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 604 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Snxss. III. Ch. 23. 1895. in writing on all material, except paper, for the use of the bindery. The chief clerk, the foreman of printing, and a person designated by the Joint Committee on Printing shall constitute a board of condemnation, who, upon the call of the Public Printer, shall determine the condition of presses and other machinery and material used in the Government Printing Office, with a view to condemnation. mK¤¤·>¤i¤¤bl°¤¤°* SEO. 21. Whenever any machinery or material in the Government Printing Office shall have been regularly condemned as unserviceable, the Public Printer may sell the same, after public advertisement, to the highest bidder, for cash, and turn the proceeds into the Treasury €;·:{•¤· M of the United States: Provided, That in case the sum or sums offered mgfor such advertised property should be deemed by him too low, he may exchange said old machinery or material for new, paying the difference in money, and render appropriate vouchers for such expenditure. Igteteilvd ywiy re Sec. 22. The Public Printer shall, on the first day of each regular °°ns,,me,3gei,p,v4¤, session, report to Congress the exact condition and the quantity and ¤m°¤•**=‘l· cost of all printing, binding, lithographing, and engraving; the quantity and cost of all paper purchased for the same; a detailed statement of all proposals and contracts entered into for the purchase of paper and other materials, and for lithographing and engraving; of all payments made, during the preceding year, under his direction; of the quantity _ of work ordered and done, with a general classication thereof, for each Department. and a detailed statement of each account with the Departments or public officers; aclassiiied detailed statement of the number of hands employed and the sums paid to each; and such other. information touching all matters connected with the Printing Cliice as may be in his possession. mL¤¤v;>¤ of ¤l>¤¤¤¢¤ Sec. 23. The employees of the Government Printing Office, whether viii-?2?;?:i;v¤1.z5, employed by the piece or otherwise, shall be allowed leaves of absence 1*352- with pay to the extent of not exceeding thirty days in any one fiscal year under such regulations and at such times as the Public Printer may designate `at the rate of pay received by them during the time in which said leave was earned; but such leaves of absence shall not be allowed to accumulate from year to year. Such employees as are engaged on piecework shall receive the same rate of pay for the said rmim. thirty days’ leave as will be paid to day hands: Provided, That those R°“°“* °j“P1°V°°“· regularly employed on the Congressional Record shall receive leave, with pay, at the close of each session, pro rata for the time of such Pm muieaves. employment: And provided further, That it shall be lawful to allow pro rata leave to those serving fractional parts of the year. rgaily copies of Rec- Sec. 24. There shall be reserved by the Public Printer from the °quota of each member of Congress and Delegate one copy of the Congressional Record in unstitched fomi, to be delivered to each member or Delegate; and there shall be furnished to each standing committee of Congress one copy, which copies for members and committees shall be bound promptly in paper when each semimonthly index shall be issued and shall be delivered without delay. Swmrypmg. Sec. 25. The Public Printer shall cause to be stereotyped or electrotyped all matterwhen there is a reason to believe that it will be needed a second time. }'E¤g¤y_g=;;7<g;r;)¤gg;- Sec. 26. The Public Printer shall, at the beginning of each session ¤me`i1¤iLa.' ’’ of Congress, submit to the Joint Committee on Printing estimates of the quantity of paper of all descriptions which will be required for the public printing and binding during the ensuing year. $¤§¤¤$c¤¤3§?¤;¤¢¤9,,8 Sec. 27. He shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of the Treas- .m.§¤.i},.i_P' ’ ury, annually, in time to have the same embraced in the estimates from that Department, detailed estimates of the sums which will be required for salaries, wages, printing, engraving, lithographing, binding, materials, and other necessary expenses of said Printing Oihce for the ensuing fiscal year. j§§ff:,‘j,f°é8,6_p_,,B_ _ Sno, 28. There shall be advanced to the Public Printer, from time to amended. time, as the public service may require it, and under such rules as the