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not be hio^her than such as ari' jiaid by individuals for advertising 

 in said papers, and the same publications shall be made in each ot 

 the said papers equally as to frequency: Provided^ That no adver- 

 tisement to any State, district, or Territory, other than the District 

 of Columbia, Maryland, or Virsjinia, shall be published in the papers 

 designated, unless at the direction first made of the proper head of 

 a Department: * * * 



ACT JULY 31, 1876. c. 246. (19 Stat. 102.) 

 Advertisements for contracts in District of Columbia. 



* * * in no case of advertisement for contracts for the public 

 service shall the same be published in any newspaper published and 

 printed in the District of Columbia unless the supplies or labor 

 covered by such advertisement are to be furnished or performed in 

 said District of Columbia. 



Act July 31. 1876. c. 24G, s. 1, 19 Stnt. lOo. 



This is a provision of tlie sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal 

 year 1877, cited above. 



ACT JUNE 20, 1873, c. 359. (20 Stat. 206.) 



Rate of payment for advertisements, notices, proposals for contracts, etc. 



That hereafter all advertisements, notices, proposals for contracts, 

 and all forms of advertising required by law for the several depart- 

 ments of the government may be paid for at a price not to exceed 

 the commercial rates charged to private individuals, with the usual 

 discounts; such rates to be ascertained from sworn statements to be 

 furnished by the proprietors or publishers of the newspapers pro- 

 posing so to advertise: * * * b^t the heads of the several de- 

 partments may secure lower terms at special rates whenever the 

 public interest requires it. 



Act June 20, 1878. c. 359. s. 1. 20 Stat. 21G. 



This is a provision of the sundry civil approprliition act for the fiscal 

 year 1879, cited above. 



ACT JANUARY 21, 1881, c. 25. An act to regulate the award of and conipensji- 

 tioii fcv pi;lilic a.ivert'sinir in the District of Colmnbia. (21 Stat. 317.) 



Advertising in District of Columbia; rates of payment. 



That all advertising required by existing laws to be done in the 

 District of Columbia by any of the departments of the government 

 -hall be given to one daily and one weekly newspaper of each of the 

 two principal political parties and to one daily and one weekly 

 neutral newspaper: Provided, That the rates of compensation for 

 such service shall in no case exceed the regular commercial rate of 

 the newspapers selected; nor shall any adverti.?ement be paid for 

 unless published in accordance with section thirty-eight hundred and 

 nventy-eight of the Revised Statutes. 



Act January 21. 1881. c. 25, s. 1, 21 Stat. 317. 



Rev. St. sec. 3828, mentioned in this provision, is set forth below. 



Repeal. 



Sec. -2. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent herewitli are hereby 



repealed. 



Act January 21, 1881, c. 25. s. 



