Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-04-01

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PRINTING.
The Journal OF the Senate in royal
octave form, tue size Of the pages to be
the same as those OF the text of the late
edition Of the laws Of the United States
that of Bioren, Duane & Weishtman)
on a good small plea type, single loaded
on good royal printing paper, using three
columns on a page where the yeas and
n9ys occur: Per half sheet OF eight pages
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lines, per half sheet Of eight pages, GOO
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PAPER required for the journals, incIud-
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size of the page to be 90 ms vide, and
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Such rule work as cannot convenient.
ly be compressed into the octave torn,
as described ter printing the reports,
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Heading each skin Of parchment for
both houses, on suitable type, with
these words fifteenth congress Of the
United States,
|" At the first session,
"Begun and hsid in the city Of Wash
inston, in the district of Columbia, on
Monday the frst day of December, one
thousand eight hundred and seventeen.
I" An act
"Be it enacted BY the Senate ant
house Of Representatives OF the uniieo
States Of America in congres. Assem-
died, That