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 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 167. 1867. 467 lines of space, for the publication of advertisements, the accounts for which shall be adjusted by the proper accounting officers and paid in the manner now authorized by law in the like cases; and said clerk shall, Heads of exas soon as practicable after the passage of this act, notify each head of s:?;;;! the several executive departments, and each judge of the United States to be ,,0mi,d’° courts therein, of the papers selected by him in accordance with the Fore- and they are to going provisions; and thereupon and thereafter it shall be the duty of£;;’}1‘Sl;‘c$;:£;“ the several executive officers charged therewith to furnish to such select- pm, ed papers only an authentic copy of the publications to be made as aforesaid; and no money hereby or otherwise appropriated shall be paid for any publications or advertisements hereafter to be made in said districts, nor shall any such publication or advertisement be ordered by any department or public officer otherwise than as herein provided: Provided, That the rates fixed in this section to be paid For the publication of the _ Rates of pay treaties and laws of the United States in the States therein designated l.:\_"ll£;?s}$:;"°’ shall also be paid for the same publications in all the States not designated thGiia,vs_ g in this section. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of is hereby authorized to sell, at public auction, the following property £‘,f;i“;£cY;2X belonging to the United States, namely: the buildings and grounds known fiw oid customas the old custom-house, at Alexandria, Virginia; the building and iwufe =¤§qAl<¤§ grounds known as the old custom·house, at New Haven, Connecticut; ?,:2`§;),f,—:,¥ °` the building and grounds known as the old custom-house. at Portsmouth, l·‘0rlsmoulh,’ New Hampshire; the parcel of ground, known as the old custom-house Pzig AITESZ lot, at Norfolk, Virginia.; the parcel or lot of ground purchased, in the ¥ii,,.i,Oi: ° city of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, for the erection of a custom-house; and the custom-house and grounds at Sackett’s Harbor, New York; and he is hereby authorized to make, execute, and deliver all needful c0n· vcyanccs to the purchaser or urchasers thereof. Sec. 9. And be it jimlzer charted, That the Secretary of the Interior to examine be directed to procure an examination to be made of the condition of the  ":B%f,;l’i'm_ public buildings in the Territory of New Mexico, and report to the next gngspin Ngw Congress an estimate of what amount is necessary to complete the same. México- Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That all advertisements, notices An ndvmgsa and proposals for contracts for all the executive departments of the m¢¤'?¤»¤°*i<{¢¤i government, and the laws passed by Congress and executive proclamations §§3,“l:°,lQ;Q,"*°d and treaties shall hereafter be advertised by publication in the two daily newspapers in papers published in the District of Columbia, now selected under the act  Dlifici °Q of' the first session of the thirty-ninth Congress making appropriations ,,,0,,;:];, ;Q,,S;:iiy_ for the service of the Post-Otiit-e Department, during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for SesVo1.xv.p 1. other purposes, until otherwise ordered by Congress, and in no other District of Columbia papers : Provided, That the charges for such publi- Ram of ,,,,.,_ cation shall not be higher than such as are paid by individuals for advertising in said papers: And prm:1`ded also, That the same publications shall he made in each of said papers equally as to frequency: Provided Pi-inraiig to be ferr/ter, That all printing of any kind ordered by the executive depart- d°“° *>3f_S*>"<*t’¤- ments shall be executed by the government printer when practicable, and if not, at such office as may be designated by the clerk of the House i 0f" Rlvpresentatives at rates not exceeding the current rates for such V°l'xv'p‘i5 printing. Sec. ll. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws Repeal of incpuflicting with the above provisions with respect to the official adver- °°“sl¤i°“il=“'·'$- txsing in the District of Columbia be and are hereby repealed. Ssc. 12. And be it _/iu-:/ter enacted, That the Secretary of War is Pa;-of clerks hereby authorized, at his discretion, to increase the pay of the clerks of gi €*'“‘a"‘}}] in the United States armory at Springfield, Massachusetts, to twelve cggggrc Inhundred dollars per annum, instead of eight hundred dollars, as now fixed by law.