Mr. LAFLIN, from the ComPrintg, reported a bill to further regulate the printing of public documents and the purchase of paper for the public printing; which was read a 1st and 2nd time. The bill, which was read at length, provides in the 1st section that hereafter it she I be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Printing, in place of the reports of the executive Depts ordered by the act of Jone 25, 1864, to cause to be printed and bound 2500 copies of the annual reports of the executive Depts, with such accompanying documents as the heads of those Depts may respectively select, but not to exceed 300)pages, for the use of said Depts, respectively. The 2nd section proposes to enact that whenever papers relating to foreign affairs shall be communicated to conress, accom anying the annual message of the President, it shall be the duty of the Sn erintendent of Public Printing to cause to e printed and bound, in addition to the usual number, 2,000 copies for the use of the members of the Senate, 4,000 copies for the use of the House, and tweut 500 co, ies for the use of the State Dept, in place of the numbers ordered by the act ofJune 26, 1864. The 3rd section provides that in the ub lication of the report of the Secretary 0tp the Navy, the detaile statement ot'offers for supplies and of articles embraced in each class under contract be omitted, and in lieu thereof the SecyNavy shall prepare and submit with his report a schedule embracing the offers by clasSes, indicating such as have been accepted. It is provided in the 4th section that it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Printing, at the commencement of each session of Congress, to submit to the JtComPrintg, estimates of the quantity of paper of all descriptions which will, in his 0 inion, be required for the execution of the public plrinting urin the comin 'year. The Joint ommittee oii printin shal then fix upon a standard of paper fort e different descriptions of congressional and executive printing, and it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Printing, under the direction of the JtComPrintg, to advertise in only 2 newspaers published in each of the cities of ncw Yor, Cincinnati, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, for scaled proos als to furnish the Government of the U.S. with paper of the quality and in the quantity specified in the advertisements, and it shall be the duty of the Superintendent to furnish samples of the standard papers adopted by the committee to applicants therefor; such sealed proposals to be opened before, and the award of contracts to be made by, the JtComPrintg. It is provided that the advertisement for sealed proposals for furnish in g paper shall designate the minimum portion of each particular quality of paper required for either 3 months, 6 months, or one car, as the JtComPrintg may dieter mine; but when the minimum portion so specified shall exceed in any case 1,000 reams. the advertisement shall state that proposals will be received fer 1,000 reams 01 more. No proposals are to be considered by the JtComPrintg unless accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the person or persons making such proposals are manufacturers of or dealers in the escription of paper which they propose to furnish. In awarding contracts an equitable period of time for filling the same is to be designated and allowed by the JtComPrintg, without whose approval no contract shall be valid. It is to be the duty of the Superintendentof Public Printin to include in his annual report to gengressa etailed statement of all proposals made and contracts entered into for the purchase of n or. p The 5th section proposes to enact that it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Printing to compare every lot of pay or delivered by any contractor with the stanard of quality, and also to see that it is of the Weight contracted for, and to refuse to accept any paper from any contractor which does not conform to the standard of quality and is not of the stipulated weight. In case of difference of opinion between the Superintendent of Public Printing and any contractor for pay or with respect to its qualit, the matter of ifference is to be determine by the JtComPrintg. In default of any contractor to comply with his contract in furnishing the pa%racted forin the proper time and of proper, guality and weight, it is to be the duty of the aperintendent of Public Printing to report the same to the JtComPrintg if congress is in session, or to the SecyInterior if during a recess of Congress, and he shall, under the direction of the JtComPrintg or of the SecyInterior as the case may be, enter into a new contract with the lowest and best bidder for the interests of the Government, among those whose proposals were rejected at the last openingbof bids, or advertise for new proosals under teregulations before establishe; and during the interval which may thus be created, he shall, under the direction of the ] oiut ComPrintg or of the SecyInterior, as provided, purchase in open mar ket at the lowest market price, all such paper necessary for the public service. For any increase 0 cost to the Government in procuring a supply of paper for the use of the Government, the contractor or contractors in default and his or their securities are to be charged with and held responsible for the same, and are to be prosecuted upon their bond by the Solicitor of the Treasury, in the name of the U.S., in the circuit court of the U.S. in the district in which the defaulting contractor resides. To enable the Solicitor to do so, it is made the duty of the Superintendent of Public Printing to report to him the default on its happening, with a full statement of all the facts in the use. The JtCom on Public Printing, or, during the recess of Congress, the SecyInterior, is authorized to empower the Superintendent of Public Printing to make purchases of paper, in open market, at the lowest market price, whenever in their Opinion the quantity required is so small, or the want is so immediate, as not to justify advertisement for and award of contract therefor. The 6th section provides for the repeal of all laws or parts of aws, JtResolutions or parts of resolutions, conflicting with the above provisions; and it provides also that the Superintendent of Public Printing shall not print any greater number of the reports herein named unless otherwise directed by either House of Congress.