ing the supply
5 which may be consequent upon such default.
1 Sec. 11. _And be it further enacted_, That when any
2 such default occurs the Congressional Printer shall report it,
3 with a full statement of all the facts in the case, to the
4 Solicitor of the Treasury, who shall prosecute the defaulting
5 contractor and his securities upon their bond in the circuit
6 court of the United States in the district in which such
7 defaulting contractor resides.
1 Sec. 12. _And be it further enacted_, That the Joint
2 Committee on Public Printing, or during the recess of Congress
3 the Secretary of the Interior, may authorize the Congressional
4 Printer to make purchases in open market whenever,
5 in their opinion, the quantity required is so small, or the
6 want is so immediate, as not to justify advertisement for proposals
7 and the award of a contract therefor.
1 Sec. 13. _And be it further enacted_, That the Congressional
2 Printer shall charge himself in a book, to be kept for
3 that purpose, with all paper and other articles or material
4 received for the public use, and he shall furnish the same to
5 the foremen of printing and binding, and to the officers of
6 the executive and judicial departments, and of the Senate and
7 House of Representatives authorized to receive them, on
8 their written requisitions as the public service may require
9 them, taking a receipt from each officer for such article, which
10 shall be entered to his credit; and accounts shall be kept
11 with each department, and all articles delivered charged to
12 them. And to carry out the provisions of this act the
13 Congressional Printer may employ one clerk of the fourth class,
14 one of the second class, and one messenger, and shall give an
15 additional bond of forty thousand dollars, and receive, in
16 addition to his present salary, one thousand dollars.
1 Sec. 14. _And be it further enacted_, That from and
2 after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful to make further
3 contracts or purchases or payment for any stationery
4 or article furnished as such, except under existing contracts
5 and in accordance with the regulations hereinbefore provided.
1 Sec. 15. _And be it further enacted_, That all acts and
2 parts of acts inconsistent with the foregoing provisions are
3 hereby repealed.
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