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 THE LIBRARY 
 
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 THE UNIVERSITY 
 
 OF CALIFORNIA 
 
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 IM'liLl 
 
 
 J. G. AM ES, 
 A. R. SPOFFOR D, 
 
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 SPENCER F. BAIRI). 
 
 
 \\ A SHI2 
 
REPORT 
 
 
 PUBLICATION \\D DISTRIBUTION 
 
 PUI'.LK' HOCUMENTS, 
 
 SUBMimCD I 
 
 J. G. AM ES, 
 
 SlTKKIMKNhKNl JK I >f KM MKVI *. iM 
 
 A. R. SPOFFORD, 
 
 LIBRARIAN or CONGRBM, 
 
 AM. 
 
 SPENCER F. BAIRD, 
 
 DMTAKl "K IMI ^MII M-..M \\ INSTITI-T 
 
 y n-irn 4{A/> /IB HOUSE OF RMPRBHENTATJTtf 
 
 ADOPTED A UOU8T 8.11M1| 
 
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 COMMUNICATION 
 
 FROM 
 
 .1. i,. \Mi;>. si l'i:i;l\TBNDENTOF DOCIMI.YK N.I'U'JMENT 
 OF Till; IMi:i:i"i;. A. i;. SPOFFORD, l.li;i:\l: 
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 .1 rt-siilntiiHi / (In l/nnst ,,/ /^j,,-. *-, ,,t<itive refatirt to ti ttion 
 
 I'M i tli.- CMiiiiintT. | and ordrml to be 
 
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 Sin: Tin- iimlrr.si^inMl. in r.un plianri- \vjili a i->.,lut in?j of tii. II- i^. 
 
 of BepresentatiTeA adopted .\u^n>t >. is^j. ;t > juii,, 
 
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 ti-ii, am! ' I >epnrtiuMit ot'llx- Int-i . they 
 
 TC ln-lrl>\ , rr|Mi'Njt i| t lijiilr till- \-.\\\ 
 
 jMintin^' :inl iliNtnliiitinii nf piil.: - rnent 
 
 showing the nambei ]mnt<Ml ! .1 thf first 
 
 BM, anil in 
 
 dis]H.siti<>n din iii:i<l<- .-t 
 
 inatU- in tin- iniiiiliT nt'siich <1" 
 coimnunil : pulilir doeiUMBto M wUl tan 
 
 ami siilniiit I li<- -ii .ill >(' a lull t<> ; 
 
 mentn; and tli.-y >ha!l r.-]'.rt t.. tin- HHIIM- at tin- 1 
 
 .tfully suhliiit lirrruilli 
 I'irsi. A rnnipihitin ii laws 88 ar' ]CMII:II 
 
 thrir ojxTMtioii -n\ rl lilliu tin- JH1! -I <1 l>t II 1 Ml t loll if ]l|li|jr 1.H'II 
 
 nn-nts. \\itli notes euii'"<l\ m_ '1 "i gonenU interest 
 
 illlr. 
 ondly. A t;ilul.r -:\th 
 
 S .mil nt' tin- first session of tli. 
 
 he prints! in compliance with : t laws already in 
 
 ami <>!' special act> or i. 'lie iiiiin- 
 
 lei . ilistriltutioii, ami. >o :i t'oiiml : 
 
 the coxt of the >a:m. together \\ilh the iiuiniie! to \\lncli each BltM! 
 
2 PUBLICATION A.N'D DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC DOCUMEN1H. 
 
 of < < >n_:i < is entitled, and the surplus reuiuiiiiug after the distribution 
 directed has been made. 
 
 The committee are very deeply impressed with the nutnlier of docu- 
 ments printed by authority of Congress, aggregating for the Forty- 
 sixth Congress 2,324,254, and for the first session of the Forty-seventh 
 Congress l ,.".." t.'.MT. This last number includes tin entire edition of the 
 Reports of the Census, estimated as containing sixteen volumes bei<l< x 
 the Compendium. It does not, however, include the volumes of the 
 Records of the Rebellion subsequent to the twelfth, of which it is esti- 
 mated that there will be* eighty-four, nor does either number include 
 reports and other documents printed for the use of the several executive 
 departments and offices of the government, the expense of which is paid 
 from their annual appropriations for printing, nor the fifty copies of each 
 document printed for international exchange. 
 
 They are no less deeply impressed with the lack of system and economy 
 in the distribution of these documents. The one reform moat essential 
 to secure the object for which it is sup]>osed public documents are iu. .1 
 is the decrease of the number of agencies by which they are distributed. 
 Under the practice now prevailing, nearly all documents, whatever may 
 be their cost and value, are distributed by from two to four agencies, 
 each in ignorance of what the others art* doing, so that it is imposMMe 
 but that to no Minall extent documents are sent in duplicate and tripli- 
 cate to the same parties. 
 
 In the judgment of the committee, no distribution of public docu- 
 ments entirely satisfactory will be accomplished until all excepting those 
 required for official use are distributed by a single agency, which can 
 and should be required to detect and prevent duplications, which should 
 be held to a strict accountability for all documents intrusted to its care, 
 and upon which all orders should IM given by those entitled by law to 
 direct their s]>ccific distribution. 
 
 It is not believed that any s|>ecial inconvenience would attend such a 
 system, or that the rights and privileges of any party would be infringed 
 by its adoption. An approximation to this system was made at the 
 last session of Congress in providing for the distribution of the whole 
 edition of the Rebellion Record and of the re|orts of the Tenth Cen- 
 sus by the departments from which they respectively emanate. The 
 results of this departure from the methods hitherto in force will he of 
 Npeeial interest in their hearing upon this question. 
 
 The establishment of a single agency for this work would very 
 greatly subserve the public convenience, as it would MOO come to be 
 recognized as the source from which information in regard to any and 
 all documents could IK* readily secured, and the party with whom most 
 of the correspondence relating to the subject should i- conducted. 
 
 Very serious inconvenience is now e\|>erienced by many, especially 
 scientists and other students and librarians, in obtaining definite infor- 
 mation as to particular documents desired, and often not until pro- 
 tracted correspondence has transpired, if at all, is such information 
 gained. 
 
 PUBLIC LIBRARIES. 
 
 In the distribution of documents, the most prominent place should be 
 given to public, university, and college libraries. All the large libraries 
 of the country are )>ermanent institutions, and in their possession docu- 
 ments are of manifold and continuous service, as they are there made 
 accessible from year to year to the public. 4 
 
 In the judgment of the committee, no argument is needed in sup|>ort 
 
PUBLIOATK <>N OF iTiiur UMI:MKXT> 
 
 >>' til-- proposition ii..u del iiouid be mad< ('! tin* regular 
 
 -npp! 1 . MI ..I! tin i , I1( | nit), all tin- (Mililirat 
 
 are issu p-uth to month. 
 
 !- in tin- ii .:iiih-i I,, ,-,| I,, in. 1. 1.- it || ,,ul 
 
 !ii<>-'- ordered h nt IHIM.IH-I *i,.ili. i.\ 
 
 ;. MI ;.....-. t.. I*? forwarded 
 
 ill". n rlirii puMir.it i., n in siirh lilii.uif*ji an friiin lln-n pHimitu'iMie 
 i-nt ill. <l :lnix puttiii- tin-in in PM~ -, 
 
 ill < !' MM. (I.- I III. .11 oinp. !1|||- till 
 
 wait, as is no ih- -.-.-. t ........ nth <\<-ara(ti 
 
 pill. > litiiclit ' IM in. l! 
 
 ill M| tl.ix. 
 
 ;! Mi'iMii \ it h.i- ln-i-ii tniiiK! i in. ij, i] lilmirMW 
 
 <(' tin- rniintrx lint IIIMII- til. ill MM, -il||i|n-i| 
 
 l..riiiii,-!i! v pui.hvi,, , >iiu- iinlifatm 
 
 mportanoe of some penimuenl provision ol laf in the i 
 INI in l| n \\ <t (In* d( 
 
 I put. IK- diM-iiHM-iiis in . <i Mt IUM .it large 
 
 \ hirii \\.i\ e been imii'-i t.i ^-m th- 
 jnnl Ifiaoellaneoos Doeomentft, aod i 1 ^ot'ilM 
 
 IMHI-. :nl (In- < ' 
 
 l'.\ tin- rXliMlNinii M| llir I.I'-' il IHIIlll" 
 
 docnmenta ordered b BM,thce depositories will heiwAei 
 
 <Mi|>Kvx Mt .ill xii.-ii poblk ugrees. 
 
 \M iiimtatiMii jx IIM\N ini|Mxrii i iy \\iiirii tin- i. ill and 
 
 IIIIIMI|.MI tilllt lilt) In- |>H-\r||t'<l. It IN tllMll^ht h, tiilf 
 
 iiat :i iiiiiiininiii limit ;i^ tutln- - library rntitliMl t. -u.-l. 
 
 slinlllil hi M|||\ tl 
 
 M| M-rin:ilM-|lci- s|i;ill lu-cniiK- I|-M. 
 
 <.i:K88IONAL RECOKh. 
 
 01 ;ill tin- | MI Mirations c.t' tin- -nvi-ni nil-lit tin- Ooogmi *onl 
 
 i- |.iM!..iiil\ tin- MIL- tin- po88e8sion of \\lnrh \\Miii.i i. most priced by 
 liluM ! in \\hii-ii iim>t tViMjiirnt reference would be made i. 
 
 JMlblif. Witll tlHM'Xcrj.tinli, lm\\ 
 
 ;IIH! <>t' tin- I 1 i Inmi's. n> |>IM\ ixion of la\\ n< 
 
 for the aasored ^np|>i\ nt \\\\^ \ ;iin.i!.!r li.iruiiM-nt in an\ ^m^lr library. 
 
 Whl'tlMT lllU'Ml 1 ||M! . |, j .- IH |x UpOIl t ll' ilr! 
 
 . l.\ \\linin almi. . a8 abovr lintel, th:- 
 
 -l-;illli!nllNl\ ilistliliilt. (I. 
 
 Tin- nmnlM-rnt' lihrarirs in iv-nlar receipt nf thi^ woil, 
 in-l\ small. As a n-sult nt' impi t has been foiiini 
 
 example, that of twenty a and Territorial libr.in'H i. 
 
 only eifht, :iml of thm- liuinlml an-1 tmt\ nthi-r lil.ran.-s ,-,nt.iniiij: 
 ,-acli :..niii irolamea or nmn-, only x,.\nit\ tour. ! i ;ive received complete 
 ..f th- Krronlofthr I'MI[\ >i\iii <oiigress. Not Ijin^' roiild more 
 
 ronrlusix rly >ho\\ tin- inipnrtanr. B ai-timi l\ Congres^ 
 
 in- tor the regular -iil>p'\ "' this \\,.rk. imt only to State an-i 
 
 H;I ilso to other lib'rarit'sal h-ast to tin- depositories of pu Mir 
 
 it also to other libraries at 1. -lie depositories of public 
 
 <lnriiiiirnfs in tin- sexvral States ami Territories. 
 
 CONGBE88ION M < ! < BE. 
 
 In this coiiuet-tion thr cnniniittiM' .-all th.- MM vial attention of the 
 Housr to tin' o<hl vohmirs nt' th.- ^sim,al CHobe purchased sev- 
 
4 PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS 
 
 rial years Mince from Messrs. Hives, and now in the care of the Public 
 Printer. These aggregate about 60.000 volumes. Of this collection the 
 Public Printer, in his Annual Heport for 1878, says, "only two complete 
 nets of the Globe are on hand": and, after stating the expense of reprint- 
 ing a sufficient number of the missing volumes to make five hundred 
 complete sets, he adds, " it will be perceived that, unless a reprint is 
 had. the volumes on hand are almost valueless, except for waste paper." 
 And in his report for 1880, again recurring to the subject, he remarks: 
 
 It if* rrsjMTt fully submit NM! for the consideration of CoBfNM. that should it be de- 
 termined not to direct a Kiifficient number of volume* to be printed to make a peri- 
 lled number of seU, then to authorize the sale of the odd volume*, bound and unbound, 
 at public auction to the highest bidder, a* watte paper. 
 
 In the judgment of this committee, however, this will be a most un- 
 wise disposition to make of these volumes. They form a most valuable 
 collection from which to supply deficiencies in the public libraries of the 
 country, and if Congress does not deem it expedient to incur the large 
 expense involved in reprinting the missing volumes, the odd volumes on 
 hand should be used for this purpose. An op|>ortiiuity is now afforded 
 for adding to, if not completing, a large numl>er of sets of the Globe in 
 the large libraries of the land, which will probably never again occur, 
 and the committee know of no disposition that can lie made of these odd 
 volumes more judicious, involving as it does comparatively little expense, 
 and avoiding the multiplication of broken sets. 
 
 I.VplirN to ir:<|iiirir> ;uliln- ill tin- principal libraries of the 
 
 country disclose the following facts: That of twenty-six State and Terri- 
 torial libraries re]K>rting, only four contain complete sets of the Globe; 
 of three hundred and forty other libraries, containing em-h .~.<HNI volumes 
 or more, only two possess complete set*. There are probably a few 
 other complete sets in libraries from which no returns have been re- 
 ceived. 
 
 Most of these libraries, however, contain partial sets, many with but 
 few missing volumes, any addition to which will be highly prized. 
 
 To add to already existing collections for the purpose of making them 
 more complete, rather than to increase the number of partial sets, is by 
 far the wisest policy to pursue in the disposition of these documents. 
 
 With this end in view, the draft of a joint resolution is herewith sub- 
 mitted, providing for their distribution, and for the supply hereafter to 
 State and Territorial libraries, and to depotitorim of public dormm-m *. 
 of the Congressional Kecord, which is commended to the favorable con- 
 sideration of Congress. 
 
 The section providing for the future supply of depositories with the 
 Kecord involves the printing from stereotype plates of only 450 copies 
 additional to those already provided for by law, while its adoption will 
 relieve members of Congress of all care and res|onsibility as to these 
 libraries, and save for other disposition, to such as are accustomed to 
 supply them, their copies of the Hecord, which would otherwise be sent 
 to these dejiositories. 
 
 REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 
 
 It is the opinion of the committee that the laws governing the print- 
 ing and distribution of documents may be so modified as materially to 
 diminish their number, without detriment to any public or even private 
 interest. An examination of the laws and table* herewith submitted 
 shows that the regulHr editions of the Congressional documents of the 
 Forty-sixth Congress, comprising Journals. Executive and Misoella- 
 
!T|<,l.irAT10N A Miff OF |M I'.I.K DO 5- 
 
 neoui i>..eiim.-n: < ',,11, unit,.,-,. .u,d * Htlgmrnt of M 
 
 III.! hoelimelils. | >V ailtlionf \ of ] , 
 
 amounted .0 Volumes; ,,t th, ,, . tin- ;. -i.d flUlulier** 
 
 iinc -I volume*, while 
 
 ML- i '.uiiifii, in Hi; i- 1 up Dl 
 
 Execute. l >- j. ii intents and office* of the .-.i over and 
 
 alioN.- thos,- llielnde.l iti tin- "Uftlia] immlMT." ll doe* i t . ||O We V. 
 
 elude the 00 copies of each punted tor inteinatio. 
 
 Ill i - isxiH-d I IV tin- s.\,-|.ll e\, 
 
 !lieilt> nt the HOM-I 1 1 llieli t. so that till- III! Ill I MT stated I- milrli In-lo 
 
 illi.illMt j.l lit.-.l. 
 
 l.-lr..-t..| Hi EH 
 lllllMUIII.l : lllllMMlliil dnrlliiP 
 
 iiiiMiiiitr.l n> "MI pagt^i ea< 
 
 "M as w}V8t<- p.ii 
 
 >! ti ugreWi Will ;nininit In imt !-. 
 
 it HIM- i uiii inn- in force. 
 
 OD f" tln^ inatti-i . .IH if .!! 
 
 tlimi tic- < .should IK*, ami in i IM-, n-adil> 
 
 omes more iiiii<>rt:iMt m 
 
 arti- last SeftHi.ui tin- Usual Minn 
 
 turn: ' ongresi, whether by i law or H|iecial reao- 
 
 lutioii. will IM-H-, iltcr IM- j.i-in;. 
 
 uiriuoiis and niii- ii reports of the Geological 801 
 
 "f I'.tl ..... logy, ;ind all othn- \.dimbln ami costly pn 
 
 \\ill In- i.ssin-d in lar.u r - iiuinlMTs in tmU.im.i I'onii. 
 clian .'Ic in the lau -..v-i uni: this m .,: 
 
 'I'ln- Miiimittcc are awan- that 
 mittees of -Congress, and to ui:in :i\rand Mincellai.. i i- 
 
 iiH-ir ';jMit.iiit that tli.-\ -h:dl In- in th- li.in-U of UHMiiln : 
 
 ;hr rarlieM p 
 
 I'.ilt ill ir>|M-rt ti tin- sririititir JiilliliiMl : llllli'lit . :ilnl 
 
 tn Mirh Annual L'<-].i t '| tin- K\eruti\ ;i-uts as form each a 
 
 air and rutirt- volui: -ulnuit ;! th.it I!M- in ;! ' ! !. s^en- 
 
 ti;il to binding wiudd not mati-i -iallv n idir<- h-_ 
 
 In rninjiliancc with in-t met i.ns roiitai- :lit- resolution of the 
 
 lloii-e aiipoiiitiiiu- this roiuiuittei', th hill is herewith sab- 
 
 mined. em!>od\ ii h.Teini-. iiressed reganlin- t h- 
 
 jirintiiiL: and distriluitimi "t d*M-iiineiit8. 
 
 In this hill the eomniittee have sought toeondiitu- and unif\ th- 
 l:i\\> now in foree |r'\ idim: tor the rr-ular editions >f < - 
 <loeunients. and t< make -udi n-duetimis in the numlier of the name as 
 seeinr.l . -\pedient. 
 
 llv it all ainhi-uitv in the law e.stablishin^ depositories of puMir . 
 unients |s reiimved. 
 
 l'i-o\ ision is made that at sueli d dl important puhlie d.H-. 
 
 unients shall le found, so tli. . iti/en may Iteassareil Uirtt at 
 
 lepositm-y in his di-tnet In- ma\ tind. and be able to consult free of 
 fhnr^e. :in\ doeunient in whieh he is interest, -d. 
 
 l'io\]simi is furtliennore made that puld:- 
 
 of documents, containing .oiumes. 
 
 shallhe in like manner supplied with the .lour ongresv 
 
 Annual KVpoit | >{' the se\er.i ! and officeso!" the 
 
 inment, and with pulilieatimis nf a . harai-t. 
 
 i nt 'Col 1 lies,- document- spreial V.lllle t ill if 
 
 t-mh: '. ill the lirst plaee. .1 sii,-,-inet sTaT-imMit of the pn 
 
f; PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 feedings of Congress; secondly, a detailed history from year to vear of 
 the operations of all the departments of the government; and, thirdly, 
 the results of those investigations in the several departments of sc i n , 
 which have been conducted under the authority and at the expense of 
 the government. 
 
 That these provisions may not increase the exj>ensi of printing to the 
 government, the number of Journals, Annual Reports of Departments, 
 and the Abridgment of Messages and documents, is reduced much below 
 the number now published. 
 
 Had the provisions of this bill been applicable to the documents of the 
 Forty-sixth Congress, the number of volumes of Executive documents 
 and Abridgment would have been nearly 1(10,000 less than were printed, 
 while of those delivered in tinlx >n ml form, and in large measure wasted, 
 there would have been bound, and so saved for permanent use, nearly 
 <H),UOO volumes. The number of volume* of the first session of the Forty- 
 seventh Congress similarly saved would not be less than 50,000. 
 
 In regard to the supply of the executive departments of the govern 
 me nt with sets of documents, it has seemed best to the committee to 
 provide in the bill for a duplicate set for the general library of each de- 
 partment, leaving it to the several departments to order such additional 
 sets as each should deem necessary for the use of ita subordinate burnt ill 
 and offices, the expense of the name to be paid from its appropriation 
 for printing, the only exceptions to this rule being the import. mt libra- 
 ries of the Patent Office and the Surgeon denei-al's Office* 
 
 I'AMPIILKT LAWK. 
 
 The committee think that a reduction can pro|erly IH made in the 
 number of copies of pamphlet laws issued, and submit draft. of a joint 
 resolution embodying such reduction, and also modifying existing lawn 
 regulating their distribution and the d attribution of Statutes at Large, 
 the object being the prevention of duplication by charging a single 
 office with the distribution of the entire edition ordered for this purpose. 
 
 Thin resolution reduces the miml>or of pamphlet laws to lie printed 
 about 1 5,0(10 copies jer session, 10.0(10 of which an* those sent in bulk 
 to the governors of the several States and Territories for their distribu- 
 tion, which supply it is deemed expedient to discontinue. 
 
 PUBLIC DOCfMKNTS FOR SALK. 
 
 The existing provisions for the stile of documents are very unsatisfac- 
 tory; so impracticable, indeed, that very few avail themselves of them. 
 It is only by ordering in advance of publication, and paying the esti 
 mated cost, that public documents, with few exceptions, can now be 
 purchased directly from the government. Occasionally a small edit ion 
 of a document has liecn ordered by Congress for sale, either by the 
 Public Printer, or by some office of the government, but as for the great 
 mass of documents printed no op)ortunity is a Horded for their purchase, 
 while undoubtedly there are many citizens and institutions that would 
 rather buy such documents as they desire than beg them from members 
 of Congress or officers of the government. 
 
 The committee are convinced tluit some more practical method for 
 supplying such parties with public document* should be adopted, and 
 that op|M>rtiinity should le afforded for the purchase of any publication 
 of the government so long as the edition of the same printed remains 
 unexhausted. 
 
I'l I'.I.H i iii.n IM.I 
 
 Tin :^h.-d |i\ 
 
 Hie i..elllMe|ltx .lllfll'. 
 
 upon II, ea ul tli.- -..x.-riimrni i.t Mln. 
 
 M-h M in MM? i.-.pnmd for strictly official use. It "ill 
 not i... Deceaaftry tor aa edition 
 
 dmplj i ueiit Khali 
 
 to lell an\ dooumeot i. wheimrer be him an order for anv 
 
 . ! make i the name tip" n n..- -.M... -\ which ft 
 
 la printed, if n i- n..t ;.li. -.,.!> m hi- . h.up-. T,, tin- ,.,i. 
 
 i. in tli. <t ili.- .-..111111111. -.-. *ii..nld lie rommitiiM all doe- 
 
 nieni> u In, -I. i Mile, jnMe.e 
 
 depart m< 
 ment 
 In tin I iera f greater unity and system are tnti 
 
 I In- ..iii,-,-i x|,.,iiM |>e reqtiire<l to give bond- nmk<* an 
 
 itemized repo ' ongreas, tin- ; I *.ii.-. ..i ..Mime, 
 
 to In- |i:inl into the i i.-.i- 
 
 I lie r, .mm ..II .-MI|MH|\ m- tllPIF 
 
 \ i-\\ x in tli, prcinisf.s. the :ulnptinii nt \\ ln< -h. i 1 -A- ill tiili- 
 
 pl|l>l tli.i .itL.l.i .ill t ! ' tin- 
 
 pun i HI I the document- -n.- e.m l.-v 
 
 it- pi-..\ i-inns ; ,-,jin rceof law, arnuigetnenu can very 
 
 lie, e8peciall> lihr.iriem, aa t t In- 
 
 n-;i.lil\ he in iitMiimiiu the puh 
 
 -h;u .iet. -rand cost <*t <I,M nm. . ifuiued t'roin inniith to month, 
 
 one result <>t \\ Inch \vmihi ,h.uhtleH8 be an iiicrea.Hin_ ! in.m.i t<> r them 
 
 It ix not thought \\Mith ulnh- i\ t'n. .riini.it.-. tO diSOOM the OIM*- 
 
 : i"M ,.t limit iii_ : ni. in .it umentrt and of substi- 
 
 tuting th.-ir - > place, as the Kent mien t f Congress aeemn en m.l\ 
 
 opposed tO S' ;i eh:in-e; hut MM BeriOUfl -''- ft iODII tO the 
 
 01 IK i \i i'" i HBHT0 "i i in r.Ki i 1-11 I-\I:I.IAMJ 
 
 The tolh.wini: intoi inati.ui re^mlm 
 
 Uritish Parliament is >nlmitted as bein- nt inter.- liearing 
 
 the siihjert under 00 
 
 There is no ^yatemi ntnnx d, m or ..tin-;.d p.ip.-i^. 
 
 M prevails here, it . me extent t.,nn. ri\. Un h.ixi., 
 
 narroni'd ot' late with a view of eiittinu r h\\ n the l.n - e\jM-nditn: 
 
 printing: and eases occur of u r <\ eminent departments having to pm 
 ohaae papen t..r then- ..un r. 
 
 ne if the u<i\eininei ich as ( i < >fHce ami 
 
 the I'.oaid nt Tiade. nit.'iixK certain d-M-imn-nt- t the foreign 
 
 minixt,-r> in London, to the ('hamln > umerce, and to the most 
 
 prominent iie\vxp ; ip, 
 
 .MemlM'K are now mdv entitled to , of udi 
 
 sented to rai-iiainent ; aomeof these, however, are no4 distrOmted, Md 
 
 can be Obtained on members applj -hem. \ not ie- **\ Midi unde- 
 
 livered panel D in the l>aily \. .tes and ! -OSe. 
 
 ()nl\ in respect to the 
 r\tra coj.ies these they can .-other: ile. 
 
 The pa|>er> nsibly printed lor the UM- ! the House and pi 
 
 il.-partin. -Tnirk ot! "lie pnll 
 
 in in 1^ 
 
 There are tour different priuteis e:uplo\,-d: H.III Hani, for thet.om- 
 
8 PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENT**. 
 
 IUUU8' pa pern ; Eyre & Spottiswoode, for the Lords' papers ; Harri- 
 son, for the diplomatic paper** emanating from the foreign office ; and 
 Nielmlls for the u Daily Votes and Proceedings." Then are likewise 
 government printers at Edinburgh and Dublin for papers relating to 
 those parts of the Ignited Kingdom. 
 
 The order for printing rests with the Speaker, through the librarian, 
 and the printing committee appointed by the House. 
 
 A complete set of Commons' PUJKTH can be subscribed for at the rate 
 of 12 12*. i>er session, payable in advance. This for delivery in town; 
 Mia for the country and for abroad. 
 
 The Daily Votes and Proceedings cost 2 10*. per session. 
 
 The Journals, 10*. annually. 
 
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 binding," which embrace the copies sent to <li-p<^it.i ies of documents 
 throughout the c)untry, should be so long detained at the Government 
 Printing Office. 
 
 A numlier of the documents of the Forty-sixth Congress are still un- 
 l>ound, while very few, if any, of those of the Forty-seventh Congress 
 are ready for distribution, not even the Annual Ke|M>rtA of the Execu- 
 tive Departments of the government. 
 
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 under the law to receive them, become impatient of such delay, and are 
 disposed t criticise the methods that obtain in public business. 
 
 Whether the cause of this delay is to be found in deficient appropria 
 tious or elsewhere, the committee an* unable to determine. Congress ran 
 undoubtedly remedy the evil, and secure the prompt binding of docu- 
 ments after they are printed, instead of their being stored and retained 
 in unbound form, for months, if not years, at the Printing Office. 
 
 SURPLUS DOCUMENTS. 
 
 Tin- accompanying tables show that after the quota of the several 
 documents to which each member of Congress is entitled has been 
 assigned, then' remains a large number of surplus copies, aggregating 
 for the Forty-sixth Congress 27,814 volumes. Some of these documents 
 an doubtless required for the use of the several offices of the two houses 
 of Congress: but after all these requirements are satisfied, many doc- 
 uments an* probably left for whose distribution no provision is made. 
 
 It is suggested that such surplus documents lie transferred to the De- 
 
II I.LK A! IM\ AND DISTRIBUTE DOCUMJ 
 
 ihr Inteiim t..i di-:iiiiiiimn to public h l.i a lie* and < 
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TABULATED STATEMENT 
 
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A ("IS AND L'KSi )U'TI< >NS 
 
 OF 
 
 CONGRESS, 
 
 PERMANENT <n; CONTINUOUS IN THEIB RATION, 
 
 I'illNilNi; AM) DISTRIBUTION OF PUBUC DOCUMENTS. 
 
ACTS AND IIESOLI TKNS OF CONGRESS. 
 
 CO IONAL DIRECTORY. 
 
 A Congressional I hiectoi \ -ii.ili be compiled at each session of Con- 
 
 ^lexx. imde] the direction of the .liHHt < '< Mil IllltteC OH Public I 
 
 ami the lii'xt edition for each xt-x^on -hall \w ready for dixtrib 
 \\ithin our week after tin- romiiieneeme?it thereof. S- 
 
 Statutes. 
 
 lln tirst cilit inn of the Ton. 1 Directory for each 86881011 shall 
 
 IM- printed and ready for di-l riluit ion \\ifliin one week after tin- com- 
 ilinvof. Sec. 3801. LY\i-d Staiutes. 
 
 -Thrn- \MMV j.rintrd of the Congressional Dm-rimy of tlnr 
 
 preas, :_'.;(> -,,}, i-> : ,,f - tin 
 
 ial ami Iir*t SI-SNJOIIS. .v;.i:.n rn|.i. x. 
 
 CON'.i:i:ssin.\ \i. i:KfUD FOR OOKOR1 
 
 ll'.'ixeof Reprwnintii-is .ttu *t imte cow That 
 
 tlir Con-n ssional PrintiM ! din-ctedto furnish 3,100 copies for the use 
 of tin* Senate, and 7.'J.~iO eojjjex for the use of the House of R4-] 
 
 . of the Congressional K'eeord, or of any such other lik<- otn'eial re- 
 loi -t of the delat x in Congress as may be hereafter authori/ed ly law, 
 either daily as originally published, or in the iv\ i>ed form. \\ ithont bind- 
 in-, or in bound \olnnies, or part in each form, as each Senator. M 
 
 ud Dele. i\ in- i he same may elect. Concurrent resolution 
 
 of June I. 
 
 s'.lli: -SIGNAL RECORD FOR Mil. 91 PBBMfl OO1 BT 
 
 hif tin' Srnnte ttml Woweof I tin I'nitt-il > 
 
 of An --inhltii. That the Public I 'rinter be am horized 
 
 to furnish the ( 'hiet' .Iiixtice and each of the associate justices of the Su- 
 preme < 'oil rt of the I'nited States, and the clerk and marshal ot 'the court, 
 with a cnnvnt rop\ of the dail\ < 'on-'ressional LYcord. and at the end 
 of each session a bound ropy of the pi oceedingS of Congress for >nch 
 
 !i. And the Public Printer shall also fnrnixh to the otlicial re]- 
 of the Senate * bound copiex n f the < ach ses- 
 
 sion. Joint resolution. January _'7. 1>M. \ol. i'l. Statutes at I. 
 p. .".I"i. 
 
 HL1 iM'i.x OP i in ONGBB8JEaO9A] Ki 
 
 Re*ulrrl hi/ tfif Sen" I n of th I n<ted States 
 
 of Ameri. -/,</. that the Joint rmnmit;,-, on Print- 
 
 Hi - be, and th.-\ ai-- hereby, authoi v.-d ami d -heneoes- 
 
 37 
 
38 PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 
 
 aary provisions and arrangements for hereafter issuing the index of 
 the Congressional Record semi-monthly durjng the sessions of Congress, 
 beginning with next ensuing session. 
 
 That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, directed to print and 
 distribute the same number of copies of said semi-monthly index as he 
 prints and distributes of the daily issue of the Record, and to the same 
 persons and in the same manner. 
 
 That the Public Printer shall employ such persons to prepare said 
 index as shall be designated by the Joint Committee on Printing, who 
 shall also fix and regulate the compensation to be paid by the Public 
 Printer for the said work, and direct the form and manner of its publi- 
 cation : l*rovided, hoirerer, That the compensation allowed for preparing 
 said semi-monthly index, including their compilation into a session 
 index, shall not exceed the average total amount now allowed by the 
 Joint Committee on Printing for compiling the session index. Joint 
 resolution, February 8, 1881, vol. 21, Statutes at Large, p. 516. 
 
 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE RECORD FOR THE SENATE. 
 
 Resolred by the tienate (the House of Representatires concurring), That 
 the Public Printer be directed to furnish, commencing with the first sen 
 sion Forty-seventh Congress, 3,425 copies of the Congressional Record, 
 for the use of tin* Senate, instead of 3,100 copies, as ordered by the 
 concurrent resolution of June 4, 1874. Concurrent resolution, June 24, 
 1882. 
 
 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD FOR STATE AND TERRITORIAL LIBRARIES. 
 
 Resolved by the Ncnntr ami //<>N<* of Rrpre*cnta1irr* of the United States 
 of America in Conrire** a**cmbled. That the Public Printer be, and he is 
 liereby, authorized and directed to forward free of charge to the State 
 and Territorial libraries of each State and Territory, having or that 
 shall hereafter have antl maintain, a State and Territorial library, one 
 bound copy of the Congressional Record of each session of Congress 
 or special session of the Senate, beginning with the Forty -seventh Con- 
 gross. And the Public Printer is directed to print fifty additional copies 
 of the samo to meet the requirement* of this joint resolution. Joint 
 resolution, August 2. 1882, Pamphlet Laws. 1st sess. 47th Cong., p. 390. 
 
 NOTE. 134,550 volumes of the ReconU>f the Forty-sixth Congress, 
 and 85,984 volumes of the Record of t^ first session of the Forty- 
 seventh Congress, were printed i-i accordance with the above provisions. 
 
 PURCHASE OF CONGRESSIONAL* GLOBE. 
 
 That the sum of * 100,000 is hereby appropriated to pur- 
 chase* of the present owners and proprietors, the following property, to 
 wit: 25,000 bound volumes of the Congressional Globe, 40,000 unbound 
 volumes of the Congressional Globe, 40,000 metal plate* for printing 
 the Congressional Globe, 24,000 composition plates for printing the Con- 
 gressional Globe, the two story fire-proof brick building situate in the 
 rear of the Glolx* building on Pennsylvania avenue, and the copyright 
 for the complete work : Prnrided. That the Public Printer, the Secretary 
 of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, shall 
 examine the said property, and shall certify to tin* Secretary of the 
 Treasury, that it is in good order and in accordance with the schedule 
 
PUBL* msTKIItUTION - LIC DO' B. 39 
 
 lilted. before .in t nd provided 
 
 <i property, when purchased l>\ tin- United States, shall be 
 
 placed in tin- eustody "I' lli- Public Printer, ini.l.-r the direct ion of tin* 
 Joint Committee on Public Printm-: ami that title to -aid property 
 >hal! be approved ly tin- A 1 t m<y. General. Act of .luiie 20, 1878, VOl. 
 
 20,8tatutes at Larj;e, p. 
 
 N..-I .-.. Cnder this provision L'I;.;:;.S bound ami :',;. los unbound vol- 
 arm-s of the < 'on- ressional (ilobe were purchased, which i M the 
 
 of the Public Printer, awaiting the Older Of UODgVQM forther 
 ti-ilxition. They t'ni-ni^h a very valnablecollertioii trom whn-h to s> 
 dciicreiicio In ml other important libr.i 
 
 r.n.i.s \M. i:r.s..i.rTlON8. 
 
 There shall ie printed 7.",( copies of every bill or joint resolution 
 ordered by either lloiis- of Congress, or required by any rule thereof 
 to be printed, unless a ditVerent number shall be specifically ordered. 
 
 :'.7'.1. Revised Statutes. 
 
 NOTK The number was subsequent ly increased to !L'.".. 
 
 The liilN aid resolutions of the Forty->j\tli Congress, authoi 
 ly thi> section, it bound in volumes of 500 pages each, would form a 
 library of 7o..;'.s volumes, costing $69,000. Those of the first session 
 of the 1'oity seventh Congress would form a library of ol.HH volumes. 
 
 POSTAL CON Vi:.\T IONS. 
 
 Tlu Congressional Printer, on receiving from the Postmaster-Gren- 
 < i ral a eopy of any postal convention between the Postmastei ' 
 on the part of the I nited States and an equivalent officer of any foreign 
 liovernment, shall imme<liately cause an accurate printed copy thereof to 
 be executed and sent in duplicate to the Postmaster < imcial. ' On there- 
 turn of one of the revised duplicates, he shall at once have the marked 
 corrections made, and cause to be printed and sent to the Postmaster- 
 General, any number of copies which he may order, not exceeding 500, 
 ami to be printed separately, and sent to the two houses of Congress 
 the usual number. Sec. :;^nii, KVvised Stain; 
 
 LOTS, .JOINT BESOLniwNS. AND IKI.M 
 
 The Congressional Printer, on receiving from the Secretary of State 
 
 a c,.p\ of any act or joint resolution or treaty, shall immediately cause 
 an accurate printed copy thereof to be executed and sent in duplicate 
 to the Secretary of State for revision. On return of one of the revised 
 duplicates, he shall at once have the marked corrections made, and 
 cause to be printed and >ent to the Secretary of State any number of 
 copies which he may order, not e \ceedin.ir ">00, and to be printed separ- 
 ately, and sent to the two houses of Congress the usual number. Sec. 
 . Kcvi-ed Statin- 
 
 Ncir.. The acts and resolutions of the Forty-sixth Congress, printed 
 
 by authority of this section, if bound in volumes of .~>on JKI^CS each, 
 would form a library of i;.*j.~iO volumes. 
 
 PAJirni.r. i i.\\ 
 
 At the close of each session of Congress there shall be printed 
 
 bound for the use of the Sen.it. ;. MOO mil foi tin 'In- House of 
 
40 PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OP PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 
 
 Representatives 10,000 copies of all acts and resolutions so furnished 
 with a complete alphabetical index, prepared under the direction of the 
 Joint Committee on Public Printing. See. 3H07, Revised Statutes. 
 
 That at the close of ever}* session of Congress the Secretary* of 
 State shall cause to be distributed pamphlet copies of the acts and 
 resolutions of Congress for that session, edited and printed in the man- 
 ner aforesaid, as follows: to the President and Vice- President of the 
 United States, 2 copies each; to each Senator, Representative, and 
 Delegate in Congress, 1 copy; to the Librarian of the Senate, for the 
 use of Senators, 126 copies; to the Librarian of the House 250 copies, 
 for the use of the Representatives and Delegates; to the Library of 
 Congress, 14 copies; to the Department of State, including those for 
 the use of legations and consulates, GOO copies; to the Treasury De- 
 partment, 200 copies; to the War Department, including those for the 
 use of the officers of the Army, 200 copies ; to the Navy Department, 
 including those for tin- u>c of officers of the Navy, 100 copies; to the 
 Department of the Interior, including those* for the use of surveyors- 
 general, and registers and reeeivcrs of public land offices, 250 copies; 
 to the Post-Office Department. 50 copies; to the Department of Justice, 
 including those for the use of the Chief and Associate Justices, the 
 judges and the officers of the Tinted States and Territorial courts. 425 
 copies; to the Department of Agriculture, 10 copies; to the Smith- 
 sonian Institution, 5 copies; to the Government Printing Office, 2 copies; 
 to the governors and secretaries of Territories, I copy each; to be re- 
 tained in the custody of the Secretary ot State, 1,000 copies; and 10,(NK> 
 copies shall IH? distributed to the States and Territories in pn>|K>rtion to 
 tin- number of Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, 
 to which they are at the time entitled. Sec. ,uct of June 20, 1874, vol. 
 18, Statutes at I*arge, p. 1 1 '-. 
 
 NOTE. Total number of copies of Pamphlet Laws of the first, second, 
 and third sessuuis of the Forty-sixth Congress printed, 70,887. 
 
 8TATITK8 AT I.AKi.l 
 
 That after the close of each Congress the Secretary of State shall 
 have edited, printed, ami bound a sufficient number of the volumes con- 
 taining the Statutes at Large enacted by that Congress to enable him 
 to distribute copies, or as many thereof as may be needed, as follows: 
 
 To the President of the United States. 1 copies, one of which shall be 
 for the library of the Executive Mansion, and one copy shall lie for the 
 use of the Commissioner of I'M Mir Buildings; to the Vice- President of 
 the United States, 1 copy ; to each Senator, Representative, and l>ele- 
 gate in Congress, 1 copy ; to the Librarian of the Senate, for the use of 
 the Senators, 114 copies: to tin- Librarian of the House, for the use of 
 the Representatives and Delegates, 410 copies: to the Librarian of 
 Congress, 14 copies, including 4 copies for the Law Library; to the 
 Department of State, including those for the use. of legations and con- 
 sulates, ,'WO copies ; to the Treasury Department, including those for the 
 use of officers of customs. 200 copies ; to the War Department, including 
 a copy for the Military Academy at West Point, 50 copies; to the Navy 
 Department, including a copy for the Library of the Naval Academy at 
 Anna | M.I is. a copy for the library of each navy -yard in the United States, 
 a copy for the Libiary of the Brooklyn Naval Lyceum, and a copy for 
 the Library of the Naval Institute at Charlestown, Mass., >3 copies; to 
 the Department of the Interior, including those for the use of the snr- 
 
PUBLICATION AM. DI0T1OBUTIOX OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 41 
 
 il .in.l ; !- "t put, he land offices, 250 
 
 ;i Uncut, ."in . : be I >'(>. irliiM-ntof 
 
 Justice, ioclnd in. land Associa ' es, 
 
 :id ; In- oj f MM- United States ami i 
 
 to the i ''-I'-" MM. -ni oi ,ie Smith 
 
 sonian Insiit iitmii. - iniiM-ii! i 'i in ting Office, 1 copy; 
 
 .ind p 6 -lull -upply delieieneie.s ami ntli.-. 
 
 . ated. > . i MI .inn,, L'U. i>;i. \oi. i>. statute, .(i Large, p. 1 1 i. 
 
 No 1 1 Total number of copies, iM08. 
 
 i'i BMBH1 i ( iin-: i,'i.\ is 1.1 si \ i i i j.s. 
 
 //<>,./',,/ /,// //,, Stntit> ntitl //. . Hlted 
 
 -<//,////,/. Tli.it tin- Supplement to the 
 
 Statute*. -n \ tin- statute, -.-m-ial ami JM-I mam-ut in 
 
 their nature. pa.-l alln tin- L'-xi-.-d Statnti-s. \\itli i 
 
 aecting provisions on the same -nijrrt. -\piana; >nsof 
 
 hrial lrrixinii>. ami iii.l.-x. | >\ .-| ia i .-. 1 lv \\'illi;im A. K'i.-liai.l 
 
 BOD, t" >!! <t\ pnl at ill.- ( .M\-iimirnt I 'i int in^ ( )Hic- : and the index 
 and platen iherent'. and all ri^lit and title therein and iheietu. >hall le in 
 and I'lills belting t> tin- i:i\ ci nineiit t'.r its e\eln-ive ii-r ami 
 
 That 6.351 OOpiefl le pi-inted. IMMIIH|. and diM i ilmled. a> pr\ ide.l tin 
 the distribution >!' the LY\i><! Statute^ 1\ the joint re>olutinn pro- 
 viding tor the distribution and sale ot them-* edition of the I;. 
 Statutes of the I'nited Siah-." }>jissed May 1'U. ls7s. aii-1 joint i. 
 tio:i paxM-d December L'l. 1^. and sueli additional eoj.ie<. on the order 
 of the Serretar.N of State, as may be necessarx. from time to time. t. 
 kept for >ale in the same manner and on like terms us the : 
 
 are required to b- kept for sale, and t<> supplx deti.-i. 
 otliee> newly rivaled: that tor preparim: and editing said Supplement, 
 im-ludin^ indexing and all clerical \\o-U m-c.---.n . to fully -omplet' 
 said \\ork. inclndin- tlie legislation of the l-'ort \ ->ixtli Congress, there 
 >hall be paid to said editor the sum of $5,000; and each Senator and 
 
 Member of the present Congress who would Hot receive enpiex under 
 
 said joint lesolution shall receive the same number of copu-x .1- nthei 
 Senator* or Member* receixe under the same. loint roolution. June 
 7. 1-s.so. vol. -Jl, Statutes at Lai-e. p. 308. 
 
 i i;. I Uder th- provisions of this resolution l,n:,7 copies of the 
 Supilement are printed for members of Congress, and 'J..".no for officers 
 
 of the -oVenmnMlt. 
 
 i:i:\ ISI..N OP iM'i LH i I:K \ i i; 
 
 a the Secretii ^tate shall cause all the copies of the 
 
 of Indian treaties made by Tiiom-is .1. I ) m ant. now printed, tobebon: 
 and the >,um- shall be deposited with the Secretary of the Interior for 
 the u>e of tin-departments and otlieeiNof the -o\ernnent. Sec. 10, act 
 .it June -<'. 1 W \. vol. is. Statutes at Large, p. 114. 
 
 I Hi; ! SI U. M Mil! .XTM1.N 1 & 
 
 One tliousand five hundred and tilt\ OOpiCfl of an\ document ordered 
 b\ ( shall be printed, and that number shall be known as the 
 
 usual number: no.u: i tuber shall be punted unless ordered by 
 
 ' er Hou<e or a* l-eie.i d Statir 
 
42 PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 
 
 NOTE. This number wa* subsequently increased to 1,900. 
 
 The document* of the Forty -si xth Congress, printed under theauthority 
 of this section, amounted to L'22.:MMi volume*. Of this number 1W,000 vol- 
 amen were delivered in unlmund form, most of which were doubtless ulti- 
 mately sold as waste paj>er. 
 
 The aggregate of the u usual number ** of documents hereafter to be 
 printed will be largely increased by the provisions of the following 
 joint resolution. 
 
 EXTENSION OP "USUAL NUMBER* TO ALL DOCUMENTS ORDERED BY 
 
 CONGRESS. 
 
 Resolved by the Senate and Howie of Itrpmrntatire* of the United 
 States of America in Congress assembled. That whenever any document 
 or report shall be ordered printed by Congress there shall be printed, 
 in addition to the number in each case stated, the " usual number" of 
 copies for binding and distribution among those entitled to receive 
 them ; and this shall apply to all unexecuted orders now in the office of 
 the Public Printer. Joint resolution, .luly 7. 18S2. Pamphlet Laws, 
 first session Forty-seventh Congress, p. 387. 
 
 JOURNALS, EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS, AND ABRIDGMENT. 
 
 Of the documents named in this section then 1 shall be printed and 
 bound, in addition to the usual numler for Congress, the following 
 copies, namely: 
 
 First. Of the document* accompanying tin* annual report* of the 
 executive department*, 1,000 copies for the urn* of the members of the 
 Senate and 12,000 copies for the use of the mcml>crs of the House of 
 Representatives. 
 
 Second. Of the President's Message, the annual reports of the exec- 
 utive departments, and the abridgment of accompanying documents, 
 unless otherwise ordered by either House, 10,000 copies for the use of 
 the members of the Senate and 25,000 copies for the use of the member* 
 of the House of Representatives. 
 
 Third. Of papers relating to foreign affairs, accompanying the annual 
 message of the President, 2,000 copies for the use of the members of 
 the Senate and 4,000 copies for the use of the members of the House of 
 Representatives. 
 
 Fourth. Of the "Commercial Relations, r annually prepared under the 
 direction of the State Department, 2,000 copies for the use of the mem- 
 bers of the Senate and 3,000 copies for the use of the meml>ers of the 
 House of Representatives. 
 
 Fifth. Of the annual report on the Statistic* of Commerce and Navi- 
 gation, exports and imports, merchandise in transit, manufacture*, and 
 registered and enrolled vessels, prepared by the Special Commis*ioner 
 of the Revenue, Chief of the Riireau of Statistics, 2,000 copies for the 
 use of the members of the Senate and ',.]. ~n copies for the use of the 
 members of the House of Representative*. 
 
 Sixth. Of the Public Journals of the Senate and House of Repre- 
 *entatives, 1,550 copies. Sec. 3798, Revised Statute*. 
 
 NOTE. The documents of the Forty sixth Congress, printed under 
 the authority of this section, amount to 202.750 volume*. 
 
M. m--iKii:i 1 1 -NTS. 43 
 
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 All pm: osii inn- in eit hei 1 1 
 
 of documents, th< rhiehexeeedt $500, shall t res- 
 
 olution, uhlch -hall, II|M.I> it- tian-mi- -c. I..- [] 
 
 diateh retened in the Committee ..n I'milm- f the House to xvli;. 
 
 The Cn||-|rln|ial I'lllltcl -hall. U h UTted b\ tin- .loint < 
 
 imtlee of tin- Librars. plliil, III addition \u t he ii-nal number, eilh- 
 
 or inn oo] in- ma\ be <lii.Ti.-d. ..t all document- piinted b\ order 
 
 of rillirr Ilnll^r i.| ( . | ia It Ilirli t nj lilin-ail *>' 
 
 (nvrniiiM-iit. SIT. .'iTIMi EtoTfoed Slatiit.-x. 
 
 It' an\ IM-I-SUII .i. | r|Hi-.s ..I ah\ 1< )di in- 1 1 f ]>riii|ci| at tin' 
 
 ( ;.\ rniiiiriit l'rinlin_ <\ aul h<>i it \ >l the law shall, prcvimm to 
 
 '!> IxMII- pllt to llrv>. ||.til\ tin- < 'M|iL.'M">in|ial I'll II IT <>\ t !) II II Illber 
 
 of copies wan ted, And shall p.i\ to iiim In advBnoe, theestiuiat4Mi r..>t 
 
 lirlrnt. ami tell p*T rclltlllll I ln'1'r. | i . tl :ial I'lIIit.-I 
 
 Illldrr tlir diirctln ( .t' tlir .Inint ( 'nil! Ill 1 1 1 rr mi I'lllilic I'rilitili^. t'uilli>li 
 tin- saiiM-. > '. KY\ix,-d Statin- 
 
 All niotmio to print -\tra ropii-.s <.i' any hill, report, or other puhlie, 
 document >hall ! referred to the Committee on I'rintin^ of the Mouse 
 in whirh such motion is made. See. .".7'.' .".. L'e\ised Statutes. 
 
 ITIM.IC DOCn MI;\ i 9 FOB BX4 UANGE. 
 
 ^<>h-l I, if tht * mil* untl II > s of the I'nit,- >l > 
 
 copies of ;ill HoeiiMientN here- 
 
 after jM'inted hv order of either 1 loii^e nt ( kmgreSS, ;uid "n ropii-s ;iddi 
 (ional of all doeuments printed in excess of the usual numl>er, together 
 with r.n enpies ot C.ich publication i-Mied 1\ anv department or luireaii 
 ot the uove ru men t. be placed at the disposal of the .Joint < 'onmiitt. 
 ;he Lilu-arv, who >hall e\ch;in.ue t he >ame throii-h the .t. the 
 
 Smithsonian lust it ution. for such works published in to -Hintries, 
 
 an<i espeeiaiis i>\ foreimi governments, as may be dceni.-.i i\- -aid com- 
 mittee an equivalent : >aid works to be deposited in the Library of ( '.n 
 gress. Joint resolution, March I*. 1^',7. Statute- at Large, vol. 1 1. p 
 
 The .loint Committee ii|)on the Library may from time to time ap- 
 point such agents as they deem requisite, to cany into ellect the d.. 
 nation and e\clianu- of documents and other publications placed at 
 their dispo-al tor the purpose. Se< . ^7. i:-\i-ed Stan, 
 
 Of the document- printed b\ order of either Hoiise there shall be 
 printed and bouml ."( additional cnj.ies for the purpose of excl 
 foreign countries. Sec. .T!.i. Ke\i-ed Statutes. 
 
 DOOUMBH rs mi; BO1 tur.iis* H<>MI 
 
 / i hat section 4837 of the LY nte- of the 
 
 Cnited > .and the same is hereby, repealed and re -enacted as 
 
 follows: 
 
 w Th Bet-ret sir \ .f the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Re: 
 
 M-ntatives shall cause to be sen i t. the National Home for Disabled 
 Vlu .lid-sat I>a\ ton. in Ohio, and to the - at AngQSta, 
 
 in Maine; Milwaukee, in Wisconsin; Hampton, in \'iminia: and the 
 
44 PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENT*. 
 
 Soldiers' Home ut Knightstown Spring*, near Kuightstown, in Indiana, 
 each, one copy of each of the following documents : The Journals of each 
 House of Congress, at each and every session ; all lawn of Congress; the 
 annual message of the President, with the accompanying documenU; 
 the daily Congressional I Vn ml ; and ail other documents or books which 
 may be printed and bound by order of either House of Congress; and 
 the. Public Printer is hereby authorized and directed to furnish to the 
 Secretary of the Senate ami the Clerk of the House of Representative* 
 the documenU referred to in this section." Act of February 8, 1881, 
 Sup. Revised Statutes, vol. 1, p. 591. 
 
 BINDIM. I "K M i. MltKKS OK CONGRESS. 
 
 lie it enacted, dr., That the Public Printer be authorized to bind a* 
 the Government Printing Office any books, maps, charts, or documenU 
 published by authority of Congress, ii|K>n application of any member of 
 the Senate or House of Representatives, upon payment of the actual 
 cost of such binding. Act of Decemlier 10, 177, Sup. Revised Stat- 
 utes, vol. 1, p. 303. 
 
 That the Secretary of the Senate !-. and he is hereby, au- 
 thorized to cause to IM* Ixuiitd, at the Government Printing Office, one 
 copy of any public document desired by any Senator for his personal 
 use. Senate resolution, January 17, 1878. 
 
 Prorideil, That no binding shall be done at the! iovemtuent 
 Printing Office for Senators, Representatives, or Delegate* in Congress, 
 except that there may In3 bound for each Senator, Representative, or 
 Delegate, one copy of each book or document issued by order of Con- 
 gress, but this provision shall not allow any binding as aforesaid to be 
 done of books or documents issued by authority of and during any former 
 Congress. Act of August 7, 1882, Pamphlet taws. ttrst session Forty- 
 seventh < .p. :J34. 
 
 INDEX in .InrRNAI.s "I '"N'-KKW. 
 
 Be it rewired. That then* shall IM- prepared, under the direction and 
 supervision of tin* Cnmmittee on Rules, a general index of the Journals 
 of Congress. 
 
 /feffo/rtti, That the ( 'ouimit tee on Rules are authorized to select and 
 employ a proper ierson to prepare such general index, at a compensa- 
 tion not to exceed f2,f>00 per annum, to be paid out of the contingent 
 fund of the House for the ensuing fiscal year, and to tie under the direc- 
 tion of the Committee on Rules as the prosecution of the work proceeds. 
 House resolution, June 18, 1878. 
 
 Rewired, That the Committee n l.'ules are hereby authorized to select 
 and employ a proper person to assist in the preparation of a general in- 
 dex of the Journals of Congress, under the resolution of June 10, 1878, 
 at a rate of compensation not to exceed $'J,(MN> JKT annum, to be paid 
 out of t he contingent fund of the House until an appropriation shall be 
 made. House resolution. May 22. l^J. 
 
 For the person preparing the general index to the Journals 
 of Congress under resolution of June 18, 1878, $2,500; for the assistant 
 to the person preparing the general index to the Journals of Congress, 
 authorized under the resolution of May 22, 1882, $2,000. Act of August 
 .", 1832, Pamphlet Laws, first session, Forty-seventh Congress, p. 221. 
 
1TBLICATION AM- MMK'ir.i 1! I HLIC DOCUMENTS. 45 
 
 OFF I' I \l. i: KI> STATES. 
 
 /./ Senate < <ve* of fA 
 
 i hat in lien of the number of 
 
 copies of the I'.i. mn.il I;, :IM\\ authori/ed l,\ law to be pmitrd. 
 
 r In- Secretary of the Interior be. and he ii IM-I.-!,\. Erected to cauno to 
 be prim oopiea -t' tin- said \\oik. to !.. d;-t i iiuited as follows: 
 
 the President of tin- rnitn . i copies,] oopj of wliich 
 
 shall l>e lor the libi a ry oft In- F\rnin\ Mansion; to the Vice-Presi- 
 
 dent of the Fnited States, - OOpieSj l each Senator. |J, 
 anil Delegate in CongretS, I COpJj in the > 
 
 rop\ ; to tin- ('Ink of the llniixr. j rop\ ; to the I 1 the S< 
 
 ..< COpieS, "I N\ llH'll 1 'i.|V >liall In- >ll|.|.lir<| 1. < ..III III It 
 
 iialr; In tin- I,il>iai\ ! llir llnii I i \ , 75 
 rnj.irs. (>!' \\llicll lcup\ .shall I M- >l 1 1 1| .1 |r< I t < , rarli St a IH lill ^ riuini. 
 
 (!' tin- I I Tai \ Ol be 1 '-j. irt- 
 
 iiM-ut of Btate, '-" pies; to the Treasury l )-p.n tnn-nt. i 
 
 Ihr \\ ai I )r|.ai linrii! . eJ tu t In- Na\ \ I )r|art niriit. s ; to 
 
 tin- Dcpai tllirlll ol Jll-Mrr. -J.'. r.ij.ii-s; t.. tin- I'nM-Ollirr I )-|ai't llli'llt . 
 
 !.",( ru | u > ; to 'the Department of tbe ID terioi - the De- 
 
 partment ut' A^iiciiltiin-, ." rnpirs: to tin- Smit li^on la n Institution, t 
 ropir>; t< tin- Stair LiluaiA and Stair Ilistoi ., 
 ami to tin- l-'.\-ruti> r ot rarli '1'ri l it 01 \ , anil to tin- <lr>i-!iat. (1 
 
 JOIN of public doeoments in eacb < 'nmr->io!ial l)i>trirt in tin- I'mtrd 
 
 Stairs. 1 roj.\ rarli : and tin- rrniaiiiin LI -hall In- krj>t lv tin- 
 
 SrrrrtaiN o|'tln- Intriiora>a r-n\ r. troin \\ hirh hr may supply nr\\ 1\ 
 crratrd Q ml Mcmltrrs pf OODgreSS^ 1 additional ropy ;irh. 
 
 An of hrrrmlM-r i.'i. i>77. Slain!.- at Large, vol. i'o. p. i;;. 
 sun; KM r. COUE1 B] 
 
 Thr rrporiri- shall ran>r thr drrismns of tin- Suprrmr ( oiirt made 
 during hi> oi'm-r to hr prinU'd and pnhlishrd within ri-ht inontli- 
 thry air niadr; and \\ithin thi> saintMimr. shall drlivrr ;',OO ropirs of tin- 
 voliunrs ,,t s;ij,| rrports t<> t In- SrrrrtaiN of tin- Int-rior. And he sliall. 
 in any \rar \\ hrn lu- is so dirrrird ly the roiirt. raiisr to IM- ju-intrd and 
 published a .second volume of >aid decisions, of \\hirh he shall dr. 
 in like manner and time, .inn copies. Sec. <M. KVvixrd Statutes. 
 
 Thr .".Oil ropirs of said reports delivnrd to the Smrtarx of the 
 Interior shall be distributed ttfl follows: To tin- Picsjdriit. the .histices 
 
 of theSupIrlnr( 'oil rt . t lie ( 'irrll i t .1 lld-e. t he .1 lid -es of t In I > NUtS, 
 
 the . i ml ^es of the Coort of Claims, the Jud the Supreme <'.;: 
 
 tin- District ot rolumbia. the .lud-es of the >ev-ral Ten-it<ria 
 the Srrrrtary of Sralr, the S-civtai\ of War. the - : the 
 
 Treasury, the Scciftaix ot' the \a\\. iln- S.-crriaix oi'the Interior, the 
 Postmaster ( ieiieral. the Attoruex -iieiieral. the Solicitor ( irm-ral. the 
 he S-iiate for the use of the Senate, tin- ( Icrk of thr House 
 
 of Represent at i\e> tor the use of the Bouse of Bepresentadves, the ( 
 
 ernors of Tm itoi -jes, the ( 'ommissioner of ALII iriilt inc. tin- ( 'ommissioner 
 of Internal KY\rnur. the ( 'ommissioner of Indian Allans, the < 'oiumis- 
 sionerot Pensions, t he i 'on inn- the < iem-r.il I.ainl ( ) Hire, the Com- 
 missioner of Pai mis. the Commissioner of ( 'usi s . t in- rum mi- 
 
 Induration, the 1 'a \inasier-Genenil. the First and Sr.-ond ( 'oiuptroller> 
 of the Treasury, the First. Seeoml. Thinl. Fourth. Fitth. and Sixth 
 Auditors ot' tin- Treasury, the Solicitor of the Ticasinx. lln- Kogisterof 
 the Treasurx . the Tn-asin,-! of the Unitei md the headsof such 
 
46 PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC BOCUMENTS. 
 
 \ 
 
 other Executive offices, as may hereafter be provided by law of equal 
 grade with any of the said offices, each one copy; to the Secretary of 
 the Senate for the use of the Standing Committees of the Senate, 10 
 copies : and to the Clerk of the House of Representative* for the use of 
 the Standing Committees of the House, 12 copies; and the residue of 
 said copies shall be deposited in the Library of Congress, to become a 
 part of said Library. The copies received by any officer under this Mo- 
 tion, shall, in cast* of his death, resignation, or dismissal from office, be 
 delivered to his successor in office. -See. 083, Revised Statutes. 
 
 The reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the 
 United States shall be entitled to receive from the Treasury an annual 
 salary of $4,500 when his report of said decisions constitutes 1 voftime, 
 and an additional sum of $1,200 when, by direction of the court, he causes 
 to be printed and published in any year a second volume, and said re- 
 porter shall be annually entitled to clerk hire in the sum of $1,200 and 
 to office rent, stationery, arid contingent expenses in the sum of $000; 
 and an amount siittirient for the payment of said sums is hereby appro- 
 priated : Pror tiled. That the above provision shall not apply to decisions 
 of the court pronounced at the last term thereof, but that said decisions 
 shall be printed and the volumes containing them delivered to the 
 Secretary of the Interior as prescribed by existing laws; and an 
 amount sufficient to pay the salary and com]eiisation of the rejwrter iu 
 connection therewith is hereby appropriated : Ami prorided further, 
 That the volumes of the decisions which said court shall hereafter pro- 
 nounce shall ! furnished by the re|M>rter to the public at a sum not 
 exceeding $2 per volume, and th number of volumes now required to 
 be delivered to the Secretary of the Interior shall be furnished by the 
 rcjxirter without any charge therefor. Act of August ". 1882, Pam- 
 phlet tai ws, first session Forty -seventh Congress, p. 254. 
 
 REPORTS OP COURT OP CLAIMS. 
 
 On the ilrstday of every I hwmber session of Congress the clerk of the 
 Court of Claims shall transmit to Congress a full and complete state- 
 ment of all the judgments rendered by the court during the previous 
 year, stating the amounts thereof and the parties in whose favor they 
 were rendered, together with a brief synopsis of the nature of the claims 
 upon which they wen* rendered. And at the end of every term of the 
 court he shall transmit a copy of its decisions to the heads of depart- 
 ments; to the Solicitor, the Comptroller*, and the Auditors of the 
 Treasury ; to the Commissioners of the General Land Office and Indian 
 Afllars; to the chiefs of I HUTU us. and other officers charged with the ad- 
 justment of claims against the United States. Sec*. 1057. licvised 
 Statutes. 
 
 NOTE. Two hundred and fifty copies of Court of Claims reports are 
 printed for official use. 
 
 OPINIONS OP THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 The Attorney -General shall, from time to time, cause to be edited and 
 printed at the Government Printing Office an edition of 1,000 copies of 
 such of the opinions of the law officers heiein authorized to be given 
 as he may deem valuable for preservation in volumes, which shall be 
 as to size, quality of paper, printing, and binding, of uniform size and 
 api>earance, as nearly as practicable, with volume eight of such opin- 
 
CRIBUTIOH d rriiLIC DOCUMB.V1 - 17 
 
 . ..;. !;<",, i mi. in the year 1868. Each \<>IUHM- 
 
 shall contain propel lir.nl HOI 'Mlplrtr ami fill I llnj. 
 
 - .1- the .\ih ! i lines shall 
 
 l.r dlxtl ibllled III xiieh manner ;i- tlir A t I - 
 to Illlir p 
 
 : IN. I ii. 
 
 the Xrmif, inn! II 
 
 ^tillhlKl. Thill tin- I'lll.llr Plllltrl I,. 
 lr<|lllled In |i|-illt Hot Ilio|r ill, Hi QD \o|i|lne each \r.il ..t I lir deel 
 
 and opinions of the First Comptroller of th< \mh 
 
 Mich explanatory mallei RS fa ma\ I m ni>h. and I tl for th 
 
 Illil I . 
 thereof: In I hr < 'nil! | >t I ' ! !i 111 the 
 
 ma HIM -i pro\ ideil in >eetinn 7 ul thr art <>l .lime % jo. ] >; |. ; 
 
 ] I.".. piu\ id: hr publication nt ! : 
 
 hall' tin- llimilxT therein Ilirlit inlird. -- Inllit ir-ollltinn. A.D 
 
 rani|lil-r La us. \>\ s-ss. 17th ( '. .!!. 
 
 NO'l i:. Sr\rn tlmiixaiiil two lniiiiir<M| and nim-t\ t.mr copies will be 
 jti-intrd iindrr tin- |>i >\ I-K.II^ ul' lin> i -r>ulm iuii. 
 
 PUBLIC \ Ih'NS n| I Ul. |'\ I l.N I ..I i 
 
 Tin' ( 'uiiiini>-i.'iin (!' I'atriit- ix ant hui i/rii tu ha\r juiiitrd. ti <>m 
 1u timr. fur ui-atiiituii.x dixt i-ilntiuii. nut tu exceed 1 "<> ruj.irs ..t thr eom- 
 plrtr >JM citiratiun.x and drawin. ..-h |atr!ii hnvallrr issued, 
 
 :!iri \\itli snitaldc in* 1 tte -u|.\ tu IK- |lacr<| fur tir.- jmlilir in- 
 
 iuii in each cajn; >tatr and Trrritrv: unr tur the likr 
 
 purpusr in tin- rln-U's .Hirr ul'thc diMrirt ruiirt uf rach judicial d;- 
 of the I'liitrd Si. ,-p| \\ljrii >nrh ullirrs air luralrd n, 
 
 Tcrriturial r;:pitol>: and <!: in tin- lil>ia \\hirh 
 
 shall IM (itilicd uinh-r the haiul ul' thr ( (nniiiiunri ai ' thr 
 
 I'atrnt Oll'n-c. and sliall nut lc taken from the drp. ;,.i an\ ntln-r 
 
 purpnsr than to lu- n>ri as evidence s<-c. t:o. i;r\i>,.d Btatol 
 
 Thr I'u mini- >t' Paten iiuii/rd t u ha\ r pi inlrd x M( , 
 
 ditiunal numbers oi '. -(.crilicat iuns and ilrav. 
 
 pic\ided in the jdfcedin- seetion, at a jtrice not t. -tract 
 
 price tui >nch dra\\r ^ale. as max l.e -d l.\ the fti 
 
 demand for the same: ami he i> al>u anthuii/ed tu tnrnixh a complete 
 
 i >uch xprriliraliun.x and diau in-> tu an\ public liluai \ u Inch \\ ill 
 j.a\ tor l.indiiiu the -ante into vulume> to conr.x|.ond with thu>r in tlie 
 
 Hi (Mlice. and tor the ; i a n>|.oi tat ion of the >ame, and which shall 
 also provide tor proper euMudv r,, r the s.ime. with convenient access for 
 the public thereto, under sin-ii regulations as theComnn- shall 
 
 derm reasonable. See. I'.ll. l; -iatlltrx. 
 
 The juice to he jiaid tur unceititied printed copies of 8]>eci fications 
 and drav latent.x >hall lie determined by the Commissioner of 
 
 :its. within the limits ..r ten cents as the minimum and tiftv - 
 as the maximum price. .1 Stain;- 
 
 Be it fi -ioner ma\ pi int. or cause to 
 
 be printe. - ot the - lions of all letters patent and 
 
 drawing of the same, and OOfrfefl of the claims of ci; Mies, and 
 
 such la i, rules, re-ulatiun>. and x as may 
 
 be in for the information < f the public. Sec. 20, act of Ju 
 
 vol. Hi. p. I'OO. 
 
48 PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 
 
 OFFICIAL GAZETTE. 
 
 To provide for the plates of an Official Gazette of the Patent 
 Office abstracts of the drawing of patents issued, $13,333, to be ex- 
 pended under the direction of the Commissioner of Patents: 1'rorided, 
 That one copy of said Gazette shall be furnished to each Senator, Rep- 
 resentative, and Delegate in Congress; and one copy each shall be sent 
 to eight such public libraries as may be designated by each Senator, 
 Representative, and Delegate, and two copies to the Library of Con- 
 KIV: //*///,//////////. That ;t .siilixrripiimi pii'-- ..f n-.t 1,-xx HUM *:, 
 per annum for said Gazette shall be charged to each subscriber; and 
 all sums received from such subscription shall be on or before the first 
 day of each month paid into the Treasury, Act of May 18, 1872, Stat- 
 utes at Large, vol. 17, p. 131. 
 
 ABRIDGMENT OF LETTERS PATENT. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative* of tke United 
 State* of America in Congrrs* assembled, That the sum of $10,000 be, 
 and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of any moneys belonging to 
 the patent fund in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be ex- 
 pended under the direction of the Commissioner of Patents in the prep- 
 aration of classified abridgments of all letters patent of tin- rnit'l 
 States. 
 
 SEC. 2. That the said abridgments shall In- printed, and one copy of 
 each shall IH furnished to each Senator, Representative, ami Delegate 
 in Congress; one copy to each of eight public libraries to be designated 
 by each Senator, Representative, and Delegate, and two copies to tho 
 Library of Congress; and also copies to such foreign governments, 
 libraries, and learned societies as the Commissioner of Patents may 
 designate: I'rorided, That copies shall be sold at the cost of printing, 
 and all sums received from such sale shall, on or before the first day of 
 each month, be paid into the Treasury. Act of March 3, 1881, Statutes 
 at Large, vol. 21, p. 5W. 
 
 KI.I-..I; is MJ si i:\ i > - \VKSI ..I i 11 r. IHM H MKKIDIAJ 
 
 Be it enacted, dr. For engraving and printing the plates 
 illustrating the report of the geographical and geological explorations 
 and surveys west of the 100th meridian, to be published in quarto form, 
 the printing and binding to he done at the Government Printing Office, 
 twenty-five thousand thousand thousand. Act of June 23, 1874, vol. 
 18, Statutes at Largo, p. 224. 
 
 Be it enacted, <<?., That the act entitled "An act making appropria- 
 tions for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year 
 ending June 30, 1875, anil for other purposes," approved June 23, 1874, 
 be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding to the clause of said act 
 relating to the engraving and printing of the plates illustrating the re- 
 port of the geographical and geological explorations and surveys west 
 of the 100th meridian the following words: and "that 2,000 copies of 
 the report shall be printed by the Congressional Printer," after substi- 
 tuting the word "dollars" in lieu of the concluding won! of said clause. 
 Act of February 15, 1875, vol. 18, Statutes at Large, p. 315. 
 
 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That 
 the following distribution shall be made of the reports of the United 
 
DOCUMENTS. 49 
 
 acooi nil act* ,.">, a* 
 
 I \ olimio ,i Office, to 
 
 each to the > 
 ltd D 
 
 SO '' "'I I- onl\ tll- HIM \nli ..... i. -iiiftiii^ I" : j.-, 
 
 IM a 
 
 Tin- piiMication> of the < iiall consist ol th< 
 
 report of operation^. and economic maps illustra 
 
 resources ami da one f tin- la: ipon ^ 
 
 eCOn and palconi. Annual K'epoi f . 
 
 of tl. ' Sm\e\ >liall aceonipaiiN tin- Animal Peport of the 
 
 Seen lai \ n| ilic Inifi 
 
 All Npi-rial mm art* MI' -aid >ni \ .-\ >hall be issued in nni 
 
 farm quarto aerta ir dn-im-d n<-r(^>ary i\ tin- \> 'tlicrwise 
 
 in urdmai-N ncla\ 
 
 'MINT thousand r.| J] ! pulli>lM-<i tm ex- 
 
 chanur.s and tor >al- ai I In- prir- of pnldicat imi : and all lib 
 
 r,n tOgrapbic matrria: iall IM- tin- p. t tin- 
 
 I 'niird stairs, and inrm a part of t IK- Library of the organization. A 
 Mai-.-i, ::. 1879, vol 20, Btatatefl at Lai 04, 
 
 ; i:. Tlir Annual IN-ports <t' lln- I >:: 
 
 vey tonn :\ part <f the docunicnt s arrumpaiiN in- the Annual Itrpn: 
 tin- Secretary >!' the lnten>r. and ai'e. il: .1 in th- 
 
 eenti\- duenmen!> printed tor di>trilmtinn 1\ < 
 memoirs and reports of the Survey, no eopies are pi in 1 ' 
 
 l.ntion, rxeept ti i ft er pnl>li>hed. t lie n-nal nn 
 
 >, will l>e issued tor di-'.nbiition as now provided 1>\ ! 
 
 -: i:ci M. ii ; 01 i in. i;i:i' 
 
 the purpose of preparing 1<>1 pulilieation, nmler tin- 
 direetion of the Seeivtarv of \Var. and of printing at the -aent 
 
 Printing. Office 5,000 OOpiefl of tin; first volume of the .Medical and 
 gieal History of the Ilehellion, compiled ly the Surgeon- den. ial : 
 for the pMrj)ose of prepai inu for pnblieation. under the direction of the 
 
 \\ar.and of pi hit inn at the ( iovernmeni 1'rinti: 
 5,000 OOpiea Of the Medical StatiMics of the Provo>t -Mar>hal ' 
 
 .in, compiled and to be completed l>y s J.H. Baxter, $60,000 : 
 
 . That the editions of hoth pablioationfl thus ordered shall !> 
 di>jos. d ol as ('.) * * * . Act of .Inly 
 
 js. ism;, vol. 1 1. Stan 
 
 i 
 
 I hat tlicre he printi-d at the 
 
 ( io\ .-111111. -nt Printiiu f the iir-i }> \\ t 
 
 and S of the KYhellion. compih-d l>\ I 
 
 eral under the di; the Secret.! ,r. and 5,( \t the 
 
 Medical Stat ; md to be 
 
 completed 1>\ m .1. 11. Pa\ter, as authori/ed by ;M. 
 
 I ah L'>, lSi(l. which aNo provi<h-s th 
 
 i>otii jmMieations thus ordered shall Ins disposed of as Gongren 
 
 heieafier direct. .Joint Resolution. March :;. 1^I!. voL 15, Statutes at 
 . p. .517. 
 H. Mis. 1L> - 4 
 
50 PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENT*. 
 
 Resolved by the House of Reprctentat irr, the Senate concurring, That of 
 the 5,000 copies of the Medical and Surgical History of the War, author- 
 ized to be printed by joint resolution of Congress approved March 3, 
 1809, 2,000 copies Khali be for the use of the House of Representatives, 
 1,000 lor the Senate, and 2,000 for distribution by the Burgeon-General 
 of the Army. Con. Res., May 27, 1872. 
 
 Be it enacted, A'c.f That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, 
 directed to have completed the Medical and Surgical History of the War 
 by the preparation in the office of the Surgeon-General of two volumes, 
 of 1,MM) pages, in addition to the first volume already compiled and 
 printed under authority of Congress. 
 
 Si;< . 2. That 5,000 copies each of the second ami third volumes be 
 printed and bound by the Congressional Printer, to be distributed with 
 
 the first volume already printed, as may l- hereafter directed l>v Con 
 gress. Act of June 8, 1872, vol. 17, Stain 
 
 statutes at I^argc, p. :*88. 
 
 And the Congressional 1'rinter is hereby authorized to 
 print and bind 5,000 additional copies of the Medical and Surgical His- 
 tory of the War of the Rebellion ; 1,000 of which shall lie for the use of 
 the Senate, 3,000 for the use of the House of Representatives, and 1,000 
 for distribution by the Surgeon-General of the Army. . 
 Act of March 3, 1875, vol. 18, Statutes at I>arge, p. 31)1. 
 
 NOTE. Of this work 10,000 copies are printed. Vols. 1 and 2 of pU. 
 1 and 2 have been issued. Vols. 1 and 2 of pt.3 remain to he published. 
 
 CATALOGUE OF THE LIHIIAKY OF Jill. SfKUKON (iENEUAL'S OFFICE. 
 
 For printing and binding the first and second volumes of 
 Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's OftVe. $20,000; to be 
 immediately available. . Act of March :i, 1879, vol. 20, 
 Statutes at* Large, p. :i!H>. 
 
 For printing and binding the third volume of the Catalogue 
 of the Library of th< Surgeon General's Office, fiO.OOO. . 
 Act of March 3, 1881, vol. 21, Statutes at Large, p. 447. 
 
 NOTE. One thousand ttve hundred copies of this work are printed 
 for distribution by the Surgeon -General. Vols. 1. 2, ami 3 have already 
 been issued. 
 
 AMKUH AN EPIIEMEKLS AND NAUTICAL ALMANAC. 
 
 Retolrcd by the Senate and Jfonteof Rcpte*cntatire*oftke United State* 
 of America in Congre** a**c9nbled. That there shall lie printed annually 
 at the Government Printing Office 1,500 copies of the American Kphem- 
 eris and Nautical Almanac, and of the pajH'rs supplementary thereto, of 
 which one hundred shall be for the use of the Senate, four hundred for 
 the House of Representatives, and one thousand for the use of the public 
 service, to be distributed by the Navy Department. 
 
 SEC. 2. That additional copies of the Ephemeris and of the Nautical 
 Almanac extracted therefrom may be ordered by the Secretary of the 
 Navy for sale : Prorided, That all moneys received from such side shall 
 be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriation for public 
 printing. .Joint Resolution, February 11, 1880, vol. 21. Statutes at Large, 
 p. 301. 
 
ITI:U< rBIBUTION OF RUBLE DOCUMENT- 
 
 &BFOR1 
 
 ..I' til' ' on fin- \ I'jodllet 
 
 111 Hi. i be in mi. tin- use 
 
 "I fol th- 
 III.' 'I'M',! 
 
 : \n:i: i 
 
 l'o; print in;: ami distributing t he puMir.it ,.,n^. v, the 06 
 partmeii! ii>nlai and other OODIUK 
 
 cludr M!;II letters r " li:nnl>.-i> of commeire. $20,000. A 
 
 ,ini\ i. i^ s> _'. Pamphlet Laws, flrsi session ; - Teas, 
 
 P. 135, 
 
 BCtlUg agricultural M at i>t ic>, including Mat i.-' 
 the production, home consumption, and e\ portal imi <t n], 
 and hnttrrim 1 . and imitation butter, and compiling and writin. 
 for nmnildv, jiiinual. and sjH-rial n-ports, $80,000, of wliirh sum *I' 
 shall b' iiniiirdiatrly a\ailall-. Said rrpnrts shall -i\<- a full ll 
 mrnt inontiily. ^h<\\in^ tin- t'n-ijjit rhar^-s for th- dii-f a-rii-nltural 
 prodm-t.N. njtoii tin- prim-ipal lim-s !' railroads and ri\<i : tin- 
 
 principal markets in the I'nitrd -Art of Mav !'., l*s*j. I'am 
 
 phh-t \..i\\<. lirst N,.^j,)i, I'mtN -. -\cnth Congress, \*. ' 
 
 DS "i i in: WAI: <>r THI: BBBB1 i ti 
 
 * * * I iial]- tin- STiriar\ ot \Var to be^in the pitllioatioii <.| 
 the ( )!licial liee..rd- of the \\ ar of the Kebellion, lioth of th,- Tnioii and 
 of the Confederate Armies, the sum of $15,000. And the Becretftl 
 
 is hereby ed to have oon|edibr the Public Printer all i-eporta, 
 
 letters, tele^'i-amv. and general orders not heretofore enpicd >r pn: 
 and prop. <d in ehron<lo- ical order. Aet f .1 
 
 \ol. IS, Statntes at Lar-e. ]i. i"JJ. 
 
 * * * I'oi ...ntinninu the pi-eparation of the imlilieat inn of the 
 Ollieial Records Of the War Of the K'eltellion, loth of the I nic.n and ' 
 federal*- Armie>. and for the printinu and hindiiiL:. und-r the . 
 of the Secretary f \\ a: . of lo.nno mpies ,f a compilation of tin- < Mlicial 
 
 Reconis. CJDioQ and Confederate, of the War of the i;eieiiion. 
 
 the samr may he ready for puMirat ion during th.- 
 
 and of said nninher 7. nno oopiefi >hall be fi>I theuseofthe llouseof 
 
 Kep]-<'sentatives, !'.()()(> copies for the use of the Senate, and 1 ,o< 
 for the use of the e\e<-iiti\e departments. Act of June !'. 
 
 21, stain irge, p. 
 
 continning the publication of the < MVu-ial l 
 
 printinu and lundin^, under <lirection OftJ .irv of \\ i.oni) 
 
 c-opif- aipiiation of t lie ( )llicial KrconU. I ninii and < 'o; 
 
 of the \\ ar ot the Kelu-llion. j jub- 
 
 lication duriii- the tis,-al year. ^.".J.-'JOO. 
 
 The volume< of the Otlicial lleeurd^ ot ;h,- \\ .t: ot tiie L'. '..!! ;on >hall 
 
52 PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PL'BUC DOCUMENT* 
 
 : tluuiliiitcd as follow*: 1,004) copies to the executive department*, 
 as now pro\ ided by Jaw; 1,000 copies for distribution by the Secretary 
 of War union;; officer* of the Army ami contributors to the work ; 
 s,;too copies shall In- sent by the Secretary of War to such libraries, 
 organizations, and individuals as may be designated by the Senators, 
 Representatives, and Delegates of the Forty seventh Congress. 
 
 Kaeh Senator shall designate not exceeding twenty-six, and each 
 Representative and Delegate not exceeding twenty-one, of such ad- 
 dresses, and the volumes shall be sent thereto from time to time as 
 they are published, until tint publication is completed. 
 
 Senators, Representatives, and Delegates shall inform the Secretary 
 of War in each case how many volumes of those heretofore published 
 they have forwarded to such addresses. 
 
 The remaining copies of the 11,000 to be published, and all sets that 
 may not be ordered to !>e distributed as provided herein, shall be sold 
 by the Secretary of War for cost of publication with 10 per cent, added 
 thereto, and the proceeds of such sale shall be covered into the Treasury. 
 If two or more sets of said volumes are ordered to the same address, 
 the Secretary of War shall inform the Senators, Representatives, or 
 .Delegates who have designated t In- same, who thereupon may designate 
 other libraries, organizations, or individuals. Tlie Secretary of War 
 shall report to the first session of the Forty -eighth Congress what vol- 
 umes of the series heretofore published have not been furnished to such 
 libraries, organizations, and individuals. Ho shall also inform dis- 
 tributees at whose instance the volumes are sent Act of August 7, 
 1881!. Pamphlet I*aws, first session Forty -seventh Congress, p. 320. 
 
 NOTK. It is estimated that this work will embrace ninety-six vol- 
 umes, of which six have already been issued. Of the first five volumes, 
 1 0,000 copies each wen* printed. The edition of the remaining volumes 
 will comprise 1 1,000 copies. The aggregate number provided for in the 
 above acts amounts to l.o/ii.ooo volumes. If to this be added the 00 
 copies ordered for the Library of Congress and the "usual number" of 
 each after volume (>, the total will amount to 1,228,700 volumes. 
 
 i: 1 : !!: I > OF TIIK/TKXTH CRN'Ht'S. 
 
 /.'' it mni"i. dr., That the Kc|Hrt* of the Tenth Census of the 
 United States le punted, and that lo.ooo additional copies be printed, 
 of which ,;,ooo shall be for the use of the Senate, 6,000 for the use of 
 the House of Representatives, and 1.000 for the use of the Department 
 of the Interior. 
 
 That, in addition to the above, L'o.ooo copies of the Reiort on Popu 
 lation be printed, of which 0,000 shall le for the use of the Senate, 
 1'J.ooo for the use of the House* of Representatives, and 2,000 for the 
 use of the Department of the Interior. 
 
 That 1*0,000 additional copies of the Ucpoi i on Agriculture IK* printed, 
 of which 6,000 copies shall be for the use of the Senate, 12,000 copies 
 tor the use of the House, and 2.000 copies for the use of the Department 
 of the Interior. 
 
 That 10,000 additional copies of the Beport on Manufactures and Me- 
 chanics be printed, of which 3,000 copies shall In* for the use of the 
 Senate, f,000 copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and 
 1 .000 copies for the use of the Department of the Interior. 
 
 Also, that li.oon additional copies of the LVport on the History of 
 the National I/oan le printed for the use of the Treasury Department. 
 
Pi I DOCUHK 
 
 A l>o, t lint I ..Mill addil lOI 
 be printed I'm- tin- 
 
 Afiii. also, that the < oinpeiidium of tin- I 
 
 tdditional copies be 
 
 : tin- us,- o| tin- B 
 
 for tin- 
 
 AIM! Ill ord- >id duplication ill tin- d: 
 
 , ;MM! i leoare complete >ets in iiin 
 
 l-., tin- additional enpii-x ||e|,-|!i .-id- 
 the Treaxiiry Department and for tin- 
 I In- i ton i >ii<-iit m mix ,.!' tin- I >epa I I iin-nt of the In'. 
 Off ilit- Interior x|,;il| dixt 
 
 I n Bet - '" each of xin-li fifteen lit-: 
 lie institutions <r individuals as shall 
 
 .-h Scliatoi . ainl toeaeh nt ' xjirh trli ll' ><1 ntln-r j.lllilir 
 
 t ut inn s or inilix idnaU M >hall In- naiin-il t liim I'm- tliix juirpoxr |,y each 
 llrpn-si-ntatiN < ami I )! 'I in \nlnun-- 
 
 9entative8,orsaob ntin-r parti. 'i be designated 
 
 :inl l> -I. ntil the i|imta !' i-arh xh;ill i- 
 
 . That mir 00 "-h volume xhall. 
 
 IMilli<- I'rint i ii'ansiuittr.l t each 
 
 and Dele-ate in < lODfl I'liat <lu; 
 
 xhall not In- ^ nt in ;my lilu-arv or indix idual on th 
 Senator or meml>er ot' the lluiix.- of l:e|trexi-ntati\ e^ until hot) 
 and niein'ier xhall he notified that the\ ha\c :iamed the xaine ] 
 individual: . 1 ml i>mr'nll t'nrtlit /. That the jait 
 upon tin- older of a meiuKei of ( ', , ; iall he informed lv r i 
 
 ;ary ot' the Intel ioi' upon \N h" 
 
 And the Secretary of the Interior xhall report t" 
 
 on the names and location- ot' the li 1 . ;id other ]>n 
 
 llltiollx drxjmiated to receive thes.- reports under the ; 
 
 hill. 
 
 And the sum ni ach tin- 
 
 to ilrfray the cost of the al.o\ naim-d ]>rintini: and himlin_ 
 xaiin- ix herel)\, appropriated out <>f any moneyx in the i 
 otlirr\\ixe appropi iafed. Ad of AM^UX; 7. 1882, Pamphlet I 
 ;on I-'orty seventh Con-resx. p. ;;j|. 
 
 imated that thex,- L'.-j.oit- will romj 
 
 TO twenty ijuarto volunn- irliidiii- 
 
 Compendium. to from 
 
 I. \M ' XMISS1 
 
 //. wlVi 'i /'/. 
 
 : ditional eop - 
 
 itied Land Laws ami Ih-toi \ of the Pablic Domain of the i 
 
 eomj>iled and prepared ly tin- l'uili- Land CommiSfi 
 
 llonx,- i:\ccuii\e I )iM-iim>-nt No. 17. with all suljsnpiei 
 
 have IM-I n pas.xed 1)\ Conuresx prior to the adjournment of tin- present 
 
 II. he printed and hound, under t he din the Sen 
 
 the Inter > for the 
 
 the House of LYprexriita- ; ie use of tin' S<- 
 
 The Interior: /'/' . I hat tin-. n the use of the S< : 
 
 the House of Etepreaentativea shall to d i\ the Secretary of 
 
 ;he Interior in the manner provided t -ntion f th- 
 
54 PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 
 
 of the Tenth Census, and that all copies not ordered to be distributed 
 within two years after the passage of thin act Khali be sold by the Sec- 
 retary of the Interior at cost of publication, with teu ]>er centum added 
 thereto. Joint Resolution, August 7, 182, Pamphlet Laws, first session 
 Forty-seventh Congress, p. 303. 
 
 ANALYTICAL CATALOG UK OF PUBLIC* DOCUMENTS. 
 
 Be it tnncted, dr., That there be prepared and published, under the 
 direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, a classified, analytical. 
 Slid descriptive catalogue of all publications made by the authority of 
 the Government of the United States and the preceding government of 
 the Colonies, and all departments, bureaus, and office.- thereof, from 
 July 4, 1770, to March 4, 1881; and U|M>II the request of the said joint 
 committee, the officers of the Senate and llouse of Kepresentatives, and 
 the heads of all the executive department* and of all the bureaus and 
 offices thereof, shall furnish to said joint committee all such information 
 ami assistance in reference to said publications a* will t.nilitate or assist 
 in the completion of said work; and the sum of $10,000 is hereby appro- 
 priated for the purfioses of this act, which sum may IK- expended a* 
 adilitimi.il pay or compensation to any officer or employe of the I'nited 
 States. Act of July 'J7, 1882, Pamphlet I,aws, 1st sess. 47th Cong., p. 
 17. 
 
 \i:i. AND DIMTKIBfTION OK 1M III. 1C DOCUMENTS. - 
 
 The Secretary of the Interior is charged with receiving, arranging, 
 and safe-keeping for distribution, and of distributing to the person* en- 
 titled by law to receive the same all printed journals of the two house* 
 of Congress, and all other l>ooks and documents of every nature what- 
 ever, already or hereafter directed by law to le printed or purchased for 
 Die use of the government, except such as are directed to be printed or 
 purchased for the particular use of Congress, or of either house thereof, 
 or for the particular list* of the Executive or of any of the departments, 
 and any person whose duty it shall be by law to deliver any of the same 
 shall deliver them at the rooms assigned by the Secretary of the Interior 
 therefor. Sec. 407, Revised Statutes. 
 
 Suitable rooms in the Department of the Interior shall be from time 
 to time assigned by the Secretary for the journal*. Itooks. and docu- 
 ments. Sec. 500. Revised Statutes. 
 
 The Congressional Printer shall deliver to the Secretary of the inte- 
 rior, at the room in the Interior Department set apart for that purpose, 
 all books and documents directed by law to be printed for the use of 
 the. government, except such as are directed to be printed for the par- 
 ticular use of Congress, or of either house thereof, or of the President, 
 or of any of the departments. Sec. 3813. Revised Statutes. 
 
 A register of all publications received at the Department of the Inte- 
 rior for safe-keeping and distribution shall l>e kept, under the direction 
 of the Secretary, showing the quantity and kind at any time received 
 by him; and he shall cause to be entered in such register, at the proper 
 time, the time when, the place where, and the person to whom any of 
 such publications have been distributed or delivered. Sec. 41W, Revised 
 Statutes. 
 
 The publications received by the Secretary of the Interior for dis- 
 
PUBLICATION IND DI8TBI1 DOCUMENT.* 
 
 tlibntion .sli;ill be delivered out niil\ .MI tin- written ! 
 
 ! ie.id> nt ' dep ,ui menu, Secretary of i iseof 
 
 KYpre-eiitati\e>, l.ibrai i. in nt < '. digress, ami other officers and i rsonn 
 
 who arc by l;i\\ ;i lit hoi i/ed I c by law 
 
 the B tin- Int. . \\ itliout xnrli i 
 
 oe to be sent and delivered; ami In < -m-ii cases it 
 
 xhall he the duty of the - I li.- I lit .!-.,, tO CAUMC tin- same U) 
 
 be Kent .ili<l de|i\ ned. tin- eXpellHOS tip < t j,t wlll'll Otherwise 
 
 ted, to i" chfu -'! ti tii.- contingent i-nd ! tii.- .1. 
 >(><. I,Y\ toed Btatnt 
 
 Tin- Dep&rttnenl ot .lu>tirc >h;ill In- rhar-nl \sith tin- distrib ;i'it to 
 
 the \ jirinns induf- ;iinl coin t.sot'l 
 pro\ Mini 1 iy l;l\v.- 
 
 'I'ln- Sr. Ol tin- In: i I-|IIIITI| fco hinii>li to \\\- 
 
 I'tnirnt oi .1 DIM time to time. |.iilli>li. 
 
 -nllicieiit niimher of the itfttotefl ot' the I'niti d 81 
 
 of the Sii|neine ( 'oil 1 t of t lie I' n i t ei 1 > '.y him distHbtlti 
 
 Niieli titlieers of the courts of t he I" nite.l S 
 it'tei be h l;i\v entitled to iveeive tlli'in. Si . d 
 
 Tin- eo|n-> of journals. lnioU>. .ind jtiildie dociiinent>, \\ineli are OT 
 may he ant Imri/etl to lc di>trilmted to ineor|H,i a.ed lodi.->. Lnst 
 ami associations \\itliin tin- Btatefl and Territoi i.->. >hall i. 'ilted 
 
 to such hodirv as shall lie d.-vio n al) . ( j t<, the S. rby 
 
 each of the Senators tVom tin ' State- d lv the 
 
 It'eju-eseMtative in Ooi roin each ( 'on i: resxi, .nal di- 1 hy 
 
 the Delegate tVom eaeh Territory. 
 
 The distribution shall he made in >in-h manner that the quair 
 trilmted to each < 'on-resMoiial district and Territory >hall be equal, 
 excejtt that \\ hrm-ver the numbei >| , , aii\ publication ix insuffi- 
 
 cient to supply theiewith <>ne institution, upon the def i of each 
 
 member of the Senate and House ot' KVpresentatix ex. the cop 
 disposal of the Secretary may be distributed tosnch incorporated en] leges, 
 public libraiies. atlieiieiims. literary and scieiitilie institutions, boards 
 ot' trade, or public ftSSOOiationa a-' he ma\ s.-leet . Se. . .MM. I,'.- 
 
 Statute* 
 
 The selection ot' an i u. xt it n t ion to receive the document- d to 
 
 be published or procured at the tirM xex>jnii of any <'o!i-rc>s .xhall con- 
 trol the docunuMits ot' the entire < it ion be 
 
 made before any distribution 'ion first 
 
 made, 
 
 NYluMV the same \v..jk i> ].rinted b\ order both ot' tin 
 House of Representatives, the duplicates maybe B< 
 
 tutions. il so doired. by the member \vlio>e ri-ht it i- to direct the 
 distribution: and the public documents t<> be distributed by the S- 
 tar\ of the Interior shall be >ent to the institutio:. signaled 
 
 unless he shall be satisfied that any Mich institution ifl Dol 
 able dej" f the same. 
 
 Co; :ial journals and public document- ami 
 
 tributed to institutions on the . of membei-s of Ton grew 
 
 shall be sent to such libi 1 institutions only a^ v] 
 
 willin.irin-xs to |,a\ th- li-vised 
 
 Stati 
 
56 PUBLICATION AXU DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 
 
 So many copies of the public journals of the Senate and of the House 
 of Representatives shall be transmitted by the Secretary of the Interior 
 to the executives of the several States and Territories as shall be suffi- 
 cient to furnish one copy to each executive, one copy to each branch of 
 every State and Territorial legislature, one copy to each university and 
 college in each State, and one copy to the historical society incorporate! 
 or which shall be incoqx>rated in each State. 
 
 Fifty copies of the documents ordered by Congress to be printed shall 
 be used for the purpose of exchange in foreign countries: the residue 
 of the copies shall be depoisted in the Library of the United States, sub- 
 ject to the future, disposition by Congress. Sec. 503, Revised Statutes. 
 
 Whenever there are in the custody of the Department of the Interior 
 any sets of the documents of any session of Congress or oilier docu- 
 ments or odd volumes not necessary to supply deficiencies or losses that 
 may happen in the Library of Congress, or in that of either of the execu- 
 tive departments, or in State or Territorial libraries, the Secretary of 
 the Interior shall distribute the same as equally as practicable to the 
 several Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, for dis- 
 tribution to public libraries and other literary institutions in their re- 
 spective districts. Sec. 505, Revised Statutes. 
 
 The Secretary of the Interior shall make annual ivjKirts to Congress 
 as follows : 
 
 A rt'i>ort showing the quantity and kind of the copies of 
 public journals, books, and documents which have been received by him 
 for distribution on behalf of the government, and showing also the t inn* 
 when, the place where, and the i>erson to whom any of the same have 
 been distributed and delivered during the preceding year. Sec. 445, 
 Revised Statutes. 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OP PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 
 
 There >li,ill be in the Department of the Interior a superintendent of 
 public documents, who shall be appointed by the Secretary, and shall 
 be entitled toiv..i\, ., salary of $2,500 a year. Sec. 507, Revised 
 Statutes. 
 
 So much of section 507 of the Revised Statutes as provides 
 for said salary is hereby repealed. Act of June 19, 1878, vol. 20, Stat- 
 utes at Large, p. 108. 
 
 The superintendent of public documents shall be charged, subject to 
 the general direction of the Secretary of the Interior, with the duty of 
 collecting, arranging, preserving, packing, and distributing the publica- 
 tions received at the Department of the Interior for distribution, and 
 with the duty of compiling and supervising the Biennial Register. Sec. 
 1508, Revised Statutes. 
 
 POSTAL LAWS RELATING TO OFFICIAL MAIL MATTER. 
 
 That it shall U- lawful to transmit through the mail, free of postage, 
 any letters, packages, or other matters relating exclusively to the busi- 
 ness of the (overnnient of the United States: Provided, That every 
 surh letter or package, to entitle it to pass free, shall bear over the 
 words "official business*" an indorsement showing also the name of the 
 department, and, if from a bureau or ofhYe, the names of the department 
 
PUBLIC A I 1' > 
 
 and - 'lie case n id if 
 
 
 
 the mail, 
 
 meanor, ami 
 
 diction. 
 
 That I'm- tin- pun>< 
 dill \ t each of t i I 'lilted StAt* 
 
 labordfoata offlcef tin- necessar\ 
 
 in addition to the indorsem.' -nt in \\hirh 
 
 thr\ air In be ii^rd. || M . priia; > srcnvelopes 
 
 shall be stated thereon. 
 
 That Senators. Representatives, and I . 
 
 ietar\ of the Senal e, a lid MerK of t he Honse Of Re]>: :V68 Uiay 
 
 send am! receive tliron^li tin- mail all ; inte<l by 
 
 nrdn- (,!' Cot, nil! tin- name <t' each S.-uatoj. !:.-p;. 
 
 Delegate. Se< Of tlie S- :id Ch-i, ^hall he 
 
 written therenn. with the proper d-innat ion of the oilier he holds : 
 the pro\ ; ion -hall ajply to each of ti us named 
 
 therein, unti! the \\\^\ day of 1 )rerinlirr l'ollo\\ inu :h- 
 respecth r terms <>f oilier. 
 Statutes at Lar-e. p. 
 
 * * " Pritrnlcd further. That tr<m and ftft6T th6 pattftg6 Of this 
 
 act Beoatora, lirprexemativrx. and 1)< Secretary 
 
 of tlie Srnate. and Clri'k of the Hoiiseof Kepres. .. !: iy -cm: 
 
 receive throu-h tin' mail free all puHic <1 
 
 ( (iimicsx; and the name of each Senator, Representative, Delegate, 
 Secretary of the S ml Clerk of the House shall be written thereon 
 
 with the proj. , nation of tlie oHiee he holds; and the provisions 
 
 of this section shall apply to each of the per>onx named i:errin. until 
 tlie first Monday of 1 )rrender followiim I lie expiration of their n-speet - 
 
 ive terms of office. * * *. Act of Man-h :'-. 1879, vol. 20, statutesat 
 Largo, p. 
 
 The provi>:on.> of the fifth and .sixth sections <>i - ntitled "An 
 
 act establish i and for other purposes/" approval .March 
 
 3, 1877. for the transmission of official mail matter, le, and they are 
 hereby, extended to all officers of the In -rninent, and 
 
 made applicable TO all ollicial mail matter transmit! .een any 
 
 of the oiliivrs of the Tinted . or between any Mich Ol 
 
 either of the executive departments rnment, the 
 
 cn\ elopes of such matter in all cases to i., ndorseinent> 
 
 containing the proper designation Of tin' ' :n \\hich the sa: 
 
 transmitted, with a statement of the penalty fortheir i And the 
 
 lrovi>ioi 1 fifth and sixth sect ions are hereby like\\ tided 
 
 and made applicable to all official mail n. :it from the Smithso- 
 
 nian Institution : Pro lh.it this art shall not extend or ajti' 
 
 : otfter officers who receive a fixed ai: as com- 
 
 peiisation for their services, including expcn^ s fol )"<-;:i-e. S, 
 A<-t of March :',. 1^7!>. vol. L'.I. Btatat 
 
PROPOSED BILL AND RESOLUTIONS 
 
 PROVIl'IN-l I !'. THE 
 
 PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 
 
I; I LI. \M> RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 
 
 IIH 
 
 '/ by the 8enat< <t/i<l II /,'<///< * 
 
 v of Ameri<-<i in Congress anew I' I" 
 
 <:oell!lie!lN 111 the seNeral 8tatCS Jllld Territories of tll6 Unit' 
 
 diall cmi>;-r nt tli- S -I Territorial lil ne libia 
 
 Milii, '..int. tin- library of the Naval Acaden 
 
 Annapolis, the lii> >n. < >hio, Au- 
 
 i. Maim-, Milwaukee. \Vi>eun>in. Hampton. Virginia. anl Knights- 
 i\vu Sp, niMoun, Indiana, ami other libraiies in each 
 
 equal in nnmbe number <t' S-natnr> ani 
 
 tin- saiiH' in tin- present Coii^ri->^. and our adilitinnal library in each 
 ;<>r\ : ami IP-I va t'tt i -any incrrax- in tin- niunhcr oi 
 
 an\ statr -hall entitle such State to a corresponding in 
 
 ._'. That i nst i tu tinns ni UT designated aadepoeitoriesoi pub 
 
 9 ^liall l)r rlltith'"! tn K'criv < Midi dncll inclit s >u lu|j^ ;i> ill i 
 
 of the & Q terior' they continue prop^ iesof 
 
 tme: /'/ - ''ptinu capital <-itit-s. nnly 01 
 -hall he loca(<Ml in any t<>v. n 01- city containing l-^s tlian lou.unn in] 
 -.ami that iminsi ii ntioii -ha 1 11 >< place. I ii] t he li>t until it i 
 
 assurance to the & r of the Interior that it \\illj- dooa- 
 
 entfl M a permanent portion of its lihrar; 
 
 tidal pul>lic, ami that it will, dm in.u the month of.lannai 
 
 . report to the Sccretai-v of the Interim- the number of \nluni' 
 ita lilrar\ ami the number ol document > received nmh-r tl 
 of tlii< act >ti!l in itfl possession: ami the requirements of tln^ 
 .lie hereb\ n vcablctoall inst it lit ioii> herd ..i- ,-d as 
 
 of public documents: /'/ /'//-/. That heieatterno 
 
 nstitntion .shall be ]>hiced upon the list whose library !<> m>t 
 
 lionsan.l voliim. district \\onld br ot her\\ ise un- 
 
 iupplied. 
 
 That rl; -n of tli-poxi;. public tloriii!i.-nt> in 
 
 aal liM rids, ami Territories .still entitled 
 
 to such ilepn>itnrie< vhall b<- made by Senators, h'rp . and 
 
 ele_ e in the |iv>cii; Oo ided. That if not 
 
 :hns mad. ;he termination ot' the sann- the Secretary of the III- 
 
 :ei'i<>r i- In-n-liy an! !io> i/.-d to make the designation, and 1, 
 anthori/ed to A< ^\\c\\ additional depositories 
 
 T l>e entitled to in virtue of increased representation. 
 
 . I. That the lil the K\ee!lli\e Mali-inn, the I.ibr.i 
 
 ( On.m-ess. the library of the Tinted S the 
 
 louse of Kei jj the library ot' each of tin- e\ecdti\ 
 
 tS, the llbrar Supreme r.mrt. the libiary ot' the < 
 
 ( '.lims. the libr:" - Patent < MhYe. the lilmin of the - 
 
62 PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 
 
 General's Office, and the library of the Smithsonian Institution are 
 hereby constituted depositories of public documents in the city of Wash- 
 ington. 
 
 BBC. 5. That the Public Printer shall deliver to the Secretary of the 
 Interior such number of copies of each and every document printed at 
 the Government Printing Office as will enable that officer to supply one 
 copy to each depository of public documents; and it is hereby made 
 the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to transmit said documents to 
 their destination as soon as practicable after they are received. 
 
 SRC. 6. That of the Journals of Congress, the annual reportsof the seve- 
 ral executive departments and offices of the government, and of publica- 
 tions of a scientific character printed at the Government Printing Office, 
 there shall be delivered by the Public Printer to the Department of the 
 Interior one thousand copies each, from which number the Secretary of 
 the Interior shall transmit one copy to each of such two university, col- 
 lege, or public libraries, not depositories of public documents, as may 
 l>e named for this purpose by each Senator, Representative, and !>! 
 gate in Congress : Frocided, That said libraries shall contain not less 
 than five thousand volumes each, nnlessa large district would be other- 
 wise unsupplied ; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized 
 to sell the remaining copies of said documents at cost. 
 
 SEC. 7. That of the Journals of Congress and the annual reiiorts of the 
 several executive departments and offices of the government there shall 
 be printed, in addition to the usual number, two thousand copies, six 
 hundred of which shall be for the use of the Senate, and one thousand 
 four hundred for the use of the House of Representatives. 
 
 SEC. 8. That of the abridgment of messages and documents, there 
 shall l printed five thousand copies, two thousand for the use of the 
 Senate, and three thousand for the use of the House of Representative*. 
 
 SEC. 9. That of the " usual number*' of documents printed by order of 
 Congress, one thousand three hundred and sixty -five (1,365) copies each 
 >h:ill lx reserved for binding, and when bound shall be delivered by 
 the Public Printer, as follows: To the Senate document-room, oue hun- 
 dred and fifty copies; to the Senate library, ten copies; to the Bouse 
 document-room, six hundred and fifty copies; to the House library, fif- 
 teen copies; to the Library of Congress, fifty-two copies; to the library 
 of each of the executive department.*, one copy; to the Department 
 of the Interior, for depositories of public document*, four hundred and 
 eighty copies. 
 
 Of the remainder of the " usual mini her," such documents as form each 
 an entire volume shall be bound in cloth; unless in t lie case of any vol- 
 ume Congress shall otherwise and specifically direct: and all others 
 left unbound, and they shall be delivered as follows: To the document - 
 room of the Semite, of Senate documents and reports, one hundred and 
 sixty copies; and of House documents and reports, eighty-five copies; 
 to the document-room of the House, of Senate documents and reports, 
 three hundred and twenty -five copies; and of House documents and 
 reports, four hundred copies; to the Department of State, for transmis- 
 sion to the legations in this capital of foreign governments, and to the 
 legations and consulates of the United States abroad, thirty-six copies 
 of Senate documents and rci>orts, and thirty-six copies of House docu- 
 ments and reports; to the Executive Mansion, to each of the executive 
 departments, to the Library of Congress, to the Smithsonian Institution, 
 to the office of the Public Printer, to the Secretary of the Senate, and 
 to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, one copy of each. 
 
PU1 
 
 m. That the PoBt-Offic. -,l n,. I directed 
 
 <> MaiiMnit free through the mail tin- document whooe dfetribntiofi i- 
 
 authorized i.y tliis act 
 
 SEC. 11. That tin- Secretary Con- 
 
 iteopeu oftbeaei ones 
 
 of public B publications of the 'J i\ ! II IIHM 
 
 der tin- p 
 
 'i tea. 
 
 .Hid all othei in OOnflfj 
 
 'hN act a IT hereby repealed. 
 
 Senate and House of li< pr< u t tin I '// '<i> >l 6 
 
 ' /,,/// \.v /. That tin- Public I'rin'- 
 
 anthori/.ed and directed to d< li\ <T to tlir dormm-nt-rooms of tli- 
 unMit of the Interior, in hound form, tin- volumes of tin- < 'onuiTssioiuil 
 (ilobr jtiirchascd from .Messrs. liivrs, and such other \ ol nines ,.f t In- (ilolx- 
 and Record, juioi to the I-'orty sc\ cut li ( 'oii^ress, as anj in liis <-harge; 
 and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby aiithoii/ed and directed, 
 from said volume*, to >ii|ily, as far M |raetiealle. existini: di-tieiciicies 
 in the sets of tlie^e documents in the following li . in the n 
 
 named: 
 
 First. Tlie lihrary of rhe K\eciiti\e Mansion, flu- lil.iai\ of each of 
 tlie executive dejiartments of the government, the library of th 
 preme Court, and the librarx of tlie ( 'onrt of Claim-. 
 
 .-ondly. The State and Territorial libraries of tin- Cmt.-d State*. 
 
 Thirdly. Such other libraries in the I'nitrd iin more 
 
 Than live thousand volumes each. 
 
 BSC. 2, That the S-eietar\ ot' the Interior >liall re|ort to ( 'oii^rew 
 tlie liluario to which these docuiiien n uanh-d and the nir 
 
 ot volmm-s delivered to each. 
 
 That. iM'uinninir with th- nth Con.i:i-e. the Publie 
 
 Printer shall deliver to th :ii'\ of the Interior tour hiindr.Ml and 
 
 sevei ;i bound OOD tie OODgrenaioIia] L'.-.-ord. \\hich shall 
 
 be distributed by the Seeretai'V of the Interior as follows: To the 
 library of the Kxeeut i\ e Mansion, one eopy ; to the Lihrary of Congress, 
 four eoj.ies: to the libra: .-hot' the executiv,- depart rneiits. t In- 
 
 lihrary of the Supreme Toiut, and the library of the Court of Claim>. 
 one COJ.N eadbj bO each Statr and Territorial library, one cop\ : to the 
 dejiosihu i<-s of jmblic documents in tin several States and T. 
 of the Cnited S .- copy eaeh : to the library f the Militars 
 
 Academy at \\'e>i I'oint. the library of the Naval Academy at An 
 napolis. the library ot' the Soldiers' Homes ; n Dayton, O 
 Me.. Milwaukee. \\ is.. Hampton, Va., and Kni^htstown Springs, uear 
 Km^htstown, hid.. OIK- eop\ each: and all la 
 
 ply of thi> document to the above name. 1 lib "rtie- 
 
 BBcer of' the government are herei- : --d. 
 
64 PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION* OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 
 
 JOINT RESOLUTION providing for the preparation and distribution of pamphlet 
 laws and Statute* at 
 
 Retolved.by the Senate and HouMeof RepreteHtatirfxofthf United State* 
 of America in Congre** a**cmbled, That the Secretary of State* in here- 
 by charged with the duty of causing the statutes of the United States 
 passed at each session of Congress, together with recent treaties, i>ostal 
 conventions, and Executive proclamations, to be edited and prepared 
 for publication and distribution. 
 
 SBC. 2. That the Public Printer shall, as soon as practicable, after 
 the close of each session of Congress, deliver of the laws of such session, 
 published in pamphlet form, as follows: To the document-rooms of the 
 Senate, for the use of the Senate, two hundred and fifty copies : to the 
 document-room of the House of Representatives, for the use of the 
 House, seven hundred and fifty copies: to the document-rooms of the 
 Department of the Interior, so many copies as will enable the Secretary 
 of the Interior to distribute, upon the designation of each Senator. 
 twenty copies, and of each Representative and Delegate, fifteen copies, 
 for the use of institutions, courts, or individuals within their re*|ective 
 States and districts. 
 
 SEC. :\. That the Public Printer shall deliver to the document-room! 
 of the Department of the Interior sixteen hundred and fifty copies of 
 the pamphlet lawn of each session of Congress, of which the Secretary 
 of the Interior shall deliver as follows: To the President, two copies; 
 to the Vice-President, one copy ; to the library of the Senate, for the use 
 of the Senate, fifty copies; to the library of the House, for the use of 
 t he I louse, fifty copies ; to the Library of ( 'ongrcss, fourteen copies : to the 
 Department of State, including those for the use of legations and coii- 
 sulatfs, three hundred and eighty-five copies; to the Treasury Depart- 
 ment. including those for the use of the officers of customs, two hun- 
 dred copies; to the War Department, fifty copies; to the Navy Depart- 
 ment, forty copies; to the Department of the Interior, including those 
 for the use of the surveyors-general and registers and receivers of pub- 
 lic lands, two hundred and fifty copies; to the Pout -Office Department. 
 forty copies; to the Department of Justice, ineliiding th<se for the use 
 of the chief and associate justices, the judges and officers of the United 
 States and Territorial courts, four hundred copies; to the Department 
 of Agriculture, two copies; to the Smithsonian Institution, one copy ; 
 to the Public Printing Office, one copy: to each State and Territorial 
 library, one copy. 
 
 SHO. 4. That as soon us practicable after the close of each Congress, 
 the Public Printer shall deliver to the document-rooms of the Department 
 of the Interior twenty-eight hundred copies of the Statutes at Large of 
 the United States for such Congress, bound in sheep, which shall be 
 distributed by the Secretary of the Interior as follows: -To the Presi- 
 dent, two copies, one of which shall IN* for the library of the Executive- 
 Mansion: to the Vice-President, one copy; to each Senator, Representa- 
 tive, and Delegate in Congress, one copy; to the librarian of the Sen- 
 ate, for the use of the Senate, seventy-five copies; to Uie librarian of 
 the House, for the usc,of the House, two hundred and fifty copies; to 
 the Library of Congress, fourteen copies: to the Department of State, 
 including those for the uae of legations and consulates, three hun- 
 dred and eighty-five copies; to the Treasury Department, including 
 those for the use of the officers of customs, two hundred and sixty cop- 
 ies; to the War Department, fifty copies; to the library of the Military 
 Academy at West Point, one copy: to the Navy Department. forty cop 
 
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 actual rt a> hr ina\ ilrrm jn-t ami '>!<: ami thr prOOee 
 
 all salrx shall !< paid <|iiartrrl\ intn ii ir\. 
 
 BEG. 6. That thr-aid pamphlet COpl68 Of the -inn. ami 
 
 thr said hound mpir> nt' th- aotB Ol iiall IN* legal 
 
 driirr nf thr la\\> and Heat K > thnrili mntailird III all tlir rn|||t> nl thr 
 I'nitrd Statr> and nl th< tefl I hrrrin. 
 
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 rrlan n\ Statr l\ thr art nlCnn .|.|n\rd tiir t \\riitirth d 
 
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 K'r\ isrd Statutes thr Srmn l.a\\s. ,n,d thr > 
 
 thr game are ln-rrl\. tiaii>lriird in n tarj <t thr Intrrim. uhn 
 
 shall. IVoiii and attri thr | 
 
 disrh;u,i:r thr diitirs in rrlatinn in NIH-JI riiMnd\. d i>t i ihul mn. and .sale 
 
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 Iv'rvisrd S|;ili|lr> nl' I hr I nil- J and nl thr L'.-\ 
 
 latinu !< thr histiirt nl ( <> 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 >i ,i , piililir . and |ins| mads, and 
 
 all r. mn La\\> <.| (JOl 'il thr Statntrs at Large 
 
 irlii.iinin- in his nllirr In) t Ilr |UII|msf n| d i >t 1 I lll t loll nl .;,!,. at tiir 
 irll rr<|iiis||jnn I iv 111 "t thr I 
 
 i >1N i fcUiSOLUTlON providing foi : ltii.h- ilM-iiin> 
 
 Resolved by the Senftt* ,,! // 
 
 "/. That thr I'lihlir I'rilit.-l shall Niiluiiit 
 InthrSr. ., t t Ilr I II t r rjnl . n|| t Ilr ll 1 - 'Iliolltll. MM'h 
 
 \\orks as ha\c INM-II dcli\nrd to him to In- printed dnrinu thr jur 
 inontli: and In- shall also. ..n tin- In si ni rarh ,nnnt h. MI I unit t" tin- Sec- 
 
66 PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 
 
 ivt.ii \ of the Interior a lint of Kiich works as have been printed at the 
 Government Printing Office during the previous month, giving in mpeet 
 to each the title, the number of pages, the cost per copy, and the officer 
 or the office of the government for whose use it is printed; and the Secre- 
 tary ot the Interior is hereby authorized to sell an> public document, of 
 which the edition is not exhausted, at the cost of the same. 
 
 SEC. 2. That whenever application is made to the Secretary of the 
 Interior for the purchase of a public document not in bis charge, he 
 shall make requisition for the same on the officer or office for whose use 
 it has been printed, and said officer or office is hereby directed to supply 
 the same, provided any copies remain not required for strictly official 
 use. 
 
 SEC. 3. That the Public Printer is hereby directed to deliver to the 
 Secretary of the Interior any and all documents now in his hands which 
 have been ordered for sale by him. the said Public Printer, and all 
 documents hereafter printed which have Iteen or shall be ordered for 
 sale by the government. 
 
 SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior shall require the superin- 
 tendent of documents of his department to give bonds in such sum as 
 he may determine. 
 
 SEC. 5. That the proceeds of all stiles of document* shall lie turned 
 into the Treasury, and a detailed report be made annually to Congrats 
 of documents sol| ;ml tin* amount received for the same.