Produced by Gerard Arthus, David Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress) 41ST CONGRESS, 1st Session. S. 6. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. March 5, 1869. Mr. ANTHONY asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and ordered to be printed. A BILL To provide stationery for Congress and the several departments, and for other purposes. 1 _Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled_, 3 That upon the passage of this act the heads of each of the 4 executive and judicial departments at Washington, District of 5 Columbia, shall immediately cause estimates to be made of 6 the amount of stationery and other articles which will be 7 required by them for the ensuing year, which are now furnished 8 as stationery or under stationery contracts, and forward 9 the same to the Congressional Printer, who shall immediately 10 issue proposals for such articles and stationery and make 11 purchases of the same, in the manner and under the regulations 12 provided for in this act. 1 Sec. 2. _And be it further enacted_, That the Congressional 2 Printer shall, at the beginning of each session of Congress, 3 submit to the Joint Committee on Public Printing estimates 4 of the quantity of paper, of all descriptions, which will, in his 5 opinion, be required for the public printing during the ensuing 6 year; and also estimates of the quantity and articles of 7 stationery required for each and all of the executive and judicial 8 departments at Washington, and for the Senate and House of 9 Representatives and the Congressional printing office. 1 Sec. 3. _And be it further enacted_, That the heads of 2 the several executive and judicial departments, and the Secretary 3 of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, 4 shall, on or before the twentieth day of November, in 5 each year, furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Congressional 6 Printer estimates of the articles and the quantity of each 7 which will be required for their several departments for the 8 year following.