such copies of the Laws, Journals, and public printed Documents as are furnished to the States and Territories. June 15, 1860. No. 19. A Resolution in Relation to the Works of the Exploring Expedition. One copy to be given to Switzerland and one to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. June 15, 1860. No. 20. A Resolution providing for the Observation of the Eclipse of the Sun which will occur on the eighteenth day of July next. The Superintendent of the Coast Survey is directed to procure and equip a suitable vessel to carry not over five astronomers and their assistants, to the most suitable point on the eastern coast of this continent, for observing the eclipse; the United States to be at no other expense, and to furnish their observations for the use of the Coast Survey, without charge to the Government 15, 1860. June No. 25. Joint Resolution in Relation to the Public Printing. All the printing and binding authorized by the Senate and House, the Executive and Judicial Departments, and the Court of Claims, on and after March 4th, 1861, are to be executed under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Printing, who is for this purpose authorized to contract for the erection or purchase of the necessary buildings, machinery, and materials, at a price not over $ 150,000, and to employ all necessary persons, and to report to Congress at each session the number so employed. A foreman of printing is authorized with a salary of $1,800, and a foreman of binding at a salary of $1,500; each to be a practical man, acquainted with his trade. The Superintendent shall be responsible for all manuscripts and copy, and all matter, whether for printing or engraving or the binding for all paper and materials required for public use; and to keep a faithful account of the same. For the payment for work and materials the Secretary of the Treasury shall make advances to the Superintendent, such advances at no time to exceed two thirds of the penalty of his bond, and he not to be allowed for payments for services at higher rates than in the private printing establishments in Washington. The printing of the 36th Congress shall be executed by the printers of the Senate and House as now authorized. The standard of paper for congressional documents to weigh not less than fifty pounds to the ream of five hundred sheets of twenty-four by thirty-eight inches, is to be fixed by the Joint Committee on Printing; and the Superintendent shall furnish samples of the paper, and each year, for sixty days before July 1st, advertise for proposals in the principal cities for said paper; the contract thereupon to be awarded to the lowest bidder. The Superintendent shall see that the contract is faithfully performed; any difference between the Superintendent and contractors to be settled by the Joint Committee. If the contractor is in default, the Superintendent may contract with the next lowest bidder under the latest proposals, or may advertise anew for proposals, and award the contract as above; and during the interval may purchase paper in open market, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, the defaulting contractor and his sureties to be responsible for any increase of cost over the contract price. The Superintendent shall keep an account of the amount of paper used, and how used, and report annually to the Secretary of the Interior at the end of each fiscal year. He shall furnish estimates in detail for the expenses of his office, and report annually to Congress the exact condition of the public printing, binding, and engraving, the amount and cost of paper, statements of bids, &c. He shall, under the direction of the Committee, procure charts, drawings, &c., needed to illustrate any public document. He shall not be interested, directly or indirectly, in any publishing or printing or engraving, or in any contract or purchase connected with the public printing, under the penalty, upon conviction, of imprisonment not less than one nor more than five years, and a fine of $500. If he corruptly colludes with any person to defraud the United States, and the United States thereby suffers loss, he shall, upon conviction, forfeit his office and be imprisoned not less than three nor more than seven years, and be fined $3,000. June 23, 1860. No. 26. A Resolution explanatory of the Eighth Section of the Act of Congress, approved February 28th, 1859. June 25, 1860. No. 27. Joint Resolution to Reduce the Price of Public Printing. The price for "composition, press-work, folding, stitching, and inserting maps and plates," is reduced forty per cent. The resolution takes effect from its passage. June 25, 186). X. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. 1. Statement of Duties, Revenues, and Public Expenditures, during the Fiscal Years ending June 30, 1858, and June 30, 1859. [From Reports of the Secretary of the Treasury, Dec. 6, 1858, and Dec. 22, 1859.] Balance in the Treasury, July 1, 1857 and '58, 17,710,114.27 6,398,316.10 500,000.00 Patent-Office building, and furnishing rooms, Mail service for Congress, &c., Building, &c. custom-houses, warehouses, &c. Continuation, &c. Treasury buildings, Mint establishment, Relief of sundry individuals, 500,000 00 Auxiliary guard in the city of Washington, Expenses incident to loans and Treas.-notes, Penitentiary in District of Columbia, Support of insane paupers in Dist. Columbia, Erecting asylum, &c. for insane in Dist. Col., Support of transient paupers, Bridges, and draw-keepers, Three per cent to Ohio, 19.04 Three per cent to Illinois, 13,791.69 Three per cent to Missouri, 79,030.09 Two and three per cent to Alabama, 26,071.76 *Deducting a repayment of $ 1,884.51, gives $1,391,407.91 as the total of foreign inter course. + Deduct from this, repayments of $131,130.79, and there remains $1,035,860.02 as the true total of foreign intercourse. In this is included the expenditure for the Pacific Coast, which, prior to 1858, was paid from the revenue from customs, and $100,000 paid July, 1, 1858. but belonging to the expenditure for June. 1858. So that this actual expenditure for 1858 was $ 3,632,424.64; for 1859, $3,327,810 26; the difference being $304,614.38. *Deduct for repayments on account of appropriations, under which there have been no expenditures during the year, $20,858.43, and you have $16,636, 165.26 as total miscellaneous. Under the direction of the Depart. of Interior. Indian department, Relief of sundry individuals, Total under direction of Depart. of Interior, Under the direction of the War Department. Fortifications, and other works of defence, Relief of individuals, and miscellaneous, Total under direction of the War Dep't, Under the direction of the Navy Department. Pay and subsistence, including medicines, &c., Increase, repairs, ordnance, and equipment, Contingent expenses, Navy yards and docks, Navy hospitals, asylums, and magazines, Naval Academy, Relief of individuals, and miscellaneous, Seven steam sloops and one steamer, Total under direction of the Navy Dep't, 13,976,000.59 14.712,610.21 Public Debt. Old public debt, 93.15 Interest on the public debt and Treasury-notes, 1,567,055.67 2,638,463.96 Redemption bounty land stock, 225.00 200.00 Reimbursement Treasury-notes in specie, 200.00 Payment Texas creditors, Act Sept. 9th, 1850, 38,788.42 50.00 64,378.33 Redemption of stock, loan of 1842, 614,270.82 Redemption of stock, loan of 1846, 26,400.00 4,500.00 Redemption of stock, loan of 1847, 1,759,950.00 Redemption of stock, loan of 1848, 1,435,900.00 Premium, commission, &c. on stock redeemed, Redemption Texan indemnity stock, . 574,443.08 28,000.00 66 Payment Treasury-notes, act Dec. 23, 1857, act Feb. 24, 1815, 3,639,300.00 14,697,600.00 Total public debt paid, Total expenditures, Balances in the Treasury, July 1, 1858 and '59, 6,398,316.10 4,339,275.54 5.00 9,684,537.99 17,405,285.44 81,585,667.76 83,751,511.57 |