RES. MAY 13, 1902, No. 20. Joint Resolution Providing for the Printing of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac. (32 Stat. 740.) Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac; number of copies printed. Resolved, &c., That hereafter the "usual number" of copies of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac shall not be printed. In lieu thereof there shall be printed and bound one thousand one hundred copies of the same, uniform with the editions printed for the Navy Department, as provided in section seventy-three, paragraph five, of an Act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninetyfive, providing for the public printing, binding, and distribution of public documents; one hundred copies for the Senate, four hundred for the House, and six hundred for the Superintendent of Documents for distribution to State and Territorial libraries and designated depositories. Res. May 13, 1902, No. 20, 32 Stat. 740. This resolution suspends the printing of the "usual number" of the Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, as provided for by Act Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 73, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2562. RES. MAY 16, 1902, No. 22. Joint Resolution Relating to Publications of the Geological Survey. (32 Stat. 741.) Publications of Geological Survey; size of volumes; editions; additional copies; free distribution of bulletins, etc.; reports on gauging of streams and utilization of water resources; additional copies of reports for Library of Congress. Resolved, &c., That hereafter the publications of the Geological Survey shall consist of the annual report of the Director, which shall be confined to one volume of royal octavo size; monographs, of quarto size; professional papers, of quarto size; bulletins, of ordinary octavo size; mineral resources, of ordinary octavo size; water-supply and irrigation papers, of ordinary octavo size; and such maps, folios, and atlases as may be required by existing law. That hereafter the reports of the Geological Survey, except the annual report of the Director, shall be published in editions as recommended in each case by the Director and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, but not to exceed ten thousand copies. That whenever the edition of any of the reports of the Survey shall have become exhausted, and the demand for it continues, there shall be published, on the requisition of the Secretary of the Interior, as many additional copies of the report as the Director of the Survey shall state will, in his judgment, be necessary to meet the demand. That the bulletins and professional papers shall be distributed gratuitously, and not sold; and that of the number published one thousand copies shall be delivered to the Senate and two thousand copies shall be delivered to the House of Representatives for distribution. That the provision of law approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, restricting the water-supply papers to one hundred pages and to editions of five thousand copies shall be, and hereby is, rescinded. That the Director of the Survey shall transmit to the Library of Congress two copies of every report of the Bureau as soon as the first delivery to the Survey is made, such copies to be additional to those received by the Library of Congress under existing law. t Res. May 16, 1902, No. 22, 32 Stat. 741. Previous provisions of law relating to the reports of the Geological Survey are contained in Act Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23. § 73, Comp. St. 1901, p. 2563; Act March 2, 1895, c. 189, § 1, Comp. St. 1901, p. 2591; Res. Feb. 26, 1896, No. 19, Comp. St. 1901, p. 2594; Act June 11, 1896, c. 420, § 1, Comp. St. 1901, p. 2595; Res. Feb. 18, 1897, No. 13, Comp. St. 1901, p. 2596; and Res. March 2, 1901, No. 17, Comp. St. 1901, p. 2602. See, also, Act March 3, 1903, c. 1007, § 1, set forth below. Act June 11, 1896, c. 420, § 1, mentioned in this resolution, is set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2595. RES. MAY 19, 1902, No. 23. Joint Resolution Providing for the Printing Annually of Franks Required for Sending out Seed. (32 Stat. 741.) Franks for Department of Agriculture for mailing seeds. Resolved, &c., That the Public Printer shall furnish to the Department of Agriculture such franks as the Secretary of Agriculture may require for sending out seeds on Congressional orders, the franks to have printed thereon the facsimile signatures of Senators, Representatives, and Delegates, also the names of their respective States or Territories, and the words "United States Department of Agriculture, Congressional Seed Distribution", or such other printed matter as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct; the franks to be of such size and style as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture; the expense of printing the said franks to be charged to the allotment for printing and binding for the two Houses of Congress. Res. May 19, 1902, No. 23, 32 Stat. 741. Such franks are also required to be furnished by the Public Printer to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress by the provisions relating to the distribution of seeds, etc., contained in Act June 3, 1902, c. 985, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 1008, ante, under Title XII, "The Department of Agriculture," c. A. ACT JUNE 28, 1902, c. 1301, § 1. Supplies for Executive Departments to be furnished by Public Printer. The Public Printer is authorized hereafter to procure and supply, on the requisition of the head of any Executive Department or other Government establishment, complete manifold blanks, books, and forms, required in duplicating processes; also complete patented devices with which to file money-order statements, or other uniform official papers, and to charge such supplies to the allotment for printing and binding of the Department or Government establishment requiring the same. Act June 28, 1902, c. 1301, § 1, 32 Stat. 481. This is a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above. RES. JUNE 30, 1902, No. 36. Joint Resolution Providing for the Binding and Distribution of Public Documents Held in the Custody of the Superintendent of Documents, Unbound, Upon Orders of Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and Officers of Congress, when Such Documents are Not Called for within Two Years after Printing. (32 Stat. 746.) Binding and distribution to libraries of reserved sets of documents and reports. Resolved, &c., That hereafter the documents reserved for binding upon orders of Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and officers of Congress, as provided in paragraph six, section fifty-four, of an Act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents, if not called for and delivered within two years after printing, shall be bound in first grades of cloth and delivered to the Superintendent of Documents for distribution to libraries; and the Public Printer is hereby authorized and directed to bind in cloth all such documents heretofore delivered to the Superintendent of Documents for like distribution. Res. June 30, 1902, No. 36, 32 Stat. 746. This resolution modifies so much of Act Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 54, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2553, as provides for the delivery of certain documents and reports after a certain time to the Superintendent of Documents in unstitched form for delivery. ACT JAN. 30, 1903, c. 338. An Act to Amend an Act Approved March Second, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five, Relating to Public Printing. (32 Stat. 786.) Congressional Record; subscriptions. Be it enacted, &c., That the first and tenth paragraphs of the printing Act of January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, following the paragraph which reads "The Public Printer shall furnish the Congressional Record as follows and shall furnish gratuitously no others in addition thereto" be amended by striking out of said first paragraph the words "forty-four" between the word "Senator" and "copies" in the first line and insert in lieu thereof the words "eightyeight"; and by striking out the word "thirty" between the words "Delegate" and "copies" in the fourth line of said first paragraph and insert in lieu thereof the word "sixty"; and by inserting in the ninth line of said first paragraph after the word "copies" and before the word "to" the following: "and to the Clerk for the use of members. of the House of Representatives fifty copies, and to the Sergeant-atArms of the Senate, for the use of the Senate, twenty copies." And amend said tenth paragraph by inserting in the third line thereof between the words "Museum" and "one" the words, "the Department. of Labor and Civil Service Commission" and further amend said tenth paragraph by striking out in the second line the word "and" between. the words "Institution" and "the." Act Jan. 30, 1903, c. 338, 32 Stat. 786. Act Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 73, the first and tenth clauses of one para graph of which are amended by this act, is set forth, as previously amended by Res. Mar. 19, 1896, No. 31, in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2572. Act March 2, 1895, c. 189, which is, apparently, the act mentioned in the title of this act as amended, contains, in section 1 thereof, provisions relating to public printing, etc., which are set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 2590-2593. ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 1007, § 1. Distribution of publications of Geological Survey to public libraries. For the United States Geological Survey. * * For printing and binding the Annual Report of the Director, the monographs, professional papers, bulletins, water-supply papers, and the report on mineral resources * * and the Director of the Geological Survey shall hereafter distribute to public libraries that have not already received them such copies of sale publications as may remain on hand at the expiration of five years after date of delivery to the Survey document room, excepting a reserve number not to exceed two hundred copies. * * Act March 3, 1903, c. 1007, § 1, 32 Stat. 1146. This is a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above. The word "sale," preceding the word "publications," in this provision, is intended, apparently, for "said." TITLE XLVI. THE POSTAL SERVICE. CHAPTER ONE. Post-Offices and Postmasters. Sec. 3858. ACT MARCH 3, 1879, c. 180, § 31. Compensation of acting postmasters. The salary of the assistant postmaster at Chicago is fixed by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1009, § 1, set forth below. ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 1009, § 1. Salary of assistant postmaster at Chicago. * * That the salary of the assistant postmaster at Chicago shall be fixed at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum; * * Act March 3, 1903, c. 1009, § 1, 32 Stat. 1166. This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation "For compensation to assistant postmasters at first and second class post-offices: Two at three thousand five hundred dollars," in the postal service appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above. Sec. 3860. ACT MARCH 2, 1889, c. 374, § 1. Officers, clerks, and employés in post-offices; classification; compensation; promotion; roster. Provisions for the classification and compensation of special agents, route inspectors, clerks, carriers, etc., employed in the rural free delivery service, are contained in Act April 21, 1902, c. 563, § 1, set forth under chapter 2 of this title. The Postmaster-General may, in the disbursement of the appropriations for clerk hire in post-offices, made by the postal service appropriation acts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904, allow postmasters at first-class offices to employ temporary clerks at the rate of twenty-five cents an hour during the rush or busy hours of the day, by a proviso annexed to each of those appropriations. Act April 21, 1902, c. 563, § 1, 32 Stat. 110, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 1009, § 1, 32 Stat. 1169. ACT JULY 16, 1894, c. 137, § 1. The provision of this act set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2630, is re- |