The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-09-08
NUMBER 20.

first superintendent under this law shall hold
his office until the coffitnencement Of the thir-
Itythird Congress- and The snperintcndcnts
thereafter appointed shall hold their offices
for two years, commencing with the nrst day
Iof the session Of each Congress
SIC. 3. And be 10 further enacted, That IL
shall be the duty Of said superintendent to
receive from tho Secretary Of the Senate and
CLERK Of the House Of Representatives all mat
: ter ordered by Congress to be printed, and
} lfrom the several chiefs Of departments and
lheads bf bureaiis all matter ordered by them
respectively, to be priptcd ut the public ex-
lpensc and TO keep f.itlndI account OF tho
Isamc, to the order in which tlt- same shall bo
J received, in book or books to be by him
lkept for that purpose. He shall deliver said
lmattcr to the public printer or printers IN the
lordcr in which it shall be received, unless
lotherwsc ordered by the Joint Committee on
Printing He shall inspect the work when ex-
; ccuted by the public printer or printers, and
lshall record in n book or books to DC Kept
for that purpose, the dates at which the re-
turns of said work are made, and whether the
same is executed in a neat and workmanliko
} manner, upon the paper furnished to the pub
lie printers, by said superintendent, and tbs
lamount allowed by said superintendent for tho
lsaid printing 1t shall be his duty to super
wise the execution of the public printing, to
inspect the work when executed, and to SOC
that the same is done with neatncss and de-
spatch to report every failure or Delinquency
OF duty on the part of the public printer, and
from time to time to report the said dclinquen-
cics to the Joint Committe of Congress on
Printing He shall issue his certificate for
the amount due to the public printer for such
work as shall have been faithfully executed,
which certificate shall have been faithfully
executed, which certificate shall be made
payable to the public printer at the treasury
of the United States, and shall not to be as
signablc or transferable by endorsement OF
delivery to any third party Said certliicato
Of the superintendent shall be a sufficient
voucher for the comptroller to pass, and for
the treasurer, upon the order OF the sccoh"
comptroller, to pay the same.
Sfc. 4. And be IL further enacted, That 10
shall be the duty of the said superintendent
of the public printing to advertise annually Ill
one or more newspapers of general Circulation
in the cities of Boston, New York, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, Washngtont New Orleans,
Louisville, and Cincinnati, for the space OF
sixty days prior TO the first of December, ior
sealed proposals to furnish the Government of
the United States all paper which may DC ne
ccssary for the execution the public print
ing of quality and in quantity to be specified
n the said advertisements from year to year.
/, lie shall open such proposals as may be made
in the presence Of the President ofthc Senate
and Speaker of the House of Representatives
ON the first Tuesday after the first Monday OF
December, annually, provided Speaker snail
have been elected, or rs soon thereafter ss
Speaker shall be elected, and shall award tho
contract for furnishing all of said paper or
such class thereof as may be bid for to the
! lowest bidder, whose sample, accompanying
his bid shall most nearly approximate to tho
quality of paper (size, weight, and texture all
considcrcd) advertised for by the said super
ntendcnt The sample offered with the bid
accepted shall be preserved by the SAID su-
pcrintenlcnt, and il shall bc his duty to COM
pare these with the paper furnished by tho
public contractor; and he shall not accept a.
ny paper from the contractor which does MOB
conform to the sample preserved as aforesaid:
1t shall be the duty of the superintendent OF
the public printing to deliver the paper for
tho printing of the United States upon tho re-
questions of the public printer or prntcrs,and
to charge him or them Herewith; and, as tho
printing is returned and passed by the said
superintendent, he shall credit the public prsff-
ter with the quantity used in the public ser
vice. 1t shall be the duty of said suporinten-
dent to have the requsiton Of the printer anu
the returns of paper by the printer balanced
at least once in each year, and in default there
of to report the same to Congress for such
proceedings as Congress may direct. In de-
fault of any contractor under this law to
comply with his contract in furnishing tho
paper in proper time and Of proper quality,
the superintendent Is authorized to advertise
for proposals. rs herciHbcforc provided, and
award the contract to the lowest bidder and
for any increase of cost TO the Government
in procuring proper supply Of paper for the
same and shall be prosecuted upon their bond
by the superintendent, in the name OF the u
nitcd States, in the circuit court OF the United
r States for the District of Columbia
SEC. S. And be IL further enacted, That the
public printer shall be required to execute
each job of printing entrusted to him within
thirty DAYS from the date of its delivery bv
the superintendent, except bills, reports and
ioint resolutions, which shall be returned fs
the Clerk of the House or Secretary of tho
Senate shall require, unless, for good reasons
shown, the superintendent of printing shall
extend the time. And should the printer de-
tain any matter longer than thirty days, DC
duction of five per ccntum shall be made by
the superintendent; from the account Of the
printer, for such job and an additional deduc'
ton of five per centum for an additional de-
tcntion of twenty days II the public printer
shall dctain such msttcr for sixty days, the
superintendent shall withdraw il entirely, aud
shall employ another printer to cxceutc the
: same with promptness, upon the terms provid-
cd by law; and in such case the public printer
shall not be allowed therefor.
SEC G. Aud be IL further enacted, That tie
superintendent of the public printing shall
shall not be directly or Indirectly Interested in
, the business of the public printing, or In any
material to be used by the public printer or
in any contract for furnishing paper to Con
grcSs or TO any department or burcau OF the
Government OF the United States For any
violation of this provision the supcrintc
of the public printing shall forfeit his ONCE
and NAV be indicted before the district court
for the District of Colum bia, and If found
guilty, shall be imprisoned in the pcnitcntiary
4 of the District of Columbia for any term nos
Hess than one nor more than five years, and
in addition thereto, may be fined In any sum
, from one thousand TO ten thousand dollars
SEC T. And be IL further ena ted, That when
any document shall be ordered TO be printed
by both Houses of Congress, the entire print
! ing of such documents shall be done 10y tho
} printer Of that House which first ordered the
same. And whenever the same person OF the
p same finn shah be printer for both Houses OF
! Congress. and both Houses shall order tho
same document to lcprinted within three weok
of the same time, composition shall be charged
but once for said document and no sum shall
be paid to said printer for altering the head
$ ings fiom the form on which he printed them
! first to the form OF forms in which such docu-
ment shall afterwards DO printed
SEc g. And be IL Further enacted, That
there shall be elected public printer for each
House Of Congress, to do the public printing
, II for the Congress for which he or they may be
chosen, and such printing for the executive
departments and bureaus Of the Government
Z of the United States as may be delivered TO
, linn OF them to be printed BY the snperintcn-
dent of the public printing. The following
3 rates of compensation shall be paid hom iinle
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