Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-10-13
[WHoLE No. 653.

Executive Department ir@iH wblcn sucIi
authority l. derived, and shall be pre-
srrved IN said Department, subject io'
such examination hs Congress may at
any time order and direct
/ SEC 10. Ind be II frth,r enacted,
That no palt ol the contingent fund APP
propriatcd 10 any Department, bureau, or
office, shall be applied Ia the purchase OF
books, periodicals, pictures, or engra'-
ings, OF other thing, except such books,
periodicals, and maps, or other thing as
the head Of such department shall deem
necessary and proper In carry ON the
business of such department, and shall,
by wultcn order, dllect ~ be procured
for that purpose.
SEC. 90 Ind be II further enacted,
That II shall be the duty OF The Secretary
of the Senate, at the commencement at
every regular session ol Congress, Ia
report to the Senate, and Of the CLERK a.
the House of Representatives Ia report
10 the House, and Of The head oi each
Department 10 tepor, In Congress, de-
tailed statement ol the manner m which
the contingent fund iOr each House, and
Of their respective Departments, aud for
the bureaus aud Offices therein. has been
expended, giving The names OF every
person to whom any portion thereof has
been paid and il for any thing furnished
the quantity aud price aud II for any
services rendered, the nature of such
service, and the time employed, and the
particular occasion or cause, IN bIlrl,
thai rendered such sCrSice necessary
and the amount oi all former appropua.
tious ~ each ease on hand, either IN tho
Tlcasury or IN the hands OF any disbnr--
iur officer or agent. And they shall 'e-
,rllre of The discussing officers, acting
under their direction or authority, the ne
turn of precise aud analytical statements
and receipts for all the moneys winch
may have been, from time to time durag
the next preceding year, expended by
them and the results of such utufns
shall he communicated annually tu Com
rrcss. by the said officers, respectively.
Src. q .4nd be II fuFher euacfcd,
That the act entitled "An act to pro.
vide Co. the publication OF The laws OF
the Uuitcd States, and for other par
poses" approved April twentieth, cIgh-
tccn hundred and cIg hteen, so tar ns tho
same authorizes or rcGnrcs tlc lrw1,
resolutions, treaties, aud amendments of
the Constitution OF the United States ~
be published in ANY paper or pnpccS
priuicd IN the different SlGps or TEN
tories of the United States, Is hereby re.
penled and, ~ lieu thereof, 1t shalt be
the duty at the Secretary al State -
pub!ish such laws, resolutions, treaii"s.
and amendments in not less than IVA
nor more than four ol the principal news
papers published IN the cIly oi Washing
ton Tor country subscribers, giving tue
preference TO such papers as have tho
rreaesi number Gs permanent snhscti>
bors and the most extensive clrrnlaii"u
for which the proprietor oi each paper
shall receive, N full compensation, AZ
the rate of one dollar for each page ot
the laws, resolutions, treaties, aud amend
mcnrs. ns published IN pamphlet form -
And # II shall appear, on The exanmt-
ton of any account, that there has been
any unreasonable delay or Intentional
omission in the publication oi the laws
aforesaid, the proper accounting oiicer
of tho Treasury is hereby auihorIzcd anI
rcuuIIcd to deduct from such account
such sum as shall be charged therein l"r
the publication al any laws which shaft
have hrCu so unrcasonahly DELAYED 90
intentionally omitted /; and, ~ any s"rh
case. II shrI be the duty oi the Secfr-
tnry Of State 10 discontinue the puhllcn-
tlon Of the laws IN the newspaper belong
mo to such prnprIrtors, aud such news
paper shall IN no event be again anIho-
rized. nor shall The proprietor lAereol bo
aga.n snp!oyed, to publish the laws oi
the United States.
Src %. Ind be II further enacted,
That for the purpose ot linutIng the ~.
cidpnral and contingent appropriations
for the necessary expenses oi The b"v-
rtnmcm 10 specific ahleCis, "a lar "a
practicable, the following sums are here
hy appropriated Tor the year eighteen
hundred and lnrty two, out of any nnnp.
propralud money IN the Treasury, Ia tho
objects hereinafter specified, namcl J
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
For distributing the aggregate returns
of the sixth census, eight thousand dot
lars.
For purchasing and preparing indiccS
To the manuscript papers ut the Cungrcss
uf the Confederation, and To the Wash.
mglon Papers, deposited III the Depart
ment OF State, one thousand dollars.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
No. I. Ia thc Secreiary's office
For blank books, binding, aud station.
ery, SIX hundred dollars.
For extra eIcrk hive, four Ihousand
tNu hundred aud fifty Gullira
4 For printing, three hundred dollars.
For Labor, three hundred and liny dol
larS
4. fur miscellaneous items, lour hundred
GulllrS.
. For newspapers aud periodicals., one
hundred dollars
40 ,. ln the Navy Commissioners
os.re
For bliuk books, binding, aud slalion-
cry, i've hundred duilrs
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