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spective Houses, and provide fuel and other accommodations for their subsequent session.

Act April 12, 1792, c. 20, 1 Stat. 252.

Provisions as to the duties of officers of the House of Representatives in regard to the preparation of the roll and organization of the succeeding House were made by R. S. §§ 31-33, ante, §§ 30-32.

§ 107. (Act March 3, 1887, c. 392, § 1.) and materials for folding.

Purchases of stationery

Purchases of stationery and materials for folding shall be made in accordance with sections, sixty-five, sixty six, sixty-seven, sixtyeight, and sixty-nine, of the Revised Statutes of the United States: Provided further, That all contracts and bonds for purchases made under the authority of this act shall be filed with the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate or the Committee on Accounts of the House of Representatives respectively. (24 Stat. 596.)

These were provisions of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1888, cited above.

R. S. §§ 65-69, mentioned therein, are set forth ante, §§ 91-95.

The Door-keepers of the two Houses were required to provide fuel by R. S. 73, ante, § 106.

Provisions for inspection of fuel purchased for the public service in the District of Columbia were contained in R. S. §§ 3711-3713, post, §§ 6838-6840.

The requirement of Rev. St. § 3743, as amended by Act July 31, 1894, c. 174, § 18, post, § 6894, as to the filing of contracts in the offices of the Auditors of the Treasury, did not apply to the existing laws in regard to the contingent funds of Congress.

(R. S. § 74. Stricken out.)

This section, relating to mileage to officers or others executing any precept or summons of either House, was stricken out, as one of the amendments made by Act Feb. 18, 1875, c. 80, § 1, 18 Stat. 317.

(R. S. § 75. Superseded.)

This section provided for editing and indexing portions of the documents accompanying the annual reports of the Departments, suitable for popular distribution. It was superseded by the re-enactment, in substance, of its provisions in the Printing and Binding Act of Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 73, par. 44, post, § 7089.

(R. S. § 76. Superseded.)

This section prohibited any payment from the contingent fund of either House of Congress, unless sanctioned by a specified committee of such House. It was superseded by the re-enactment, in substance, of its provisions, in Act Oct. 2, 1888, c. 1069, § 1, post, § 109.

§ 108. (Act March 3, 1879, c. 183, § 1.) Payments from contingent fund of Senate for expenses of committees, and vouchers therefor.

When any duty is imposed upon a committee of the Senate involving expenses which are ordered to be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate, upon vouchers to be approved by the chairman of the committee charged with such duty, the receipt of the chairman of such committee for any sum paid to him or his order out of said contingent fund by the Secretary of the Senate shall be taken and passed by the accounting officers of the Treasury as a full and sufficient voucher; but it shall be the duty of such chair

man, as soon as practicable, to furnish vouchers in detail for the disbursement of such moneys to the Secretary of the Senate, who shall file them with the accounting officers aforesaid. (20 Stat. 419.)

This was a provision of the deficiency appropriation act for the fiscal year 1879, cited above. Subsequent general provisions relating to payments from the contingent funds of both Houses, contained in Act Oct. 2, 1888, c. 1069, § 1, are set forth post, § 109.

§ 109. (Act Oct. 2, 1888, c. 1069, § 1.) Payments from contingent funds of Senate and House of Representatives, and vouchers therefor.

Hereafter no payment shall be made from the contingent fund of the Senate unless sanctioned by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, or from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives unless sanctioned by the Committee on Accounts of the House of Representatives. And hereafter payments made upon vouchers approved by the aforesaid. respective committees shall be deemed, held, and taken, and are hereby declared to be conclusive upon all the departments and officers of the Government: Provided, That no payment shall be made from said contingent funds as additional salary or compensation to any officer or employé of the Senate or House of Representatives. (25 Stat. 546.)

This was a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1889, cited above. Subsequent provisions for the appointment of a temporary Committee on Accounts of the House of Representatives, and for the conclusiveness of payments made upon vouchers approved by the committee on Accounts of the House, contained in Act March 2, 1895, c. 177, § 1, and Act March 4, 1911, c. 240, are set forth post, §§ 110, 111.

A previous provision for payments for monuments to deceased Senators or Members of the House of Representatives interred in the Congressional Cemetery, from the contingent fund of the House to which the deceased belonged, was made by Act May 23, 1876, c. 103, ante, § 55.

Previous provisions for payments from the contingent fund of the Senate for expenses of committees, contained in Act March 3, 1879, c. 183, § 1, are set forth ante, § 108.

Further restrictions on expenditure of appropriations for contingent expenses of either House of Congress were imposed by R. S. § 3680, and by a provision of Act Feb. 14, 1902, c. 17, post, § 6780.

The provision of R. S. § 3743, as amended by Act July 31, 1894, c. 174, § 18, post, § 6894, requiring contracts necessitating the advance of money, or in any manner connected with the settlement of public accounts, to be deposited in the offices of the Auditors of the Treasury, are not applicable to existing laws relating to the contingent funds of Congress, by said section.

All public accounts were required to be settled in the Treasury Department by R. S. § 236, post, § 368.

§ 110. (Act March 2, 1895, c. 177, § 1.) Temporary Committee on Accounts of House of Representatives to approve payments from contingent fund.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-third Congress shall, before the expiration of his term of service, appoint from among the Representatives-elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress a temporary committee on accounts, of three members, which said committee on accounts shall have the same powers and

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perform the same duties in reference to payments made from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-fourth Congress as are now authorized by law and the rules of the present House of Representatives; and which said temporary committee on accounts shall begin to exercise its powers immediately upon the termination of this Congress, and shall continue to exercise and discharge said duties until after the meeting and organization of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-fourth Congress, and until the appointment of the regular committee on accounts.

And all payments made out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon vouchers approved by said temporary committee on accounts shall be deemed, held, and taken, and are hereby declared to be conclusive upon all the Departments and auditing. officers of the Government.

And hereafter the Speaker of the House of Representatives of each subsequent Congress shall, before the termination of the last. session of each Congress, appoint, from the Representatives-elect, a temporary committee on accounts of three members, with similar powers and for the same purposes. (28 Stat. 768.)

These were provisions of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1896, cited above.

A subsequent provision declaring payments from the contingent fund of the House, approved by the Committee on Accounts, conclusive, contained in Act March 4, 1911, c. 240, is set forth post, § 111.

§ 111. (Act March 4, 1911, c. 240.) Payments from contingent fund of House of Representatives, on vouchers approved by Committee on Accounts, conclusive.

Hereafter the payments made from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon vouchers approved by the Committee on Accounts shall be deemed, held, and taken, and are hereby declared to be conclusive upon all the departments and officers of the Government. (36 Stat. 1318.)

This was a provision of the deficiency appropriation act for the fiscal year 1911, cited above.

A previous provision to the same effect, contained in Act Oct. 2, 1888, c. 1069, 1, is set forth ante, § 109.

(R. S. § 77. Superseded.)

This section provided for the compilation of the Congressional Directory at each session of Congress under the direction of the Joint Committee on Public Printing. It was superseded by different provisions for the compilation, printing, distribution, etc., of the Directory, contained in the Printing and Binding Act of Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 73, par. 43, post, § 7088.

The printing, etc., of the Senate Manual and Digest and of the Manual of the House of Representatives were also provided for by the same section, Act Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 73, par. 42, post, § 7087.

(R. S. § 78. Superseded.)

This section provided that, "until a contract for publishing the debates of Congress is made, such debates shall be printed by the Congressional Printer, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Public Printing," etc. The provision was derived from Act March 3, 1873, c. 227, § 1, 17 Stat. 510, which was amended, to supply an omission, by Act Jan. 22, 1874, c. 14, 18 Stat. 5. But the original provision and amendment were superseded by the provisions for the printing, distribution, and sale of the Congressional Record, and of

Indexes thereto, contained in the Printing and Binding Act of Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, §§ 13, 14, and § 73, pars. 45-60, post, §§ 6967, 6968, 7090.

§ 112. (R. S. § 79, as amended, Act Feb. 18, 1875, c. 80, § 1.) Publication of laws.

After the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and seventyfive, the publication of the laws in newspapers shall cease.

Act May 8, 1872, c. 140, § 1, 17 Stat. 66. Act Feb. 18, 1875, c. 80, 18 Stat. 317.

This section as originally enacted, providing that, after the date specified, "no money shall be paid from the Treasury for the publication of the laws in newspapers,' was changed to read as set forth here, as one of the amendments made by Act Feb. 18, 1875, c. 80, § 1, 18 Stat. 316.

The printing and publication of the laws at the Government Printing Office were provided for by Act Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 73, pars. 18-25, and other subsequent provisions collected post, §§ 7070-7073.

§ 113. (Act March 3, 1885, c. 360.) Contracts involving employment of horses for service of House of Representatives.

In all contracts hereafter made for service for the House of Representatives involving the employment of horses, the expense of keeping such horses shall be covered by the contract; and no money hereafter appropriated for contingent or other expenses of the House of Representatives shall be expended for stables or forage. (23 Stat. 512.)

This was a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1886, cited above.

§ 114. (Act March 3, 1891, c. 541, § 1.) Contracts for hire of horses and mail wagons for mail service of House of Representatives.

Hereafter the appropriations for hire of horses and mail wagons for carrying the mails for the House of Representatives shall be expended under the direction of the Postmaster of the House, under contracts to be let annually to the lowest responsible bidder therefor after due advertisement. (26 Stat. 914.)

This was a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1892, cited above.

§ 115. (Act March 3, 1901, c. 830, § 1.) Contracts for packing boxes for use of House.

Hereafter packing boxes for the use of the House of Representatives shall be procured after advertisement for proposals therefor, under specifications to be prepared by the Clerk of the House, and from the lowest and best bidder to furnish the same. (31 Stat. 960.)

This was a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1902, cited above.

§ 116. (Act Aug. 7, 1882, c. 433, § 1.) Sale of waste paper, etc.,

and condemned furniture.

It shall be the duty of the Clerk and Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives and the Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate to cause to be sold all waste paper and useless documents and condemned furniture that have accumulated during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, or that may hereafter

accumulate, in their respective departments or offices, under the direction of the Committee on Accounts of their respective houses and cover the proceeds thereof into the Treasury; and they shall, at the beginning of each regular session of Congress, report to their respective houses the amount of said sales. (22 Stat. 337.)

This was a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1883, cited above.

Provisions for the disposition of accumulations of useless papers in the Executive Departments are set forth under R. S. § 197, post, § 280, or referred to in notes thereto.

§ 117. (Act March 3, 1875, c. 130, § 8.) Actions against officers for official acts; district attorney to enter appearance; application of provisions for removal of suits, withholding of executions, and payment of judgments against revenue or other officers; defense of actions.

In any action now pending, or which may be brought against any person for or on account of anything done by him while an officer of either House of Congress in the discharge of his official duty, in executing any order of such House, the district attorney for the district within which the action is brought, on being thereto requested by the officer sued, shall enter an appearance in behalf of such officer; and all provisions of the eighth section of the act of July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act to protect the revenue, and for other purposes," and also all provisions of the sections of former acts therein referred to, so far as the same relate to the removal of suits, the withholding of executicns, and the paying of judgments against revenue or other officers of the United States, shall become applicable to such action and to all proceedings and matters whatsoever connected therewith, and the defense of such action shall thenceforth be conducted under the supervision and direction of the Attorney General. (18 Stat. 401.)

This was a section of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876, cited above.

The provisions of Act July 28, 1866, c. 298, § 8, 14 Stat. 329, referred to in this section, were not re-enacted in terms in the Revised Statutes, but the "provisions of the sections of former acts therein referred to," also referred to in this section, were incorporated in the Revised Statutes in various sections to which reference is made in the following paragraphs of this note.

Provisions for appearance by the district attorney in suits against revenue officers for their official acts were contained in R. S. § 771, post, § 1296, and provisions relating to compensation for such services in R. S. §§ 827, 834, post, §§ 1381, 1395.

Provisions for removal from State courts to the courts of the United States of suits and prosecutions against revenue officers for their official acts, etc., were contained in R. S. § 643, and were incorporated in the Judicial Code, { 33, post, § 1015.

Provisions for the withholding of executions against revenue officers, on recovery in suits against them for their official acts, and for the payment of judgments so recovered against them, were contained in R. S. § 989, post, 1635.

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