Chapter 421. To amend the Printing Act approved January 12, 1895, by discontinuing the printing of certain Government publications, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 421.— An Act To amend the Printing Act approved January 12, 1895, by discontinuing the printing of certain Government publications, and for other purposes. March 3, 1925.[[[S. 3633](/us/bill/68/s/3633).][[Public, No. 539](/us/pub/68/402).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section 3 Public printing and binding.of the Act providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents, approved January 12, 1895, be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows:
" purchase of paperPurchase of paper. “Sec. 3. The Joint Committee on Printing shall fix upon standards Standards to be fixed by Joint Committee on Printing,of paper for the different descriptions of public printing and binding, and the Public Printer shall, under their direction, advertise Advertisements.Vol, 28, p. 601, amended.in one newspaper or trade journal, published in each of six cities, for sealed proposals to furnish the Government with paper, as specified in the schedule to be furnished applicants by the Public Printer, setting forth in detail the quality and quantities required for the public printing.
And the Public Printer shall furnish Standard samples.samples of the standard of papers fixed upon to applicants therefor who shall desire to bid.” " official registerOfficial Register. Sec. 2.
(a)That the Director of the Census shall cause to be To be prepared annually by the Director of the Census.compiled, edited, indexed and published, on or before the first Monday in October of each year an Official Register of the United States which shall contain a full and complete list of all persons occupying administrative and supervisory positions in each executive and judicial department of the Government, including the District of Columbia, in connection with which salaries are paid from the Treasury of the United States. The Register shall show Details to be shown.the name; official title; salary, compensation and emoluments; legal residence and place of employment for each person listed therein: *Provided however*, That the Official Register shall not contain *Proviso*.Postal service, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps omitted.the name of any postmaster, assistant postmaster or officer of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps.
(b)To enable the Director of the Census to compile and publish Data to be furnished as of July 1st of the yearthe Official Register of the United States, the Executive Office, the judiciary, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and the head of each executive department, independent office, establishment and commission of the Government shall, as of the 1st day of July of each year, supply to the Director of the Census the data required by this section, upon forms approved and furnished by him, in due time to permit the publication of the Official Register as herein provided; and no extra compensation shall be allowed No extra compensation for preparing.to any officer, clerk, or employee of the Bureau of the Census for compiling the Official Register.
(c)Of the Official Register there shall be printed and bound Distribution. Vol. 28, p. 619, repealed.a sufficient number of copies for the following distribution to be made by the Superintendent of Documents: To the President of the Unite 1106States, four copies, one copy of which shall be for the library of the Executive Office; to the Vice President of the United States, 2 copies; to each Senator, Representative. Delegate and Resident Commissioner in Congress, three copies; to the Secretary and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and to the Clerk, the Sergeant at Arms, and the Doorkeeper of the House, one copy each; to the library of the Senate and the House, each, not to exceed fifteen copies; to the Library of Congress, twenty-five copies, and to the Commissioners of Usual number not printed.the District of Columbia, 10 copies. The usual number of the Official Register shall not be printed.
(d)Laws repealed.[R. S., sec. 510, p. 84, repealed](/us/rs/s510/p84). That Section 510 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and all acts or parts of acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. navy yearbookNavy Yearbook. Sec. 3. Authority for, repealed.Vol. 36, p. 766. That so much of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act for 1911 (36 Stats, at Large, p. 766), approved June 25, 1910, and all acts or parts of acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, as provides for the compilation and printing of the Navy Yearbook, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. departmental publicationsDepartmental publications. Sec. 4. Limitation on number for official use repealed.Vol. 28, p. 622. That so much of section 89 of the Printing Act approved January 12, 1895, and all acts or parts of acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, as limits the number of reports and documents that may be printed for official use to 1,000 copies, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. abridgment of message and documentsMessage and Documents. Sec. 5. Printing abridgment of, repealed.Vol. 28, p. 617. That so much of section 73 of the Printing Act approved January 12, 1895, and all acts or parts of acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, as provides for the preparation and printing of abridgment of messages and documents annually, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. distribution of congressional documents and reportsDocuments and reports. Sec. 6. Number for House Document Room. That hereafter, in the printing of House and Senate numbered documents and reports, there shall be distributed, unbound, to the House Document Room not to exceed 500 copies. publications for library of congressLibrary of Congress. Sec. 7. Number of publications for. That hereafter there shall be printed and delivered to the Library of Congress for its own use and for international exchange 125 copies in lieu of the number now provided by law. Approved, March 3, 1925.