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 THlRTY·—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rss. 25. 1860. 119 States all paper which may be necessary for the execution of the public printing, of quality and in quantity to be specified in the said advertisements from year to year. He shall open such proposals as may be made in the presence of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and shall award the contract for furnishing all of said paper, or such class thereof as may be bid for, to the lowest bidder, for the quality of paper advertised for by the said Superintendent, and determined by the Joint Committee of the two houses of Congress. It shall be the duty of said Superintendent to compare the paper furnished by the public contractor with the standard quality; and he shall not accept any paper from the contractor which does not conform to the standard determined upon as aforesaid. And in ease of difference of opinion between pm~m,,,c€s be. the Superintendent of Public Printing and the contractors for paper, with tween superin- Téspcct to its quality, the matter of diference shall be determined and Egg;)';; ”,£;iw°g'; settled by the Joint Standing Committee on Printing of the two houses termiueii. of Congress. In default of any contractor under this law to comply with Proceedings his contract in furnishing the paper in the proper time, and of proper 2****;* ?°“f d• quality, the Superintendent is authorized to enter into a new contract with ygllritfir B m 8. the lowest and best bidder for the interests of the government amongst those whose proposals were rejected at the last annual lettings, if it be practicable so to do, and if not, then to advertise for proposals, and award the contract as hereinbefore provided; and during any interval which is thus created by the new advertisement for such proposals, the Superintendent shall purchase in the open market, by and with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, all such paper necessary for the public service, ' at the lowest price. For any increase of cost to the government in pro- L;,,b;my of curing a supply of paper for the use of the government, the contractor in such contmewm default and his securities shall be charged with, and held responsible for gg_ n‘°“` Sum` the same, and shall be prosecuted upon their bond by the Solicitor of the Treasury, in the name of the United States, in the Circuit Court of the United States, in the district in— which the defaulting contractor resides ; and to enable the Solicitor to do so, the said Superintendent shall report to him the default on its happening, with a full statement of all the facts in the case. The said Superintendent shall keep a just and true account of all the Superintendent paper received from the contractor or contractors, together with an account w k°°P "‘°°°““*· of all the paper used for the purposes of the government under this act, and shall report the amount of each class consumed in said printing establishment, and in what works or publications the same was used, to the Secretary of the Interior, at the end of each and every fiscal yemr. SEO. 8. And be it further enacted, That whenever any charts, maps. Engraving. diagrams, views, or other engravings shall be required to illustrate any document ordered to be printed by either house of Congress, such engravings shall be procured by the Superintendent of Printing, under the direction and supervision of the Committee on Printing of the house ordering the same. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Superintendent said Superintendent annually to prepare and submit to the Register of the gse Treasury, in time to have the same embraced in the annual estimatesfnoin P that department, detailed estimates of the salaries, amount to be paid lor wages, engraving, binding, materials, and for any other necessargt expense of said printing establishment for the second year. And the said Super- CTo report to intendent shall also, on the first day of the meeting of each session of °“%"°*’·$· Congress, or as soon thereafter as may be, report Congress the exact condition of the public printing, binding, and engraving; the amount and cost of all such printing, binding, and engraving; the amount and cost 0f all paper purchased for the same; a statement of the. several bids for materials, and such further infomation as may be within his knowledge in regard to all matters connected therewith. _ Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That neither the Superintendent