306 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 287, 288. 1866. Su?e»·inte¤d— Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the °*;;’n‘;hl’“3‘;’% superintendent of public printing to compare every lot of paper delivered Erm pair dc- by any contractor with the standard of quality, and also to see that it 1iv¤~<i¤<>¤*“<>¤¤¤ is of the weight contracted for, and to refuse to accept any paper from "t°°°mr°°t’ any contractor which does not conform to the standard of quality and is not of the stipulated weight. And in case of difference of opinion between the superintendent of public priming and any contractor for paper Gomrnittce to with respect to its quality, the matter of difference shall be determined by g;;;m:_2‘;hd‘g;’;; the joint committee on printing: Provided, That in default of any coummm tractor to comply with his contract in furnishing the naperlcontracted for, is £2¤%;:_;*:5:<>* in the proper tune, and of proper quality and weight, 1t shall be the supmmwdeht duty of the superintendent of Public printing ·to report the same to the to report to Joint committee on printing if Congress is in session, or to the Secre-
- g;f;‘;;_*°°;’;d tary of the Interior if during a recess of Congress, and he shall, under
m,k,,,¥,Qw the direction of the joint committee on printing or of the Secretary of ¤<>¤¤’¤¤f; the Interior, as the case may be, enter into a new contract with the lowest and best bidder for the interest of the government, amongst those whose proposals were rejected at the last opening of lbids, or advertise U for new proposals, under the regulations before established ; and during ¤1¤¤·¤Wl¤¤l¤ ¤¤ the interval which may thus be created, he shall, under the direction of {::r°1;°:°’“ °P°” the joint committee on printing or of the Secretary of the Interior, as above provided, purchase in open market, at the lowest market price, all such paper necessary for the public service. For any increase of cost to the government in procuring a supply of paper for the use of the govern· Defaulting ment, the contractor or contractors in default and his or their securities
b° shall be charged with and held responsible for the same, and shall be
my fincrease of prosecuted upon their bond by the solicitor of the treasury, in the P¤¤€· name of the United States, in the circuit court of the United States m S“""°“ b°“dS' the district in which the defaulting contractor resides ;‘ and to enable the solicitor to do so, it shall be the duty of the supermtendentlof public printing to report to him the default on its happening, with a full u‘;;*{1’;;€g';‘g’b° statement of all the facts in the case: And provided further, That the gpm mgykgt joint committee on public printing, or, during the recess of Congress, the W¤¤¥<= <1¤_¤¤mY Secretary of the Interior, be authorized to empower the superintendent
- fQ;Qr°0°;'fhG of public printing to make purchases of paper, in open market, at the
wantlmmediute. lowest market price, whenever in their opinion the quantity required is ss small, or the want is so immediate, as not to justi y a vertisement or an award of contract therefor. Cqnfiicting Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws, joint fgggéigzés °‘ mw resolutions, or parts of resolutions, conflicting with the above provisions, Superintend- be and they are hereby repealed; nor shall the superintendent of public gg5a!:;; ximg; printing print any greater number of the reports herein named, unless otherof copies ,,,,1,,,,, wise directed by either house of Congress. &¤. Approved, July 27, 1866. _
- '- CHAP. CCLXXXVIH.—An Act the httserrwval of Causes in certain Cases from
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- 1867, ch. 196.
P"', P- 568-] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United $¤i¤ Whew States of America in Cbngress assembled, That if in any suit already gffP"ff;°;‘;;`c;';ds commenced, or that may hereafter be commenced, in any State court $500 in State against an alien, or by a citizen of the State in which the suit is brought 32:;;* $2;** against a citizen of another State, and the matter in dispute exceeds the ,,,;;,,3;,, of th, sum of Eve hundred dollars, exclusive offcostss to be made to appear t0 State where the satisfaction of the court, a citizen o the tate in which the suit is
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- l““* brought is or shall be a defendant, and if the suit so far as relates to the
me stm and A alien defendant or to the defendant who is the citizen of a State other ggfgiagiggigiss than that in which the suit is brought, is or has been instituted or nr0seam, gm may be cuted for the purpose of restraining or enjoming him, or if the suit is one
