The PRESIDENT protempore. It requires unanimous consent to consider the bill at.this time. there being another subject before the Senate. There being no objection, the Senate, as in ComWhole, proceeded to consider the bill. Hereafter it is to he the duty of the Superintendent of Public Printing. in place of the remm; of the Executive Depts ordered y the act of June 25, ISM, to cause to be printed and bound 2500 copies of the annual reports at the Executive Depts, with such accompanying documents as the heads of those Dept: may res ctively select, but not to exceed 300 pages, for the use of such Depts respectively. Whenever papers relating to foreigii atfairs are communicated to Congress ac' companying the annual message of the President, it is to be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Printing to cause to be printed and bound, in addition to the usual number. 2,000 copies for the use of members of the Senate, 4,000 copies for the use of the members of the House, and 2500 copies for the use of the State Dept, in place of the numbers ordered by the act.of June 25, 1804. In the publication of the report of the SecyNavy, the detailed statement of offers for supplies and of the articles embraced in each class under, v contract is to be omitted, and in lieu thereof the SecyNavy is to prepare a statement with his report and sche ule embracing the offers by classes, indicating such as have been accepted. It is to be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Printing, at the commencement of each session ofCongress. to submit to the I aim. ComPrintg estimates of the quantity of paper of all descriptions, which will, in his opinion, be required for the execution of the public printingduring the coming year. The JtComPrintg is then to fix upon a standard of paper for the diTTerent descriptions of congressional and executive printing, and it is to be the duty of the Suprintendent of Public Printing, under the direction of the JtComPrintg, to advertise in only 2 newspapers in the cities of NewYork, Cincinnati, Boston, Philadelphia. Baltimore, and Washington, forsealed proosals to furnish the Government of the U.S. with paper of the quality and in the quantity specified in the advertisements; and it is to be the duty of the Superintendent. to furnish samples of the standard pay are adopted by the committee to applicants therefor. The aled iroposals are to be opened before and the owar.of contracts is to be made by the JtComPrintg to the lowest and best bidder for the interests of the Government. The advertisement for scaled proposals for fiirnishing paper is to designate the minimum portion of each particular quality of paper required for either 3 months, 6 months, or one year, as the JtComPrintg may determine; but when the minimum portion so:ipecitied exceeds in any case 1,000 reams, the advertisement is to state that proposals tvill be received for 1,000 reams or more. No proposals are to be considered by the JtComPrintg unless accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the person or persons makingthe proposals are manufacturers of or dealers in the description of paper which they propose to furnish. In awarding contracts an equitable period of time for filling them is to be desig nated and allowed by the JtComPrintg, without whose aproviil no contract is to be valid. It is to be t ie duty of the Suy periutendent of Public Printing to include in his annual report to Congress a detailed state ment.of all proposals made and contracts entered into for the purchase of paper. H is to be the duty of the Superintendent. of Public Printing to compare ever) lot of paper delivered by any contractor, with the standard 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 a difference of opinion between the Superintendent and any contractor for the paper, with respect to its quality, the matter of difference is to be deter mined by the JtComPrintg. In default of any contractor to comply with his contract in furnishing pa%racted for in proper time and of proor quality and weight, it is to be the duty oft e Superintendent to report it to the JtComPrintg, if Congress is in session, or to the SecyInterior, if during a recess of Congress; and under the direction of the JtComPrintg or of the SecyInterior, as the case may be, he is to 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 opening of bi s, or adver tise for new proposals under the regulations before established; and during the interval which may thus be created, he is, under the direction of the JtComPrintg or of the SecyInterior as provided, to purchase in open market at the lowest mar ket price all such paper necessary for the public service. For any increase of cost to the Government in procuringasupply of paper for the use of the Government, the contractor or contractors in default, and his or their secu rities are to be charged with, and held responsible, 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. for 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 Printingto reportto him the default on its happening, with a full statement of all the facts in the case. The JtComPrintg, or, during the recess of Congress, the SecyInte rior, 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. All laws or parts of laws, JtResolutions or parts of resolutions conflictin with the above provisions are repealed, and the Superintendent of Public Printing is not to print any greater number of the reportshereinnamedunlessothen wise directed by either House of Congress. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordei’ed to a 3rd reading, read the 3rd time, and passed. HOUSE BILLS REFERRED. The following bills andJtResolutions from the House of {epresentatives were severally read twice by their titles and referred as indicated below: A bill (H.R.NO1603) for the relief of Robert Baldwinr to the ComPubLands. 4. A bill (H.R.No. 812) for the relief of John W. Taylor to the ComMilAlibirs and the Militia. A JtResolution (H.R.No. 206) in relation to the pensions of widows of revolutionary soldiers to the ComPensions. AlJtResolution (H.R.No. 207) for the relie of Colonel Lewis F. Fix to the ComMilAffr and the Militia. NBUTRALITY LAws. The bill (H.R.No. 806) more eTTectually to preserve the neutrality relations of the U.S. was read twice by its title.