40 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 22. 1868. Mwb 9, 1868- CHAP. XXII.-—An Act in Relation tg the Pr0mu@ation of the Laws of the United tutes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 3;}*3* gggg States of America in Oongresa assembled, That from and after the nassage 5;-u;,?Sh;,,g of this act it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to furnxsh the wpgressiqnal congressional printer with a. correct copy of every act; and joint resolu- Q;‘"°°;f‘X;';f md tion as soon as possible after its approval by the President of the United mgguuions. States, or after it shall have become a. law in accordance with the Constitution without such approval. And so much of section seven of the Repwl QF- act entitled "An act to expedite and regulate the printing of the public ¥2f·g}{ 1;5i§57‘ documents, and for other purposes/’ approved June twenty-Eve, eighteen `hundred and sixty-four, as requires the secretary of the Senate to furnish such co , is hereb re ealed. §J¢>¤zr¤S¤i¤¤¤1 Simp; And beyit §`urther enacted, That the congressional printer, $`;‘;°"°d° on receipt of the copy provided for in the foregoing section, shall in l every case immediately cause an accurate printed copy of the act or resolution, as it shall have been furnished to him, to be prepared and sent in duplicate to the Secretary of State for revision, and on return of one of the revised duplicates the congressional printer shall at once have the marked corrections made, should there be any, and cause to be printed and sent to the Department of State fifty copies, and also cause }{¤¤Y>¤Y of to be printed separately the usual number for the use of the two Houses °°p*°°° of Congress: Provided, That on request of the Secretary of State the congressional printer shall furnish to the Department of State any @:}<;litio¤a1 gddzlogal unmber of copies of any act or resolution, not exceeding five un e COPIES. $;z<;*£§;§· Sec. 3. And be it furthe? enacted, That il; shall be the duty of the ged to publish Secretary of State to transmit to the congressional printer, at the begin- 1aws,mn¤ mr- ning of each session of Congress, and thereafter when necessary; n list Q;;:°3 £l‘;'g;‘3 of all newspapers authorized bylaw to publish the laws of the ·United to thkm copy of States, with their respective post-offices, so far as the same shall have p¤bli<=_l¤W¤ md been communicated to him by the clerk of the House of Representa- "s°1“°’°"‘ tives; and it shall be the duty of the congressional printer, on the Secx·eta.ry of printing of each act or resolution, excepting those which are of a private gx23S3S2yé; character, and which shall be so designated by the Secretary of State, to um, O,~,,p,.i_ transmit a copy thereof to each of the editors of such newspapers for vm character. prompt publication; and the number of copies of the public acts and resolutions requisite for this purpose are hereby authorized and required Jgztgigz, gc. be pmnted; andall letters anal documentsto and from the congresposmm s10m1lpr1nter, relating to the dutxcs and busmess of Ins office, shall be tranginxgteékby {nag; free of pggage, under such regulations as may be esta xs e y the ostmaster- neva]. m£f;;;S:g¤: €f 4. And be Qt further enactei That all the provisions of this act ply w mmm; whxclm apply to public acts and resolutions shall in like manner apply to und pnsmlcon- treahes between the government of the United States and foreign
- '§;;*°;‘;· 20 52 governments, after they shall have been duly ratified and proclaimed by
voyf ix; p_’689the President of the United States ; and shall also apply to postal conlizl, 48%2;.venl:10ns made between the 1?0Stm&St8P-G6H€l'&l, by and with [the] Pgs: i) Pé47 · advice and consent of the President, on the part of che United States, ’ and eqluvalent officers of foreign governments on the part of their respective countries, under the authority of the second section of the act entitled "‘ An act to reduce and modify the rates of postage in the United
St3te s&a.nd for ;thex?p;rpe?:s," approved March three, eighteen hundred
rovisomsm an 1 y-one: ravi e , " at it shall be the dut of the Postmaster- 5%*;;;* °°“"'°"' General to transmit a copy of each of said convenglons to the Secretary 0; State, for tlgxpuxgnoiga, ang that the printed copy of said conventions
s a e revise y the ost- Hicc Department.
g35g2t0L:; Sine. 5. And be it further enacted, That. all laws and parts of laws ‘ requmng the Secretary of State to send the laws first directly to news-
