served for the future disposition of Congress. The Acts passed at each succeeding Congress were to be printed and distributed in the same way. Under this law began the volumes "Laws of U. States," printed, in the beginning, by Richard Folwell, 33 Carter's Alley.

By Act of March 3, 1797, Congress directed that the five hundred copies reserved for its future use should be distributed by the Secretary of State as follows: Two sets to George Washington, one for his personal use, the other for his official use; a set to the Vice-President and to each Senator and Member of Congress; six sets to the Secretary of the Senate and twelve sets to the Clerk of the House; a set for each of the Judges of the United States Supreme Court and the District Courts, and the Marshals and Attorneys; one set each for the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, and of War, the Attorney-General, the Director of the Mint, the Comptroller of the Treasury, the

Commissioner of the Revenue, the Register, the Auditor, the Accountant of the War Department, the Postmaster-General, and the Purveyor of Public Supplies; one set to the Governor and one to the Secretary of the Territory Northwest of the Ohio, and to each of the judges of the Territory; also to each collector, naval officer, surveyor, supervisor, and inspector of the revenue. The volumes were, upon severance of an official from his office, to be left for his successor, except in the case of the President, Vice-President, Senators, Representatives, and Judges of the Supreme Court and District Courts, to whom they were to be personal property.

The publication of the laws in newspapers was revived by the Act of March 2, 1799, which provided that the Secretary of State should print them in at least one newspaper within each State; and, in case this was found to be insufficient promulgation, the publication could be made in not more than three newspa

pers in one. State. He was also required to print five thousand copies in addition to the usual number, to be delivered to the United States Judges, District Attorneys, and Marshals, the remainder to be distributed according to the rule for apportioning Representatives. This Act necessarily increased the business of the Department, and the correspondence with editors competing for publishing the laws became considerable.

March 27, 1804, another Act was approved, requiring the Secretary of State "to procure four hundred copies of the laws of the United States," one hundred copies to be distributed in the Territory of Orleans and three hundred copies to be reserved for the disposal of Congress. One thousand copies of the laws printed at the close of Congress were to be similarly reserved, and the distribution of the remainder extended to the Territory of Orleans and District of Louisiana and the other Territories. The Secretary of State was also re

quired to print the laws in a newspaper in each Territory where newspapers were printed. An appropriation of $2,000 was made for defraying

the

expenses. The payments for carrying out the provisions of the previous acts had come from the general fund.

The method of printing described above continued, and in 1814 (April 18) Bioren, Duane & Weightman were authorized, under the supervision of the Secretary of State, to publish an edition of the laws in four volumes.

This did not supersede the issues by the Department, but merely authorized a reprint.

November 21, 1814, the Secretary of State was authorized in his discretion to extend the promulgation of the laws in the Territories by printing them in two newspapers in each Territory.

The following year (March 3) the copies of the laws which had not been distributed were transferred from the Department of State to the Congressional Library.

April 20, 1818, another law was enacted au

thorizing the Secretary of State to publish the laws, etc., currently, "in not more than one newspaper in the District of Columbia, and in not more than three newspapers in each of the territories of the United States." The compensation for printing by the newspapers was fixed by this Act "at the rate of one dollar for each printed page of the laws, resolutions, and treaties, as published in the pamphlet form." The pamphlet was prescribed to be "eleven thousand copies of the Acts of Congress at large, including all resolutions passed by Congress, amendments to the Constitution adopted, and all public treaties made and ratified since the last publication of the laws; which copies shall be printed on paper, and in the size of the sheet and type, in a manner to correspond with the late revised edition of the laws, published by Bioren and Co." The Secretary of State was required, also, to insist that whoever printed the laws should furnish "two good and sufficient sureties for the faithful performance of the con