The Arkansas banner., 1846-11-11
Public. No. IL.

Public, No. II.
 A RESOLUTION regulating the printing of Con- gress, and establishing the compensation for the same.
 Resolpcd Jy thc Senate and House ot
 Representatives. of thc Uaied States of America ia Congress assembled, That from
 and after the passage of this resolution the printing of the two houses of Congress shall be subject 10 the following regulations. When any message, re- port or document, communicated 10 both houses of
 Congress. shall be ordered to be printed by the Se
 nae the secretary shall ascertain whether the
 has been previously ordered to be printed by the House of Representatives and Ii so, the copies ordered by the Senate shall be supplied by the pFn- ter to the House of Representatives, for which there shall be no charge for compositions and if any such message report, document shall be ordered to be printed by the House of Representatives, il shall be the duty of the clerk 10 ascertain whether the has been previously ordered to be printed hy the Senate; and If SO, the copies ordered by the
 House shall be furnished by the printer 10 the Se- nate and no charge for composition shall be allow ed therefor; and should an additional number of
 pies of any such document be ordered by either House they shall be furnished by the printer 10 the
 House which first ordered the printing of the docu
 ment. and for which no compensation for compost ton shall be allowed :: Procided Aoiceeer, That ii, for the purpose of despatch or any other cause it shall be necessary to fulfil any order for printing of either housr, of any document which had been pre- viously ordered to be printed, the committee on contingent expenses of the house making such or der may direct that such document be again com posed, put into type; in which composition shall be charged and allowed. And from the commence ment of the present session oi Congress all pIin- ting ordered by either house ot Congress where the number of copies to not exceed five thousand shall be paid foI nj rate of compensation not exceeding twenty per centnm less than the rates fixed and tablished by the joint resolution oteighiecn hun dred and ktha nfc shall exceed five thousand. the composition shall not exceed thirty-thFee and oae-third per cca,nm less than the rates allowed by the said joint resoIa tioa of eighteen hundred and nineteen. And when the committee oil contingent expenses Of either house shall direct second composition, 10 execute any order for printing the printing shall be done by the printer 10 the house making such order; and
 when any order for printing requires maps charts, the same shall be obtained under the direction o te committee contingent expenses of the house king such order; and all expenses for printing shall be paid from the contingent fund of the two houses, each house paying fur the printing ordered by t, except the expense ot composition, which shall be paid y the house which first ordered the document or paper 10 be printed, and if there shall be se- eond composition, il shall be paid for by the house whose committee on contingent expenses shall aa- ihorize and direct the same; and when extra copies oI any document shall be ordered by both houses and the same are executed by the same printer the Aneonsly, h proportion te the whole number of CO., pies which the houses have respectively ordered.
 APPROVED, July 23, lS46.