United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/22nd Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 78
Chap. LXXVIII.—An Act making provision for the publication of the Documentary History of the American Revolution.
Secretary of State authorized to contract.
Limitation of expense.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be, and he hereby is authorized to contract with Matthew St. Clair Clarke and Peter Force, for the publication of a work entitled “The Documentary History of the American Revolution,” to be printed in octavo or folio, as may be agreed upon: Provided, That the rate of expense shall not exceed the actual cost per volume of the Diplomatic Correspondence now printing, or heretofore printed, under direction of the Secretary of State; the same to be distributed and disposed of in the manner provided by theAnte, p. 606. joint resolution of the tenth July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, for the distribution and disposal of Gales and Seaton’s collection of American State Papers.
Approved, March 2, 1833.