one thousand reams, it shall state that proposals will be received for one thousand reams or more. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 4, 28 Stat. 601.) § 7. Opening bids; bonds. The sealed proposals to furnish paper and envelopes shall be opened in the presence of the Joint Committee on Printing and the contracts shall be awarded by them to the lowest and best bidder for the interest of the Government; but they shall not consider any proposal which is not accompanied by a bond with security or certified check in the amount of $5,000 guaranteeing that the bidder or bidders, if his or their proposal is accepted, will enter into a formal contract with the United States to furnish the paper or envelopes specified; nor shall any proposal from persons unknown to them be considered unless accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the person making the proposal is a manufacturer of or dealer in the description of paper or envelopes proposed to be furnished. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 5, 28 Stat. 602; June 16, 1938, ch. 477, § 3, 52 Stat. 761.) AMENDMENTS 1938-Act June 16, 1938, specifically included envelopes as well as paper, omitted provision for approval of bond and substituted therefore provision for security or certified check to accompany bond, and inserted provision as to consideration of proposal of unknown persons. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1938 AMENDMENT Amendment by act June 16, 1938, became effective as of the beginning of the third session of the seventy-fifth Congress, Jan. 3, 1938. REPEALS Section 4 of act June 16, 1938, repealed all acts or parts of acts inconsistent therewith. § 8. Approval of contract; time for performance; bonds. No contract for furnishing paper shall be valid until it has been approved by the Joint Committee on Printing. The award of each contract for furnishing paper shall designate a reasonable time for its performance. The contractor shall give bond in such amount as may be fixed by, and to the approval of, the Joint Committee on Printing. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 6, 28 Stat. 602; Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 163, § 6, 39 Stat. 1121.) § 9. Comparison of paper and envelopes with standard quality. The Public Printer shall compare every lot of paper and envelopes delivered by a contractor with the standard of quality fixed upon by the Joint Committee on Printing, and shall not accept any paper or envelopes which does not conform to it in every particular: Provided, however, That any lot of delivered paper or envelopes which does not conform to such standard of quality may be accepted by the Joint Committee on Printing at such discount as, in its opinion, may be sufficient to protect the interests of the Government. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 7, 28 Stat. 602; June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title VIII, § 13, 49 Stat. 1553.) AMENDMENTS 1936-Act June 20, 1936, permitted the Joint Committee to accept paper and envelopes which do not conform to the standard of quality. § 10. Determination of quality of paper. In case of difference of opinion between the Public Printer and any contractor for paper respecting its quality, the matter of difference shall be determined by the Joint Committee on Printing, and the decision of said Joint Committee shall be final as to the United States. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 8, 28 Stat. 602; Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 163, § 6, 39 Stat. 1121.) § 11. Default of contractor; new contracts and purchase in open market. If any contractor shall fail to comply with his contract, the Public Printer shall report such default to the Joint Committee on Printing, and he shall, under the direction of the committee, enter into a new contract with the lowest, best, and most responsible bidder for the interest of the Government among those whose proposals were rejected at the last opening of bids, or he shall advertise for new proposals, under the regulations hereinbefore stated; and during the interval which may thus occur he shall, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, purchase in open market, at the lowest market price, all paper necessary for the public printing. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 9, 28 Stat. 602; Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 163, § 6, 39 Stat. 1121.) § 12. Liability of defaulting contractor. In case of the default of any contractor to furnish paper, he and his sureties shall be responsible for any increase of cost to the Government in procuring a supply of such paper which may be consequent upon such default. The Public Printer shall report every such default, with a full statement of all the facts in the case, to the General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury, who shall prosecute the defaulting contractor and his sureties upon their bond in the district court of the United States in the district in which such defaulting contractors reside. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 10, 28 Stat. 602; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 291, 36 Stat. 1167; May 10, 1934, ch. 277, § 512 (b), 48 Stat. 759.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS All functions of all officers of the Department of the Treasury, and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, were transferred, with certain exceptions, to the Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F. R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in note under section 241 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. "General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury" was substituted for "Solicitor of the Treasury" by act May 10, 1934, which abolished the office of Solicitor and transferred functions and duties to the General Counsel. CROSS REFERENCES General Counsel of Treasury Department, see section 248a of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. § 13. Purchase of paper in open market. The Joint Committee on Printing may authorize the Public Printer to make purchases of paper in open market whenever they may deem the quantity required so small or the want so immediate as not to justify advertisement for proposals. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 11, 28 Stat. 602; Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 163, § 6, 39 Stat. 1121.) § 14. Purchase of other materials; purchase by departments and governmental agencies. The Joint Committee on Printing may permit the Public Printer to authorize any executive department or independent office or establishment of the Government to purchase direct for its use such printing, binding, and blank-book work, otherwise authorized by law, as the Government Printing Office is not able or suitably equipped to execute or as may be more economically or in the better interest of the Government executed elsewhere. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 12, 28 Stat. 602; July 8, 1935, ch. 374, § 1, 49 Stat. 475; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 3 (10), 65 Stat. 708.) AMENDMENTS 1951-Act Oct. 31, 1951, struck out provisions which permitted Joint Committee to authorize the Public Printer to procure services, materials, and supplies for use of the Government Printing Office without regard to section 5 of Title 41 whenever the aggregate amount involved was less than $50. 1935-Act July 8, 1935, amended section generally. CROSS REFERENCES Purchase of supplies, see chapter 4 of Title 41, Public Contracts. § 15. Lithographing and engraving; contracts; bids. When the probable total cost of the maps or plates accompanying one work or document exceeds $1,200, the lithographing or engraving thereof shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder, after advertisement by the Public Printer, under the direction of the Joint Committee, which may authorize him to make immediate contracts for lithographing or engraving whenever the exigencies of the public service do not justify advertisement for proposals. 1895, ch. 23, § 15, 28 Stat. 603.) (Jan. 12, § 16. Schedule of materials required; advertisements for proposals; contracts. The Public Printer shall prepare a schedule of materials required to be purchased, showing the description, quantity, and quality of each article, and shall invite proposals for furnishing the same, either by advertisement or circular, as the Joint Committee on Printing may direct, and shall make contracts for the same with the lowest responsible bidder, making a return of the same to the Joint Committee, showing the number of bidders, the amounts of each bid, and the awards of the contracts. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 16, 28 Stat. 603.) 63. 64. Repealed. Accountability for and issue of materials. Sale or exchange of condemned materials. Receipts from sales to be covered into Treasury. Machinery, material, equipment, or supplies from other departments. Consolidation of department printing offices. Branches of printing office in executive departments. Inks, glues, etc., furnished other departments; pay ment. Revolving fund for operation and maintenance; capitalization; unexpended balances; reimbursements and credits; accounting and budgeting; reports. Purchases from appropriations. § 31. Public Printer; appointment; bond. The President of the United States shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a suitable person, who must be a practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding, to take charge of and manage the Government Printing Office. The title of said officer shall be Public Printer. He shall give bond in the sum of $25,000 for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, said bond to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 17, 28 Stat. 603; June 12, 1917, ch. 27, § 1, 40 Stat. 173; Feb. 20, 1923, ch. 98, 42 Stat. 1278; Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 549, § 1, 43 Stat. 1299; May 29, 1928, ch. 909, 45 Stat. 1006.) CROSS REFERENCES Salary of Public Printer, see section 39a of this title. § 32. Same; vacancy in office. In case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the Public Printer the Deputy Public Printer shall perform the duties of the Public Printer until a successor is appointed or such absence or sickness shall cease; but the President may, in his discretion, authorize and direct any other officer of the Government, whose appointment is vested in the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform the duties of the vacant office until a successor is appointed, or the sickness or absence of the Public Printer shall cease. A vacancy occasioned by death or resignation must not be temporarily filled under the provisions of this section for a longer period than ten days, and no temporary appointment, designation, or assignment of another officer to perform such duty shall be made except to fill a vacancy happening during a recess of the Senate. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 36, 28 Stat. 606; May 27, 1908, ch. 200, § 1, 35 Stat. 382.) § 33. Same; duties. It shall be the duty of the Public Printer to purchase all materials and machinery which may be necessary for the Government Printing Office; to take charge of all matter which is to be printed, engraved, lithographed, or bound; to keep an account thereof in the order in which it is received, and to cause the work to be promptly executed; to superintend all printing and binding done at the Government Printing Office, and to see that the sheets or volumes are promptly delivered to the officer who is authorized to receive them. The receipt of such officer shall be a sufficient voucher for their delivery. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 18, 28 Stat. 603.) § 34. Same; annual report. The Public Printer shall make annual report to Congress, and in it specify the number of copies of each department report and document printed upon requisition by the head of the department for which the printing was done, and he shall also specify in said report the exact number of copies of books, giving the titles of the books, bound upon requisition for Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and other officers of the Government and the cost thereof. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 19, 28 Stat. 603.) §35. Annual report of cost of printing, paper, contracts, and payments. The Public Printer shall, on the first day of each regular session, report to Congress the exact condition and the quantity and cost of all printing, binding, lithographing, and engraving; the quantity and cost of all paper purchased for the same; a detailed statement of all proposals and contracts entered into for the purchase of paper and other materials, and for lithographing and engraving; of all payments made, during the preceding year, under his direction; of the quantity of work ordered and done, with a general classification thereof, for each department, and a detailed statement of each account with the departments or public officers; a classified detailed statement of the number of hands employed and the sums paid to each; and such other information touching all matters connected with the printing office as may be in his possession. ch. 23, § 22, 28 Stat. 604.) § 36. Annual estimates; for paper. (Jan. 12, 1895, The Public Printer shall, at the beginning of each session of Congress, submit to the Joint Committee on Printing estimates of the quantity of paper of all descriptions which will be required for the public printing and binding during the ensuing year. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 26, 28 Stat. 604.) § 37. Repealed. Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946, title III, § 301 (104), (105), 64 Stat. 844. Section, acts Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 27, 28 Stat. 604; Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 189, § 1, 28 Stat. 961; May 27, 1908, ch. 200, § 1, 35 Stat. 382; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, §§ 215, 216, 42 Stat. 23, related to preparation and annual submission to the Bureau of the Budget of detailed estimates of expenses of the Government Printing Office. SAVINGS CLAUSE Jurisdiction or responsibility of any agency or officer over any function or organizational unit, referred to in this former section, as affected by its repeal, see note under former sections 582-591 of Title 31, Money and Finance. § 38. Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948. Section, act Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 33, 28 Stat. 605, related to penalty for conspiracy to defraud by Public Printer, and is now covered by section 371 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. R. S. § 3788 which former section 38 superseded was also repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862. § 39. Deputy Public Printer. The office of Deputy Public Printer shall be filled by the selection and appointment by the Public Printer of a person skilled as a practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding, and who shall perform the duties formerly required of the chief clerk, have supervision of the buildings occupied by the Government Printing Office, and perform such other duties as may be required of him by the Public Printer. (May 27, 1908, ch. 200, § 1, 35 Stat. 382.) § 39a. Compensation of Public Printer and Deputy Public Printer. The compensation of the Public Printer shall be at the rate of $27,000 per annum and the compensation of the Deputy Public Printer shall be at the rate of $25,500 per annum. (Pub. L. 88-426, title II, § 203 (c), (d), Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 415.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective on the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after July 1, 1964, except to the extent provided in section 501(c) or Pub. L. 88-426, see section 501 of Pub. L. 88-426, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. PRIOR PROVISIONS Acts May 29, 1928, c. 909, 45 Stat. 1006; Oct. 15, 1949, c. 695, §§ 5(a), 6(a), 63 Stat. 880, 881, prescribed the annual salaries of the Public Printer and the Deputy Public Printer. 8 40. Employment by Public Printer of employees; pay. The Public Printer may employ, at such rates of wages and salaries, including compensation for night and overtime work, as he may deem for the interest of the Government and just to the persons employed, except as otherwise provided herein, such journeymen, apprentices, laborers, and other persons as may be necessary for the work of the Government Printing Office; but he shall not, at any time, employ more persons than the necessities of the public work may require or more than two hundred apprentices at any one time. The minimum pay of all journeymen printers, pressmen, and bookbinders employed in the Government Printing Office shall be at the rate of 90 cents an hour for the time actually employed. Except as hereinbefore provided, the rate of wages, including compensation for night and overtime work, for more than ten employees of the same occupation shall be determined by a conference between the Public Printer and a committee selected by the trades affected, and the rates and compensation so agreed upon shall become effective upon approval by the Joint Committee on Printing; if the Public Printer and the committee representing any trade fail to agree as to wages, salaries, and compensation, either party is granted the right of appeal to the Joint Committee on Printing, and the decision of said committee shall be final; the wages, salaries, and compensation determined as provided herein shall not be subject to change oftener than once a year thereafter. Employees and officers of the Government Printing Office, unless otherwise herein fixed, shall continue to be paid at the rates of wages, salaries, and compensation (including night rate) authorized by law on June 7, 1924, until such time as their wages, salaries, and compensation shall be determined as hereinbefore provided. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, §§ 39, 49, 50, 28 Stat. 607, 608; June 6, 1900, ch. 791, § 1, 31 Stat. 643; Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 299, § 1, 35 Stat. 1021, 1024; Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, § 1, 37 Stat. 482; July 8, 1918, ch. 139, § 1, 40 Stat. 836; Aug. 2, 1919, ch. 30, 41 Stat. 272; Feb. 20, 1923, ch. 98, 42 Stat. 1278; June 7, 1924, ch. 354, § 1, 43 Stat. 658.) CROSS REFERENCES Compensation of employees in office of Superintendent of Documents payable in accordance with this section, see section 75 of this title. Compensation schedules generally, see sections 11111115 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. Overtime compensation, see chapter 18 of Title 5. 841. Employment of skilled workmen. It shall be the duty of the Public Printer to employ workmen who are thoroughly skilled in their respective branches of industry, as shown by trial of their skill under his direction. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 45, 28 Stat. 607.) § 42. Night work. The Public Printer shall cause work to be done on the public printing in the Government Printing Office at night as well as through the day, when the exigencies of the public service require it, but the provisions of the existing eight-hour law shall apply. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 47, 28 Stat. 607.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The eight-hour law, referred to in the text, was classifiled to former sections 321-326 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property and Works. See sections 327-332 of Title 40. CROSS REFERENCES Compensation for night work, see section 921 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. 843. Eight-hour law. The Public Printer is directed to rigidly enforce the provisions of the eight-hour law in the department under his charge. (Mar. 30, 1888, ch. 47, § 1, 25 Stat. 57.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The eight-hour law, referred to in the next, was classifled to former sections 321-326 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property and Works. See sections 327-332 of Title 40. § 44. Holidays. CODIFICATION Section, act Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, 46, 28 Stat. 607, was omitted from the Code, and is now covered by section 86a of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. § 45. Repealed. Oct. 30, 1951, ch. 631, title II, § 207 (a) (4), 65 Stat. 682. Section, act June 11, 1896, ch. 420, 1, 29 Stat. 453, which related to leaves of absence for employees of the Government Printing Office, is now covered by chapter 23 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Offcers and Employees. EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Repeal of this section effective on January 6, 1952, see note under section 2061 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. 846. Leaves of absence of employees receiving annual salaries. Employees in the Government Printing Office receiving annual salaries fixed by law shall be allowed leave at the rate of pay received by them at the time such leave is granted, the same to be payable from the specific appropriation for their salaries. (June 25, 1910, ch. 384, § 1, 36 Stat. 767.) CROSS REFERENCES Annual and sick leave, see chapter 23 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. § 47. Details of employees to executive departments or establishments. No employee of the Government Printing Office shall be detailed to duties not pertaining to the work of public printing and binding in any executive department or other Government establishment unless expressly authorized by law. (June 25, 1910, ch. 384, § 1, 36 Stat. 770.) § 48. List of employees for Official Register. CODIFICATION Section, act Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 48, 28 Stat. 607; June 7, 1906, ch. 3048, 34 Stat. 218; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 421,2, 43 Stat. 1105. See section 161 of Title 13, Census. § 49. Examining boards. The Deputy Public Printer, the superintendent of printing, and a person designated by the Joint Committee on Printing, shall constitute a board to examine and report in writing on all paper delivered under contract, or by purchase or otherwise, at the Government Printing Office. The Deputy Public Printer, superintendent of binding, and a person designated by the Joint Committee on Printing shall constitute a board to examine and report in writing on all material, except paper, for the use of the bindery. The Deputy Public Printer, the superintendent of printing, and a person designated by the Joint Committee on Printing shall constitute a board of condemnation, who, upon the call of the Public Printer, shall determine the condition of presses and other machinery and material used in the Government Printing Office, with a view to condemnation. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 20, 28 Stat. 603; May 27, 1908, ch. 200, § 1, 35 Stat. 382; June 7, 1924, ch. 303, § 1, 43 Stat. 590.) 88 50-52. Omitted. CODIFICATION Sections, relating to the functions of the disbursing clerk of the Government Printing Office, were based on the following acts: Section 50.-Act Feb. 20, 1923, ch. 98, 42 Stat. 1278. Section 51.-Act Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 30, 28 Stat. 605; act Feb. 20, 1923, ch. 98, 42 Stat. 1278. Section 51a was transferred to section 120 of this title, and was omitted as superseded by section 63 of this title. Section 52.-Act Mar. 30, 1900, ch. 118, 31 Stat. 58; act Feb. 20, 1923, ch. 98, 42 Stat. 1278. § 52a. Disbursing officer; continuation and settlement of accounts during vacancy in office; responsibility for accounts. (a) The disbursing clerk of the Government Printing Office is designated as the disbursing officer for the Government Printing Office. (b) In the case of the death, resignation, or separation from office of such disbursing officer, his accounts may be continued, and payments and collections may be made in his name, by the deputy disbursing officer or officers designated by the Public Printer, for a period of time not to extend beyond the last day of the second month following the month in which such death, resignation, or separation occurred. Such accounts and payments shall be allowed, audited, and settled, and checks signed in the name of the former disbursing officer for the Government Printing Office by any such deputy disbursing officer shall be honored, in the same manner as if the former disbursing officer for the Government Printing Office had continued in office. (c) No former disbursing officer for the Government Printing Office, his estate, or the surety on his official bond, shall be subject to any legal liability or penalty for the official accounts or defaults of any deputy disbursing officer acting in the name or in the place of such former disbursing officer. Each such deputy disbursing officer shall be responsible for accounts entrusted to him pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and such deputy disbursing officer and the sureties upon his bond shall be liable for any default occurring during the service as such pursuant to such subsection. (Pub. L. 86-31, May 26, 1959, 73 Stat. 60.) § 53. Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948. Section, act Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 34, 28 Stat. 605, related to interest of employees in printing contracts, and is now covered by section 442 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. § 54. Accountability for and issue of materials. The Public Printer shall charge himself with, and be accountable for, all material received for the public use. The superintendents of printing and binding shall make out estimates of the quantity and kind of material required for their respective departments and file written requisitions therefor when it is needed. The Public Printer shall furnish the same to them on these requisitions, as required for the public service, and they shall receipt to him and be held accountable for all material so received. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 32, 28 Stat. 605; June 7, 1924, ch. 303, § 1, 43 Stat. 590.) § 55. Purchase of press supplies. The Public Printer may purchase in open market. and without previous advertising, such supplies as the Government Printing Office may require, of ink, rollers, composition for making rollers, tapes, press blankets, and lubricating oils, taking care that only the lowest market prices be paid; and when practicable he shall issue circulars inviting bids. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 38, 28 Stat. 607.) § 56. Sale or exchange of condemned materials. Whenever any machinery or material in the Government Printing Office shall have been regularly condemned as unserviceable, the Public Printer may sell the same, after public advertisement, to the highest bidder, for cash, and turn the proceeds into the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That in case the sum or sums offered for such advertised property should be deemed by him too low, he may exchange said old machinery or material for new, paying the difference in money, and render appropriate vouchers for such expenditure. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 21, 28 Stat. 604.) § 57. Receipts from sales to be covered into Treasury. CODIFICATION Section, act Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 29, 28 Stat. 605, which related to disposition of receipts from sales of extra copies of documents, paper shavings, imperfections, waste gold leaf, leather and book cloth scraps, and old and condemned material, has been omitted from the Code as superseded and covered by sections 63, 71, 72a and 309 of this title. § 58. Sale of duplicate plates; copyright. The Public Printer shall sell, under such regulations as the Joint Committee on Printing may prescribe, to any person or persons who may apply, additional or duplicate stereotype or electrotype plates from which any Government publication is printed, at a price not to exceed the cost of composition, the metal, and making to the Government and 10 per centum added, and the full amount of the price shall be paid when the order is filed. No publication reprinted from such stereotype or electrotype plates and no other Government publication shall be copyrighted. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 52, 28 Stat. 608.) CROSS REFERENCES Copyright on publications of the United States Government, see section 8 of Title 17, Copyrights. Sale or disposition of stereotype or electrotype plates of black and white illustrations of United States and foreign postage stamps forbidden, see section 2506 of Title 39, The Postal Service. § 59. Machinery, material, equipment, or supplies from other departments. Any officer of the Government having machinery, material, equipment, or supplies for printing, binding, and blank-book work, including lithography, photolithography, and other processes of reproduction. which are no longer required or authorized for his service, shall submit a detailed report of the same to the Public Printer, and the Public Printer is authorized, with the approval of the Joint Committee on Printing, to requisition such articles of the character herein described as are serviceable in the Government Printing Office, and the same shall be promptly delivered to that office. (July 19. 1919, ch. 24, § 3, 41 Stat. 233.) § 60. Consolidation of department printing offices. All printing offices in the departments in operation on January 12, 1895, or thereafter put in operation, shall be considered a part of the Government Printing Office, and shall be under the control of the Public Printer, who shall furnish all presses, types, imposing stones, and necessary machinery and material for said offices from the general supplies of the Government Printing Office; and all paper and material of every kind used in the said offices for departmental work, except letter and note paper and |