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 FORTY—·SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 75, 78, 79, 80. 1872. 47 ury be, and hereby is, authorized to change the name of the pleasmevmit "Lois" yacht “Lois," owned by Frank H. Stott, of the State of New York, to l’h‘1‘“i*§‘} *·° °'S°° that of “Sea Witch," and grant said vessel registry in said name. Wm l Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, an- that of the thorized to change the name of the yacht “William M. Tweed," owned "wilmifu M- by A. B. Stockwell, of the State of New York, to that of “Ju1ia," and llv,j'$3{_¤b° grant said yacht registry in said name. Approved, April 1, 1872. CHAP. LXXVIII. -·An Act to authorize the President to appoint George Plunkett a April 2, 1872. Paymaster in the Navy. """"""' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of I Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he is G¤¤rg¢P1u5¤kett hereby, authorized to appoint George Plunkett a paymaster in the United gm; b;:§f;°‘Q’:’d States navy, ii} in his opinion, the interests of the public service will be mg riavy. r thereby promoted. Approved, April 2, 1872. _ CHAP. LXXIX. — An Act toprovide for the Reporting and Priming xy" U18 Debates in Con- April 2, 1872. g1'6$8. Be it enacted ky the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembied, That the congressional printer C°¤m‘>* *0 b¤ is hereby directed to enter into a contract, in behalf of the general govern- i22d?,?- ?;l;°§; ment, with Franklin Rives, Jefferson Rives, and George A. Bailey, for the bates in Congress reporting and printing of the debates in Congress for the term of two years, QQ? }f";‘;7f{°‘“ on and from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and seventy—0ne, in` accordance with a proposed form of contract from the said Rives and Bailey, submitted to and approved by the joint committee on public printing on the part of the Senate. Sec. 2. That for the purpose aforesaid there be appropriated and paid, Appropriation. out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the accounts having been approved, as in previous years, by the secretary of the Senate and by the clerk of the House, or their representatives. Sec. 3. That no person shall be employed as a reporter for the House No person to without the approval of the Speaker of the House: Provided, That it shall F; gQgll‘;}g:°lth”§ ‘ be the duty of the joint committee on public printing to publish an adver- Hgusg without tisement once a week, for four weeks, in one newspaper in each of the cities The ¤PPF<>V¤l <>Y` of Washington, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Chicago, Cindinnati, dw Sp°ak°r‘ Louisville, St. Louis, and San Francisco, inviting proposals in detail for_ Pf<>H<>S¤l¤ fo b¤ reporting and for printing, together and separately, the debates of the g;:;;’eHP}$d;;"' forty-third, the forty-fourth, and the forty-fifth Congresses, together or porting, Sm., the separately, and to report  proposals which may be received before the gggafftgf gg designated day to Congress, at the earliest practicable date, with estimates, 45,1; Congresses_ hereby directed to be made by the congressional printer, of the cost of reporting the debates and of printing them at the government printing oflicc, accompanied by the recommendations of the joint committee on b Nv diggsés public printing on all proposals and estimates so submitted; and that the af 558;% ejgpenéé bills for such advertising be paid in equal parts from the contingent funds after, &e., exof the Senate and of the House of Representatives: And prov·ided_)‘2orthe·r, °‘;g5»i§;°}€I)g;-gs;. That no debates shall be reported or published at public expense, after the gee p0,,,p_;,10_] close of the present Congress, except upon written contracts entered into therefor under the authority of Congress. Approved, April 2, 1872. onar LXXX A A ‘ · · ‘- AP'“ 2· *87* . . - n ct to establtsh a Port of Entry and Dehtevy at the Czty of Pztts ___________ burgh, Pennsylvania. Be it enacted Zn; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Anieriea in Congress assembled, That a port of entry and deliv- Pif¢Sb¤¤‘sh»?¤··