Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-22

dred copies of the reports of the Su
perintendent Of the Washington
Aqneduct, Architect of the Capitol Ex
tension, Metropolitan Police Board
Third Auditor of the Treasury, and o
the Insane Asylum, Columbia Insti
tntc, and Commissioner of Public
Buildings. respectively, for their use
and one hundred copies Of the repor,
OF the Bureau of Engineers, for the
use of said bureau. And he shall no,
print any greater number of said re
ports unless otherwise directed by eli
thcr house of Congress.
Sec. 5. Ind be IL FURTHER enacted
That seven thousand copies of the
Commercial Relations" annually pre-
pared under the direction of the Sec.
retary Of State, be printed and dis.
tributed as follows, viz the usual
number Zone thousand five hundred
and fifty for the houses of Congress
four hundred and fifty for the State
Department, two thousand for the use
Of the members of the Senate, and
three thousand for the use of the mem.
bers of the House.
Sec. 6. Ind be 1t further enacted,
That the annual report of the Post.
master General of offers received and
contracts for conveying the mails, in
compliance with the twenty-fourth and
twenty-fifth sections of the act of Con.
gress approved July two, eighteen
hundred and thirty-six, be no longer
printed, unless specially ordered by
either house of Congress and that
such portion of the aforementioned
act as authorized the said publication
be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Sec. 7. And be IL further enacted,
That from and after the passage of
this act it shall be the duty of the
Secretary of the Senate to furnsh the
Superintendent of Public Printing
with correct copies of all laws and
joint resolutions as soon as possible
after their approval by the President
Of the United States, and that the SUI
perintendent shall Immediately cause
to be printed, separately, the usual
number for the use of the two houses
of Congress and, in addition thereto,
he shall cause to be printed and bound,
at the close of each session of Con-
gress, three thousand copies thereof
for the use of the Senate and ten thou.
sand copies for the use of the House,
with a complete alphabetical index,
prepared under the direction of the
Joint Committee on Public Printing.
Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted,
That section seven of the joint resolu.
ton in relation to the public printing,
approved June twenty-three, eighteen
hundred and sixty, be so amended as
to require the Superintendent of Pub
lie Printing to advertise only in two
newspapers, published in the cities Of
New York, Cincinnati, Boston, Phila-
delphia, and Baltimore, for thirty days
prior to the first day of November of
each year, for proposals for furnishing
the paper necessary for the execution
Of the public printing.
Sec. .. Aad be IT, further enacted,
That all lithographing and engraving
where the probable total cost Of the
maps or plates illustrating or accom-
panying any one work exceeds two
hundred and fifty dollars, shall be
awarded to the lowest and best bid
der for the interests of the Govern
ment, due regard being paid TO the ex-
ccution Of the work, after due adver-
tisement 10y the Superintendent of
Public Printing, under the direction
of the Joint Committee on Printing /:
Prorlied, That the Joint Committee
on Public Printing be authorized TO
empower the Superintendent Of Public
Printing to make immediate contracts
for engraving, whenever, in their opin-
ion, the exigencies of the public SER
vice will not Justify waiting for adver.
tisement and award.
Sec. 10. And Be II fgrtier enacted,
That whenever any person may desire
extra copies Of any document printed
at the Government printing Office 10y
authority Of law, and shall notify the
Superintendent of Public Printing of
the number of copies desired previous
to its being put to press, and shall
pay, in advance, the estimated cost
thereof to said Superintendent, the SUI
pcrintendcnt shall be authorized, M
der the direction of the Joint Commit
tee on Public Printing, to furnish such
extra copies and the money so re.
ceived, together with moneys receiv-
ed by him from the sales of paper
shavings and imperfections. shall be
deposited in the treasury of the Uni
ted States to the credit of the appro.
priations for public printing, binding,
and paper, respectively, as dcsigna.
ted 10y said Superintendent; and
further, the Secretary of the Treasu,
ry is hereby directed to cause the
moneys heretofore deposited by said
Superintendent in the Treasury of the
United States, being the proceeds o
sales of paper shavings and imperfec
tions, to be placed to the credit of tn.
appropriations aforesaid, which sait
several sums Of money shall be sub
iect to the rcquistion of said Super
intendent in the manner now prescrib
ed by law.
Sec. IL. And be IL further enacted
That whenever papers relating to for
eign affairs shall be communicated t.
Congress accompanying the annua
message Of the President, it shall b,
the duty Of the Superintendent o.
Public Printing to cause to be printed
and bound, in addition to the usna
number, four thousand copies for the
use of the members of the Senate
seven thousand copies for the use o
the members Of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and such number for the
executive department as the Presiden
shall direct.
See. IL. And be IL further enacted
That the forms and style in which th'
printing or binding ordered by any O
the departments shall be executed, th,
materials and size of type TO be used
shall be determined by the Superin
tcndcnt of Public Printing, havin!