The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-09
OFFICIAL.
LAWs oF IL UNIrED srArEs.

FyrtiefE Congress.
EPUBLIC-NO 18
An Aor 10 relation 10 the promulga-
clon OF the laws of the United
States,
b 1t sgaotsa 6y the .Senate and
HOUSe Of Representatives Of the United
States IF A1nertcc az Congress assem-
bed That from and after the passage
of this act it shall be the duty of the
Secretary of State TO furnish the Con
gressi0nal Printer with d correct copy
of every act and Joint resolution as
soon as possible after It's approval by
the President Of the United States.
or after it shall have become a law IN
accordance with the Constitution
without such Apr oval And so much
Of section seven of the act entitled
An act to expedite and regulate the
printing of the public documents, and
for other purposes, approved June
twenty five, eighteen hundred and
sixty-tour, as requires the Secretary
OF the Senate to furnish such copy Is
hereby repealed
SEC. 2. Ind be Il further enacted,
That the Congressional Printer, on
receipt Of the copy provided for in the
foregoing section, shall IN every case
Immediately cause an accurate printed
copy of the act or resolution, as it
shall have been furnished to him, to
be prepared and sent IN duplicate to
the Secretary of State for revision,
and on the return of one OF the re-
vised duplicates the Congressional
Printer shall at once have the marked
corrections made, should there be
any. and cause to be printed and sent
to the Department Of State, fifty cop
les, and also cause to be printed sep
arately the usual number for the use
of the two houses of Congress: Pro-
Uided, That on request of the Secreta-
ry of State the Congressional Printer
shall furnish to the Department Of
State any additional number of copies
of any act OF, resolution, not exceed
ing five hundred copies.
SEC. g. And be 1t further en-
acted, That it shall be the duty
of the Secretary of State to trans
nit to the Congressional Printer,
at the beginning of each session
sion of Congress, and thereafter when
necessary, a list of all newspapers au-
thorized by law to publish the laws Of
the United States, with their re-
spectiVe post-ofices, so far as the
same shall have been communicated
to him by the Clerk of the House of
Representative and It shall be the
duty Of the Congressional Printer, on
the printing of each act or resolution,
excepting those which are of a private
character, and which shall be so
designated by the Secretary of State,
to transmit a copy thereof to each
of the editors Of such newspapers for
prompt publication; and the number
of copies Of the public acts and reso-
lutions requisite for this purpose are
hereby authorized and required to be
printed and all letters and documents
to and from the Congressional
Printer, relating to the duties and
business of his office shall be trans
mitted by mail, free of postage, under
such regulations as may be establish
ed by the Postmaster General. 1...
SEC. 4. ARd be 1t further enacted,
That all the provisions. of this act
which apply to public acts and reso-
lutiOns shall in like manner apply to
treaties between the government of
the United States and foreign gov
ernments, after they shall have been
duly ratified and proclaimed by the
President of the United States; and
shall also apply to postal conventions
made between the Postmaster Gen
eral, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the President, on the part of
the United States, and equivalent of
fcers of foreign governments on the
part of their respective countries, un-
der the authority of the second sec
ton of the act entitled " An act to
reduce and modify the rates of post
age in the United States, and for other
purposes. approved March three,
eighteen hundred and fifty-one; Pro-
Uided, That it shall be the duty of the
Postmaster Generate transmit copy
of each Of said conventions to the Sec
rotary of State for this purpose, and
that the printed copy Of said conven-
tons shall be revised By the Post
Office Department.
SEC. 5. And be It further enacted,
That all laws and parts Of laws re-
curing the Secretary of State to send
the laws first directly to newspapers
for publication, as well as all laws aud
parts of laws In conflict with the pro-
visions of this act, are hereby repealed.
Approved March 8, 1868.