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securities shall be charged with and held responsible for any

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increase of cost to the government in procuring the supply

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which may be consequent upon such default.

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Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That when any

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such default occurs the Congressional Printer shall report it,

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with a full statement of all the facts in the case, to the

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Solicitor of the Treasury, who shall prosecute the defaulting

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contractor and his securities upon their bond in the circuit

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court of the United States in the district in which such

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defaulting contractor resides.

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Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Joint

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Committee on Public Printing, or during the recess of Congress

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the Secretary of the Interior, may authorize the Congressional

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Printer to make purchases in open market whenever,

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in their opinion, the quantity required is so small, or the

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want is so immediate, as not to justify advertisement for proposals

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and the award of a contract therefor.

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Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the Congressional

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Printer shall charge himself in a book, to be kept for

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that purpose, with all paper and other articles or material

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received for the public use, and he shall furnish the same to

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the foremen of printing and binding, and to the officers of

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the executive and judicial departments, and of the Senate and

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House of Representatives authorized to receive them, on

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their written requisitions as the public service may require

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them, taking a receipt from each officer for such article, which

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shall be entered to his credit; and accounts shall be kept

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with each department, and all articles delivered charged to

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them. And to carry out the provisions of this act the

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Congressional Printer may employ one clerk of the fourth class,

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one of the second class, and one messenger, and shall give an

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additional bond of forty thousand dollars, and receive, in

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addition to his present salary, one thousand dollars.

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Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That from and

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after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful to