The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-08-17
[BY AUTHORITY

LAWS OF TIE UNITED STATES PASSED AT the FIRST
SESSION on THE rwESrr-sRrH CONGRESS.
r. soLurIoE-PusLc--No III ..
A RESOLUTION regulating the printing of Con-
gress, and establishing the compensation Of the
same. gI.a.Ha Htaa .a 3D.. t'' r.
Resolved By the Senate and House Of Representa-
iipes Of the United States Of america IN Congress as
ssbed That from and after the passage Of this res
olution the printing Of the two houses of Congress
shall be subject TO the following regulations When
any message, report, or document, communicated TO
both houses Of Congress, shall be ordered TO be
printed by the Senate, the secretary shall ascertain
whether the same has been previously ordered TO be
printed by the House Of Representatives and If So
the copies ordered by the Senate shall be supplied
by the printer 10 the House of Representatives for
which there shall be no charge for composition
and II any such message, report, or document shall
be ordered TO be printed by the House OF Represen
tstyes, il shall be the duty Of the clerk TO ascertain
whether the has been previously ordered to be
printed by the Senate and If So the copies ordered
by the House shall be furnished by the priGter TO
the Senate and no charge for composition shslf be
allowed therefor; and should additional number
Of copies Of any such document be ordered by either
house they shall be furnished by the printer TO the
house which first ordered the printing OF the docu-
ment and for which no compensation for compost
ton shall be allowed; Provided hotcspsr, That IT,
for the purpose Of despatch, or any other cause il
shall be necessary to fulfil any order for printing OF
either house, of any document which had been pre-
yiously 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, or put into type; in which case, composition
shall be charged and allowed. And from the COM
mencement Of the present session Of Congress all
printing ordered by either house Of Congress- where
the number Of copies do not exceed five thousand
shall be paid for at rate Of compensation not ex-
ceedlng twenty per centum less than the fixed
and bltslsa adj foa,.
hundred and nineteen; and when the number Of
copies shall exceed five thousand the com ensation
shall not exceed thirty-three and one-third per
centum less than the rates allowed by the said joint
resolution Of eighteen hundred and nineteen. And
when the committee on contingent expenses Of eth
er house shall direct "a second composition TO exc
cute any order for printing, the printing shall be
done by the printer TO the house making such order;
and when any order for printing requires maps or
charts, the same shall be obtained under the drec-
ton of the committee contingent expenses ofthe
house making such ORDER and all expenses for
printing shall be paid from the contingent fund of
the two houses, each house paying for the printing
ordered by II, except the expense Of composition
which shall be paid by the house which first order
ed the document paper to be printed and if there
shall be second composition, 1t shall be paid for
by the house whose committee on contingent ex-
penses shall authorize and direct the same; and
when extra copies Of any document shall be order
ed by both houses, and the same are executed by
the printer, the copies shall be delivered the
whole number Of copies which the houses have re-
spectively ordered.
JOHN w. DAVIS,
Speaker Of The House of Representatives.
g. M. DALLAS,
Vice President Of the United States
.and President Of the Senate.
APPROVED, July %, 1886. NJ .,--..--.
...st. JAMES * POLK