V. Resolution in relation to the manner of executing the printing ordered by either House of Congress.
Duty of the Secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives after the termination of Congress, to regulate, &c. the printing of the respective houses, &c.
Also to regulate the printing of executive documents, &c.Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, after the termination of the present session of Congress, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives, so to regulate and direct the printing of the respective Houses as to abolish the practice of “title pages” to executive documents, reports of committees, memorials, or any other documents, unless the same shall be so directed by them, and that the whole matter shall follow in close order, from the first page. And they shall further direct, that the printing of the yeas and nays of the journal shall be in consecutive order, as ordinary matter. They shall also so regulate the printing of executive documents, as to have the respective communications from the President and heads of Departments bound in distinct volumes; and they may also so change the form of the volume, by increasing its size, as to combine the greatest quantity 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 and Mobile.
Postmaster General to cause to be examined the route from Mobile to Pascagoula.Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be examined the route from Mobile to Pascagoula; and if, in his opinion, it should be the most expedient 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 the present 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.
The Madison barracks, at Sackett’s Harbour, to be loaned to the scientific school, &c.
Proviso.Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized to loan to the trustees of a military and scientific school, to be established in Jefferson county, state of New York, the Madison Barracks, at Sackett’s Harbour: Provided, The said trustees do contract to keep the same in good repair, order, and preservation.
