ident of the Senate, and three Members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House, who shall have the powers hereinafter stated.-R. S., sec. 3756.

The Joint Committee on Public Printing shall have power to adopt such measures as may be deemed necessary to remedy any neglect or delay in the execution of the public printing, but no arrangement entered into by them shall take effect until it has been approved by that House of Congress to which the printing belongs, or by both Houses when the printing delayed relates to the business of both.-R. S., sec. 3755.

By the act of January 22, 1874 (17 Stat. L., p. 5), it is provided that the printing of the debates of Congress shall be under the direction of said committee.

By the act of June 23, 1874 (Sess. Laws, 1, 43, pp. 204, 205), it is provided that the appropriation for the expenses of compiling and preparing the Congressional Directory shall be expended under the direction of the said committee.

Hereafter the preparation of memorial addresses on deceased Senators and Members of the House of Representatives shall be done under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing without extra expense therefor.—Stats. at L., vol. 28, p. 447.

All proposed legislation or orders touching printing shall be referred to the Joint Committee on Printing on the part of the House.-Rule XI, clause 49.

The Committee on Printing has leave to report at any time on all matters referred to them of printing for the use of the House or two Houses.-See Rule XI, clause 51.

A resolution to print documents "to be distributed pro rata among the members of the House" is a proposition to print "for the use of the House," and a report thereon is consequently privileged.-Journal, 1, 52, p. 292.

If a resolution reported by the Committee on Printing authorizes, in addition to printing for the use of the House or Houses, printing for any other use, the privileged character of the report is lost.

Resolutions reported by the Committee on Printing, authorizing printing for the use of the House, or of the two Houses, are usually considered in the House when reported. But if the point be made, they are subject to the requirement that they be considered in Committee of the Whole, in like manner

as other bills and resolutions making appropriations, or requir ing an expenditure from appropriations already made.-Journal, 2, 46, p. 217.

But one decision to the contrary has been found, and there the Speaker based his decision upon a custom which prevailed of permitting such consideration in the House.-Journal, 1, 47, p. 1728. (See Committees.)

PRINTING, PUBLIC.*

Rule XI, clause 51, authorizes the Committee on Printing to report at any time on all matters referred to them of printing for the House or two Houses.

A bill regulating the printing for the use of the Departments as well as for the two Houses is not privileged under the rule.-Journal 1, 53, p. 80.

A resolution to print documents "to be distributed pro rata among the members of the House" is a proposition to print "for the use of the House," and a report thereon is consequently privileged. Journal, 1, 52, p. 292.

There shall be printed 500 copies of each bill of a public nature, of which 25 shall be deposited in the office of the Clerk of the House, 100 copies shall be delivered to the Senate document room, and the remainder shall be deposited in the document room of the House for the use of Members; and there shall be printed 100 copies of each private bill and bills relating to rivers and harbors, of which 25 copies shall be delivered to the Senate document room, and the remainder shall be deposited in the document room of the House for the use of Members. Motions to print additional numbers of any bill, report, resolution, or other public document shall be referred to the Committee on Printing; and the report of the committee thereon shall be accompanied by an estimate of the probable

*NOTE.-A bill "providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents" has passed the Senate and House of Representatives (Fifty-third Congress, third session), but at the date of sending this Digest to the printer, December 22, 1894, has not become a law, not having as yet been presented to the President.

This bill, which is intended to constitute a revision and compendium of the laws governing the public printing, should it become a law, will change in many respects the existing laws on the subject of printing.

cost thereof. Unless ordered by the House, no bill, resolution, or other proposition reported by a committee shall be reprinted unless the same be placed upon the Calendar.—Rule XLV.

The Joint Committee on Public Printing shall have power to adopt such measures as may be deemed necessary to remedy any neglect or delay in the execution of the public printing, but no arrangement entered into by them shall take effect until it has been approved by that House of Congress to which the printing belongs, or by both Houses when the printing delayed relates to the business of both.-R. S., sec. 3757.

The Public Printer, formerly styled the Congressional Printer, is required to be a practical printer, versed in the art of bookbinding, and is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.-R. S., 3758; Sess. Laws, 1, 43, p. 88; 1, 44, p. 105.

The Congressional [Public] Printer shall, at the beginning of each session of Congress, submit to the Joint Committee on Public Printing estimates of the quantity of paper of all descriptions which will be required for the public printing during the ensuing year.-R. S., sec. 3766.

The Joint Committee on Public Printing shall fix upon standards of paper for the different descriptions of public printing, and the Congressional [Public] Printer shall, under their direction, advertise in two newspapers published in each of the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Cincinnati, for sealed proposals to furnish the Government with paper, as specified in the schedule to be furnished to applicants by the Congressional [Public] Printer, setting forth in detail the quality and quantities required for the Public Printing.-R. S., sec. 3767, as amended by act of January 25, 1876; 19 Stat. L., p. 2.

The advertisement shall specify the minimum portion of each quality of paper required for either three months, six months, or one year, as the Joint Committe on Public Printing may determine; but when the minimum portion so specified exceeds, in any case, one thousand reams, it shall state that proposals will be received for one thousand reams more.-R. S., sec. 3768.

The sealed proposals to furnish paper shall be opened in presence of the Joint Committee on Public 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 satisfactory evidence that the person making it is a manufacturer of or dealer in the description of paper which he proposes to furnish.-R. S., sec. 3770.

No contract for furnishing paper shall be valid until it has been approved by the joint committee, if made under their direction, or by the Secretary of the Interior, if made under his direction, according to the provisions of section thirty-seven hundred and seventy-five.-R. S., sec. 3772.

In case of difference of opinion between the Congressional [Public] Printer and any contractor for paper, respecting its quality, the matter of difference shall be determined by the Joint Committee on Public Printing.-R. S., sec. 3774.

If any contractor shall fail to comply with his contract, either as to time of delivery, or as to quantity, quality, or weight of paper, the Congressional [Public] Printer shall report such result to the Joint Committee on Public Printing, when Congress is in session, or to the Secretary of the Interior, when Congress is not in session; and he shall, under the direction of the committee, or of the Secretary of the Interior, as the case may be, enter into a new contract with the lowest and best 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 herembefore stated; and during the interval which may thus occur, he shall, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Public Printing, or of the Secretary of the Interior as above provided, purchase in open market, at the lowest market price, all paper necessary for the public printing.-R. S., sec. 3775.

The Joint Committee on Public Printing, or, during the recess of Congress, the Secretary of the Interior, may authorize the Congressional [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.-R. S., sec. 3778.

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The Joint Committee on the Public Printing * authorized to give permission to the Public Printer to purchase material in open market, whenever in their opinion it would

not promote the public interest to advertise for proposals and to make contracts for the same: Provided, however, That the purchases authorized by this act shall not in any term of six months exceed the sum of fifty dollars for any particular article required.—20 Stat. L., p. 22.

Whenever any charts, maps, diagrams, views, or other engravings are required, to illustrate any document ordered to be printed by either House of Congress, such engraving shall be procured by the Congressional [Public] Printer, under the direction and supervision of the Committee on Printing of the House ordering the same.-R. S., sec. 3779.

When the probable total cost of the maps or plates accompanying one work or document exceeds one thousand two hundred dollars, the lithographing or engraving thereof shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder, after advertisement by the Congressional [Public] Printer, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Public Printing. But the committee may authorize him to make immediate contracts for lithographing or engraving whenever, in their opinion, the exigencies of the public service do not justify advertisements for proposals.-R. S., sec. 3780, as amended by act of February 12, 1883, 22 Stat. L., p. 414.

Whenever it becomes necessary for the Public Printer to make purchases of material not already due under contracts, he shall prepare a schedule of the articles required, 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 Public 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 on Public Printing, showing the number of bidders, the amounts of each bid, and the awards of the contracts.-Sess. Laws, 1, 44, p. 105.

No printing or binding which is not provided for by law shall be executed at the Government Printing Office.-R. S., sec. 3785.

No binding shall be done at the Government Printing Office for Senators, Representatives, or Delegates in Congress, except that there may be bound for each Senator, Representative,

or