Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-24


have been settled al the Treasury, for al
the printing done by them for both Houses OF
Congress, clsssed and arranged as, follows:
"First. All the printing in each year, of plain
letter press, small plea type, octave page.
ASecond. The rule and figure work Of each
year; ating, also, the number Of pages which
each document contains, and the number OF
each document ordered to be printed by either
House
"Resoived, That, so soon a, The Clerk shall
have thus stated the accounts Of Messrs. Gales
& Seaton, that he notify MIR. Samuel Shepherd
OF Richmond, Va and Mr.. Georg- +. Hopkins,
of n. York, to meet ir the City OF Washington,
10 whom the Clerk shall submit the whole ac-
counts Of Messrs. Gales * Seaton, together
with full and entire set Of all the printing,
whether ofdocuments or otherwise, upon small
plea type, and figure and iule work, done bv
Gales and SeatoR Aud the said Shepherd and
Hopkins, after carefully examining the said
documents and amount, charged & paid Tor the
same, shall ascertain the difference in the size
Of the page OF the said documents and other
printing, when compared with the standard
fixed by The joint resolution, and the difference
in the costs TO the u States upon each anc eve
ry document, Journal, and all other printing
performed by SAID Gales & Seaton for Con-
gress. For which purpose, the Clerk of This
House is required 10 render them every assists
anoe and facility. 1t shall. moreover, be the
duty Of the said Shepherd and Hopkins to
ascertain in what inSances of iule or figure
work The said Gales & Seaton have departed
from the standard fixed by the resolution of
eighteen hundred and nineteen. for that descrip-
ton Of work; giving to the said resolution its
full effect in letter and spirit; noting when, ny
such departure, the u. States have sustained
loss, and also, wherein they have saved IN the
expense. Which report aud statement, thus
made gu, by the said Shepaerd and Hopkins,
shall be submitted by them TO the next session
OF Congress, accompanied by suchexplanatorv
remarks as they may deem necessary, and that
the Clerk of this House allow and pay, on, of
the contingent fund, TO the said Shepherd and
hopkins, compensation OF -------- dollars
per " for the time which they may be engage
ed in this business.
Mr.. II. gave notice that he should call up
this resolulion tomorrow.
As an act ofjustice to Messrs. Gales& Sea-
ton who have, as is well known to our readers,
CAT all ,ices executed the public work with
neatness and dispatch, and fulfilled their duties
IN an able and obliging manner" we publish
WASHINGTON, May 10, 1928.
Having heen requested by Messrs. Gales al nd
Searou 10 examine the documents printed by
then for Con s;ress, with the view Of ascertain.
ing what sa in has &C cru.d 10 The Government,
by the IN amer in which they have executed the
printing, in cases where usage and the law pre-
scribing the form price of public printing,
would have authorized them to adopt course
E,rt haye mi
ed with their requesr, so far as to examine few
of the prin ipal documents, time not allowing
us TO go into an tx ,mina,ion OF the numerous
small documents printed in the course at eight
years for both Houses. The FIST which we shalt
refer to. as an instance in which great saving
has been made by the mode ia which IL was
printed, is the House document No. 100, Cd
session, l9;h Congrs SIS. This document makes
296 pages BREWER III il had been printed In
The most compact form, on the larger type au-
thorizr1 by Congress, (smaN piea,) it would
have made not less than 500 pages, (but might,
by little Ingenuity, have been extended to9oO)
which 600 nage>, al the prices prescribed by
tie resolution Of Congress, for 5000 copies,
(t"enumber printed would have cost S6,6 SIS
But, in the comprt ssed form in which it
was printed by Gales aud Seaion, g.,
900 copies cost only 1854
Saving TO the u States, in this document, 1924
We nave txamined The same do
cument printed for the Senate,
mo 72,) which, ifprin,ed COM
pacIy, on small plea type,
would have cost S2,7o4
But as prinedhy Gales Sea'on,
cost only 1850
Making difference in favor Of the Unit
ed States Of S73