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 602 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. C11. 23. 1895. one year, as the Joint Committee on Printing may determine; but when the minimum portion so specified exceeds, in any case, one thousand reams, it shall state that proposals will be received for one thousand reams or more. .iw¤us¤g¤m:¤¤n. SEO. 5. The sealed proposals to furnish paper shall be opened in the ,,ff§g_:§°·°°7°·’·7‘°· presence of the Joint Committee on Printing, and the contracts shall be awarded by them to the lowest and. best bidder for the interest of the Government- but they shall not consider any proposal which is num, em. not accompanied by a bond approved by a judge or clerk of a court of record in the penalty of five thousand dollars that the bidder or bidders, if his or their proposal is accepted, shall enter into a contract to furnish theaartichas proposedffo; and hy satisfactory telyidgnce thet the person ma mg 1 IS a manu ac urer o or ea er in e escri on o paper which he proposes to furnish. _ P t£”%p$;..T$%.5"i£’,?‘&°! .f3f.‘E*6”‘S‘$5t.£“’“i».$£2“ g'°3~‘§f.“£3.1‘.?.‘31 "£i‘.;'¥2 amended. n- Y Om 0H H}, OP direction, or by the Secretary of the Interior, if made under his direc- 1*-5-- ~=¢- WL v- 743- tion, according to the provisions ot section nine of this Act. The award of each contract for furnishing paper shall designate a reasonable time rmi. for its performance. The contractor shall give bond in such amountas . may be fixed by, and to the approval ot, the Joint Committee on Printing. www to comm m SRG. 7. The Public Printer shall compare every lot of paper delivered °*,*g}gj*’;‘_;c_,m p_ m by any contractor with the standard of quality fixed upon by the Joint mended.’ Committee on Printing, and shall not accept any paper which does not conform to it in every particular. _tDisputes Haque- Sec. 8. In case of difference of opinion between the Public Printer ‘ §-;_ S__ wg 3.,;,_,,_m, and any contractor torpaper respecting its quality, the matter of diifer- •¤¤<>¤·1¤·¤· ence shall be determined by the Joint Committee on Printing or by tlhe Secretiary of {the Ingarior when Congress is not in session, and the ecision o said oint · ommittee or of the Secretar of the Interior shall be final as to the United States. y ¤·f¤u\• by ¤·»¤» Sec. 9. If any contractor shall fail to comply with his contract, the "'°p_°S°'_j,,,_3m, ,,_·,,;_ Public Printer shall report such default to the Joint Committee on ·¤¤¤¤•'¤•l· Printing, when Congress is in session, or to the Secretary of the Interior Nw ¤¤¤¤•¤¢- when Congress is not in session; and he shall, under the direction of the Committee, or of.the Secretary of the Interior, as the case may_be, enter into a new contract with the lowest, best and most responsible bidder for the interest of the Government among those whose proposals were rejected at the last opening of bids, or he sha°ll advertise for new proposals, under the regulations hereinbefore stated; and during the gntervaltwhich Piay thus occmr he sléall, under the direction of the Joint ommit ee on rinting, or o the ecretar of the Interior mrchase in open market, at the lowest market price,yall paper necessaigy for the · public printing. it C¤n¤·¤¤wr’• Nabil- Sec. lil. In case of the default of any contractor to furnish paper, S.,··c_3';1Q,p_'[43_ he and his sureties shall be responsible for any increase of cost to the Government in procuring a supply of such paper which may be consequrgnt gpm sulgh default. H sun on term. he u ic rinter sha re rt eve such defaul with a full state R‘S‘*“°°‘m7"‘"3‘ ment of all the iacts in the cage, to th? Solicitor of {the Treasury who shall prosecute the defaulting contractor and his sureties upon’their bond, in the circuit court of the United States in the district in which such defaulting contractors reside. ' °Io.p::;3;»»·:¤¤l_ pur- Sec. 11. The Joint Committee on Printing, or during the recess of K Sn ,,,,,,*f,.l‘§‘,,",,_,_,,,, Congress the Secretary of the Interior, may authorize the Public ¤¤¤¤¤·1¤d· Printer to make purchase of paper in open market whenever they may deem the quantity required so small or the want so immediate as not Pmhm of mm to justify) advertisement for proposals. _ i mmm_ Sec. 1... The Joint bommittee is authorized to give permission to the Public Printer  purchase material other than paper in open market, whenever in their opinion it would not promote the public interest