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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 477, 478-JUNE 16, 1938 for the next regular session. The United States Statutes at Large shall be legal evidence of the laws, concurrent resolutions, treaties, international agreements other than treaties, proclamations by the President, and proposed or ratified amendments to the Constitution of the United States therein contained, in all the courts of the United States, the several States, and the Territories and insular possessions of the United States." SEC. 2. That so much of chapter 23, section 73 (28 Stat. 615), of the Printing Act, approved January 12, 1895, as amended (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 44, sec. 196a), as relates to the printing, binding, and distribution of the United States Statutes at Large, be, and is hereby, amended as follows: (196a. SAME; DISTRIBUTnoN.) In the phrase "and after the final adjournment of each session of Congress", insert the word "regular" before the word "session", so that such phrase will read as follows: "and after the final adjournment of each regular session of Congress". In the phrase "To the Senate Library not to exceed twenty-five copies;" strike out the word "twenty-five" and insert "seventy-five", so that the phrase will read as follows: "To the Senate Library, not to exceed seventy-five copies;". In the phrase "To the House Library, not to exceed fifty copies;" strike out the word "fifty" and insert "one hundred", so that the phrase will read as follows: "To the House Library, not to exceed one hundred copies;". SEC. 3 . That chapter 23, section 5 (28 Stat. 602), of the Printing Act, approved January 12, 1895 (U. S. C ., title 44, sec. 7), relative to the opening of bids for furnishing paper and envelopes for the public printing and binding and blank paper required for the use of the Government, be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows: "(7. Opening bids; bonds.) The sealed proposals to furnish paper and envelopes shall be opened in the 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 not accompanied by a bond with security or certified check in the amount of $5,000 guaranteeing that the bidder or bidders, if his or their proposal is accepted, will enter into a formal contract with the United States to furnish the paper or envelopes specified; nor shall any proposal from persons unknown to them be considered unless accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the person making the proposal is a manufacturer of or dealer in the description of paper or envelopes proposed to be furnished." SEC. 4 . That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. That this Act shall be effective as of the beginning of the third session of the Seventy-fifth Congress, January 3, 1938. Approved, June 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 478] AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Natchez, Mississippi, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of the bridge across the Mississippi River, at or near Natchez, Mississippi, authorized to be built by the city of Natchez and the county of Adams, State of Mississippi, by the Act of Congress approved August 30, 1935, heretofore extended by Acts of Congress approved May 1, 1936, 761 Admissibility in ev- idence. 28 Stat. 615; 49 Stat. 1551. 44 U. S. C., Supp. III, § 196a. Distribution. Senate Library. House Library. Joint Committee on Printing. 28 Stat. 602 . 44U.S.C.§7. Opening bids for furnishing paper and envelopes. Bond. Evidence required of unknown bidders. Inconsistent acts re- pealed. Effective date. June 16, 1938 S. 3597] [Public, No. 668] Mississippi River. Time extended for bridging, at Natchez, Miss. 49 Stat. 1069,1255; 50 Stat. 562.

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