America, and admitted into the union on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever.
Approved, December 11, 1816.
II. Resolution to employ John Trumbull, to compose and execute certain paintings.
Four paintings to be placed in the capitol.Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ John Trumbull, of Connecticut, to compose and execute four paintings commemorative of the most important events of the American Revolution, to be placed, when finished, in the capitol of the United States.
Approved, February 6, 1817.
III. Resolution respecting contracts for the printing of Congress.
Public documents printed in royal octavo page.Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the secretary of the Senate, and the clerk of the House of Representatives, be directed, in making any future contract for the printing of Congress, to stipulate, and require, that the same, excepting only the bills, or when otherwise specially directed by either house, shall be done in royal octavo form, the size of the pages to be the same as those of the late edition of the laws of the United States; and that when any tables will not admit, with the use of a small type, of compression into that size, they shall be so printed as to fold conveniently into the volume.
Approved, March 3, 1817.
