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 SENATE. January 2:i, l.sG3. — Read first an«l «c^on<l times ninl 
 ri't'erred to Commit'Lce on rrinting. April G, 18t».i. — Reported wiiU- 
 out amendment and ordered to he printed. April 13, 1803. — Road 
 third time, amended and passed, 
 
 JAMES 11. NASH, Secretary. 
 
 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. April 22d, 1863.— Read nr.?t 
 and second times and referred to Committee on Printini;. April 2o, 
 l.SGo. — Reported back favorably, an^i postponed to Tues(la.y next, and 
 i>r<U'red to be printed. 
 
 ^ BILL 
 
 To be entitled an act in relation to the Public Printiii;:;. 
 
 1 Section I. The GnigTesf of the Confederate States of America do 
 
 2 ennrf. That the Secretary of the Senate, immediately after the 
 
 3 adjournment of each session of Congress, shall prepare a fnr 
 
 4 copy of the journal of the Senate, in open session, togeliior with. 
 J any portion of its secret proceedings from which the injunction 
 G of secrecy may have been removed, fully indexed, and shall de- 
 7 liver tlie same, properly certified, as soon as possible, to the \{- 
 « torncy (.ieneral. The Clerk of the House of Representativrs;, 
 9 immediately after eaf^h session, shall prepare a fair copy of the 
 
 II) journal of that body, in open session, together with any portion 
 
 11 of its Sjccret proceedings from which the injunction of secrecy 
 
 12 may have been removed, fully indexed, and shall deliver the 
 
I J same, |)roperly certified, as soun as possible, to the Attorney Gcn- 
 
 II oral, h^aitl copies of the journals shall not contain unnecessary 
 
 1.) breaks, blanks or paraf^raphs, but all matter relating to one snb- 
 
 IG ject shall be included within the same paragraph, according to 
 
 17 the usual rules in relation to ordinary composition. 
 
 18 The .\ttorney General shall arrange the ac's and resolutions 
 in under appropriate titles, affix marginal notes to each section, and 
 2(t index the same. Three thousand copies of said acts and resolu- 
 21 tions shall lie printed in form]and style equal in every respect to 
 '22 the laws of the United States as annually published by Little i'^ 
 2J JJrown. Fifteen hundred copies of the journal of each House 
 
 24 sliall be printed on good paper, in small pica type, the text of 
 
 25 which shall be in pages of fifty printed lines, exclusive of folio, 
 20 and containing twenty-nine cms to the line. The index, in pages 
 27 of same size, shall be printed in bourgeois or brevier: Provided, 
 2h That no proposals for the printing of the journals shall be made 
 20 until further ordered by Congress. The Attorney General shall 
 3u advertise one time, in one paper published at the capital of each 
 
 31 State, or other place, as he may deem advisable, within said State, 
 
 32 for pealed proposals for the delivery to him, at his office, on or 
 
 33 before a day to be designated, of the acts and journals complete, 
 
 34 in accordance with the a])Ove specifications. Said proposals shall 
 
 35 state the rate per page for the tex;t and the imlex, separately, at 
 
 36 which the person oifers to contract ; and the party oflfering to 
 
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 87 perform said work for the least sum shall be entitleu to receive 
 
 38 the same. The printing of the acts and journal shall not iieces- 
 
 39 sarily he embraced in a single contract, but the acts may be 
 •10 awarded to one person, and the journals, or either of them, to 
 11 other bidders. The persons obtaining such contracts shall enter 
 i2 into bond with good securities, in such amount and within such 
 ■13 time as the Attorney General may require, conditioned for the 
 •14 faithful performance of their contracts. Should any party fail to 
 45 execute a bond as required, his contract shall thereby be forfeited 
 Hi at the option of the Attorney General, and the party rendered 
 
 47 liable for damages for such fail-ure. Upon forfeiture of any con- 
 
 48 tract, another may be made with the next lowest bidder, and so 
 •19 on until the list of bidders is exhausted, or the Attorney General 
 50 may again advertise for other proposals. Should no proposal for 
 ol all or any part of said work be reasonable, the Attorney General 
 
 52 may reject them, and report the fact to the next session of Con- 
 
 53 gross. Any person obtaining a contract may print and sell, on 
 
 54 his own account, any number of said acts or journals. 
 
 1 Sec. 2. That the laws, in pamphlet form, shall be distributed 
 
 2 as follows : Two copies to each member of Congress for the time 
 
 3 being ; twenty copies each to the Secretary of the Senatq and 
 
 4 Clerk of the House of Representatives, to be retained in their 
 
 5 respective offices ; one copy to each committee of each House of 
 
 6 Congress ; five copies, each, to the President and Vice President; 
 
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 7 two hun(]re(l copies to the DepartineDt of State, for its own use 
 
 H and for distribution among the diplouiatio and consular olHccr.-? 
 
 9 of the Confederate States; two liundred copies to the Depart- 
 
 |(> ment of the Treasury, for its own use and for distribution 
 
 i I amongst the revenue olncers of the government ; one liundred 
 
 12 copies to the Department cf Justice, for its own use and for dis- 
 
 13 tribution amongst the judges, clerks, marshals, and attorneys of 
 
 1 i the Confederate States ; fifty copies each to the Departments of 
 I.") War and Navy, and to the Postmaster General ; and live copies 
 K) each to the Governors of the several State?, for the use of tlie 
 I 7 States. The remainder shall be carefully preserved in the De- 
 IS partment of Justice ; to be bound in calf, in a substantial man- 
 11» iier, as often as the number of pages shall be sufficient to form a 
 2U volume of not less than eight hundred nor more than one thous- 
 21 and pages. Whenever said volumes are thus to be bound, a new 
 '22 index shall be prepared by the Attorney General, comprising the 
 23 contents of the whole volume. The remaining copies shall be 
 
 2 4 kept in the Department of Justice, subject to the general order 
 25 of Congress. 
 
 1 Slc. o. That all acts and resolutions, signed by the i'resident, 
 
 2 or^iyhich may otherwise become laws, shall be depo~ited in the 
 Department of Justice, and the originals there carefully pre- 
 4 served. The Attorney General shall affix marginal notes to the 
 o acts and resoultions, fully index the same, and cause fair and 
 

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 6 exact copies of the said acts, resolutions, notes and index to be 
 
 ? made for delivery to the contractor hy -,v];oni the same ar(^ to be 
 
 S printed. 
 
 1 Sk.c. 4. That the join nals shall be distributed as folIo^YP : I'uo 
 
 2 copies of each to every person ^vho was a member of Congress at 
 
 3 any time during said session ; ten copies each to the Secretary oi' 
 i the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, to be kept 
 
 5 in their respective offices; five copies to each State for every five 
 
 6 Representatives from such State in the Congress of the Confede- 
 
 7 rate States ; five hundred copies of each shall be carefully prc- 
 
 5 served in the Department of Justice, and shall be bound together, 
 9 in sheep, when hereafter directed by Congress ; and the remain- 
 
 10 ing copies shall be kept in said Department, subject to the general 
 
 1 1 order of Congress. 
 
 1 Sec. 5. That all printing in pamphlet form, ordered by Con- 
 
 2 gress, shall be in pages four and a half inches wide by eight inches 
 
 3 long, including folio, without separate title page, Avithout tiecdless 
 
 4 indentings, breaks, blank? and separations ; the general body 
 o thereof shall not be printed on type smaller than long primer, 
 
 6 nor larger than small pica; and for such Avork the public printer 
 
 7 shall receive the following compensation : Vor composition one 
 
 8 dollar and twenty-five cents per 1 ,00(1 ems ; for press-work, folding 
 n and stitching, oiie dollar and twenty-five cents per t©ken. Bills 
 
 10 and resolutions, upon which final action is yet to be taken, shall 
 
1 I be piinted in small pica type, in pages eight inches long by four 
 
 12 and a half inches ^viJc, the lines of each section nmmbered in 
 
 ]S the margin, and with space between th(» lines not wider than a 
 
 14 bourgeois line: for the composition on such work, the public 
 
 1 .J printer shall receive one dollar per 1 ,000 ems ; for the press-work. 
 10 folding and stitching, one dollar per token. The pay for yeas 
 
 1 7 and nays shall be fifty cents per one hundred copies for either 
 
 18 House. The compensation for all miscellaneous printing, 
 
 19 ordered by Congress, shall be one dollar and twenty-five cents 
 
 20 per 1,000 ems, and press-work of the same, one dollar and 
 
 21 twenty-five cents per token. For all strickly rule and figure 
 
 22 work, the compensation for composition shall be one hundred per 
 2'S cent, higher than for plain work. Composition shall charged but 
 
 2 4 once for documents ordered bj each House of Congress, unless 
 25 the type has been distributed. 
 
 1 Sf.c. 6. All work in pamphlet form and all miscellaneous 
 
 2 printing for the Executive Departments shall be done by the 
 
 3 public printer, who shall receive the same compensation allowed 
 
 4 for similar Avork when ordered by Congress. 
 
 1 Sec. T. The chief officers of the Executive Departments shal 
 
 2 advertise for sealed proposals for the printing of all blanks 
 
 3 required in their several J)epartmcnts, and also for all ruling and 
 
 4 binding, as far as practicable, under such specifications as they 
 
 5 may deem necessary— in the same manner, in all respects, as is 
 
(! liorcin provided in rearard to cnntraots for tho printing of the 
 
 7 la'ivs and journals. 
 
 1 Skc, vS. That the usual rates paid by other advertisers shall bo 
 
 2 allowed for all advertisements inserted in public gazettes, by 
 
 3 authority of the Government, unless otherwise ordered or agreed ; 
 ■I but no a<Ivertisement sliall be inserted in more than three news- 
 5 paj)ers in any State. 
 
 1 Skc. 9. That when printing on parchment is required by any 
 
 2 Department, the parchment shall be furnished by such Depart- 
 ;] ment, and a special contract made for such printing, not to 
 •1 exceed ten dollars per thousand copies. 
 
 1 Sec. 10. That each House of Congress shall elect its own 
 
 '2 public printer, who shall hold liis office for two years from tho 
 
 date of his election and until his successor is chosen ; and shall 
 
 4 give boLd for the faithful performance of his duty in tlie sum of 
 .J five thousand dollars, 
 
 1 Sec. II. That it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of 
 
 2 Public Printing to purchase all paper of every description re- 
 
 5 . quired by Congress, the executive departments, or the public 
 4 printing, to be performed by the public printer, under the general 
 .') provisions of this act, and not by special contract: Provided, all 
 G such contracts shall be approved by the Attorney General ; and 
 
 7 all paper delivered to the departments shall be furnished upon the 
 
 8 written orders of chiefs of bureaus, which orders .shall be filed. 
 
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 1 Skc. 1-2. That it sli:ill be the iluty of tiie Secretary dT the 
 
 i Sonato, the Clerk of the House au'l the ehief officers uf tlie exccu- 
 
 ;] tivc departments to furnish to the said superintendent, in writiufr, 
 
 4 properly signed, all ordcr.5 for printinij; ref[uired by Congresfs or 
 
 .") any department, which order.-j tihall be filed. 
 
 1 Sf.c. 13. That the superintendent shall furnish the public 
 
 2 printer ^vith all paper required for printing, under the general 
 ;] provisions of this act, and of sucli description as said superin- 
 
 4 tendent may determine ; and shall supervise, direct and control 
 i) such printing, both in regard to the general execution of the 
 
 6 vork and the order and time in which it shall be completed ; and 
 
 7 shall gi\ e his counsel and assistance to the chiefs of departments, 
 c? whenever required, in relation to the printing herein re(juired 
 t> to be done by special contract or otherwise. " 
 
 1 Sue. 14. That all accounts of the public printer shall be ac- 
 
 - corapanied with a copy of every job or document specified in the 
 
 J accounts ; and no account shall l)e audited and allowed by the 
 
 •1 superintendent unless accompanied by such vouchers, and the 
 
 5 the affidavit of its correctness. Said account and vouchers, when 
 
 6 allowed, shall be filed, each year separately, in the office cf the 
 
 7 superintendent. A duplicate of said account and affidavit pre- 
 
 8 sented by the public printer, w-hen audited and allowed, shall 
 
 9 authorize its payment. On a refusal by the superintendent to 
 10 accept work done or to allow any account rendered, an appeal 
 
1 1 may he taken to the head of the Department of Justice, whose 
 
 12 decision shall be final. 
 
 1 Sec. 15. That the prices to be paid to the public printer, 
 
 2 herein specified, shall at all times be subject to the alteration and 
 
 3 control of Congress as to work subsequently ordered. 
 
 1 Sec. 16. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the 
 
 2 provisions of this act are hereby repealed. 
 
 AMENDMENT PROrOSED BY MR. PERKINS. 
 
 1 Proinded, That nothing contained in this act shall be so con- 
 
 2 strued as to take from the Speaker of the House the vi^ht to 
 
 3 revise and correct the said journal before it is filed Avith the 
 
 4 Attorney General : And provided further. That he is authorized 
 
 5 to employ such additional clerks for making the transcripts as 
 
 6 he may deem necessary, to be paid out of the contingent fund of 
 
 7 the House.