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 FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 246. 1876. 105 Department, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars · for the Agricultural Department, nine thousand dollars; for the Department of Justice, six thousand dollars; for the Post Office, one hundred and tive thousand dollars; for the Congressional Library fifteen thousand dollars; for the Supreme Court of the United States, twenty thousand dollars; for the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, three thousand dollars; for the Court of Claims, ten thousand dollars; and for debates and proceedings of Congress, one hundred thousand dollars; and of the sums hereby appropriated for the several Departments, Courts, and for the debates and proceedings in Congress, there shall only be used for the several purposes herein provided the sums 0¤1y_t¤ be ¤¤<··l specified, and the unexpended balances shall not be used for any other ““ “!’°°‘°°d· purposes: Provided, That from and after the passage of this act it shall be the duty of the Public Printer to employ no workmen not thoroughly Skilled workskilled in their respective branches of industry, as shown by a trial of “;°”°5‘1Y*°b°°m‘ their skill under his direction; and whenever it becomes necessary for P or‘ the Public Printer to make purchases of materials not already due P“’°l*¤¤°°°f*¤¤· under contracts he shall prepare a schedule of the articles required, °°m‘1*h°w"‘“d°' showing the description, quantity, and quality of each article and shall invite proposals for furnishing the same either by advertisement or _ circular, as the Joint Committee on Public Printing may direct, and shall make contracts for the same with the lowest responsible bidder, making a return of the same to the Joint Committee on Public Printing, Ropoi-t or por. showing the number of bidders, the amounts of each bid and the awards °1’“°*’ to b° "’“‘l"· . of the contracts. . That so much of all laws or parts of laws as provide for the election Repeal of laws or appointment of Public Printer be, and the same are hereby, repealed, P,'°V¤l*E*¤ for °{<2¤· to take elfect from and after the passage of this act; and the President of gfigtez I u b ‘“ the United States shall appoint by and with the advice and consent of pmsipmi to ap. the Senate, a suitable person who must be a practical printer and point. _ _ versed in the art of book-binding, to take charge of and manage the Q““hH°*’*’°”¤· Government Printing Office from and after the date aforesaid: he shall be called the “Public Printer," and shall be vested with all the powers Titlo. and subject to all the restrictions pertaining to the ohicer now known as the Public Printer; he shall give bond in the sum of one hundred Bg¤d_ thousand dollars for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, said bond to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior. And the Joint Committee on Printing are hereby authorized and directed to enquire into the question of public printing and report at the next ses- In mr M0 wb_ sion of this Congress with authority to sit during the recess and to 1,,, p(};,,t{,g_ I report such reforms as are necessary to secure faithful and economical Report. work of Congress and the Departments. That all executive ploclamations, Ss all treaties required by law to Proclamations, be published, shall be published in only one newspaper the same to be <2i¤·· *9 b<> l>¤'>· printed and published in the District of Columbia and to be designated Egg? ;“mf’“IY °““ by the Secretary of State and in no case of advertisement for contracts Ad€,,£,,,,Q,m,,,,,,,, for the public service shall the same be published in any newspaper for contracts not published and printed in the District of Columbia unless the supplies *<>_ b¤ Plibhshcd m or labor covered by such advertisement are to be furnished or performed D‘S°‘ C° ‘* ““1°"‘ in said District of Columbia. For printing and binding the laws of the eighth session of the legis- Printing, om., lative assembly of the Territory of Idaho, two thousand one hundred HWS ¤f Idahoand twenty-eight dollars, the same to be drawn and expended, and accounted for by the secretary of said Territory. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay William J. McDonald, William J. Mc- Chicf Clerk of the Senate, for preparing under a resolution of the Sen- D<>¤¤ldate of the twenty-eighth June eighteen hundred and seventy-six, a new “‘°~=s edition of the manual, one thousand dollars. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA For maintenance of the tire-department of the District of Columbia, F"°'d°p"t*m°m°‘ twenty five thousand dollars.