32 THIRTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 91. 1852. Su Pegg; Wallis the requisitions of the public printer or printers, and to charge him or them chgged ,,0 the theregvith; and halql the printing isreturned and passed by the said superpubno printer. inten ent, he s credit the public printer with the quantit us d ‘ Account of pv the public service. It shall be the duty of said superintendenl to Ebay; supplied hg the requisitions of the printer and the returns of paper by the printe iggmfdl at balanced at least once in each year, and in default thereof to report th; mpmgvd mdjogf same to Congress for such proceedings as Congress may direct. In degross. fault of any contractor under this law to comply with his contract in Prorpgiqn I in furnishing the paper inproper time and of proper quality, the superin- {_’h"·;° °w;tw*£f tendent is authorized to advertise for proposals, as hereinbefore provided, gm- P,,,,,,_ and award the contract to the lowest bidder; and for any increase of cost to the government in procuring a proper supply of paper for the Esc of thedgovelpnmenpl, tlée contractor in default and his securities shall e c argc wit and el responsible for the same and shall be prosccuted upon their bond, by the superintendent, in thd name of the United W the Cu·cu1t Court of the United States for the District of _ ithin what Ec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the public printer shall be §g1;mt;°,fa`}?gg xqulqed to iqxxeeute each job of printing intrusted to him within thirty one. ys rom edate of 1ts delivery by the superintendent, except bills, reports, and Joint resolutions, which shall be returned as the Clerk of the House, or Secretary of the Senate shall require, unless, for good Eslorgpqoslhgwtiziotlgqlrsttgegnttpndent of rgintipg shallhexterlpd the time. _ i emanymaer on<vertnt’td deduction of five per ccntum shall be made by the supdrintelidglntillsdnzl lil.`; if `$}.?.€t$S..‘iZ.‘°.1”I.”‘£&·‘Z*" ::*21* $*2* “‘“d.~$" “l‘”‘.i°""“ °"i“}“.'{.“°“ °f _ _ O iron eniono weny as. e b- lic printer shall detain such matter for sixty days, theysuperintenldldnt shall withdraw it entirely, and shall employ- another printer to execute tgghsgng ttlpith pppmptness, plpiin the;) terms provided by law; and in 8 S e pu tcprmter s not e allowed th of . ugppgirétsnpggt Sec. 6: and be it further enacted, That the sdpeiflhtendent of the mst6d_ public printing shall not be directly or indirectly interested in the business of the public printing, or in any material to be used by the Penalty for public printer, or in any contract for furnishing paper to Congress or to ,;,,],,¤,,,, of this any department or bureau of the government of the United States. For provision. any violation of this provision the superintendent of the public printing shall forfeit his office, and may be indicted before the District Court for the District of Columbia, and if found guilty, shall be imprisoned in the pemtentiary of the District of Columbia for any term not less than one nor more than five years, and in addition thereto, may be fined in any B M I rm sum from one thousand to ten thousand dollars. uyge ° Sec. 7. And be it fzmlzer enacted, That when any document shall be is to be (Etna, ordered to be printed by both houses of Congress the entire println of 12E4x;- 60, § 6- such document shall be done by the printer of,tl1at house which éirst mfg hglsgrhgn ordered the same. And whenever the same person or the Same Srm dma me nm slhall be printer for both houses of Congress, and both houses shall order prin rig. the same document to be printed within three weeks of the same time, composition shall be charged but once for said document; and no sum zltlimhbqx paid tpegaitdl prnéter Tor altering the headings from the form in e prin em t to th f f ‘ ‘ E bh f may Shgu jurwmds be Simca. e crm or orms in which such docu- “*° °“·”°° E0- - ndbeitfwrtheren tdTh Go . . ac e at there hall b l t d b ,, p';%f:f_t° °l“°* lic printer for each House of Congress, to do the `public (psirltirig iln?l1he Sgpégqess {'gr which he or they may be chosen, and such printing for the Sump ive epartments and ureaus of the government of the United Ram of com- _ t S as may be delivered him or them to be printed, by the superpopswou for Imp bent of the public printing. The following rates of compensation printing. amgrggfli f1‘01¤ time to time for such printing as may be ordered by
