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120 THIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rss. 25, 26, 27. 1860. Superintendent, nor any other officer to be appointed under this act shall, during his conf¢°·· 330; *3}** gk tinuance in office, have any interest, direct or 1l1d|l`80f, ID the publication ,,??;d,,6c,i;.$(Q,g of any newspaper or periodical, or in any printing of any kind, or in any binding or engraving, or in any contract for furnishing paper or other material connected with the public printing; and any violation of this Penalty. section shall subject the party olfending, on conviction before any court of competent jurisdiction, to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than one, nor more than five years, and to a fine of Eve hundred dollars. Collusion of Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That if the said Superintendent S“P°““*°“d°“°· shall corruptly collude with any person or persons furnishing materials or bidding therefor, or with any other person or persons, or have any secret understanding with him or them, by himself or through others, to defraud the United States, or by which the government of the United States shall be defrauded or made to sustain a loss, contrary to the true intent and How punished. meaning of this act, he shall, upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, forfeit his office and be subject to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than three, or more than seven years, and to a line of three thousand dollars. Approved, June 23, 1860. J 625 mM_ [N0. 26.] A Resolution explanatory ¢y" the eighth Section o tb Act O - —EL-—-·i-—-———· . proved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred a`1{dji_;‘2y-nin? ongress ap °g$1’;°;‘l°K;Q 2; Resolved by tbe Senate and House of Representatives of the United

g5g,cn_ 66, ,g_ States if America in Congress assembled, That the repeal of [by] the

V<>l· XL p- 401- eiigpth section of the act of Congress, approved the twenty-eighth day of e ruary eighteen hundred and fiftymine of so much of the act of Congress entitled "An act to regulate trade and intercourse with Indian tribes, and to preserve- peace on the frontiers," approved June thirtieth eighteen 1834 h 161 r - VOL $, 729: hundred and thirty-.our, as provides that the United States shall make indemnigicapop out of the treasury for- property taken or destroyed in certain gtgslelse yonigtiang tpespasping on white men, as described in said act, shall · rue o es roy or impair any right to indemnity which existed at the date of said repeal. Approved, June 25, 1860. J ', . . .

 [No. 27.] Jam: Resolution to reduce the Price of Public Printmg.

Price of public Resolved by the Senate d H, • P"l”*l”K"°€l)“°°d· States of America in Oongrzgs asse;i¢b9£zd?fThii3tvi·h;c,g1(dtd;;ses)£ldil;hglnixhd

22, ch. fgé allowed for the public printing by the act entitled "An act to provide for

°` x' p' ‘ elfcutrng the trnblic printing and establishing the prices thereof, and for l’f.f’.F.3”E§S€i; .2€°é’I§i“§°$.A“g““.l“¥°"”`EL" "lg’1iS""“ }‘"“""‘* “"" ““" _»_samenaor tereo tat' t ;f - position, press-work, folding, stitching, aiid inserting mdzsoaiildy pltillesohxd gpg sarge are, reilucgd forty per centum; and that, tbr the purposle of? x P uorce an e act to this resolution, the Superintendent of the Euplhc Pipptingg is hereby authorized and directed to cause the accounts h tefpu ic printer or printers to be made out and rendered to him, as hereio gre, under the provisions of the act of August twenty-six, eighteen in lpeh and fifty-two, (except as to the printing of the Post-Oliice blanks,

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€r·)a;e1(pie1; ordered by law to be put out by contract to the lowest

shan déduct fr e ope certifying the same to the Treasury for payment, he Bum of { t om e aggregate amount of each account so rendered the dma mor per centum, and the residue shall be received by the public when me my p · printers as full compensation for the work stated in said This re l t h a°°°°m' hg,,,;, mms A so u IOHJS all take eifect from the passage thereof e ec. rraovnn, unc 25, 1860. °