Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-08
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(No. 2os.)
An act to provide 70. the safe custody, printing

An act to provide fo- the safe cusod printing and
dsri uon of the laws, and at OF
addi' i'iOua clerk in the department OF Justice.
SECTION l. The Congress Of he C0nfd OF Amer
ca do enact That ali bills and reoutoos passed iy The Con
gress and approved and Cnd the President may
otherwise tecone laws shall be dep site in tn depFen Of
Just c., and originals care essrved in aid epsrtnen
1t shall be dly Of the A orney General a. soon
as conveniently my te aer re shall receive The same
laws des resolutions pa sed at ca.h ses On
may public and as N h iuigmtn. ne
qure publication, AMI The Week
y, one mooh il aette published seat Of
government in each STATE AMI stall also publ 81 ali t. aS In
tao pabslel at he Capitol Of tue Confederate tat=s
and for this pub not excel oe
dollar and hal per page aecO ding 10 te ana
own ei ton Of tie Ia Of the Urited states
ia h Of Con- all and ne ou
tons having the fo,e Of laws, all entered into by
the ae t. be plb he'd under the eyizUn
the Supnten Of Pubic PRINTING. The All be ar
range The Of ter dye shall have m rgna notes to
each sect on shall be fully indextd and shall be pub hed
the mber Of three ii astye equal execu
ton, and uPO Pa eqa in quality to the edition the IA
O. the United sais a. an VA y published b. L sud bro
trey shall DC bound pamplst ye inferior that N
which the published ~ Little and r0Wn bound anuu
bound in calf, lid and s4na manner as often as the
pages shall be suhcieni me OF no. less
than eight hundrs nor more uan one thousand passs And
Eneneser tde volume thus boand, iucex shall be
n4de comPrisilg the contents Of who volume
sc Inc pruning OF the laEs as required tie foregoing
seetion shall executed by Public Printer the Tin in
pamphlet fom AID in yoiume as provided in tie oregog
scon snail 6e eAecld " sontract to be entered into
Superintendent Of Public Printing after advert ing sealed
proposals and the paper for the printing Of tbs Laws shall
Iarnsed 10 W fuOc Frlnr y The superintendent of Pabc
Printing, accordance WITH the seeto Of the act 4
May loo entitled act further Orgaaize Bureau of
Su3 u3eiintendent OF Public PIiutlng.'
EXC. The price allowed Public Printer for printing
the laws u1der the provisions Of this shall be the
and to wiz for compositions plain sevenyye cents
hous md ems forrue and fure work. dollar and y
cents per thou and ems for press wrk FORMS Of sixteen
pages, seventy fVe cents per token.
sEc b. The law, when bound in pampet FORM shall be dis
trbuted follows to wit One copy 10 each member of the
Congress for the time being twenty copies the Secretary
Of the Senate and the Clerk of House Representatives.
to each Commit Of the Houses congress
copies each the President and VcePesent hundred
copies tU the Department Of State for use and for dis
buton amongst the Diplomatic and Consular officers Of the
Confederate States two hundred copies to the Department of
the Treasury for is use, and distribution amongst tine
Revenue Officer OF the Government hundred comics to the
Deparms Of justices for its use, for distribution
amongst the judges Clerks Marshas AMI Attorneys the
fterae Stae MY copies each to the Department OF War and
Navy an1 to the Postmaster Eve copies each 10 the
of the ea Sates the use Of the States The
remaining copies shall be tbs Department Justice
subject to the further order of Congress.
SEc T. The Attorney General is authorized sppoin
dona CLERK in the Department Of Just for the purpose
carrying into effect the provisions CT this act be cali the
Law Clerk Of said Department, at salary Of fifteen hundred
dollars per
s. All and parts Of laws heretofore enacted provd
Ing for the sac custody rvsion printing, Publication aad
distribution OF this laws are hereby repealed.
Approved, Aug. 5, 1851. sep 9-laW4W