each year. The provisions for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act June 23, 1913, c. 3, § 1, 38 Stat. 67. Provisions for the appointment and duties of chief clerk were contained in section 44 of the Printing and Binding Act of 1895, post, § 7007. § 6975. (Act Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 20.) Examining boards. The chief clerk, the foreman of printing, and a person designated by the Joint Committee on Printing, shall constitute a board to examine and report in writing on all paper delivered under contract, or by purchase or otherwise, at the Government Printing Office. The chief clerk, foreman of binding, and a person designated by the Joint Committee on Printing shall constitute a board to examine and report in writing on all material, except paper, for the use of the bindery. The chief clerk, the foreman of printing, and a person designated by the Joint Committee on Printing shall constitute a board of condemnation, who, upon the call of the Public Printer, shall determine the condition of presses and other machinery and material used in the Government Printing Office, with a view to condemnation. (28 Stat. 603.) The Public Printer was to compare the paper delivered under contract with the standard prescribed by the Joint Committee by section 7 of this act, ante, § 6961. Annual appropriations for the salary of the inspector of paper and material provided for in this section are made in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation acts. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 743. § 6976. (Act Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 21.) Sale or exchange of condemned materials. Whenever any machinery or material in the Government Printing Office shall have been regularly condemned as unserviceable, the Public Printer may sell the same, after public advertisement, to the highest bidder, for cash, and turn the proceeds into the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That in case the sum or sums offered for such advertised property should be deemed by him too low, he may exchange said old machinery or material for new, paying the difference in money, and render appropriate vouchers for such expenditure. (28 Stat. 604.) § 6977. (Act Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 22.) Annual report to Congress of cost of printing, paper, contracts, payments, etc. The Public Printer shall, on the first day of each regular session, report to Congress the exact condition and the quantity and cost of all printing, binding, lithographing, and engraving; the quantity and cost of all paper purchased for the same; a detailed statement of all proposals and contracts entered into for the purchase of paper and other materials, and for lithographing and engraving; of all payments made, during the preceding year, under his direction; of the quantity of work ordered and done, with a general classification thereof, for each Department, and a detailed statement of each account with the Departments or public officers; a classified detailed statement of the number of hands employed and the sums paid to each; and such other information touching all matters con nected with the Printing Office as may be in his possession. (28 Stat. 604.) This section superseded R. S. § 3821, and a paragraph in Act March 3, 1893, c. 208, § 1, 27 Stat. 572, which contained similar provisions. It also superseded Res. June 20, 1874, No. 12, 18 Stat. 288, which required the Congressional Printer to keep a separate and detailed account of all expenditures for printing, mailing, and binding of Congressional Records, including specific statements of the cost of all machinery and materials used for the publication thereof, and to publish the amounts thus expended in his annual report, separately from other disbursements. A report of the number of copies of each Department report and document printed, and of books bound, upon requisitions, was required by section 19 of this act, ante, § 6973. The printing and distribution of the annual report of the Public Printer were provided for by section 73, par. 62, of this act, post, § 7091. (Act Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 23. Superseded.) This section provided that employés of the Government Printing Office, whether employed by the piece or otherwise, were to be allowed leaves of absence with pay, not exceeding thirty days in any one fiscal year, under such rules and regulations and at such times as the Public Printer might designate, at the rate of pay received by them during the time in which their leaves were earned, but that such leaves should not be allowed to accumulate from year to year, and that employés engaged on piece work should receive the same rate of pay for their leaves as day hands, and that those regularly employed on the Congressional Record should receive leaves with pay at the close of each session pro rata for the time of such employment, and that those serving fractional parts of a year should be allowed pro rata leaves. It superseded Act June 30, 1886, c. 572, 24 Stat. 91, which fixed the maximum limit of leaves of absence at fifteen days; also Act Aug. 1, 1888, c. 722, 25 Stat. 352, which increased the maximum limit to thirty days, and authorized pro rata leaves to those serving fractional parts of a year; also a paragraph in Act June 19, 1894, c. 108, § 1, 28 Stat. 93, which authorized the Public Printer to pay pro rata leave of absence out of any appropriation for leaves of absence to employés in any fiscal year, notwithstanding the fact that thirty days' leave, with pay, might have been granted to such employés in that fiscal year on account of service rendered in a previous fiscal year. The provision in said Act June 19, 1894, c. 108, § 1, was re-enacted by Act March 2, 1895, c. 187, § 1, 28 Stat. 868. Both this section (section 23) and the provision of said Act March 2, 1895, c. 187, § 1, were superseded by a provision of Act June 11, 1896, c. 420, § 1, post, § 7017. § 6978. (Act Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 24.) Congressional Record; unbound copies for Members of Congress. There shall be reserved by the Public Printer from the quota of each member of Congress and Delegate one copy of the Congressional Record in unstitched form, to be delivered to each member or Delegate; and there shall be furnished to each standing committee of Congress one copy, which copies for members and committees shall be bound promptly in paper when each semimonthly index shall be issued and shall be delivered without delay. (28 Stat. 604.) The control of the arrangement and style of the Record, its contents, and the publication of semimonthly and session indexes, were provided for by section 13 of this act, ante, § 6967. The appointment of a person to prepare the semimonthly and session indexes to the Record was authorized by section 14 of this act, ante, § 6968. The sale of the Record was provided for by section 40 of this act, post, § 7002. Provisions for the gratuitous distribution of the daily and bound Record, and for subscriptions to the daily Record, were made by section 73, pars. 45-60, of this act as amended, Res. March 19, 1896, No. 31, Act June 11, 1896, c. 420, § 1, Act Jan. 30, 1903, c. 338, post, § 7090. Provisions for printing extracts from the Record for Members of Congress, and for mailing envelopes and franks therefor, were made by section 37 of this act, and Act March 2, 1895, c. 189, § 1, post, §§ 6992, 6993. Provisions for furnishing newspaper correspondents with copies of the daily and bound Record were made by Res. Feb. 17, 1897, No. 12, as amended by Res. March 26, 1900, No. 15, post, § 7124. Provisions for supplying the Congressional Library with copies of the daily Record were made by Res. Jan. 28, 1899, No. 12, and Res. March 4, 1909, No. 25, post, §§ 7125, 7126. § 6979. (Act Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 25.) Stereotyping and electrotyping. The Public Printer shall cause to be stereotyped or electrotyped all matter when there is a reason to believe that it will be needed a second time. (28 Stat. 604.) § 6980. (Act Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 26.) Annual estimates for paper. The Public Printer shall, at the beginning of each session of Congress, submit to the Joint Committee on Printing estimates of the quantity of paper of all descriptions which will be required for the public printing and binding during the ensuing year. (28 Stat. 604.) This section superseded R. S. § 3766, which contained similar provisions. § 6981. (Act Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 27.) Annual estimates of ex penses. He shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of the Treasury, annually, in time to have the same embraced in the estimates from that Department, detailed estimates of the sums which will be required for salaries, wages, printing, engraving, lithographing, binding, materials, and other necessary expenses of said Printing Office for the ensuing fiscal year. (28 Stat. 604.) This section superseded R. S. § 3814, which contained similar provisions. and R. S. § 3822, which required the Congressional Printer to submit to Congress, at the beginning of each session, detailed estimates of the sums required for the support of the Government Printing Office. It was made the duty of the Public Printer to submit annual estimates in detail, under the head of "Printing and Binding," covering appropriations requisite for all work to be done and services to be rendered under his direction by the provisions of this act, and not previously required of him, by Act March 2, 1895, c. 189, § 1, post, § 6982. Besides the estimates of the sums to be required for salaries, etc., and other expenses of the Government Printing Office, to be submitted under this section, the Public Printer was required to submit annually estimates for clerks and other employés in the executive or administrative offices of the Government Printing Office, by a provision accompanying the appropriations for the office in Act May 27, 1908, c. 200, § 1, post, § 6983. § 6982. (Act March 2, 1895, c. 189, § 1.) Annual estimates by Public Printer. It shall be the duty of the Public Printer to submit to Congress at the beginning of its next regular session, estimates in detail under the head of Printing and binding for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven and annually thereafter covering appropriations requisite for all work to be done and services to be rendered under his direction by the provisions of the said Act and not previously required of him; and of the details of all such estimates, he shall notify the heads of the Executive Departments and other Government establishments affected thereby, within such time as will enable them to omit the amounts thereof from the estimates of appropriations which they are required to submit for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. (28 Stat. 961.) This was a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1896, cited above. The act referred to in this section was the Printing and Binding Act of 1895. The Public Printer was required to submit to the Joint Committee on Printing at the beginning of each session of Congress estimates of the quantity of paper of all descriptions which will be required for the public printing and binding during the ensuing year, by section 26 of the Printing and Binding Act of 1895, ante, § 6980. He was also required to prepare and submit to the Secretary of the Treasury, annually, detailed estimates of the sums which would be required for salaries, wages, printing, engraving, lithographing, binding, materials, and other necessary expenses of the Printing Office for the ensuing fiscal year, by section 27 of said act, ante, § 6981. The Public Printer was also required to submit annually estimates for clerks and other employés in the executive or administrative offices of the Government Printing office, by a provision accompanying the appropriations for the office in Act May 27, 1908, c. 200, § 1, post, § 6983. § 6983. (Act May 27, 1908, c. 200, § 1.) Public Printer; other officers, clerks, etc., in Government Printing Office, and estimates and appropriations therefor. Office of the Public Printer: Public Printer, five thousand five hundred dollars; deputy public printer, three thousand six hundred dollars; private secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; stenographer, one thousand dollars; cashier and paymaster, two thousand five hundred dollars; paying teller, two thousand dollars; one messenger; one telephone switch-board operator; two assistant telephone switch-board operators; chief inspector and purchasing agent, three thousand six hundred dollars; and one clerk of class one; in all, twenty-four thousand four hundred and ten dollars. Office of superintendent of documents: Superintendent of documents, three thousand dollars; principal clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; clerk in charge of the Congressional Record at the Capitol, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand three hundred dollars. Office of foreman of printing: Foreman of printing, two thousand five hundred dollars. Office of foreman of presswork: Foreman of presswork, two thousand five hundred dollars. Office of foreman of binding: Foreman of binding, two thousand five hundred dollars. Office of the superintendent of supplies: Superintendent of supplies, two thousand five hundred dollars. Watch force: Captain of the watch, one thousand two hundred dollars; two lieutenants of the watch, at nine hundred dollars each, and sixty-four day and night watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, forty-nine thousand and eighty dollars. The Public Printer shall submit for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, and annually thereafter, estimates for all clerks and other employees additional to the foregoing who may be required in the executive or administrative offices of the Government Printing Office; and no funds other than those specifically appropriated under said estimates shall be used during said fiscal year for services in the Government Printing Office of the character specified in said estimates and appropriated for thereunder. (35 Stat. 382.) These were provisions, under the heading "Government Printing Office," in the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1909, cited above. The appropriations for the several officers, clerks, and employés named are for the fiscal year only, but reference to them is necessary to the application of the requirement in the last paragraph of estimates for subsequent years "for all clerks and other employés additional to the foregoing who may be required in the executive or administrative offices" of that office. Similar provisions were made by the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the preceding fiscal year, Act Feb. 26, 1907, c. 1635, § 1, 34 Stat. 943. The portion of this provision omitted here, relating to the office of deputy Public Printer, is set forth ante, § 6974. The Public Printer was required to submit to the Secretary of the Treasury, annually, detailed estimates of the sums required for salaries, wages, etc., for the ensuing fiscal year, by section 27 of the Printing and Binding Act of 1895, ante, § 6981. The Public Printer was also required to submit annual estimates in detail under the head of printing and binding covering appropriations requisite for all work to be done and services to be rendered under his direction by the provisions of the Printing and Binding Act of 1895, and not previously required of him, by Act March 2, 1895, c. 189, § 1, ante, § 6982. (Act Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 28. Superseded.) This section authorized advances to the Public Printer, in a sum not exceeding at any time four-fifths of the penalty of his bond, to enable him to pay for work and material. It superseded R. S. § 3816, which authorized advances in a sum not exceeding two-thirds of the penalty of the bond, and Act May 29, 1894, c. 85, 28 Stat. 84, which amended section 3816 so as to increase the amount which might be advanced to four-fifths of the penalty of the bond. It was superseded by a provision of Act March 30, 1900, c. 118, § 1, was post, § 6984, which permitted advances to the full penalty of the bond. § 6984. (Act March 30, 1900, c. 118.) Advances to Public Printer. Hereafter there shall be advanced to the Public Printer from time to time, as the public service may require it, and under such rules as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, a sum of money not exceeding at any time the penalty of his official bond, to enable him to pay for work and material. (31 Stat. 58.) This provision was part of the urgent deficiency appropriation act for the fiscal year 1900. It superseded section 28, of the Printing and Binding Act of 1895, which provided for advances to the extent of four-fifths of the penalty of the bond. § 6985. (Act Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 29.) Receipts from sales to be covered into Treasury; report. Moneys received from sales of extra copies of documents, paper shavings, imperfections, waste gold leaf, leather and book cloth scraps, and for the sale of old and condemned material, shall be deposited by the Public Printer in the Treasury of the United States, |