Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-10-08

| Sec. 10. And be At further enacted, lnat
~ part of the contingent fund aPProPria-
Jed to any department., bureau, or office,
shall be applied to the purchase OF books,
periodicals, pictures, or engravings, or other
hing. except such books, periodicals, and
maps, or other thing as The head OF SUCH
department shall deem necessary and prop
er to carry on the business of such depart
ment. and shall, by written order, direct 10
he procured for that purpose.
Sec. 90. And be IL further enacted, That
it shall be the duty Of the Secretary OF the
Senate, at the commencement of every
regular session of Congress, TO report TO
the Senate, and Of the Clerk of the House
of Representatives 10 report TO the House.
and Of the head of each Department to
report 10 Congress, detailed statement
of the manner in which the contingent
fund for each House, and of their respec-
tive Departments and for the bureaus and
offices therein, has been expended, giving
the names Of every person 10 whom any
portion thereof has beea paid; and if for
any thing furnished; the quantity and price;
and if for any services rendered, the ma
ture of such service, and the time en-
ployed, and the particular occasion or
cause, in brief, that rendered such service
necessary: and the amount of all former
appropriations in each case on hand. either
in the Treasury or in the hands of any
disbursing officer or agent. And they shall
require Of the dsbnrsing officers, acting
under their direction or authority, the re-
turn Of precise and analytical statements
and receipts for all the moneys which may
have been, from time to time during the
next preceding year. expended by them;
and the results of such returns shall be
communicated annually to Congress, by the
said officers, respectively.
Sec 81. And be Il further enacted, That
the act entitled IAN act 10 provide for the
publication Of the laws of the United
F States, and for other purposes approved
/ April twentieth, eighteen hundred and
eighteen, so far as the same authorizes or
, requires the laws. resolutions, treaties, and
, amendments Of the Constitution of the
United States to be published in any pa
per or papers printed in the different
+ States or Territories Of the Z. S.. is hereby
l repealed; and, in lieuthereof. it shall be the
D duty of the Secretary of State to publish
{ such laws, resolutions, treaties, and amend
r ments in not less than two nor more than
I four of the principal newspapers published
!. in the city of Washington for country SUBJ
II scrbers, giving the preference to such pa
pers as have the greatest number of per-
e manent subscribers and the most extensive
Il circuation for which the proprl. tor OF
!, each paper shall receive. as full compensa-
!. ton, at the rate of one dollar for ca h page
!, of the laws, resolutions, treaties, and
,e amendments, as published in pamphlet
e, form. And if i, shall appear. on the ex-
+. animation of any account, that there has
I,,l,-, ;r,tapti,p-
" al omission in the publication Of the laws
n, aforesaid, the proper accounting oihcer OF
RS the Treasury is hereby authorized and re-
IS quired to deduct from such account such
n sum as shall be charged therein for the pub
Il LEGATION of any laws which shall have been
so unrcasonably DELAYED or Intentionally
omitted, and in any such case, it shall he
II the duty of the Secretary of State 10 dis
e. continue the publication of the laws in the
J. newspaper belonging to such proprietors,
2 and such newspaper shall in no event be
II again authorized, nor shall the proprietor
t. thereof be again employed, TO publish the
:, laws of the United States.
IL Sec. %. And be 1t further enacted, That
q for the purpose of limiting the incidental
81 and contingent appropriations for the ne
II cessarv expenses Of the Government to
T. specific objects. as far as practicable, the
le following sums are hereby appropriated
81 for the year eighteen hundred and forty.
p Two. out of any unapp:opriated money in
IT, the Treasury TO the objects hereinafter spe-
81 CITED. namely:
RS DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
he For distributing the aggregate returns
d of the sixth census, eight thousand dollars.
lie For purchasing and preparing induces TO
T. the manuscript papers of the Congress OF
s. the Confederation. and to the ashington
D. Papers, deposited in the Department Of
re State, one thousand dollars.
'I NAVY DEPARTMENT..
NJ No. /. In the Sccretary's office:
he For blank books, binding, and stationery
he six hundred dollars
II. For extra clerk hire, four thousand two
a. hundred and fifty dollars.
r. For printing, three hundred dollars.
% For labor three hundred and fifty dollars
-. For miscellaneous items, four hundred
ed dollars.
g. For newspapers and periodicals, on
all hundred dollars.
Of No. 3. In the Navy Commissioner
in Office:
nd For blank books, binding, and stationery
oi five hundred dollars.
ed For extra clerk hire, two thousand on
no hundred and fifty dollars.
nee For labor. three hundred dollars.
no For miscellaneous items six hundred an