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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. 607 All moneys accruing under this section shall be deposited by the R¤¤¤ii>¢¤- Public Printer in the Treasury of the United States and accounted for in his annual report to Congress. Sec. 38. The Public Printer may purchase in open market, and with- P¤*¤¤ ¤¤P1¤l*¤¤- out previous advertising, such supplies as the Government Printing Oilice may require, of ink, rollers, composition for making rollers, tapes, press blankets, and lubricating oils, taking care that only the lowest market prices be paid; and when practicable he shall issue circulars inviting bids. · SEc. 39. The Public Printer shall pay no greater price for composi- wmation than fifty cents per thousand ems, to pressmen fifty cents per hour, and forty cents per hour for time work to printers and bookbinders: Provided, That the pay of all employees of the Government Printing nm:". Office engaged on night work (between the hours of five 0’clock post- M·‘i"* "°""· meridian and eight o’clock antemeridian) shall be twenty per centum in addition to the amount paid for day labor. Sec. 40. The Public Printer, under the direction of the Joint Com- mf}? fl mwmv mittee, may print for ale, at a price sufficient to reimburse the expense °°°r ` of such printing, the current Congressional Directory and the current numbers and bound sets of the Congressional Record; The money derived from such sales shall be paid into the Treasury and accounted forin his annual report to Congress, and no sales shall bemade on credit. _ Sec. 41. The Public Printer shall pre erve in his office samples oi eq§"_f;:]':l'jg= °*"·· *° the paper on which any engravings or lithographs are to be furnished by contract, and he shall not receive any engraving or lithograph which is not printed on paper equal to the sample, or which is not executed in the proper manner or in the quantity contracted for, or within the time specified in the contract, unless, for special reasons, he may have extended the time. The contractor shall not be paid except upon the certiilcate of the Public Printer that his contract has been complied with. Sec. 42. The Public Printer shall furnish to all applicants giving §{*§°,f_w*°?,,,';*,,°lf!,j, notice before the matter is put to press, not exceeding two hundred and mauiés.’' fifty to any one applicant, copies of bills, reports, and documents, said applicants paying in advance the cost of such printing with ten per centum added: Provided, That the printing of such work for private Pm6u_ parties shall not interfere with the printing for the Government. R°'°"°°""" Sec. 43. The Public Printer shall, on the first day of July in each LM ¤f¤m1>1·>y¤¤¤· year in which a new Congress is to assemble, cause to be tiled in the Department of the Interior a tbl] and complete list of all officers, agents, clerks, and employees employed in his department, or in any of the branch offices. He shall include in such list all the statistics peculiar to his department required to enable the Secretary of the Interior to prepare the Biennial Register. _ Sec. 44. There shall be appointed by the Public Printer a chief __,°,}’,j;Qg’},f‘§,f,‘{'f,§'Q,f,‘f clerk, who shall be a practical printer and versed in the art of book- lng; B 4 binding, whose salary shall be two thousand four hundred dollars per ,,,,,,Si;,‘{°"‘°7 "`7 1 annum; and a foreman of printing and a foreman of binding, who must mv, p. m. be practically and thoroughly acquainted with their respective trades, who shall each receive a salary of two thousand one hundred dollars per annum. HM mm Sec. 45. lt shall be the duty of the Public Printer to employ work- ,,,§,Qd_ w" m' men who are thoroughly skilled in their respective branches of indus- V<>L i°»P-i°°- try, as shown by trial of their skill under his direction. - H lm SEG, 46. The employees of the Government Printing Office shall be ° Y" allowed the following legal holidays with pay, to wit: The iirst day of January, the twenty-second day of February, the fourth day of July, the twenty-fifth day of December, Inauguration Day, Memorial Day, Labor’s Holiday, and such day as may be designated by the President of the United States as a day of public fast or thanksgiving. _ F WL Sec. 47. The Public Printer shall cause work to be done on the public Kfm mq_-,;, printing in the Government Printing Office at night as well as through manu.