Delegate one copy of each book or document issued by order of Congress, but this provission shall not allow any binding as aforesaid to be done of books, or documents issued by authority of and during any former Congress.-Stats. at L., vol. 22, p. 334.

There may be bound for each Senator, Representative, or Delegate in Congress, one copy of each book or document issued or ordered by authority of Congress during the term of service of such Senator, Representative, or Delegate; but this provision shall not be construed as allowing any binding as aforesaid to be done of any books or documents issued during any former Congress of which said Senator, Representative, or Delegate was not a member.Stats. at L., vol. 29, pp. 629, 630.

It shall be lawful for the Congressional [Public] Printer to print and deliver, upon the order of any Senator or Member of the House of Representatives, or Delegate, extracts from the Congressional Record, the person ordering the same paying the cost thereof.-Stats. at L., vol. 18, p. 347.

No binding shall be done for any department of the Govern ment except in plain sheep or cloth, and no books shall be printed and bound except when the same shall be ordered by Congress or are authorized by law, except record and account books which may be bound in Russia leather, sheep fleshers, and skivers, when authorized by the head of a department, and this restriction shall not apply to the Congressional Library nor to the Libraries of the Surgeon-General's office, the Patent Office, and the State Department.-Stats. at L., vol. 20, pp. 207–267, 323.

It shall not be lawful for the head of any Executive Department or of any bureau, branch, or office of the Government, to cause to be printed, nor shall the Public Printer print, any document or matter of any character whatever except that which is authorized by law and necessary to administer the public business, nor shall any bureau officer embrace in his annual or other report to be printed any matter not directly pertaining to the duties of his office as prescribed by law.Stats. at L., vol. 23, p. 227.

All printing, binding, and blank books for the Senate or

House of Representatives, and the Executive and Judicial Departments, shall be done at the Government Printing Office, except in cases otherwise provided by law.-R. S., sec. 3786.

No printing or binding shall be done, or blank books furnished, for either House of Congress, except on the written order of the Secretary of the Senate, or of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively; or for any of the Executive Departments, except on a written requisition by the head of such Department, or one of his assistants.-R. S., sec. 3789.

The forms and style in which the printing or binding ordered by any of the departments shall be executed, the materials and size of type to be used, shall be determined by the Congressional Printer, having proper regard to economy, workmanship, and the purposes for which the work is needed.-R. S., sec. 3790.

There shall be printed seven hundred and fifty copies of every bill or joint resolution ordered by either House of Congress, or required by any rule thereof to be printed, unless a different number shall be specifically ordered.-R. S., sec. 3791. (See Rule XLV.)

Fifteen hundred and fifty copies of any document ordered by Congress shall be printed, and that number shall be known as the usual number. No greater number shall be printed unless ordered by either House, or as hereinafter provided.-R. S., sec. 3792.

Whenever any document or report shall be ordered printed by Congress, there shall be printed, in addition to the number in each case stated, the "usual number" of copies for binding and distribution among those entitled to receive them; and this shall apply to all unexecuted orders now in the office of the Public Printer.-Stats. at L., vol. 22, p. 387.

All motions to print extra copies of any bill, report, or other public document, shall be referred to the Committee on Printing of the House in which such motion is made.-R. S., sec. 3795. The House first ordering a document to be printed shall immediately notify the other House of such order.-R. S., sec. 3791. All propositions in either House of Congress for printing extra copies of documents, the cost of which exceeds five hundred dollars, shall be by concurrent resolution, which shall,

pon its transmission from either House, be immediately referred to the Committee on Printing of the House to which it is sent.-R. S., sec. 3795.

The Congressional [Public] Printer shall, when so directed by the Joint Committee on the Library, print, in addition to the usual number, either fifty or one hundred copies as he may be directed, of all documents printed by order of either House of Congress or of any Department or bureau of the Government.R. S., sec. 3796.

The annual report of the Postmaster-General of offers received and contracts for conveying the mail shall not be printed unless specially ordered by either House of Congress.-R. S., sec. 3797.

Of the documents named in this section there shall be printed and bound, in addition to the usual number for Congress, the following numbers of copies, namely:

First. Of the documents accompanying the annual reports of the Executive Departments, one thousand copies for the use of the Members of the Senate, and two thousand copies for the use of the Members of the House of Representatives.

Second. Of the President's message, the annual reports of the Executive Departments, and the abridgment of accompanying documents, unless otherwise ordered by either House, ten thousand copies for the use of the Members of the Senate, and twenty-five thousand copies for the use of the Members of the House of Representatives.

Third. Of papers relating to foreign affairs, accompanying the annual message of the President, two thousand copies for the use of the Members of the Senate, and four thousand copies for the use of the Members of the House of Representatives.

Fourth. Of the "Commercial Relations," annually prepared under the direction of the State Department, two thousand copies for the use of the Members of the Senate, and three thousand copies for the use of the Members of the House of Representatives.

Fifth. Of the annual report on the statistics of commerce and navigation, exports and imports, merchandise in transit, manufactures, and registered and enrolled vessels, prepared by the Special Commissioner of the Revenue, two thousand copies

for the use of the Members of the Senate, and six thousand one hundred and fifty copies for the use of the Members of the House of Representatives.-R. S., sec. 3798, as modified by Stats. L., vol. 25, p. 610; infra.

There, shall be printed of the Journals of the Senate, one thousand and fifty-five copies, and of the Journals of the House of Representatives, one thousand one hundred and seventy-four copies.

Of the Senate Journals there shall be bound one thousand and twenty-five copies, which shall be distributed as follows: To the office of the Secretary of the Senate, seventy-eight copies; to the Senate library, thirty-six copies; to the Senate document room, twenty-five copies; to the Senate folding room, forty three copies; to the House document room, three hundred and thirty-seven copies; to the Department of State, ten copies; to the Department of the Interior, four hundred and thirty-five copies; to the Library of Congress, fifty-two copies; to the Court of Claims, two copies, and to the library of the House of Representatives, seven copies.

Of the Journals of the House of Representatives there shall be bound eleven hundred and twenty-four copies, which shall be distributed as follows: To the office of the Secretary of the Senate, seventy-eight copies; to the Senate library, thirty-six copies; to the Senate document room, twenty-five copies; to the document room of the House of Representatives, three hundred and forty-eight copies; to the Department of State, ten copies; to the Department of the Interior, four hundred and thirty-five copies; to the Clerk of the House of Repre sentatives (for governors of States), one hundred and twentythree copies; to the Library of Congress, fifty-two copies; to the Court of Claims, two copies, and to the library of the House of Representatives, fifteen copies.

Of the unbound Journals of the Senate there shall be printed thirty copies, which shall be distributed as follows: To the Secretary of the Senate, six copies; to the office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, five copies; to the document room of the House of Representatives, five copies; to the Public Printer, four copies; to the library of the House of Repre sentatives (for file copies) five copies; and to the library of the Senate (for file copies), five copies.

Of the unbound Journals of the House of Representatives there shall be printed fifty copies, which shall be distributed as follows: To the Secretary of the Senate, six copies; to the office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, twenty-five copies; to the document room of the House of Representatives, five copies; to the Public Printer, four copies; to the library of the House of Representatives (for file copies), five copies, and to the library of the Senate (for file copies), five copies. [October 19, 1888.]—Stats. at L., vol. 25, p. 610–11.

[All laws in conflict with the foregoing act fixing the number of Journals to be printed are by it repealed.]

The first edition of the Congressional Directory for each ses sion shall be printed and ready for distribution within one week after the commencement thereof.-R. S., sec. 3801.

The Congressional [Public] Printer shall, on the first day of each session, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, report to Congress the exact condition, and the amount and cost, of public printing, binding, lithographing, and engraving; the amount and cost of all paper purchased for the same; a detailed statement of proposals made 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 amount 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 detailed statement of the number of hands employed in the establishment, and the time each has been employed; and such further information, touch ing all matters connected with the Printing Office, as may be in his possession.-R. S., sec. 3821.

The Congressional [Public] Printer shall also submit to Congress, at the beginning of each session, detailed estimates of the sums required for the support of the Government Printing Office.-R. S., sec. 3822.

The Congressional [Public] Printer is required to make annually a detailed report of expenditures on account of the Congressional Record.-Stats, at L., vol. 18, p. 288.

The reports of committees, the evidence and papers submitted therewith, or any part thereof, printed by order of Con