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 '1`rr1.1¤: 11.-THE (,‘NGRESS.-—Ch. 5. 13 Sec. 63. All expenditures of the Senate und House of Representatives Repams of exshall be made up to the end of each tiscal year. and >.hnll he reportccl to I>¤¤dif¤¤¤· Congress at the commencement of each regular session. S Ma)., 1872, Q_ l-l0, s. 1, v. IT, p. 64. I5 Aug., 1876, 0. 287, v. 19, p. 156. Sec. 64. The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of 5mmm,,,tS0;,_p- Representatives shall, as soon as may he after the close of each session prqpriaticns and of Congress. prepare and publish a statement of all appropriations made f‘[h‘i*{5· during the session. :1 statement of the new offices created and the salaries 4 Julv, 1836, c. attached to each, and a statement of the offices the salaries attached to 356.S-6:V·5,p·ll7· which are increased and the amount of such increase. Sec. 65. [T he Secretmjy of the Senateandthe Ulerlpfthe [base of lfep- A~\vqrfi¤<·¤¤ents resentatives sfu1U, hmned {ate! y afti r ihe e.1pir·atz`on 0 f each Own gress, adz·e7·¢ese {‘];€@°"°"5'· three weeks succe&¢2`z·dy. in hm newspapers printed in t/uz Dz1~rh·ict of (hl um- 3Man-.,1815, Res. ba¥1,fm·f1·0 mZ,~»j2>2·szy2pZy2`ng fha Senate and I[02¢se0fReprese1z tatz`z·e·a, re- N°· IL *'· 3» P- 249- .g11eclz`re y,¢£;·z`ngtLe m¢cceedz`ng (,bngress.uv¢°z‘}z the ne<·essaz·ystationer·y.] [The 18 F¢'b·» I875, ¢‘· S€CI‘€iZ8l'}’ of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives shall 8°·"· 18* 31* annually advertise. once a week for at. least four weeks, in one or more of the principal papers published in the District of Columbia, for sealed proposals for supplying the Senate and House of Representatives, respective!, during the next session of Congress with the necessary stationery.? Sec. 66. The advertisement published under the preceding section must _ Form of adverdescribe the kind of stationery required, and must require the proposals '}’°‘“°“*· to be accompanied with sufficient security for their performance. N3Mar.,1815, Res, 0. 11, v. 3, p. 249. Sec. 67. [The Secretary of tbe Senate and the Clerk 0 f the [[0use of Re · Noticcof acceptresentatives, resimctively, shall, in the mont/zqfApril,"4($fZer completing the °“°° 0* P'°P¤¤¤ ¤· publication oft ee arlve/z·t£.sement directed in. Z/me twoprec. ing sections, notify 3Mar.,1815,Res. t/w lowest bidder whose suretius are deemed seqjficieut, of the acce hence of/na N0- I1, V- 3. p- 249. proposals.] [All such proposals shall be kept sealed until the gay specified 18 Rb-. 1875, c. in such advertisement for 0 eninq the same, when the same shall he 8°·"·18»P1’·316»317· opened in the presence of at Yeast two persons, and the contract shall be given to the lowest bidder, provided bu shall give satisfactory security to perform the same, under a forfeiture not exceeding double the contract price in case of failure; and in case the lowest bid er shall fail to enter into such contract and give such security, within a time to be fixed in such advertisement, then the contract shall be given to the next lowest bidder, who shall enter into such contract, and give such security. And in case of failure by the person entering into such contract to perform the same. he and his sureties shall be liable for the forfeiture specified in such contract, as liquidated damages, to be sued for in the name of the United States,] Sec. GS. The three preceding sections shall not prevent either the Sec- Cantractsforsepretary or the Clerk from contracting for separate parts of the supplies of ¤_¤¤¢ Pvt! of Swstationery required to be furnished. 5g___ 3 Mar., 1815, Res. No. 1], v. 3, p. 249. Sue. 69. The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of American goods Representatives shall, in disbursiug the public moneys for the use of the °° be P"°‘°"°d- two Houses, res nectively, purchase only articles the growth and manu- 17 June,1844,c. fucture of the Ulnited States, provided the a.rticle¤s required can be pro- 105,8- LV- 5,1*-68% cured of such growth and manufacture upon as good terms as to quality and price as are demanded for like articles of foreign growth and manufacture. S1·:c. 70. The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Detailed repm-ts Representatives, respectively, shall report to Congress on the first day of ’§9°¤P*·¤ md *1* of each regular session, and at the expiration of their terms of service, n full and com ylete statement of all their receipts and expenditures as 15 J¤\y. 1870. v· such officers, showing in detail the items of expense, classifying them 3°2·’·1·"·1°•P·3“5· under the proper appropriations, and also showing the aggreglute thereof, and exhibiting in a clear and concise nm.nner the exact com ition_ of all public moneys by them received, paid out, and remaining in their possession as such officers.