Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-15

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed mt the Second session Of the Thirty
Eighth Congress.
[PUBLIc-No. 73
AN ACT to provide tox the publication of tn

[PUBLIc-No. 731
| AN ACT to provide foS the publication Of the
opinions of the Attorneys General of the
| United States.
senqtiUes of the Ttited States of 4merica in On
gress assembled, That the Attorney General be,
and he is hereby, authorized to contract on be-
half of the United States with a suitable book
publisher for the printing and publishing of
the unpublished opinions OF the Attorneys
General of the United States, delivered since
the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and
fifty-seven, on the terms following, to wit:
The said opinions to be published in as many
volumes as may he necessary, which shall be,
as to the quality of paper, printing, and bind
ing, of uniform style and appearance with the
eighth volume of said opinions published by
Robert Farnham, in the year eigh zen un
dred and fifty eight, and, Eearly as possible,
of uniform size with said eighth volume, and
which shall be numbered in regular order af-
ter the said eighth volume; the copyright
thereof to be taken out by, and be for the use
Of the publisher, who shall deliver to the At
torney General for the Use of the United
States, within one month after the publication
thereof, three hundred sets of said volumes,
at the price of three dollars per volume, pay
able after they are SO delivered. And the At.
torney General is hereby authorized to employ
a competent person to edit and prepare the
said opinions for publication, as aforesaid,
with proper head notes. and a full and com
plete index, and to supervise the said publica-
ton. When the said three hundred sets shall
have been delivered for the Use Of the United
States, the Attorney General shall cause them
to be distributed as follows: For the Presi-
dent of the United States, two sets; for the
Department of State, ten sets; for the Depart
ment of the Treasury and the heads of the
bureaus thereof, twenty-five sets; for the De-
partment of War and the heads of the bu-
reaus thereof. twenty-five sets; for the De-
partment OF the Navy and the heads Of the
bureaus thereof, fifteen sets; for the Depart
ment of the Interior and the heads of the bu- |
reaus thereof twenty sets; for the Depart
ment of the Post Office, ten sets; for the At
torney Generals Office, ten sets; for the judi
ges of the Supreme Court of the United States,
one set each; for the library of said court,
three sets; for the judges of the Court of
Claims, the solicitor and assistant and deputy
solicitors oi said court, one set each; for the
Library of Congress, fifty sets, for the use OF
both houses of Congress; the residue OF the
said three hundred sets to remain in charge of
the Librarian of Congress, at the future dispO-
sal of Congress. And the sum of seven thou
sand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of
any money in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, to pay for the editing of the said
opinions aud the price of the said three hun
dred volumes, which money shall be disburs-
ed on vouchers approved by the Attorney
General.