Smyrna times., 1865-07-26
IPuBLrc-No. 1911

IPUBLIC-NO. l3l.
An ACT TO expedite and regulate the printing Of pub
lie documents. and for other purposes
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House Of Represen-
tatireS of the United StIfes Of AaeTicd IN Congress
assembled, That hereafter, instead Of furnishing
pit copies Of the documents usually accompa-
nyng their annual reports 10 each house of fCOngress,
the heads Of the several departments Of Government
shall transmit them or before the first day OF Nov
ember in each year. 10 the Superintendent OF Public
frInthg, who shall cause 70 be printed the usual num-
Der, ana. ~ nd IitOn thereto, thousand copies for
the use oil thu Senae aud two thousand copies Tor the
use o Inc House OF Representatives. And that il shall
ne the duty OF the Joint Committee PRINTING to ar
point some competent person who shall audit and Sc.
lect such portions Of the documents placed in their
hands shall, III the judgment OF the committee be
desirable for popular distribution, aud to repare an
. a. phabetIca index To the same.
Sec . And be IL CnrtLer eHacicd That the Secretary
of War br and he is hereby authorized appoint some
competent pcrs9n 10 audit Inc printing VI the official
, reports o tne armies OF the Unued States.
See g. And be IL further endced That shall be the
duty the heads the several departments o Govern
ment TO furnish the Superintendent {" Public Printing
with copies of their respective reports on or before the
! lhIrd Monda| in November IN each year
Sec 4. And be 1t further enacted, That IT shall be the
DUTY OF the Superintendent of Public PrIsung t0 PRINT
hS PRESIDENTS message the reports Oi The heads OF de-
par'menis aud the abTdgment OF accompanying dOcu-
ehS prepared under the direction oil the JONI CON-
huee OH fuOllc Printing, suitably bOundi ana ihai,
IN adcilInn la The number required by law, and
unless oShetwIse ordered by either house Of Congress,
sha De his duty 10 PRINT ten thousand copies OF the
sand copies Tor The of the House. and TO deliver the
same 10 the proper officer each house, respectively
on or before the third Wednesdayin ia December follow.
ing the assembling OF Congress- as SOC thereafter
praC;lC able And further, It shall ato be the uy
of the Superintendent tU TO he prned and stitch
ed in paper covers twenty live hundred copies OF the
annual reports OF The departments Tor the
use of sald departments, respecliveIy and also one
thousand copies Of the reports of the Commissioner
the General Land Office Commissioner of Pensions
Commissioner Of the Internal Revenae and such mum
her cf me repot Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
in he hound not exceeding three thousand cOries nj
nav no directed by the Secretary of the Interior 10
eir use respectively; and also live hundred copies
the reuofs Of the Superintendent oil The Washington
Anueduct Architect of the Capitol Extension, Metro
polan Police Beard, Third AudllOr oi lhe Treasury
i and of the Insane Asylum. Columbia Institute. ant
1ommis.,oner of Public Buildings, respectively, 10
their use and one hundred copies OF lhe report oil IN
. Bureau of Engineers, iOr the use o. saiu oueau. AN
he shall not print any greater numoer VI Sr1 lepo
o | unless otherwise directed Dy ei"e' oI,. - 80 81 " %
| Sec Z And be IL further enacted, lhdI seven tnol
: - co;es oC the " Commercial Relations annual
n,enared under tho direction O the oecIe'aV VI o'a
e he nr;nted and distributed follows, VIZ: lhe usn'
r number zone thousand five hundred ana nlyl Ior l
lf houses Of Congress. four huIureG anu my - -,
IA d hree ihousand ior the of the members Oi u
r House.
be Sec. g. And be IL further enacted, That The ann
al reDo of The Pohmasier General Ol oners eCelV'
and contracis for conveying the mails III cohp'lan
n with the tweRty fourth and twehl3 lii ~ e ti =
a aci Of Congress approved July two eighteen hunuf
and thirtv six he no longer printed, unless speca'
- ordered by either house OF Congress; ana 'ah' SUI
~ portion Of the above mentioned acl az hn"'o""ou
nu said publication be and the same ~ heeW IepeaC'
OF Sec. Z. And be il further enacted, lhHt from a
RI after The passage Of this act il shalt ne the duty OF
or Senate furnish the superintendent O fuDhc ~
ling with correct copies Of all and JOINT resolulia
as sooH as possbhs after their approval oy 'he rie