JOINT RESOLUTION directing the manncr
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JOINT RESOLUTION directing the manner ol

 procuring ttls prinilns Tor Ihe t~o Houses oi

 Congress.

 Kesoicei 6y ihs Senate agl Ioase cf RsprestI. taiirss of fis UHef Sfat6s of .f@erca 'a Congress usse1aJie9. That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be and they are hereby authorized and required, al the be ginning of the final session oi every Congress, 10 advertise for fouI weeks excessively, iu all the newspapers published in the city oi Washington, for sealed proposals for supplying the Senate and House of Representatives respectively, oi the next ensuing Congress, with the necessary printing for each; which advertise ment shall describe the kind of printing and the quality of paper required, as near as may be, in the execution oi the work; and said advertisement shall divide and classify the printing of the respective Houses as follows; Oae of bills and resolutions; one ot reports ot commit tees; one of journals; of executive documents; and one for every other description of printing; each class to be separate job, aud to be provided for by separate contract. The said advertisement shall also contain designation of the place in the said city of Washington where such sealed propo- sals slal be received, and the day and time of day at which said Secretary and Clerk will cease to ie ceiye any further proposals. And ihe Secretary aud Clerk aforesaid shaH provide suitable samples of the printing required, and O! the paper oa "iieh the same is 10 be executed to be kept al the place 50 designated as aforesaid at least twenty days sne- Lcessively before the time oi receiving proposals shall expire open 10 th> inspection ss ali persons desiring to make proposals iog the pria'ing aisfe- said intelligence wtereo. shall De coalsiHed ih sad adverts sla,:n.. Immediately on the exPraiion oi the time for receiving said proposals they shall be opened by the Secretary and Clerk aforesaid, in the presence of the Vice President or President of the Senate, and the speaker ef tae House ot Reqre. seatatiyes. and d such persons making proposals as may wish 10 be present. And the Secretary of the Senate, under the supervision Of the Vice fTe- sdeat oF President o the Senate, and the Clerk ei the Houss of Representatives, nsGei the saPervis' ion of the Speaker, shall thereapon let each class of said printing to t.e lowest bidder wh6sdai far nish satisfactory evidence of his practical skill and his ability to do the work, and who ssil eiier good and sufficient security for the faithful execution ol i the jobs and contracts undertaken by him, And 1 thareapon the Vice President or Pesideut oi the Senate and it's Secretary, and inc Speaker of the House and its Clerk, shal proceed to take bonds with good and sufficient security, for the due and faithfal performance of the work; and the officers aforesaid shall immediately thereafter report to hei respective Houses all such lettings of printing sas the contracts relating to the same PSerssd. fha the said pscposas shall remain sealed until the tm' l appointed ior esanining iha s4;s;s.

 