Senate Resolution 6; 41st Congress, 1st Session

Senate Resolution 6; 41st Congress, 1st Session - A Bill to provide stationery for Congress and the several departments, and for other purposes

Title: Senate Resolution 6; 41st Congress, 1st Session Subtitle: A Bill to provide stationery for Congress and the several departments, and for other purposes Author: United States. Congress. Senate Release Date: October 28, 2008 [EBook #27078] Language: English Credits: Produced by Gerard Arthus, David Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress) [p1] 41st CONGRESS,1st Session. S.6. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. March 5, 1869. Mr.Anthony asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and ordered to be printed. A BILL To provide stationery for Congress and the several departments, and for other purposes. 1Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 2of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3That upon the passage of this act the heads of each of the 4executive and judicial departments at Washington, District of 5Columbia, shall immediately cause estimates to be made of 6the amount of stationery and other articles which will be 7required by them for the ensuing year, which are now furnished 8as stationery or under stationery contracts, and forward 9the same to the Congressional Printer, who shall immediately 10issue proposals for such articles and stationery and make 11purchases of the same, in the manner and under the regulations 12provided for in this act. 1Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Congressional 2Printer shall, at the beginning of each session of Congress, [p2] 3submit to the Joint Committee on Public Printing estimates 4of the quantity of paper, of all descriptions, which will, in his 5opinion, be required for the public printing during the ensuing 6year; and also estimates of the quantity and articles of 7stationery required for each and all of the executive and judicial 8departments at Washington, and for the Senate and House of 9Representatives and the Congressional printing office. 1Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the heads of 2the several executive and judicial departments, and the Secretary 3of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, 4shall, on or before the twentieth day of November, in 5each year, furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Congressional 6Printer estimates of the articles and the quantity of each 7which will be required for their several departments for the 8year following. 1Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Joint Committee 2on Public Printing shall then fix upon standards of 3paper for the different descriptions of public printing, and for 4all stationery and articles required, and the Congressional 5Printer shall, under their direction, advertise in two newspapers 6published in each of the cities of Boston, New York, 7Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Cincinnati, and in 8any other city where in their judgment it may become necessary, 9for sealed proposals to furnish the government with 10paper and all other articles of the quality and in the quantities [p3] 11specified in the advertisement, which shall specify the 12quantity and quality of all the articles required; and he shall 13furnish to the applicants samples of the standard articles 14which have been adopted. 1Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the advertisements 2for sealed proposals shall specify the minimum portion 3of each article required for either three months, six months, 4or one year, as the Joint Committee on Public Printing may 5determine; but when the minimum portion so specified exceeds 6in any case one thousand reams of paper, the advertisements 7shall state that proposals will be received for one 8thousand reams or more. 1Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all sealed proposals 2to furnish any article shall be opened in the presence 3of the Joint Committee on Printing, and the contracts shall be 4awarded by the committee to the lowest and best bidder for 5each article or class for the interest of the government; but 6they shall not consider any proposal which is not accompanied 7by satisfactory evidence that the person making it is a manufacturer 8or dealer in the articles which he proposes to furnish, 9and the said joint committee shall, in their award of each contract, 10allow and designate a reasonable time for filling it. 1Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That no contract 2for furnishing paper or any other article shall be valid until it 3has been approved by said joint committee, (if made under [p4] 4their direction, or by the Secretary of the Interior, if made 5under his direction,) according to the provisions of section 6nine. 1Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Congressional 2Printer shall compare all articles delivered by any contractor 3with the standard of quality, and shall not accept any 4article which does not conform to it; and in case of a difference 5of opinion between the Congressional Printer and any 6contractor with respect to the quality of any article furnished, 7the matter of difference shall be determined by the Joint Committee 8on Printing, or in the recess of Congress by the Secretary 9of the Interior. 1Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That in default of 2any contractor to furnish the articles contracted for at the 3proper time, or of the proper quality or weight, the Congressional 4Printer shall report such default to the Joint Committee 5on Public Printing if Congress is in session, or to the 6Secretary of the Interior if Congress is not in session; and 7he shall, under the direction of the Joint Committee on 8Public Printing, or of the Secretary of the Interior, as the 9case may be, enter into a new contract with the lowest and 10best bidder for the interest of the government among those 11whose proposals were rejected at the last opening of bids, or 12he shall advertise for new proposals, under the regulations 13concerning advertisements for proposals hereinbefore stated; [p5] 14and during the interval which may thus occur he shall, under 15the direction of the Joint Committee on Public Printing, or 16of the Secretary of the Interior, as above provided, purchase 17in open market, at the lowest market price, all such articles 18necessary for use. 1Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That in case of any 2contractor's default to comply with this contract he and his 3securities shall be charged with and held responsible for any 4increase of cost to the government in procuring the supply 5which may be consequent upon such default. 1Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That when any 2such default occurs the Congressional Printer shall report it, 3with a full statement of all the facts in the case, to the 4Solicitor of the Treasury, who shall prosecute the defaulting 5contractor and his securities upon their bond in the circuit 6court of the United States in the district in which such 7defaulting contractor resides. 1Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Joint 2Committee on Public Printing, or during the recess of Congress 3the Secretary of the Interior, may authorize the Congressional 4Printer to make purchases in open market whenever, 5in their opinion, the quantity required is so small, or the 6want is so immediate, as not to justify advertisement for proposals 7and the award of a contract therefor. 1Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the Congressional [p6] 2Printer shall charge himself in a book, to be kept for 3that purpose, with all paper and other articles or material 4received for the public use, and he shall furnish the same to 5the foremen of printing and binding, and to the officers of 6the executive and judicial departments, and of the Senate and 7House of Representatives authorized to receive them, on 8their written requisitions as the public service may require 9them, taking a receipt from each officer for such article, which 10shall be entered to his credit; and accounts shall be kept 11with each department, and all articles delivered charged to 12them. And to carry out the provisions of this act the 13Congressional Printer may employ one clerk of the fourth class, 14one of the second class, and one messenger, and shall give an 15additional bond of forty thousand dollars, and receive, in 16addition to his present salary, one thousand dollars. 1Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That from and 2after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful to make further 3contracts or purchases or payment for any stationery 4or article furnished as such, except under existing contracts 5and in accordance with the regulations hereinbefore provided. 1Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That all acts and 2parts of acts inconsistent with the foregoing provisions are 3hereby repealed. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 27078
Author: United States. Congress. Senate
Release Date: Oct 28, 2008
Format: eBook
Language: English