The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-04-29
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Mr.. KING said that he had been speaking ABOUT
Mr.. EVANS was aware of that but he was max
ing further exclamation. The ella related To the
other Departments well as the State Department,
and there was nothing in the bill for contingencies ioi
all of them There was another bill when "ou'd
hereafter be brought before them for consideration
which made approp laon for these contingencies;
and if the printing was TO be done by contract,
that bill would be the most proper one III whieh
to insert provision for that purpose. ms Trend
from North Carolina MIR. Mangum) had plan ~
view providing for the execution Of the public PRINT
ing in a different manner. That being the case, and
as the present mode would be continued probably Tor
only six months, he was decidedly of opinion that the
proviso might with great propriety be stricken out
Mr. KING said that the form Of the original law
was permanent, and was regarded at the time Of
its passage but he had understood recently mat IL
was not construed, and it was subject oil COM
plant not only in the country but on the ioor oil
Congress. He would ask the Senator from New
Hampshire Mr. Woodbury. whether 1t was not con
.dered permanent law when he was at he head OF
the + easury Department In his opinion 1t ought to
remain SO and he wanted to know whether by strl-
king out this proyiso, the law could be evaded As
| il was permanent law, those who were entrusted
with its execution ought to abide by II II they did
not, they were amenabe to Congress Tor having Vio-
| lated it.
| Mr. WOODBURY. could make a statement as to
| the first clause. The proviso to which auson
| had been made inserted IN the Appropriation
|
before exercised by the different Departments
| in relation to printing The provision, on It's
| face was open TO the construction OF an annual or
permanent regulation; butt as there was some doubt
upon the subject the Attorney General was consult
ed and in consequence Of ms decision, several OF the
departments advertised not for bids for contracts to
continue year, but two years supposlng that time
| to be sufficiently long Some OF the contracts were
settled and made in this way, the construction that
| the law not temporary or annual but permanent.
| q. .N..It l,ty aral of I'm
since supposed the law to be temporary and others
! permanent So far as regarded his own impression,
/ he had considered it permanent provision, and &C
cordngly advertised the contracts TO be taken for two
years, which were gong on when he lett the lreasu-
nv Department. He had been called on to make an
examination and see what had been the operation OF
! this provision, and whether it was more econonical
than the old practice and after investigation, all
things considered he found that there was saving OF
something Ike twenty per cent Tins he spoke from
his own experience
! Mr. EVANS said that he had never seen the
Senator's report but Mr.. Forsyth said that, SO
| far as his experience went, the " law had not
had good effect, and that in his opinion, II
was worthless" After some deliberation, the Com
mittee on Finance came to the conclusion 10
propose the amendment now before the Senate tat
the Department might get lis printing done where II
could during the remainder OF the year, and IN the
meantime Congress could provide tAe mode IN which
| it should be done thereafter.
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! first part OF the proviso.
| Mr. MANGUM called for the yea and nays
! which were ordered. He said that under the law OF
1889 the provision considered as permanent, but
it had been seen that not adhered 10 d the
present proyiso introduced the principle in dit
terent language which could not admit OF mlsappre
hension. therefore, he hopei that the Senate would
not strike il out
| Mr.. WOODBURY. SAID that, to avoid any diii-
Guilty and preclude inference that the law was tenn
porary il plainly stated that the stationery should
be furnished and the prin ing and binding executed
by contract, ''untl otherwise ordered.
The question taken on striking out so much OF
the provso relates 10 contracts, and ii was decied
in the negative by the following vote:
YEAS essrs. Bates, Bayard, Choate Evans
Metlick Phelps, Preston, Ri,es, alluadge--9.
NAlS-Messrs. Allen, Archer Bagby, Barrow,
Benton Calhoun, Clayton, Conrad, Crluenden,
Cuthbert Fulton Graham, Huntington King, Linn,
! McRobers, Mangum, Morehead, Sewer, Smith, ot
| Connecticut, Smith, of niana Sprague, S urgeon,
Fappan, Walker, White " oodbury Wnght-2S.
The remainder Of lie proyiso then stricken
The following amendment agreed to, viz
tons, for compiling, printing, and binding Blenpal
Register sixteen hundred and forty-fve dollars and
fifty cents"
The amendment proposed by the Committee on Fl
nance to strike out 900 for the contingent ex-
penses of the Judiciary; and insert 475 900, was re-
eced.
Various other amendmenis of The Committee were
voted upon some of which were adopted, and others
rejected
The Senate then went INTO an Executive session.
and subsequently adjourned