United States Ex Rel. Tucker v. Seaman
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought lip, by'writ of error, from the circuit court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden in and for Washington county. ' The question was, whether the Report of the Commissioner of Patents relating to arts and manufactures and also to' agriculture, which was divided into the two branches, and made, to congress at different, times, was, or was not, one document, and whether the delivery of it to the public printer of one or the other house…
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This case was brought lip, by'writ of error, from the circuit court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden in and for Washington county. ' The question was, whether the Report of the Commissioner of Patents relating to arts and manufactures and also to' agriculture, which was divided into the two branches, and made, to congress at different, times, was, or was not, one document, and whether the delivery of it to the public printer of one or the other house of congress was, or was not, a mere ministerial duty. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
The defendant in error, at the times hereinafter mentioned, was, and still is, superintendent of public printing of the two houses of congress ; and the relator printer to the senate, and O. A. P. Nicholson printer to the house of representatives.
By the act of • August- 26,1852, it is made the duty of the superintendent to receive, from the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives, all matter ordered by congress to be printed, and to deliver it to the public printer or printers. And the 12th section provides, that when any document shall be ordered to be printed…
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