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 $@8 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. RES. 44, 45, 48. 1880. 0. I. 44. Jt l t' t `d f the iblioation and distribution ofa supple- _..8““8 " *88 [88 l °“‘  “ ‘°“ ‘L§’§§Zt.“t1$§nsVi’é.s sam,. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Supplement to of America in Congress assembled, That the supplement to the- Revised the Roviood Stow- Statutes, embracing the statutes general and permanent in their nature '     Os} on the same subject, explanatory notes, citations of Judicial decisions, decisio ns t o t s and a general index, prepared by William A. Richai dson, be stereotyped stereotyped. at the Government Printing Ofnce; and the index and plates thereof and all right and title therein and thereto shall he in and fully belong to the government for its exclusive use and benent. O · Corioe to be That six thousand three hundred and fifty-seven copies be printed, P’EK“;‘1:b t. f bound, and distributed as provided for the distribution of the Revised 18 U u mwStatutes by the "Joint resolution providing for the distribution and sale 1878 22 of the new edition of the Revised Statutes of the Uniteld Stagzs", passed » ms- ,» May twenty-second eighteen hundred and seventy-eig t, an joint reso- §§;Jg",;g{  lution passed Decembertwenty-nrst, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, Statl, 20, 487. and such additional copies, on the order of the Secretary of State, as may be necessary from time to time, to be kept for sale in. the same manner and on like terms as the Revised Statutes are required to be kept for sale, and to supply denciencies and offices newly created; that Editing and pre- for preparing and editing said supplement, including mdexing and all Eming S“PP1°m““*· clerical work necessary to fully complete said work, including the legislation of the Forty-sixth Congress, there shall be paid to said editor the sum of five thousand dollars, and each Senator and Member of the present Congress who would not receive copies under said joint reso1utions shall receive the same number of copies as other Senators or Members receive under the same. The publication herein authorized shall be taken to be prima facie evidence of the laws therein contained in all the courts of the United States and of the several States and Territories therein, but shall not A preclude, reference to, nor control, in case of any discrepancy,_the effect Promo- of any original act as passed by Congress : Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to change or alter any existing law. Approved, June 7, 1880. June 7, 1880. [No. 45.] Joint resolution extending the provisions of the nrst section of an act on- ---4 titled "An act iixing the rate of interest upon arrearages of general taxes and assessments for special improvements now due to the District of Columbia and for a revision of assessments for special improvements, and for other purposes ;’, approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. · · Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States District of C o- of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the first section '  ggneral tazpeg and assessments fer special improvements now due to e istrict o olumbia, and for a revision of assessments for special 1879, pbk $11, improvements, and for other purposes", approved June twenty seventh, $9*- i · °· eighteen hundred and seventy-nine be and the same are hereby extended Tnneofpayment _ 2 ’ 7 , Oxwndcd to JMU_ so as to apply to all general taxes in arrear on the first of July, eighteen ary 1, 1g8g_ hundred and seventy-nine, and to all special assessments due the District of columbia and which may be paid on or before the first da of Januar . Y Y eighteen hundred and eighty-one. Approved, June 7, 1880. June 9, 1880. [No. 48.] Joint resolution requesting the President to open negotiations with certain —-———j—— foreign governments relative to the importation of tobacco into their dominions. P¤<>¤·ml>l<¤· Whereas, it is the policy of the United States to permit its own citizens and the citizens of France,_Spa1n, Italy, and Austria to freely engage in the purchase and importation into the United States any and all of the great staple productions of said countries respectively, subject only to such impost duties as are deemed proper by this government: Therefore,
 * 1,* °Sé ““d°X¥ °X‘ passed after the Revised Statutes with references connecting provisions
 * _2» mX°S m of an act ent1tled"An act fixing the rate of interest upon arrearages