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veto, it is sent to the Department of State. There it is numbered and classed either as "public" or "private," and is compared with the printed bill upon which it was based, which had been received by the Department before it became a law. The bill is altered so as to be identical with the law, and becomes the "copy" for the Government Printing Office. Up to July, 1838, all the laws and resolutions were copied in the Department in full in books provided for the purpose; but the law requiring this was in that year repealed, and this unnecessary labor ceased. The proof, being received from the Government Printing Office, is compared, not with the "copy," but with the original engrossed act or resolution, the revised and re-revised proof being similarly dealt with. As finally printed, the act or resolution appears on separate, unbound sheets. These are termed the "slip laws," and are for free distribution ; and certified copies under the seal of the Department can be had on application, the "slip

law," before the certification, being again compared with the original. The pamphlet publication of the statutes is made from the "slip laws;" but, after they are given to the printer and "set up," they have the benefit of comparison with the originals, making, in all, four separate readings. Having passed into the hands of the Editor of the Laws, they are printed under his supervision, and appear as the Statutes at Large. The original laws and resolutions are, after the final reading, bound and placed on file; and the stereotype plates from which the printing is done are sent to the Department of State and deposited there.

In addition to the laws themselves, there are deposited with the Department of State what are known as the "pocketed laws." These are the bills or resolutions of Congress which, coming to the President within ten days of the adjournment of Congress, have not received his approval. They have not been returned to Congress with his disapproval, and they sim

ply fail because he has not signed them. These are all sent to the Department of State, where they are bound and preserved under the above heading.

The printed editions of the laws pass into the immediate custody of the Bureau of Accounts, being distributed according to the Act of Congress, and sold subject to the provisions of the following circular, the moneys received being deposited in the Treasury Department and credited to the fund "Miscellaneous Accounts:"

DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

The following are the prices at which the Laws of the United States are sold at this Department, no provision having been made by Congress for their free distribution : Revised Statutes (Edition of 1878).. ...bound...$2.90

Revised Statutes relating to District of Columbia, Post Roads, and

..bound... 3.58

Public Treaties........ Supplement to the Revised Statutes (Edition of 1891)................do................ 2.00 (Abridgment of Vols. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26,

Statutes at Large.)

Laws of first session, 43d Cong., 1873-'74........

...pamphlet... 1.05

.65

Laws of second session, 43d Cong., 1874-275................do......
Statutes at Large, Vol. 18, 43d Cong., 1873-'75...........bound... 2.99
Laws of first session, 44th Cong., 1875-'76..........................pamphlet...

.65

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Laws of second session, 44th Cong., 1876-'77..........pamphlet...$0.48 Statutes at Large, Vol. 19, 44th Cong., 1875-'77.............bound... 2.40 Laws of first session, 45th Cong., 1877..

Laws of second session, 45th Cong., 1877-'78..

.pamphlet... 12 ...........do...... .50

.55

Laws of third session, 45th Cong., 1878–’79..............................................do......
Statutes at Large, Vol. 20, 45th Cong., 1877-'79...........bound... 2.28
Laws of first session, 46th Cong., 1879............................. ..pamphlet... .14
Laws of second session, 46th Cong., 1879-'80......
Laws of third session, 46th Cong., 1880-'81......

...do...... .60

...do...... .46

Statutes at Large, Vol. 21, 46th Cong., 1879-'81.............................bound........ 2.50 Laws of first session, 47th Cong., 1881-'82......

pamphlet... .72

.65

.50

Laws of second session, 47th Cong., 1882-'83..........................do...... .55
Statutes at Large, Vol. 22, 47th Cong., 1881–283............................bound....... 2.30
Laws of first session, 48th Cong., 1883-'84..................................pamphlet...
Laws of second session, 48th Cong., 1884-'85.........................................do.............
Statutes at Large, Vol. 23, 48th Cong., 1883-'85...........bound... 2.10
Laws of first session, 49th Cong., 1885-'86.......
Laws of second session, 49th Cong., 1886-'87.

..pamphlet... .75 ........do...... .50

Statutes at Large, Vol. 24, 49th Cong., 1885-'87...........bound... 2.20 Laws of first session, 50th Cong., 1887-'88..............pamphlet... 1.00 Laws of second session, 50th Cong., 1888-'89...............do...... .55 Statutes at Large, Vol. 25, 50th Cong., 1887–’89..........................bound..... 2.45 Laws of first session, 51st Cong., 1889-'90...............pamphlet... 1.05 Laws of second session, 51st Cong., 1890–291..............................................do.................. .70 Statutes at Large, Vol. 26, 51st Cong., 1889–291.........................bound....... 2.60 Laws of first session, 52d Cong., 1891-'92...........................................pamphlet...

.70

The Revised Statutes (Edition 1878) embraces the laws of a general and permanent nature in force December 1, 1873, and the specific amendments thereof made during

the 43d and 44th Congresses. The Supplement to the Revised Statutes is an abridgment of Vols. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26 of the Statutes at Large, comprising all the laws of a general and permanent nature passed during the 43d, 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, 49th, 50th, and 51st Congresses.

Payment is required to be made in cash, postal notes, or by bank drafts on banks in New York city or Washington, D. C., payable to the order of the "Disbursing Clerk, Department of State." Individual checks on banks located outside of New York or Washington can not be accepted. The books will be sent by mail, postage free.

Disbursing Clerk.

The laws are prepared for the printer by the

Bureau of Rolls and Library. The functions X

of this Bureau are described in the report of the Senate investigating committee:*

The rolls division is charged with the custody of the laws and treaties of the United States, the proclamations of the President, the files and records of the several International Claims Commissions, and the historical archives of the nation.

*Methods of Business in the Executive Departments, III, 19 et seq.

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