Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That upon the passage of this act the heads of each of the

executive and judicial departments at Washington, District of

Columbia, shall immediately cause estimates to be made of

the amount of stationery and other articles which will be

required by them for the ensuing year, which are now furnished

as stationery or under stationery contracts, and forward

the same to the Congressional Printer, who shall immediately

issue proposals for such articles and stationery and make

purchases of the same, in the manner and under the regulations

provided for in this act.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Congressional

Printer shall, at the beginning of each session of Congress,

submit to the Joint Committee on Public Printing estimates

of the quantity of paper, of all descriptions, which will, in his

opinion, be required for the public printing during the ensuing

year; and also estimates of the quantity and articles of

stationery required for each and all of the executive and judicial

departments at Washington, and for the Senate and House of

Representatives and the Congressional printing office.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the heads of

the several executive and judicial departments, and the Secretary

of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives,

shall, on or before the twentieth day of November, in

each year, furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Congressional