of paper.[R. S., sec. 3766, p. 742, amended](/us/rs/s3766/p742). of Congress, submit to the Joint Committee on Printing estimates of the quantity of paper of all descriptions which will be required for the public printing and binding during the ensuing year. Sec. 27. He shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of the Treasury,Annual estimates.[R. S., sec. 3822, p. 748, amended](/us/rs/s3822/p748). annually, in time to have the same embraced in the estimates from that Department, detailed estimates of the sums which will be required for salaries, wages, printing, engraving, lithographing, binding, materials, and other necessary expenses of said Printing Office for the ensuing fiscal year.
Sec. 28. There shall be advanced to the Public Printer, from time toAdvances.[R. S., sec. 3816, p. 748, amended](/us/rs/s3816/p748). time, as the public service may require it, and under such rules as the FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.605 Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, a sum of money not exceeding,*Ante*, p. 84. at any time, four-fifths of the penalty of his bond, to enable him to pay for work and material. Sec. 29. Moneys received from sales of extra copies of documents,Receipts from sales.[R.
S., sec. 3818, p. 748, amended](/us/rs/s3818/p748). paper shavings, imperfections, waste gold leaf, leather and book-cloth scraps, and for the sale of old and condemned material, shall be deposited by the Public Printer in the Treasury of the United States, and a detailed statement thereof shall be included in his annual report to Congress. Sec. 30. The Public Printer shall settle the account of his receiptsAccounts.[R. S., sec. 3817, p. 748](/us/rs/s3817/p748). and disbursements in the same manner required of other disbursing officers.
Sec. 31. All printing offices in the Departments now in operation,Department offices to be under Public Printer. or hereafter put in operation, by law, shall be considered a part of the Government Printing Office, and shall be under the control of the Public Printer, who shall furnish all presses, types, imposing stones, and necessary machinery and material for said offices from the general supplies of the Government Printing Office; and all paper and material of every kind used in the said offices for departmental work, except letter and note paper and envelopes, shall be supplied by the Public Printer; and all persons employed in said printing offices and binderies shall be appointed by the Public Printer, and be carried on his pay roll the same as employees in the main office, and shall be responsible to him: *Provided*, That the terms of this Act shall not apply to the*Proviso*.Exceptions. office in the Weather Bureau, or, to so much of the printing as is necessary to expedite the work of the Record and Pension Division of the War Department nor to the printing office now in operation in the Census Office; but the Public Printer, with the approval of the Joint Committee on Printing, may abolish any of these excepted offices whenever in their judgment the economy of the public service would be thereby advanced.
All work done in the said offices shall be ordered on blanks preparedRequisitions. for that purpose by the Public Printer, which shall be numbered consecutively, and must be signed by some one designated by the head of the Department for which the work is to be done, who shall be held responsible for all work thus ordered, and who shall quarterly report to the head of the Department a classified statement of the work done and the cost thereof, which report shall be transmitted to the Public Printer in time for his annual report to Congress.
The Public PrinterCost of brunch offices. shall show in detail, in his annual report, the cost of operating each departmental office. Sec. 32. The Public Printer shall charge himself with, and be accountableAccountability for material.Requisitions.[R. S., sec. 3783, p. 744, amended](/us/rs/s3783/p744). for, all material received for the public use. The foremen of printing and binding shall make out estimates of the quantity and kind of material required for their respective departments, and file written requisitions therefor when it is needed.
The Public Printer shall furnish the same to them on these requisitions, as required for the public service, and they shall receipt to him and be held accountable for all material so received. Sec. 33. If the Public Printer shall, by himself or through others,Penalty for defrauding.[R. S., sec. 3784, p. 744, amended](/us/rs/s3784/p744). corruptly collude or have any secret understanding with any person to defraud the United States, or whereby the United States shall be made to sustain a loss, he shall, on conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction forfeit his office and be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term of not more than seven years, and fined in a ‘ sum not exceeding three thousand dollars.
Sec. 34. Neither the Public Printer, chief clerk, foreman of printing,Private business interests prohibited[R. S., sec. 3765, p. 742, amended](/us/rs/s3765/p742). foreman of binding, nor any of their assistants shall, during their continuance in office, have any interest, direct or indirect, in the publication of any newspaper or periodical, or in any printing, binding, engraving, or lithographing of any kind, or in any contract for furnishing paper or other material connected with the public printing, 606FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. binding, lithographing, or engraving; and for every violation of thisPenalty section the party offending shall, on conviction before any court of competent jurisdiction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term of not less than one nor more than five years, and shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars. Sec. 35. The Public Printer is hereby authorized, under greatTemporary storage. urgency, while in occupancy of the present Government Printing Office, to procure suitable storage room, as near said building as practicable, for the temporary storage of the properly of the Government, *Proviso*.Leases.with a view to relieving the said office from undue strain: *Provided*, That no contract for nor lease of buildings or accommodations for this purpose shall be made or entered into for a longer period than one year, and that every such contract or lease shall be first submitted to the Joint Committee on Printing for their approval and be approved by them.
Sec. 36. In case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness ofVacancy in office of Public Printer. the Public Printer the chief clerk of the Government Printing Office shall perform the duties of the Public Printer until a successor is appointed or such absence or sickness shall cease; but the President may, in his discretion, authorize and direct any other officer of the Government, whose appointment is vested in the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform the duties of the vacant office until a successor is appointed, or the sickness or absence of the Public Printer shall cease: *Provided*, That a vacancy *Proviso*.Temporary appointments.occasioned by death or resignation must not be temporarily filled under the provisions of this section for a longer period than ten days, and no temporary appointment, designation, or assignment of another officer to perform such duty shall be made except to fill a vacancy happening during a recess of the Senate.
Sec. 37. It shall be lawful for the Public Printer to print and deliver,Supplying Record, etc., to Congressmen. upon the order of any Senator, Representative, or Delegate, extracts from the Congressional Record, the person ordering the same paying the cost thereof; and documents and reports of committees, with the evidence and papers submitted therewith, or any part thereof ordered printed by Congress, may be reprinted by the Public Printer on order of any member of Congress or Delegate, on prepayment of cost thereof.
The Public Printer may furnish without cost to Senators, Members, Envelopes.and Delegates, envelopes, ready for mailing the Congressional Record or any part thereof, or speeches, or reports therein contained. Envelopes so furnished shall contain in the upper left-hand corner thereof the following words, to wit: “Senate United States (or House of Representatives, U. S.). Part of Congressional Record. Free,” and in upper right-hand corner the letters “U. S. S.” or “M. C.” But he shall not print any other words thereon, except at the personal expense of the Senator, Member, or Delegate ordering the same, except to affix the official title of a document.
He may also furnish without cost to Senators, Members, and DelegatesDocument franks. blank franks for public documents. Franks so furnished shall contain in the upper left-hand corner thereof the following words, to wit: “Public document. Free. United States Senate (or House of Representatives U. S.)” and in upper right-hand corner the letters “U. S. S.” or “M. C.” But he shall not print any other words thereon except where it may be desirable to affix the official title of a document. *Post*, p. 901All other words printed thereon shall be at the personal expense of the Senator, Member, or Delegate ordering the same.
At the request of any Congressman the Public Printer is authorizedFacsimile stamps. to print upon franks or envelopes used for mailing public documents or seed the facsimile stamp of said Congressman and a special request for return if not called for, and the name of the State and county and city. Said Congressman to deposit with his order the extra expense involved in printing these additional words. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.607 All moneys accruing under this section shall be deposited by theReceipts.
Public Printer in the Treasury of the United States and accounted for in his annual report to Congress. Sec. 38. The Public Printer may purchase in open market, and withoutPress supplies. previous advertising, such supplies as the Government Printing Office may require, of ink, rollers, composition for making rollers, tapes, press blankets, and lubricating oils, taking care that only the lowest market prices be paid; and when practicable he shall issue circulars inviting bids.
Sec. 39. The Public Printer shall pay no greater price for compositionWages. than fifty cents per thousand ems, to pressmen fifty cents per hour, and forty cents per hour for time work to printers and bookbinders: *Provided*, That the pay of all employees of the Government Printing*Proviso*.Night work. Office engaged on night work (between the hours of five o’clock postmeridian and eight o’clock antemeridian) shall be twenty per centum in addition to the amount paid for day labor.
Sec. 40. The Public Printer, under the direction of the Joint Committee,Sales of Directory and Record. may print for sale, at a price sufficient to reimburse the expense of such printing, the current Congressional Directory and the current numbers and bound sets of the Congressional Record. The money derived from such sales shall be paid into the Treasury and accounted for in his annual report to Congress, and no sales shall be made on credit. Sec. 41. The Public Printer shall preserve in his office samples ofEngravings, etc., to equal samples. the paper on which any engravings or lithographs are to be furnished by contract, and he shall not receive any engraving or lithograph which is not printed on paper equal to the sample, or which is not executed in the proper manner or in the quantity contracted for, or within the time specified in the contract, unless, for special reasons, he may have extended the time.
The contractor shall not be paid except upon the certificate of the Public Printer that his contract has been complied with. Sec. 42. The Public Printer shall furnish to all applicants givingSale of documents.[R. S., sec. 3809, p. 747, amended](/us/rs/s3809/p747). notice before the matter is put to press, not exceeding two hundred and fifty to any one applicant, copies of bills, reports, and documents, said applicants paying in advance the cost of such printing with ten per centum added: *Provided*, That the printing of such work for private *Proviso*.Restriction.parties shall not interfere with the printing for the Government.
Sec. 43. The Public Printer shall, on the first day of July in eachList of employees. year in which a new Congress is to assemble, cause to be filed in the Department of the Interior a full and complete list of all officers, agents, clerks, and employees employed in his department, or in any of the branch offices. He shall include in such list all the statistics peculiar to his department required to enable the Secretary of the Interior to prepare the Biennial Register. Sec. 44.
There shall be appointed by the Public Printer a chiefChief clerk, foremen of printing and binding.[R. S., sec. 3761, p. 742, amended](/us/rs/s3761/p742).*Post*, p. 959. clerk, who shall be a practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding, whose salary shall be two thousand four hundred dollars per annum; and a foreman of printing and a foreman of binding, who must be practically and thoroughly acquainted with their respective trades, who shall each receive a salary of two thousand one hundred dollars per annum.
Sec. 45. It shall be the duty of the Public Printer to employ workmenSkilled workmen required.Vol. 19, p. 105. who are thoroughly skilled in their respective branches of industry, as shown by trial of their skill under his direction. Sec. 46. The employees of the Government Printing Office shall beHolidays. allowed the following legal holidays with pay, to wit: The first day of January, the twenty-second day of February, the fourth day of July, the twenty fifth day of December, Inauguration Day, Memorial Day, Labor’s Holiday, and such day as may be designated by the President of the United States as a day of public fast or thanksgiving.
Sec. 47. The Public Printer shall cause, work to be done on the publicNight work.[R. S., sec. 3764, p. 742, amended](/us/rs/s3764/p742). printing in the Government Printing Office at night as well as through 608FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. the day, when the exigencies of the public service require it, but the provisions of the existing eight-hour law shall apply. Sec. 48. The Public Printer may employ two clerks of class four, atClerks.[R. S., sec. 3762, p. 742, amended](/us/rs/s3762/p742). an annual salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars each: two clerks of class three, at one thousand six hundred dollars each per annum; one clerk of class two, at one thousand four hundred dollars per annum.
Sec. 49. The Public Printer may employ, at such rates of wages as heEmployees.[R. S., sec. 3763, p. 742, amended](/us/rs/s3763/p742). may deem for the interest of the Government and just to the persons employed, such proofreaders, laborers, and other hands as may be necessary for the execution of the orders for public printing and binding authorized by law; but he shall not, at any time, employ in the office more hands than the absolute necessities of the public work may require.
Sec. 50. The Public Printer may employ such number of apprentices,Apprentices. not to exceed twenty-five at any one time, as in his judgment will be consistent with the economical service of the office. Sec. 51. The forms and style in which the printing or bindingForm and style of work.[R. S., sec. 3790, p. 745, amended](/us/rs/s3790/p745). ordered by any of the Departments shall be executed, and the material and the size of type to be used, shall be determined by the Public Printer, having proper regard to economy, workmanship, and the purposes for which the work is needed.
Sec. 52. The Public Printer shall sell, under such regulations asSale of stereotypes, etc. the Joint Committee on Printing may prescribe, to any person or persons who may apply additional or duplicate stereotype or electrotype plates from which any Government publication is printed, at a price not to exceed the cost of composition, the metal and making to the *Proviso*.Price.Government and ten per centum added: *Provided*, That the full amount of the price shall be paid when the order is filed:Copyrighting forbidden. *And Provided further*, That no publication reprinted from such stereotype or electrotype plates and no other Government publication shall be copyrighted.
Sec. 53. The Public Printer shall examine closely the orders of theDuplication.[R. S., sec. 3794, p. 745](/us/rs/s3794/p745). Senate and House for printing, and in case of duplication he shall print under the first order received. Sec. 54. Whenever any document or report shall be ordered printedUsual number of documents.[R. S., sec. 3792, p. 745, amended](/us/rs/s3792/p745). by Congress, such order to print shall signify the “usual number” of copies for binding and distribution among those entitled to receive them.
No greater number shall be printed unless ordered by either House, or as hereinafter provided. When a special number of a document or report is ordered printed, the usual number shall also be printed, unless already ordered. The usual number of documents and Distribution.reports shall be one thousand six hundred and eighty-two copies, which shall be distributed as follows: Of the House Documents and Reports, Unbound.—To theUnbound copies. Senate, document room, one hundred and fifty copies; to the office of the Secretary of the Senate, ten copies; to the House document room, four hundred and twenty copies; to the Clerk’s office of the House, twenty copies.
Of the Senate Documents and Reports, Unbound.—To the Senate document room, two hundred and twenty copies; office of the Secretary of the Senate, ten copies: to the House document room, three hundred and sixty copies; to the Clerk’s office of the House, ten copies. That of the number printed, the Public Printer shall bind one thousand and eighty-two copies, which shall be distributed as follows: Of the House Documents and Reports, Bound.—To the SenateBound copies. Library, fifteen copies; to the Library of Congress, two copies, and fifty additional copies for foreign exchanges; to the House Library, fifteen copies; to the superintendent of documents, five hundred copies, for distribution to the State and Territorial libraries and designated depositories.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.609 Of the Senate Documents and Reports, Bound.—To the Senate Library, fifteen copies; to the Library of Congress, two copies, and fifty copies additional for foreign exchanges; to House Library, fifteen copies; to the superintendent of documents, five hundred copies, for distribution to State and Territorial libraries and designated depositories. These documents shall be bound in full sheep, and in binding documents the Public Printer shall give precedence to those that are to be distributed to libraries and to designated depositories: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Preference of depositories.
That any State or Territorial library or designated depository entitled to documents that may prefer to have its documents in unbound form, may do so by notifying the superintendent of documents to that effect prior to the convening of each Congress. The remainder of said documents and reports shall be reserved byReserved sets. the Public Printer in unstitched form, and shall be held subject to be bound in the number provided by law, upon orders from the Vice-President, Senators, Representatives, Delegates, Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House, in such binding as they shall select, except full morocco or calf; and when not called for and delivered within two years after printing shall be delivered in unbound form to the superintendent of documents for distribution.
All of the “usual number” shall be printed at one time. Sec. 55. There shall be printed of each Senate and House public billCopies to be printed.Bills and resolutions.Distribution.[R. S., sec. 3791, p. 745, amended](/us/rs/s3791/p745). and joint, concurrent, and simple resolution six hundred and twenty-five copies, which shall be distributed us follows: To Senate document room, two hundred and twenty-five copies; office of Secretary of Senate, fifteen copies; House document room, three hundred and eighty-five copies.
There shall be printed of each Senate and House private bill two hundred and fifty copies, which shall be distributed as follows: To Senate document room, one hundred and thirty-five copies; to Secretary of Senate, fifteen copies; House document room, one hundred copies. The term private bill shall be construed to mean all bills for the relief of private parties, bills granting pensions, and bills removing political disabilities. All bills and resolutions shall be printed in billPrints of bills, etc. form and unless specially ordered by either House shall only be printed when referred to a committee, when favorably reported back, and after their passage by either House.
Sec. 56. There shall be printed in slip form one thousand eight hundredLaws and treaties.Distribution. and ten copies of public and four hundred and sixty of private laws, postal conventions, and treaties, which shall be distributed as follows: To the House document room, one thousand copies of public and one hundred copies of private laws; to the Senate document room, five hundred and fifty copies of public and one hundred copies of private laws; to the Department of State, five hundred copies of all laws; and to the Treasury Department, sixty of all laws.
Postal conventions and treaties shall be distributed as private laws. Sec. 57. There shall be printed of the Journals of the Senate andJournals of Congress.Distribution.[R. S., sec. 3798, p. 746, amended](/us/rs/s3798/p746). House of Representatives seven hundred and twenty copies, which shall be distributed as follows: To the Senate document room, ninety copies for distribution to Senators, and twenty-five additional copies; to the Senate Library, ten copies; to the House document room, three hundred and sixty copies for distribution to members, and twenty-five additional copies; to the Department of State, four copies; to the superintendent of documents, one hundred and forty-four copies to be distributed to three libraries in each of the States and Territories to be designated by the superintendent of documents; to the Library of Congress, twenty-five copies; to the Court of Claims, two copies, and to the Library of the House of Representatives, ten copies.
The remaining number of the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives, consisting of twenty-five copies, shall be furnished to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively, as the necessities of their respective offices may require, as rapidly as signatures are completed for such distribution. 610FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. Sec. 58. Whenever printing not bearing a Congressional numberDepartment, etc., publications. shall be done for any department or officer of the Government, except confidential matter, blank forms, and circular letters not of a public character, or shall be done for use of Congressional committees, not of a confidential character, two copies shall be sent, unless withheld by order of the committee, by the Public Printer to the Senate and House Libraries, respectively, and one copy each to the document rooms of the Senate and House, for reference; and these copies shall not be Distribution.removed; and of all publications of the Executive Departments not intended for their especial use, but made for distribution, five hundred copies shall be at once delivered to the superintendent of documents for distribution to designated depositories and State and Territorial libraries.
Sec. 59. Orders for printing extra copies shall be by simple, concurrent,Extra copies.[R. S., secs. 3703, 3795, p. 745, amended](/us/rs/s3703/3795/p745). or joint resolution. Either House may print extra copies to the amount of five hundred dollars by simple resolution; if the cost exceeds that sum, the printing shall be ordered by concurrent resolution, except when the resolution is self-appropriating, when it shall be by joint resolution. Such resolutions, when presented to either House, shall be referred immediately to the Committee on Printing, who, in making their report, shall give the probable cost of the proposed printing upon the estimate of the Public Printer; and no extra copies shall be printed before such committee has reported.
Sec. 60. There shall be one document room of the Senate and one ofDocument rooms, Senate and House. the House of Representatives, to be designated, respectively, the “Senate and House document room,” Each shall be in charge of a superintendent, who shall be appointed by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and the Doorkeeper of the House, respectively, who shall also appoint *Proviso*.Effect.the necessary number of assistants: *Provided*, That this section shall not take effect until the first day of the first session of the Fifty-fourth Congress.
Sec. 61. The Public Printer shall appoint a competent person to actSuperintendent of documents, appointment.Duties. as superintendent of documents, and shall fix his salary. The superintendent of documents so designated and appointed is hereby authorized to sell at cost any public document in his charge, the distribution of which is not herein specifically directed, said cost to be estimated by the Public Printer and based upon printing from stereotyped plates; but only one copy of any document shall be sold to the same person, excepting libraries or schools by which additional copies are desired for separate departments thereof, and members of Congress; and whenever any officer of the Government having in his charge documents published for sale shall desire to be relieved of the same, he is hereby authorized to turn them over to the superintendent of documents, who shall receive and sell them under the provisions of this section.
All moneys received from the sale of documents shall be returned to the Public Printer on the first day of each month and be by him covered into the Treasury monthly, and the superintendent of documents shall report annually the number of copies of each and every document sold by him, and the price of the same. He shall also report monthly to the Public Printer the number of documents received by him and the, disposition made of the same. He shall have general supervision of the distribution of all public documents, and to his custody shall be committed all documents subject to distribution, excepting those printed for the special official use of the Executive Departments, which shall be delivered to said Departments, and those printed for the use of the two Houses of Congress, which shall be delivered to the folding rooms of said Houses and distributed or delivered ready for distribution to Members and Delegates upon their order by the superintendents of the folding rooms of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Sec. 62. The superintendent of documents shall, at the close of eachIndex of documents to be made. regular session of Congress, prepare and publish a comprehensive index of public documents, beginning with the Fifty-third Congress, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.611 upon such plan as shall be approved by the Joint Committee on printing; and the Public Printer shall, immediately upon its publication, deliver to him a copy of each and every document printed by the Government Printing Office; and the head of each of the Executive Departments, bureaus, and offices of the Government shall deliver to him it copy of each and every document issued or published by such Department, bureau, or office not confidential in its character.
He shall also prepare and print in one volume a consolidated index of Congressional documents, and shall index such single volumes of documents as the Joint Committee on Printing shall direct. Of the comprehensiveDistribution. index and of the consolidated index two thousand copies each shall be printed and bound in addition to the usual number, two hundred copies for the use of the Senate, eight hundred copies for the use of the House, and one thousand copies for distribution by the superintendent of documents.
Sec. 63. The Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and theDistribution of documents now on hand at the Capitol. Clerk and Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives shall cause an invoice to be made of all public documents stored in and about the Capitol, other than those belonging to the quota of members of the present Congress, to the Library of Congress and the Senate and House Libraries and document rooms, and all such documents shall by the superintendents, respectively, of the Senate and House folding rooms be, put to the credit of Senators, Representatives, and Delegates of the present.
Congress, in quantities equal in the number of volumes and as nearly as possible in value, to each member of Congress, and said documents shall be distributed upon the orders of Senators, Representatives, and Delegates, each of whom shall be supplied by the superintendents of the folding rooms with a list of the number and character of the publications thus put to his credit: *Provided*, That*Provisos*.Supply to committees. before said apportionment is made copies of any of these documents desired for the use of committees of the Senate or House shall be delivered to the chairmen of such committees: *And provided further*,Reserve for deficiencies.
That four copies of each and all leather-bound documents shall be reserved and carefully stored, to be used hereafter in supplying deficiencies in the Senate and House Libraries caused by wear or loss, and a similar invoice shall be prepared and distribution made as above provided at the convening in regular session of each successive Congress. Sec. 64. Upon the appointment of the superintendent of documents,Interior Department distribution abolished.[R. S., secs. 507, 508, p. 84, repealed](/us/rs/s507/508/p84).[R.
S., secs. 497–509, pp. 82–84; sec. 3813, p. 747, repealed](/us/rs/s497/509/pp82/84). as hereinbefore provided, the office of the superintendent of documents in the Department of the Interior shall be, and is hereby, abolished, and all laws now in force providing for the delivery to the Department of the Interior of public documents for distribution, other than such as are for the use of that Department, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed: *Provided*, That the distribution of the reports of the Eleventh*Proviso*.Census distribution.
Census shall be continued and completed by the superintendent of documents, under existing laws and regulations. Sec. 65. All official correspondence of the superintendent of documentsCorrespondence to be mailed free. and all replies to the same shall be entitled to free transmission by mail; and he shall be entitled to frank public documents: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Penalty clause. That in the transmission of such mail matter envelopes, labels, or postal cards are used on which the name of the office and the penalty clause are printed.
Sec. 66. The Public Printer is hereby authorized and directed, uponAssistants, blanks, etc. the requisition of the superintendent of documents, to appoint such assistants as may be necessary, and furnish such blanks and to do such printing and binding as are required by his office the cost of the same to be charged against the appropriation for printing and binding for Congress, and the Public Printer shall provide convenient office, storage, and distributing rooms for the use of the superintendent of documents.
Sec. 67. All documents at present remaining in charge of the severalDisposal of documents accumulating. Executive Departments, bureaus, and offices of the Government not required for official use shall be delivered to the superintendent of 612FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. documents, and hereafter all public documents accumulating in said Departments, bureaus, and offices not needed for official use shall be annually turned over to the superintendent of documents for distribution or sale.
Sec. 68. Whenever in the division among Senators, Representatives,Congressional documents.Distribution. and Delegates of documents printed for the use of Congress there shall be an apportionment to each or either House in round numbers, the Public Printer shall not deliver the full number so accredited at the respective folding rooms, but only the largest multiple of the number constituting the full membership of each or either House, including the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and Clerk and Doorkeeper of the House, which shall be contained in the round numbers thus accredited to each or either House, so that the number delivered shall divide evenly and without remainder among the members of the House to which they are delivered; and the remainder of all documents thus resulting shall be turned over to the superintendent of documents, to be distributed by him, first, to public and school libraries for the purpose of completing broken sets; second, to public and school libraries that have not been supplied with any portion of such sets; and, lastly, by sale to other persons; said libraries to be named to him by Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress; and in this distribution the superintendent of documents shall see that as far as practicable an equal allowance is made to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate.
Sec. 69. A catalogue of Government publications shall be preparedCatalogue of publications. by the superintendent of documents on the first day of each month, which shall show the documents printed during the preceding month, where obtainable, and the price thereof. Two thousand copies of such catalogue shall be printed in pamphlet form for distribution. Sec. 70. The superintendent of documents shall thoroughly investigateInvestigation of depositories. the condition of all libraries that are now designated depositories, and whenever he shall ascertain that the number of books in any such library, other than college libraries, is below one thousand, other than Government publications, or it has ceased to be maintained as a public library, he shall strike the same from the list, and the Senator, Representative, or Delegate shall designate another depository that shall meet the conditions herein required.
Sec. 71. There shall be one folding room of the Senate and one foldingFolding rooms, Senate and House. room of the House of Representatives. They shall be in charge of superintendents, appointed respectively by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and Doorkeeper of the House, who shall also appoint the Distributing documents.necessary assistants. All reports or documents to be distributed for Senators, Representatives, and Delegates shall be folded and distributed from the folding rooms, unless otherwise ordered and each Senator, Representative and Delegate shall be notified in writing once every sixty days of the number and character of publications on hand and assigned to him for use and distribution.
Sec. 72. Any Senator, Representative, or Delegate having publicDisposal of documents at close of term. documents to his credit at the expiration of his term of office shall take the same prior 1o the convening of the next succeeding Congress, and if he shall not do so within such period he shall forfeit them to his successor in office. Sec. 73. Extra copies of documents and reports shall be printedExtra copies of documents.Number and allotment. promptly when the same shall be ready for publication, and shall be bound in paper or cloth as directed by the Joint Committee on printing, and shall be of the number following in addition to the usual number:
The Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture shall hereafter beAgricultural report.Contents, etc. submitted and printed in two parts, as follows: Part one, which shall contain purely business and executive matter which it is necessary for the Secretary to submit to the President and Congress; part two, which FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.613 shall contain such reports from the different bureaus and divisions, and such papers prepared by their special agents, accompanied by suitable illustrations as shall, in the opinion of the Secretary, be specially suited to interest and instruct the farmers of the country, and to include a general report of the operations of the Department, for their information.
There shall be printed of part one, one thousand copies for the Senate, two thousand copies for the House, and three thousand copies for the Department of Agriculture; and of part two, one hundred and ten thousand copies for the use of the Senate, three hundred and sixty thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and thirty thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture, the illustrations for the same to be executed under the supervision of the Public Printer, in accordance with directions of the Joint Committee on printing, said illustrations to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture; and the title of each of the said parts shall be such as to show that such part is complete in itself: *Provided*, That one edition of*Proviso*.Diseases of the Horse. seventy-five thousand copies of the Special Report on Diseases of the Horse be printed, of which fifty thousand copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, and twenty-five thousand copies for the use of the Senate.
Of the Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry, thirty thousandAnimal Industry Bureau. copies, of which seven thousand shall be for the Senate, fourteen thousand for the House, and nine thousand for distribution by the Agricultural Department. Of the Animal Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, fourWeather Bureau. thousand copies; one thousand copies for the Senate, two thousand copies for the House, and one thousand copies for the Bureau. Of the Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac and of the papers supplementaryNautical Almanac and Ephemeris. thereto, one thousand five hundred copies; one hundred copies for the Senate, four hundred for the House, and one thousand for distribution or sale by the Navy Department.
The five hundred copies printed for Congress and the usual number shall be for the calendar year next following, and those for the Navy Department for the third year following. The Secretary of the Navy is also authorized to cause additional copies of the Ephemeris, and of the Nautical Almanacs extracted therefrom, to be printed for the public service and for sale to navigators and others: *Provided*, That all moneys received*Proviso*.Sales. from sales of the Ephemeris and of the Nautical Almanacs shall be deposited in the Treasury and placed to the credit of the general fund for public printing.
Of the Observations of the Naval Observatory, one thousand eightObservations, Naval Observatory. hundred copies; three hundred for the Senate, seven hundred for the House, and eight hundred for distribution by the Naval Observatory, and of the astronomical appendixes to the above observations, one thousand two hundred separate copies, and of the meteorological and magnetic observations one thousand separate copies for distribution by the Naval Observatory. Of the Report of the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey,Coast and Geodetic Survey. one thousand five hundred copies of part one; two hundred copies for the Senate, six hundred copies for the House, and seven hundred copies for distribution by the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and two thousand eight hundred copies of part two; two hundred for the Senate, six hundred for the House, and two thousand for distribution by the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Of Commercial Relations, and of Foreign Relations, three thousandCommercial Relations and Foreign Relations. copies of each; one thousand for the Senate and two thousand for the House. Of the Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, uniform with the precedingEthnology. volumes of the series, eight thousand copies, one thousand five hundred for the Senate, three thousand for the House, and three thousand five hundred for distribution by the Bureau of Ethnology. 614FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. Of the Report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, eight thousandFish Commission. copies; two thousand for the Senate, four thousand for the House, and two thousand for distribution by the Fish Commission. Of the Bulletins of the Fish Commission, five thousand copies; oneFish Bulletin. thousand for the Senate, two thousand for the House, and two thousand for distribution by the Commission. Of the Report of the Health Officer of the District of Columbia, oneHealth Officer, D.
C. thousand five hundred copies; one hundred for the Senate, three hundred and sixty for the House, and one thousand and forty for distribution by the health officer. Of the Report of the Civil Service Commission, twenty-three thousandCivil Service Commission. copies; one thousand for the Senate, two thousand for the House, and twenty thousand for distribution by the Civil Service Commission. Of the Report of the Commissioner of Education, thirty-five thousandEducation. copies; five thousand for the Senate, ten thousand for the House, and twenty thousand for distribution by the Commissioner of Education.
Of the Report of the Geological Survey, uniform with the precedingGeological Survey. reports, ten thousand copies; two thousand for the Senate, four thousand for the House, four thousand for distribution by the Geological Survey. Of the Report of the Commissioner of Labor, twenty-five thousandCommissioner of Labor. copies; five thousand for the Senate, ten thousand for the House, and ten thousand for distribution by the Commissioner of Labor. Of the Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission, three thousandInterstate Commerce Commission. copies; one thousand for the Senate, two thousand for the House, and for the use of the Commission there may be printed such number of said report and other documents incident to interstate commerce for distribution by them as they may deem expedient.
The Secretary of State shall cause to be printed and bound at theRevised Statutes and Supplement. Government Printing Office as many volumes of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and the Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the United States, volume one, second edition, eighteen hundred and seventy-four to eighteen hundred and ninety-one, authorized under the Vol, 26, p. 50.Act of April ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, as may be needed for distribution to designated depositories, State and Territorial libraries and to United States courts not already supplied, and for sale by his office at the cost thereof.
The Secretary of State shall cause to be edited, printed, published,Session laws.Vol. 18, p. 113. and distributed pamphlet copies of the statutes of the present and each future session of Congress to the officers and persons hereinafter provided for; said distribution shall be made at the close of every session of Congress, as follows: To the President and Vice-President of the United States, two copies each; to each Senator, Representative and Delegate in Congress, one copy; to the Librarian of the Senate, for the use of Senators, one hundred copies; to the Librarian of the House, two hundred copies, for the use of Representatives and Delegates; to the Library of Congress, fourteen copies; to the Department of State, including those for the use of legations and consulates, six hundred copies; to the Treasury Department, three hundred copies; to the War Department, two hundred copies; to the Navy Department, one hundred copies; to the Department of the Interior, including those for the use of the surveyors-general and registers and receivers of public land offices, two hundred and fifty copies; to the Post-Office Department, fifty copies; to the Interstate Commerce Commission, ten copies; to the Department of Labor, five copies; to the Civil Service Commission, three copies; to the Department of Justice, including those for the use of the Chief Justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court and the judges and officers of the United States and Territorial courts, five hundred FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.615 copies; to the Department of Agriculture, fifty copies; to the Smithsonian Institution, five copies; to the Government Printing Office, two copies; to the governors and secretaries of Territories, one copy each. The Secretary of State is authorized to have printed as many additionalAdditional, for sale, etc. copies of the pamphlet laws as he may deem needful for distribution and sale by him, at cost price, not exceeding one thousand copies of the laws of any one session in any one year.
The Public Printer shall deliver to the folding rooms of the SenateCongressional allotment, etc. and House of Representatives seven thousand copies of the pamphlet laws, two thousand copies of which shall be for the Senate and five thousand copies for the House, and to the superintendent of documents five hundred copies, for distribution to State and Territorial libraries and to designated depositories. After the close of each Congress the Secretary of State shall haveStatutes at Large.Vol. 18, p. 114. edited, printed, and bound a sufficient number of the volumes containing the Statutes at Large enacted by that Congress to enable him to distribute copies, or as many thereof as may be needed, as follows:
To the President of the United States, four copies, one of which shall be for the library of the Executive Mansion; to the Vice-President of the United States, one copy; to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress, one copy; to the Librarian of the Senate, for the use of Senators, one hundred copies; to the Librarian of the House, for the use of Representatives and Delegates, two hundred copies; to the Library of Congress, fourteen copies; including four copies for the Law Library; to the Department of State, including’ those for the use of the legations and consulates, three hundred and eighty copies; to the Treasury Department, including those for the use of officers of customs, three hundred copies; to the War Department, seventy-five copies; to the Navy Department, seventy-five copies; to the Department of the Interior, including those for the use of surveyors-general and registers and receivers of public land offices, two hundred and fifty copies; to the Post-Office Department, fifty copies; to the Interstate commerce Commission, ten copies: to the Department of Labor, five copies; to the Civil Service Commission, three copies; to the Department of Justice, including those for the use of the Chief Justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court, and the judges and the officers of the United States and Territorial courts and to State supreme court libraries, five hundred copies; to the Department of Agriculture, fifty copies; to the Smithsonian Institution, two copies; to the Government Printing Office, one copy, and the Public Printer shall deliver five hundred copies of the Statutes at Large to the superintendent of documents for distribution to State and Territorial libraries and to designated depositories.
And the Secretary of State is authorized to have as many additional copies printed and bound as may in his opinion beAdditional copies. needed for distribution and sale at cost thereof, not exceeding in any one year one thousand copies of the laws of any one Congress. The pamphlet copies of the statutes and the bound copies of the ActsForce as evidence. of each Congress shall be legal evidence of the laws and treaties therein contained in all the courts of the United States and of the several States therein.
The said pamphlet and the Statutes at Large shallContents. contain all laws, joint and concurrent resolutions passed by Congress, and also all conventions, treaties, proclamations, and agreements. The message of the President without the accompanying documentsPresident’s message. and reports shall be printed, immediately upon its receipt by Congress, in pamphlet form. Fifteen thousand shall be printed, of which five thousand shall be for the Senate, and ten thousand for the House.
Of the President’s Message and accompanying documents and ofMessage and documents. ‘ the annual reports of the Departments to Congress there shall be printed one thousand copies for the Senate and two thousand for the House: *Provided*, That of the reports of the Chief of Engineers of the*Proviso*. 616FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. Army, the Commissioner of Patents, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue,Limit of certain reports. the report of the Chief Signal Officer of the War Department, and of the Chief of Ordnance, the usual number only shall be printed.
The following reports required by law to be made to Congress shallReports not to be printed. not be printed unless the printing be recommended by the head of the Department making the same, and ordered by concurrent resolution of Congress, namely: Report of contracts for conveying the mails, report of fines and deductions in the Post-Office Department, the report of the Treasurer of accounts by him from time to time rendered to and settled with the First Comptroller, and the report of the proceedings of the annual meetings of the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels.
Of the Report of the National Academy of Sciences, two thousandNational Academy of Sciences. copies: five hundred for the Senate, one thousand for the House, and five hundred for distribution by the Academy of Sciences. Of the Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, two thousandMemoirs. five hundred copies; five hundred for the Senate, one thousand for the House, and one thousand for distribution by the Academy of Sciences. Of the Report of the American Historical Association, three thousandAmerican Historical Association. copies; five hundred for the Senate, one thousand for the House, and one thousand five hundred for distribution by the association and the Smithsonian Institution.
Of the Registers of the Army and Navy, fifteen hundred copies ofRegisters, Army and Navy. each; five hundred for the Senate and one thousand for the House. Of the Report of the Smithsonian Institution, ten thousand copies;Smithsonian Reports. one thousand for the Senate, two thousand for the House, five thousand for distribution by the Smithsonian Institution, and two thousand for distribution by the National Museum. Of the Reports of Consular Officers, one thousand five hundred copies; five hundredConsular Reports. for the Senate, one thousand for the House.
Of the Statistical Abstract of the United States, twelve thousandStatistical Abstract. copies; three thousand for the Senate, six thousand for the House, and three thousand for distribution by the Bureau of Statistics. Of the Tests of Iron and Steel, five hundred copies for distributionIron and Steel. by the War Department. Of the Finance Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, the ReportTreasury Department Reports. on Commerce and Navigation, on Internal Commerce, of the Director of the Mint on the Production of Precious Metals, and of Mineral Resources of the United States, there shall be printed one thousand copies of each for the Senate and two thousand for the House in addition to those published as part of the departmental report.
Of the Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Currency, ten thousand copies; one thousand for the Senate, two thousand for the House, and seven thousand for distribution by the Comptroller of the Currency. Of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Navigation of the Treasury Department, one thousand copies for the Senate, two thousand for the House, and one thousand copies for distribution by the Commissioner; and of the Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States, five thousand copies for distribution by the Treasury Department.
Of the Report of the Government Directors of the Union Pacific Railways,Pacific Railways. one thousand five hundred copies; five hundred for the Senate and one thousand for the House. There shall be printed of eulogies of deceased Senators, Representatives,Eulogies. and Delegates eight thousand copies, of which number fifty copies, Extra bound.bound in full morocco, with gilt edges, shall be delivered to the family Cloth binding.of the deceased, and one thousand nine hundred and fifty copies in cloth binding shall be delivered to the Senators, Representatives, or Delegates of the State or Territory represented by the deceased.
The remaining number, also in cloth binding, shall be distributed in the proportion of two thousand to the Senate and four thousand to the FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.617 House. The engraving for such eulogies shall be done at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and paid for out of the appropriation for that Bureau. Of the “usual number” the bound volume shall containUsual number. in one volume for each I louse all eulogies during the session of Congress upon Senators and Representatives respectively.
Of the Senate Manual and of the Digest and Manual of the House ofManuals, Senate and House. Representatives, each House shall print as many copies as it shall desire, even though the cost exceed five, hundred dollars. There shall be prepared under the direction of the Joint CommitteeCongressional Directory.[R. S., sec. 3801, p. 746, amended](/us/rs/s3801/p746). on Printing a Congressional Directory, of which there shall be three editions during each long session and two editions during each short session of Congress.
The first edition shall be distributed to Senators, Representatives, Delegates, the principal officers of Congress, and heads of Departments on the first day of the session, and shall be ready for distribution to others within one week thereafter. The number and distribution of such Directory shall be under the control of the Joint Committee on Printing. Official correspondence concerning the Directory may be had in penalty envelopes under the direction of the Joint Committee.
The Joint Committee on Printing shall appoint a competent person,Abridgment of message and documents.Preparation. who shall edit such portion of the reports and documents accompanying the annual message of the President or made directly to Congress as they may deem suitable for popular distribution, and prepare an alphabetical index thereto. The Public Printer shall furnish to the person so designated copies of all the said reports and documents as soon as printed; and the abridgement of the message and documents shall be prepared for the Printer by the first day of January, or as soon thereafter as practicable, of each year, and shall be printed by the Public Printer as soon as copy is furnished him.
There shall be printed of such abridgement twelve thousand copies, of which four thousand shall be for the Senate and eight thousand for the House. The Public Printer shall furnish the Congressional Record as followsCongressional Record.Sole gratuitous distribution. and shall furnish gratuitously no others in addition thereto: To the Vice-President and each Senator, forty-four copies: and to the Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, each twenty copies, and to the Secretary for office use ten copies; to each Representative and Delegate, thirty copies, of which number eight copies shall be sent by the superintendent of documents one each to such public or school libraries other than designated depositories as shall be designated for this purpose by each Representative and Delegate in Congress, and to the Clerk and Doorkeeper of the House, each twenty copies, and to the Clerk, for office use, ten copies; to be supplied daily as originally published or in the revised and permanent form bound only in half Russia, or part in each form, as each may elect.
To the Vice-President and each Senator, Representative, and Delegate there shall be furnished two copies of the daily Record, one to be delivered at his residence and one at the Capitol. To the President, for use of the Executive Office, four copies of the daily and one bound copy. To the Chief Justice and each of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, the marshal and clerk of the said court, one daily and one bound copy. To the governor of each State and Territory, one copy of the daily and one bound copy of the Record.
To the Official Reporter of the Senate and each of his assistant reporters, and to the official reporters of the House, each two copies of the daily and cue copy of the bound Record. To the superintendent, of the Senate and House document rooms, each one copy of the daily and one bound copy. To the Library of Congress, forty-five bound copies. To the Senate and House libraries, ten bound copies to each. 618FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. To the library of each of the eight Executive Departments, and toCongressional Record-Continued. the Naval Observatory, Smithsonian Institution and the United States National Museum, one bound copy.
To the Soldiers’ Home, and to each of the national homes for disabled volunteer soldiers, and to each of the State Soldiers’ Homes established for either Federal or Confederate soldiers, one copy of the daily. To the superintendent of documents, five hundred bound copies for distribution to depositories of public documents. To each of our legations abroad, one copy of the daily Record, to be sent through the Secretary of State. To each foreign legation in Washington whose government extends a like courtesy to our legations abroad, one copy of the daily Record, to be sent through the Secretary of State and furnished upon his requisition.
The Public Printer is authorized to furnish to subscribers the dailySubscriptions. Record at eight dollars for the long and four dollars for the short session, or one dollar and fifty cents per month, payable in advance. The “usual number” of the Congressional Record shall not be printed. The daily and the permanent Record shall bear the same date which shall be of the actual day’s proceedings reported therein. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to furnishOfficial Records of the Rebellion. a complete set of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies to each Senator and Member of the present Congress not already entitled by law to receive the same; and he is further authorized to use for this purpose such incomplete sets, not including any to the credit of Senators, as remain on hand uncalled for by beneficiaries designated to receive them under the authority contained in the Acts Vol. 22, p. 320;
Vol. 25, p. 618.approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and March tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight; and the Secretary of War will call upon the Public Printer to print and bind such volumes or parts of volumes as will enable him to fill out the incomplete sets hereinbefore referred to. There shall be printed of the Annual Report of the Public Printer oneReport of Public Printer. thousand copies, to be distributed under his direction, and he may retain out of all documents, bills, and resolutions printed the number of copies absolutely needful for the official use of the Government Printing Office, not exceeding five of each.
To enable the officer charged with the duty of preparing the OfficialOfficial Register.Preparation.[R. S., sec. 510, p. 84, amended](/us/rs/s510/p84). Register of the United States to publish the same, the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the head of each Executive Department of the Government, and the chief of each and every bureau, office, commission, or institution not embraced in an Executive Department, in connection with which salaries are paid from the Treasury of the United States, shall, on the first day of July in each year in which a new Congress is to assemble, cause to be tiled with the Secretary of the Interior a full and complete list of all officers, agents, clerks, and other employees of said Department, bureau, office, commission, or institution connected with the legislative, executive, or judicial service of the Government, or paid from the United States Treasury, including military and naval officers of the United States, cadets, and midshipmen.
Said lists shall exhibit the salary, compensation, and emoluments allowed to each of said officers, agents, clerks, and other employees, the State or country in which he was born, the State or Territory and Congressional district and county of which he is a resident and” from which he was appointed to office, and where employed. A list of the names, force, and condition of all ships and vessels belonging to the United States, and when and where built, shall also be filed with the Secretary of the Interior by the heads of the Departments having supervision of such ships and vessels, for incorporation in the Official Register.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.619 The Postmaster-General shall furnish a statement of all allowancesOfficial Register—Continued. made, during the period of two years next preceding said first day of July above mentioned, to each contractor on contracts for carrying the mails, discriminating the sum paid as stipulated by the original contract, and the sums paid as additional allowances. The Secretary of the Interior shall cause the Official Register to beEditing, etc. edited, indexed, and published by the chief clerk of the Interior Department, on the first day of December following the first day of July above mentioned.
Of the Official Register three thousand copies shall be printed andDistribution.[R. S., secs. 511, 3800, pp. 85, 746, amended](/us/rs/s511/3800/pp85/746). bound, which shall be distributed as follows: To the President of the United States, four copies, one copy of which shall be for the library of the Executive Mansion; to the Vice-President of the United States, two copies; to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress, one copy; to the Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, to the Clerk and Sergeant-at-Arms of the House, one copy each; to the library of the Senate, ten copies; to the library of the House of Representatives, ten copies; to the Library of Congress, twenty-five copies; to the Department of State, one hundred copies: to the Treasury Department, one hundred and fifty copies; to the War Department, fifty copies; to the Navy Department, twenty copies; to the Department of Justice, twenty copies; to the Department of the Interior, two hundred copies; to the Post-Office Department, one hundred copies; to the Department of Agriculture, fifteen copies; to the Smithsonian Institution, four copies; to the Department of Labor, four copies; to the Government Printing Office, four copies; to the Interstate Commerce Commission, two copies; to the Civil Service Commission, four copies; to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, two copies; to the Commisioner of Fish and Fisheries, two copies; and the remaining copies shall be delivered to the superintendent of documents, who is hereby authorized to send one copy to each designated depository and to such public college or school library not a depository of public documents, and one copy to such other person as shall be designated by each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress, and shall hold the remainder for sale under the provisions of this law.
The usual number of the Official Register shall not Imprinted. The Commissioner of Patents, upon the requisition of the SecretaryPatent Office printing. of the Interior, is authorized to continue the printing of the following: First. The patents for inventions and designs issued by the PatentPatents issued. Office, including grants, specifications, and drawings, together with copies of the same, and of patents already issued, in such number as may be needed for the business of the office.
Second. The certificates of trademarks and labels registered in theTrade-marks and labels. Patent Office, including descriptions and drawings, together with copies of the same, and of trademarks and labels heretofore registered, in such numbers as may be needed for the business of the office. Third. The Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office inOfficial Gazette. numbers sufficient to supply all who shall subscribe therefor at five dollars per annum; also to exchange for other scientific publications desirable for the use of the Patent Office; also to supply one copy to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress; also to supply one copy to eight such public libraries having over one thousand volumes, exclusive of Government publications, as shall be designated by each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress, with one hundred additional copies, together with bimonthly and annual indexes for all the same; of the Official Gazette the usual number shall not be printed.
Fourth. The Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the fiscal Commissioner’s report.year, not exceeding five hundred in number, for distribution by him; the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents to Congress, without the list of patents, not exceeding one thousand five hundred in number, for distribution by him; and of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents to Congress, with the list of patents, five hundred 620FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. copies for sale by him, if needed, and in addition thereto the usual number only shall be printed.
Fifth. Copies of the specifications and drawings of each patent Monthly volume of patents issued.[R. S., sec. 490, p. 81, amended](/us/rs/s490/p81).issued, bound in monthly volumes, one copy for each of the Executive Departments of the Government, one copy to be placed for free public inspection in each capitol of every State and Territory, one for the like purpose in the clerk’s office of the district court of each judicial district of the United States, except when such offices are located in State or Territorial capitals, and one in the Library of Congress, which copies shall be certified under the hand of the Commissioner and seal of the Patent Office, and shall not be taken from the depositories for any other purpose than to be used as evidence; also one hundred additional copies of the same, for sale by him at a price to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior.
The “usual number” shall not be printed. Sixth. Pamphlet copies of the rules of practice, pamphlet copies ofRules of practice, etc.[R. S., sec. 489, p. 81, amended](/us/rs/s489/p81). the patent laws, and pamphlet copies of the laws and rules relating to trademarks and labels, and circulars relating to the business of the office, all in such numbers as may be needed for the business of the office. The usual number shall not be printed. Seventh. Annual volumes of the decisions of the Commissioner ofDecisions.
Patents and of the United States courts in patent eases, not exceeding one thousand five hundred in number, of which the usual number shall be printed, and for this purpose a copy of each shall be transmitted to Congress promptly when prepared. Eighth. Indexes to patents relating to electricity, and indexes toIndexes. foreign patents, in such numbers as may be needed for the business of office. The usual number shall not be printed. All printing for the Patent Office making use of lithography or photolithography,Lithographing, etc., contracts.[R.
S., sec. 492, p. 82, amended](/us/rs/s492/p82). together with the plates for the same, shall be contracted for and performed under the direction of the Commissioner of Patents, under such limitations and conditions as the Joint Committee on printing may from time to time prescribe, and all other printing for the Patent Office shall be done by the Public Printer under such limitations and conditions as the Joint Committee on Printing may from time *Proviso*.Work at Government Printing Office.to time prescribe: *Provided*, That, the entire work may be done at the Government Printing Office whenever in the judgment of the Joint Committee on Printing the same would be to the interest of the Government.
No report, document, or publication of any kind distributed by orInserting “compliments” forbidden. from an Executive Department or bureau of the Government shall contain any notice that the same is sent with “the compliments” of an officer of the Government, or with any special notice that it is so sent, except that notice that it has been sent, with a request for an acknowledgment of its receipt, may be given. Sec. 74. Government publications furnished to judicial and executivePublications to officials. officers of the United States for their official use shall not become the property of these officers, but on the expiration of their official term shall be by them delivered to their successors in office and all Government publications delivered to designated depositories or other libraries shall be for public use without charge.
Sec. 75. Documents and reports may be furnished to foreign legationsForeign legations. to the United States upon request specifying t hose desired and *Proviso*.Reciprocal distribution.requisition made upon the Public Printer by the Secretary of State: *Provided*, That such gratuitous distribution shall only be made to legations whose Governments furnish to legations from the United States copies of their printed and legislative documents desired. Sec. 76. The charts published by the Coast and Geodetic Survey shallCoast Survey charts.[R.
S., sec. 4691, p. 911, amended](/us/rs/s4691/p911). be sold at cost of paper and printing as nearly as practicable; and there shall be no free distribution of such charts except to the Departments and officers of the United States requiring them for public use; and a number of copies of each sheet, not to exceed three hundred, to be presented to such foreign governments, libraries, and scientific associations, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.621 and institutions of learning as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct; but on the order of Senators, Representatives, and Delegates not to exceed ten copies to each may be distributed through the superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Sec. 77. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to cause to be preparedHydrographic Office charts, etc.[R. S., sec. 432, p. 72](/us/rs/s432/p72). at the Hydrographic Office attached to the Bureau of Navigation, in the Navy Department, maps, charts, and nautical books relating to and required in navigation, and to publish and furnish them to navigators at the cost of printing and paper, and to purchase the plates and copyrights of such existing maps, charts, navigators’ sailing directions and instructions as he may consider necessary and when he may deem it expedient to do so, and under such regulations and instructions as he may prescribe.
All moneys which may be received from the sale of maps, charts,Receipts from sales.[R. S., sec. 433, p. 72, amended](/us/rs/s433/p72). and nautical books shall be paid by the Secretary of the Navy into the Treasury of the United States, to be used in the further preparation and publication of maps, charts, navigators’ sailing directions, and instructions for the use of seamen, to be sold at the cost of printing and paper. Sec. 78. All appropriations made for the preparation or publicationForeign hydro-graphic chart[R.
S., sec. 3680, p. 723](/us/rs/s3680/p723). of foreign hydrographic surveys shall only be applicable to their object, upon the approval by the Secretary of the Navy, after a report from three competent naval officers to the effect that the original data for proposed charts are such as to justify their publication; and it is hereby made the duty of the Secretary of the Navy to order a board of three naval officers to examine and report upon the data before he shall approve of any application of moneys to the preparation or publication of such charts or hydrographic surveys.
Sec. 79. The scientific reports known as the monographs and bulletinsGeological Survey.Monographs and bulletins. of the Geological Survey shall not be published until specific and detailed estimates are made therefor and specific appropriations made in pursuance of such estimates; and no engravings for the annual reports for such monographs and bulletins, or of illustrations, sections, and maps, shall be done until specific estimates are submitted therefor and specific appropriations made based on such estimates.
And there shall be distributed of monographs, bulletins and reports of the UnitedDistribution. States Geological Survey, now in possession of said Survey, being publications prior to the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one copy of every such publication to every public library which shall be designated to the superintendent of documents, as follows: Two public libraries to be designated by each of the Senators from the States, respectively, two public libraries by the Representative in Congress from each Congressional district, and two public libraries by the Delegate from each Territory; such public libraries to be additional to those to which the said publications are distributed under existing law.
Sec. 80. No document or report to be illustrated or accompanied byIllustrations in reports, etc. maps shall be printed by the Public Printer until the illustrations or maps designed therefor shall be ready for publication; and no order for public printing shall be acted upon by the Public Printer after the expiration of one year, unless the entire copy and illustrations for the work shall have been furnished within that period: *Provided*, This*Proviso*.Series. section shall not apply to orders heretofore made for the printing of a series of volumes on one subject.
Sec. 81. Every public document of sufficient size on any one subjectBinding. shall be bound separately, and receive the title suggested by the subject of the volume, which shall be the chief title, and the classification of the volume shall be placed on the back at the bottom, as simply indicating its classification and not as a part of the title. The executive and miscellaneous documents and the reports of eachClassification of documents. House of Congress shall be designated as “House Documents,” “Senate Documents,” “House Reports,” “Senate Reports,” thus making 622FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. two classes for each House, and each volume shall receive the title suggested by its subject matter clearly placed upon its back. Sec. 82. The Public Printer shall bind four sets of Senate and HouseBills and resolutions, bound sets. of Representatives bills, joint and concurrent resolutions of each Congress, two for the Senate and two for the House, to be furnished him from the files of the Senate and House document room, the volumes when bound to be kept there for reference.
Sec. 83. The Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House shallCommittee reports. procure and file for the use of their respective Houses copies of all reports made by committees, and they are hereby directed at the close of each session of Congress to cause such reports to be indexed and bound, one copy to be deposited in the library of each House and one copy in the room of the committee from which the reports emanate. Sec. 84. Registered bonds and written records may be bound at theBinding bonds, etc.[R.
S., sec. 3787, p. 744](/us/rs/s3787/p744). Treasury Department. Sec. 85. The Vice-President, Senators, Representatives, and DelegatesFranking documents. in Congress, the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives may send and receive through the mail ail public documents printed by order of Congress; and the name of the Vice-President, Senator, Representative, Delegate, Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House shall be written thereon, with the proper designation of the office he holds; and the provisions of this section shall apply to each of the persons named therein until the first day of December following the expiration of their respective terms of office.
The Vice-President, members and members-elect of and DelegatesCorrespondence, etc., free. and Delegates-elect to Congress shall have the privilege of sending free through the mails, and under their frank, any mail matter to any Government official or to any person, correspondence, not exceeding one ounce in weight, upon official or departmental business. Sec. 86. No printing or binding shall be done at the GovernmentWork must be authorized.[R. S., sec. 3785, p. 744, amended](/us/rs/s3785/p744).Binding.
Printing Office unless authorized by law. Binding for the Departments of the Government shall be done in plain sheep or cloth, except that record and account books may be bound in Russia leather, sheep fleshers, and skivers, when authorized by the head of a Department: *Proviso*.Libraries, etc.*Provided*, The libraries of the several Departments, the Library of Congress, the libraries of the Surgeon-General’s Office, the Patent Office, and the Naval Observatory may have books for the exclusive use of said libraries bound in half Turkey, or material no more expensive.
Sec. 87. All printing, binding, and blank books for the Senate orWork to be done at Printing Office.[R. S., sec. 3786, p. 744, amended](/us/rs/s3786/p744). House of Representatives and for the Executive and Judicial Departments shall be done at the Government Printing Office, except in cases otherwise provided by law. Sec. 88. The Public Printer shall execute such printing and bindingPrinting, etc. for the President. for the President as he shall order and make requisitions for, and deliver to the Executive Mansion two copies each of all documents, bills, and resolutions as soon as printed and ready for distribution.
Sec. 89. No printing shall be done for the Executive DepartmentsAppropriations not to be exceeded, etc. in any fiscal year in excess of the amount of the appropriation, and none shall be done without a special requisition, signed by the chief of the Department and filed with the Public Printer. No report, publication, or document shall be printed in excess of theNumber limited. number of one thousand of each in any one fiscal year without Department reports.authorization therefor by Congress, except that of the annual report of the head of the Department without appendices there may be printed in any one fiscal year not to exceed five thousand copies, bound in Bureau reports.pamphlet form: and of the reports of chiefs of bureaus without appendices there may be printed in any one fiscal year not to exceed two thousand *Provisos*.Crop reports, etc.five hundred copies, bound in pamphlet form: *Provided*, The Secretary of Agriculture may print such number of copies of the monthly crop report, and of other reports and bulletins containing not to exceed one hundred octavo pages, as he shall deem requisite; and this provision shall apply to the maps, charts, bulletins, and minor reports of the FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.623 Weather Bureau, which shall be printed in such numbers as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem for the best interests of the Government: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of the Treasury may authorizeMarine notices, etc. the printing of the notices to mariners, tide tables’ coast pilots, bulletins, and other special publications of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and of the Light-House Board, and the Secretary of the Navy may authorize the printing of the charts, maps, notices to mariners, tide tables, light lists, sailing directions, bulletins, and other special publications of the Hydrographic Office in such editions as the interests of the Government and of the public may require.
Heads of Executive Departments shall direct whether reports made to them by bureau chiefs and chiefs of divisions shall be printed or not. Sec. 90. The beads of Executive Departments, and such executiveDepartments to order documents required. officers as are not connected with the Departments, respectively, shall cause daily examination of the Congressional Record for the purpose of noting documents, reports, and other publications of interest to their Departments, and shall cause an immediate order to be sent to the Public Printer for the number of copies of such publications required for official use, not to exceed, however, the number of bureaus in theLimit.Bills and resolutions.
Department and divisions in the office of the head thereof. The Public Printer shall send to each Executive Department and to each executive office not connected with the Departments, as soon as printed, five copies of all bills and resolutions, except the State Department, to which shall be sent ten copies of bills and resolutions. When the head of a Department desires a greater number of any class of bills or resolutions for official use, they shall be furnished by the Public Printer on requisition promptly made.
Sec. 91. The annual reports of executive officers shall be printed inForm, etc., of reports. the same type and form as the report of the head of the Department which it accompanies, unless otherwise ordered by the Joint Committee oil Printing. Sec. 92. Government publications printed for or received by theDepartmental distribution. Executive Departments, whether for official use or for distribution, shall be distributed by a competent person detailed to such duty in each Department by the head thereof.
He shall keep an account in detail of all publications received and distributed by him. He shall prevent duplication, and make detailed report to the head of the Department, who shall transmit the same annually to Congress. Sec. 93. When any Department, the Supreme Court, the Court ofWork for Departments etc. Claims, or the Library of Congress shall require printing or binding to be done, it shall be on certificate that such work be necessary for the public service; whereupon the Public Printer shall furnish an estimateEstimate of cost. of the cost by the principal items for such printing or binding so called for, after which requisitions shall be made upon him therefor by theRequisitions. head of such Department, the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of the Court of Claims, or the Librarian of Congress; and the Public Printer shall place the cost thereof to the debit of such Department in its annual appropriation for printing and binding.
Sec. 94. No head of any Executive Department, or of any bureau,Restriction of printing. branch, or office of the Government, shall cause to be printed, nor shall the Public Printer print, any document or matter except that which is authorized by law and necessary to the public business; and executive officers, before transmitting their annual reports, shall carefully examine the same and all accompanying documents, and excludeExcluding unnecessary matter. therefrom all matter, including engravings, maps, drawings, and illustrations, except such as they shall certify in their letters transmitting such reports are necessary and relate entirely to the transaction of the public business.
Sec. 95. Heads of Departments are authorized to exchange surplusExchange of documents. documents for such other documents and books as may be required by them, when the same can be done to the advantage of the public service. 624FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 23, 24. 1895. Sec. 96. The Postmaster-General shall contract for all envelopes,Postmaster-General to contract for all envelopes. Stamped or otherwise, designed for sale to the public, or for use by his own or other Departments, and may contract for them to be plain or with such printed matter as may be prescribed by the Department *Proviso*.Advertisements.making requisition therefor: *Provided*, That no envelope furnished by the Government shall contain any business address or advertisement.
Sec. 97. All blanks and letter heads for use by the judges and otherJudicial blanks, etc. officials of the United States courts other than such as are required to be paid for by any of these, officers out of the emoluments of their offices shall be printed at the Government Printing Office upon forms prescribed by the Department of Justice, and shall be distributed by it upon requisition. Sec. 98. The libraries of the eight Executive Departments, of theDocuments to Department, etc., libraries.
United States Military Academy, and United States Naval Academy are hereby constituted designated depositories of Government publications, and the superintendent of documents shall supply one copy of said publications, in the same form as supplied to other depositories, to each of said libraries. Sec. 99. All future orders or requisitions for printing or binding shall be governed by the provisions of this Act; and all printing, binding,Future printing, etc.Congressional work. and other work incident to stationery or blank books required for the Senate and House of Representatives, or the committees and officers thereof, except such stationery and blank books as may be purchased by the officers of the Senate and House of Representatives for sale to members in the stationery rooms of the two Houses, together with the material necessary to such work, shall be furnished by the Public Printer on requisition of the Secretary of the Senate and the *Provisos*.Extra binding.Clerk of the House of Representatives respectively: *Provided*, That each Senator and Representative shall be entitled to the binding in half morocco, or material no more expensive, of but one copy of each public document to which he may be entitled, an account of which, with each Senator and Representative, shall be kept by the Secretary Preliminary reports, etc.*Post*, p. 961.and Clerk, respectively: *And provided further*, That in printing preliminary reports and other papers for the use of committees no more than fifty copies shall be ordered unless expressly authorized by the Committee on Printing of each House, respectively.
No Government Delivery to officials.publications shall be delivered to officers and employees of Congress except for the use of members thereof, unless authorized by this Act or upon requisition approved by the Joint Committee on Printing. Sec. 100. All laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act areRepeal. hereby repealed. Approved, January 12, 1895. Chapter 24: To repeal section forty-one hundred and forty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and to amend sections forty-one hundred and forty-six and forty-three hundred and twenty, also section one of the Act amending section forty-two hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes, approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes.
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