United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/16th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 92
Chap. XCII.—An Act to amend the act, entitled “An act to provide for the publication of the laws of the United States, and for other purposes.”
Act of April 20, 1818, ch. 80.
The Secretary of State to cause orders, resolutions, and laws, except those of a private nature, to be published.
And public treaties.
Indian treaties only, in states, &c. to which they relate.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State shall, as soon as conveniently may be, after he shall receive any order, resolution, or law, passed by Congress, except such orders, resolutions, and laws, as are of a private nature, cause the same to be published in a number of public newspapers, not exceeding one in the District of Columbia, and in not more than three newspapers in each of the several states and territories of the United States. And he shall also cause to be published, in like manner, in the said newspapers, all public treaties entered into and ratified by the United States, except Indian treaties, which shall be published only in one newspaper, and that to be within the limits of the state, or territory, to which the subject matter of such treaty shall belong.
First section of the act of April 20, 1818, ch. 80, repealed.
Proviso.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the first section of the act, entitled “An act to provide for the publication of the laws of the United States, and for other purposes,” approved the twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, be, and the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, That such repeal shall not be construed to prevent the payment of any compensation that may be due for the publication of the laws, previous to the promulgation of this act.
Approved, May 11, 1820.