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May 24, 1828.
Duty of theSecretary ofthe Senate andclerk of theHouse of Repre-sentatives afterthe terminationof Congress , toregulate, &c.the printing ofthe respectivehouses, &c.
Also to regu-late the printingof the execu-tive documents,&c.
May 24, 1828.
The Madisonbarracks, atSackett’s Har-bour, to beloaned to thescientificschool, &c.
Proviso.
V. Resolution in relation to the manner of executing the printing ordered byeither Home of Congress .
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That, after the terminationof the present session of Congress , it shall be the duty of the secretary ofthe Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives , so to regulate anddirect the printing of the respective Houses as to abolish the practice ofmaking “ title pages” to executive documents, reports of committees,memorials, or any other documents, unless the same shall be so directedby them, and that the whole matter shall follow in close order, from thefirst page. And they shall further direct, that the printing of the yeasand nays of the journal shall be in consecutive order, as ordinary matter.They shall also so regulate the printing of the executive documents, as tohave the respective communications from the President and heads ofDepartments bound in distinct volumes; and they may also so change theform of the volume, by increasing its size, as to combine the greatestquantity of matter with the greatest economy in the execution of the work.
Approved, May 24, 1828.
VI. Resolution in relation to the mail-route between the cities of New Orleans
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster Gene-ral be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be examined the routefrom Mobile to Pascagoula ; and if, in his opinion, it should be the mostexpedient route to the city of New Orleans , he shall be, and hereby is,vested with full power and authority to adopt that route in lieu of thepresent route from the city of Mobile to the city of New Orleans .
Approved, May 24, 1828.
VII. Resolution to authorize the President to loan the barracks at Sackett’s
Harbour to the trustees of a scientific and military school to be established there.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of theUnited States be, and is hereby, authorized to loan to the trustees ofa military and scientific school, to be established in Jefferson county, stateof New York , the Madison Barracks, at Sackett’s Harbour : Provided,The said trustees do contract to keep the same in good repair, order, andpreservation.
Approved, May 24, 1828.
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