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MANUAL OF STYLE GOVERNING
COMPOSITION AND PROOF READING
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MANUAL OF STYLE GOVERNING
COMPOSITION AND PROOF READING
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC PRINTER.
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1894.
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CONTENTS. Page.
Abbreviations Bill style
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25-28
Capitalization
9-16
Compounding Court work Follow—follow lit General testimony Geographic names Greek accents Greek alphabet Greek case Journal work
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22 22 23 7
40 40 40 29-32 39 24
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Mathematical, astronomical, and physical signs Miscellaneous
Orthography
7
Preface Standard page measurements Suggestions to authors Suggestions for compositors, readers, and revisers Tabular work Use of figures Use of itauc
5 39 6 33-38 19-21 18 23
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PREFACE. Clear and positive rules for composition and proof reading are needed in printing offices to prevent confusion and unnecessary delay and expense.
style in all
Inflexible rules for
works can not be given, but for the general work of the Government
Printing OflSce the rules herein contained will be observed.
When important
changes are to be made, written or printed instructions will be furnished or there will be a special preparation of copy. All persons connected with the typographical divisions of this office are requested
to preserve this book and study carefully and well the rules and suggestions offered for their guidance.
Department editors are requested to make their copy conform as nearly as possible to the style here presented, and to specify fully when sending work to this office
any general deviation therefrom that may be desired. 5
SUGGESTIONS TO AUTHORS. Authors are advised to so prepare their copy that it can be clearly understood by the printer. Nothing should be left for conjecture. Measurable perfection can be secured by first transcribing copy on the typewriter, and before releasing it for In publication giving it as careful revision as is afterwards given proof sheets. the end this will not only save time, but Department printing funds frequently exhausted in making author's corrections in proof Avill be available for other work. Typewritten copy is always preferable, when not on paper too thin, but plain copy is absolutely essential to good work.
The following are offered as suggestions which, if heeded, will enable this office to achieve the best results 1. All paragraphs should be clearly marked on copy, thus avoiding vexatious mis:
prints due to overrunning in proof. 2. Objects, photographs, or drawings for illustration should
accompany manuEach should bear the name of the publication to which it belongs, together with the figure or plate number, and necessary titles or legends for the same should be inserted at the proper place in copy. A complete list of plates and figures should script.
always accompany the paper. 3. When a work is made up of several parts, or papers, a carefully prepared schedule of the desired arrangement should be forwarded with the manuscript. 4. Proper names and technical terms should be plainly and carefully written, using CAPITAL letters if necessary, and each should be verified before the copy is sent to the printer. 5. Details of capitalization and punctuation may be safely left to the printers and proofreaders. It is part of their profession; they make a study of the subject, and will generally meet the author's taste. When printed matter covering more than 6. Write only on one side of the paper. one side of a sheet is used as copy, a duplicate should be furnished otherwise much trouble is caused in cutting. ;
7. When, as an afterthought, new matter making more than a line is inserted, it should be written on a separate sheet and the place for its insertion clearly indicated. 8. Galley proofs will be furnished when desired. It is important that all corrections be made on the first proofs later ones should be used only for purposes of ;
verification. 9. Corrections in stereotype or electrotype plates usually do more harm than good. They weaken the plate and render new errors probable through damaged letters. 10. Authors and compilers are requested to direct those handling their manuscript to transmit the same to the Printing Office in flat form never to roll it if it can
—
be avoided. 6
RULES GOVERNING WORK IN THE DOCUiMENT DIVISIONS OF
THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. (Adopted December 3, 1894.)
ORTHOGRAPHY. 1.
2.
Follow Webster's International Dictionary. Observe the spelling of the following words:
Arapahoe Arapahoes
backward
Nav^o Nav^joes
npward downward 3.
employee missflre manila (city * audpro<l act) farther (distance) canyon further (other than embed
afterwards
waterway
Use the following forms of words
dis-
tance)
:
'
O. K. taggers tin feet, B. M.
Anderson 6c Co.'s invoice 5 by (not x) 10 inches by day (not day's) labor State (not State's) prison
draft, drafting, etc.
forward toward aftward
'
quaHermaster atorea
one-fourth (where I is marked "spell" in copy) Jones's (poasessive) can not ^
waterworks waterway cattleman
Omit the dieresis in such words as reexamine, cooperation, preemption, zoology. The following is a list of words in common use in which accented letters occur. Follow it, except in works of the United States Geological Survey and United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, in which no accented letters are permissible 4.
5.
:
attach^
ABBREVIATIONS.
ABBREVIATIONS. for 1. Follow Postal-Guide contractions for States and Territories (except Oregon, which use Oreg.) after names of forts, barracks, arseuals, navy-yards, naval stations, Note the counties, military or Indian reservations, and Indian agencies.
post-of3Bci'8,
following examples:
Hudson County, N. J. Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nev.
Fort Barrancas, Fla.
Vancouver Barracks, Wash.
Pine Rid"e Agency, S. Dak. Springfield Armory, Mass. Fort Hyer Military Reservation, Va.
Rock Island Arsenal, 111. League Island Navy- Yard, Pa. Key West Naval Station, Fla. Albany, N. T.
POSTAL-GUIDE CONTRACTIONS. Alabama
Ala.
Kentucky
North Dakota
N.Dak.
Alaska Territory Arizona Territory Arkansas
Alaska
Louisiana
La.
Ohio
Ohio
Maine Maryland
Me.
Oklahoma Territory. ..Okla.
Md.
Oregon Pennsylvania
California
Colorado Connecticut
Delaware District of Columbia
Florida
Ariz.
Ark. Cal. Colo.
Conn. Del. D. C. Fla.
Georgia Idaho
Ga.
Illinois
111.
Indiana Indian Territory
Ind. Ind. T.
Iowa Kansas
Idaho
Iowa Kans.
Ky.
Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota
Mass. Mich. Minn.
Mississippi Missouri
Miss.
Mo. Mont. Nebr. Nev. N. H. N. J. New Jersey New Mexico Territory .N. Mex. N. Y. New York N. C. North Carolina
Montana
Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire
.
2. Titles of courtesy and professional titles
spelled according to the following list
Mr.
Rev.
:
Oregon Pa.
Rhode Island
R.I.
South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas
S. C. S. Dak.
Tenn. Tex.
Utah Territory Vermont
Utah
Virginia
Va.
Vt.
Washington
Wash.
West Virginia
W. Va.
Wisconsin
Wis.
Wyoming
Wyo.
preceding names will be contracted or
V
CAPITALIZATION.
and
and
pages, 5. In parenthetic references to books use "p." and "pp." for page "sec." and "sees." for section and sections. 6. "St." will be used for Saint, but Fort and Mount will not be abbreviated. Use the character "&" in firm names, but not in 7. Use "etc." instead of "&c." titles of companies having geographic or commercial words as part of the corporate
name, nor in literary, scientific, artistic, or musical companionships. Smith & Brown. George W. Johnson & Co. William Greene <fc Bro.
Wigton Bro8. & Co. Harlan & HoUingsworth Company. Brown & Jones Mining and Milling Company. Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company.
Examples:
Washinston and Norfolk Steamboat Company. Atlantic ami Pacitic Telt-graph Conipany. Wa.shington Flour and Feed .Company. Eastern and Western Transportation Company. Gilbert and Sullivan. Cuvier and Valenciennes. Hay and Nicolay.
Comprehensive examples of the use of the word "Company" and its contrac(See also "Contractions" under "Tabular work.") 9. Do not use abbreviation "U. S." except in connection with naval and other vessels of the Government, as U. S. S. Eearsarge, U. S. gunboat Katahdin, U. S. monitor Miantonomoh, U. S. torpedo boat Ericsson, U. S. light-house tender Maple, etc. but the contraction may be used in signature and address lines where extreme length makes 8.
tion "Co." are given above.
;
it desirable.
Set references to scriptural texts as follows: Genesis xv, 24; II Samuel viii,
10.
9-13
;
St. Matthew vii, 5.
11. Streets of the District
of Columbia: Fifth street NW.
;
Florida avenue NE. ;
Four-and-a-half street SW.
Where compass directions are contracted, use the forms NE., NNW., etc. Use " F." for Fahrenheit and "C." for centigrade when temperatures are given. 14. Use "PI." and "Fig." for plate and figure before roman numerals, as PI. VI, Fig. XII; "pi." and "fig." before figures, as pi. 6, fig. 12. 15. Use "Rev. Stat." for Revised Statutes, and "Stat. L." for Statutes at Large, 12.
13.
in citations. 16. Set abbreviations for section, township, range, etc., thus: SE. i sec. 5, T. 9 N., R. 2E. 17. Use "loc. cit." for loco citato; "op. cit." for opere citato; "sp. gr." for specific
gravity, and "sp. nov." for species nova. 18. Where the metric system of weights and measures is used, follow copy, and where contractions occur use roman lower-case or superior letters, according to
indicated preference, as "cm. or •="'," for centimeter; "c. c. or <^'=," for cubic centimeter. " viz" omit the 19. After "per cent" and period. 20.
"mm. or ""•," for millimeter;
References to Congressional documents: House Ex. Doc. No. 6, Forty-seventh
Congress, second session ; Senate Mis. Doc No. 10, Forty-sixth Congress, first session. 21. Use "f." (vermg) in all cases except "fol." and "fol. lit." 22. The symbol ""/„," used in connection with South American financial statements, will be spelled "national money," in parentheses, immediately following the
amount, as $146 (national money); Rs. 146 (national money). " " s." " d." when 23. English money will be expressed by the use of the symbols "£ amounts are given, as £227 14s. 6d. (See also "Contractions" under "Tabular work," "Supreme Court records," and "Court of Claims opinions, briefs, and decisions.")
CAPITALIZATION. Use caps for roman numerals designating pages, chapters, articles, or plates. Use caps for college degrees, viz, D. D., Ph. D., LL. D., A. M., B. A., etc. " in 3. Use lower-case "r" in Sr. and Jr., and "sq. Esq. in addresses and signa1.
2.
tures.4. Capitalize, both singular and plural, "department," "bureau," "survey," "corps," and "service," when referring to an Executive Department or important
CAPITALIZATION.
10
bureau, of the United States Government; "congress," referring to the United States Congress; "house," referring to the United States Senate or House of Representatives. 5. Capitalize, singular and plural, Senator, Representative, Delegate, and Member of the United States Congress and the principal officers of both Houses. Observe the following :
Architect of the Capitol President Secretary 6.
Chaplain Sergeant-at-Arms Speaker
>
Capitalize the legislative bodies, with their sections, of Governments
Parliament
Rigsdag
House of Lords House of Commons
Eeichsrath National Assembly Corps L^gislatif Bundesratli Skupshtina
the Lords the Commons the Reichstag 7.
Clerk Doorkeeper
:
Cortes Legislature (Hawaii) the Right the Center the Left States-General (Holland)
The words "president," "king," "queen," "czar," "emperor," etc., when used
definitely and referriug to rulers of countries, should be capitalized, as the Presi-
dent, the Emperor, the Emperor of China, the Chinese Emperor, etc. " 8. Capitalize the first word of a direct quotation. Example: Solomon says, Pride "a such indirect as wise Do not capitalize quotations goeth before destruction."
man says that pride goeth before destruction." 9.
Capitalize the first word of such indirect quotations as the following, but do
not quote
:
The orator's chief thought was, How shall we pay the debt? The penitent's cry was, What shall I do to be saved ? The subject for debate was, Which is the greater, the pen or the sword? 10. Capitalize all commissions and boards authorized by act of Congress when given in full, singular and plural, as Fish Commission, Civil Service Commission, Mississippi River Commission, District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, LightHouse Board, etc.; also the words "commission," " commissioner," and "board" where standing alone and referring to the above. 11. Capitalize all words denoting the Deity; "Reformation" (the), "Revolution" (1776), "Revolutionary war," "French Revolution." " 12. Capitalize the words army" and "navy" only when they mean the entire of the United and Army Navy States, and lower-case when used as adjectives.
Examples
:
The troops were supplied with army saddles and blankets. The army before Nashville was commanded by General Thomas.
He spoke for the Army and Navy, as well as the Administration. Their clothes were made of navy cloth, and their general appearance was that of navy officials. He is at the head of the American Navy and conversant with everything pertaining to navy affairs.
" Government" and refers 13. When any word is used specifically as a synonym for to any nation, as "crown," " empire," " kingdom," " republic," "administration," or
"
state," capitalize it, singular or plural.
cies, lower-case it.
When indefinite or applied to dependen-
Examples:
The Government of the United States, which Government is the best of Governments. President Cleveland's Administration compared favorably with preceding Administrations. His estates were forfeited to the Crown, and his jewels were used to adorn the King's crown. Upon the fall of the French Empire, the Empire of Germany was proclaimed. France, as a republic, strengthened the Republics of the world; as an empire, it weakened them. 14. Capitalize "state," "territory," "district" (applied to a Federal district, as District of Alaska, District of Columbia), "canton" (in Switzerland), "province"
(in Canada and Australia), etc., both singular and plural, when referring to administrative divisions of any country.
11
CAPITALIZATION.
When the word ''state" is used in contradistinction to " church," lower-case and state;" also "secretary of state of New York," "state it, as "A union of church 15.
policy," "affairs of state," etc. 16. Capitalize heads of Departments and Bureaus (of the United States Government only), hut lower-case division and section officers. 17.
Capitalize names of political parties
:
Kepublicans, Democrats, Tories, Home
Rulers, Populists, People's Party, Prohibition party. Prohibitionists, Farmers' Alliance, Liberals, etc. 18. Capitalize names of societies:
Odd Fellows, B'nai B'rith, etc.
19. Capitalize names of geological ages, eras, and periods
Ages:
:
CAPITALIZATION.
12
disposed of, both as a record of the fact and as a limitation of the authority conferred. John S. Henderson, ddd DDD (Signed) Jno. a. Caldwell, Committee on the part of the House of Representatives, a
Wm. F. ViLAS,
[Observe lead.]
James McMillan, Committee on the part of the Senate.^
bia, on account of the sewer debt of the District of Columbia to the United States, Very respectfully, A. C. Matthews, D D D
DDD
Comptroller.
By J. R. Garrison,
Deputy Comptroller. U
D John Jay, Washington, D. C.
report, which has been received, and is herewith transmitted with my concurrence. Respectfully, yours, J. G. Carlisle, Secretary.
DDD
D Hon. George D, Wise, . DDL! Chairman Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce,
House of Representatives.
Brig, Gen, Thomas L. Casey, D D Chief of Engineers, U. S. A., Washington, D. C.
D Dear Sir
:
of Maryland, this 28th day of Maj', A, D. 1885,
a[SEAL,] By the governor
T,
WaTKINS LiGON.D
:
DDD Nathaniel Cox, Secretary of State.
the day and year first above written,
M, Wilbur. [seal,]C2 Bartlett, Robins & Co.D [seal.]d
J,
D In presence of— D c D A, T. Brown,
.
A, B. W, Dew,
D D I am, General, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,
DDD
C. G. Sawtelle, Colonel and Chief Quartermaster Military Division of the Gulf. '2
DMaj, Gen, M, C. Mkigs,
DDD Quartermaster-General United States Army, Washington, D. C.
n D Dl have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, S. P. Langley, Secretary. :2 Note.
—In cases like the two preceding observe use of lead between text line and signature.
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CAPITALIZATION.
24. Titles preceding names will always be capitalized: Senior Warden Brown; Grand Master Williamson Master Workman Sovereign; Sergeant Murphy Private ;
;
O'Donnell; Boatswain Given; Tinsmith Harris, etc. 25. Lower-case participles derived from proper names, such as anglicized, frenchified, romanized, gallicized; also adjective or qualifying nouns indirectly derived
from and compounded with proper names, as tropical, arctic, transatlantic, etc. 26. Geographic zones or sections of the world, when used as proper nouns, take When used as the capital, as the Tropics, the Arctics, the Levant, the Orient. adjectives, use lower case, as antarctic ice, tropical plants, oriental customs, levantine silk, morocco or russia leather, china or wedgwood pottery. Such words as India rubber, India ink, paris green, london purple, prussian blue, Venetian red, roman type, gothic letter (but Gothic architecture), that describe things and are also used as nouns, do not take the capital, although they are, or are derived from, proper names. 27. Capitalize titles clearly intended as synonyms of proper names. Examples :
You will go, Major, to Xew York. I am anxious about our friend, the Captain. Mr. Speaker, I rise to a point of order. I am, General, yoar obedient servant. 28. Titles not clearly used as synonyms, or when used in a general way, will not be
Examples He was taken before the .judge.
capitalized.
:
The captain was breveted. 29.
Where the word "o'clock" occurs in phrases or headlines involving the use of
capitals, always set it '•o'clock;" never use the form o'clock, O'clock, or O'clock. 30. In caps-and-small-caps cross headings, or headings of any kind in which capitals are used, capitalize principal words.
[Copy preparers will take full respon-
sibility for uniformity in this matter and mark copy plainly.] 31. In tables of contents which are set in small caps capitalize only the first word
and proper names. 32. Capitalize the titles of standing and select committees of the Senate and House of Rejwesentatives of the United States and the different forms of the same, both
singular and plural, as Committee on Ways and Means ; Ways and Means Committees. The following list gives the official nomenclature of Congressional committees, with
the proper capitalization Committee on
:
HOUSE.
—
Elections.
Ways and Means. Appropriations. the Judiciary. Banking and Currency. Coinage, Weights, and Measures. Interstate' ancl Foreign Commerce. Rivers and Harbors.
Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Agriculture.
Foreign Affairs. Military Afi'airs.
Naval Affairs.
the Post-Office and Post-Roads. the Public Lands. Indian Affairs. the Territories. Railways and Canals.
Manufactures. lllnes and Mining.
Public Huildiiigs and Grounds. the Pacific Railroads. Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River.
Education. Labor. the Militia. Patents. Invalid Pensions. Pensions. Claims, War Claims.
Committee on
—
Private Land Claims. the District of Columbia. the Kevision of the Laws. Reform in the Civil Service. Election of President and Vice-President and Representatives in Congress. Alcouolic Liquor Traflic. Irrigation of Arid Lands.
Immigrati<m and Naturalization. Ventilation and Acoustics. Expenditures in the State Dei>artment. Expenditures in the Trca-sury Department. Expenditures in the War Department. Expenditures in tlie Navy Department. Expenditures in the Post-OHice Dei>artment. Expenditures in the Interior Department. Expenditures in the Department of Justice. Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture.
Expenditures on Public Buildings. Rules.
Accounts. Mileage. the Liijrary (also Joint Committee on). Printing (also Joint Committee on). Enrolled Bills (also Joint Committee on), Joint Commission of Congress to Inquire into the Status of Laws Organizing the Executive DepartmentsJoint Commission on Disposition of Useless Fapers in Executive Departments.
14
CAPITALIZATION. SENATE.
Committee — on Agriculture and Forestry. on Appropriations. 10 Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. on the Census. on Civil Service and Retrenchment. on Claims. on Coast Defenses. on Commerce. on the District of Columbia. on Education and Labor. on Engrossed Bills. on Enrolled Bills. on Epidemic Diseases. to Examine the Several Branches of the Civil Service.
—
Committee on Pensions. on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. on Printing. on Private Land Claims. on Privileges and Elections. on Public Buildings and Grounds. on Public Lands. on Railroads. on Relations with Canada. on the Revision of the Laws of the United States.
on Revolutionary Claims. on Rules. on Territories. on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard. Select Committee
—
to Investigate the Condition of the Potomac
on Finance. on Fisheries. on Foreign Relations. on Immigration.
'•
on Improvement of the Mississippi River audits Tributaries.
on Indian Affairs. on Indian Depredations. on Interstate Commerce. on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands. on the Judiciary. on the Library. on Manufactures. on Military Affairs. on Mines and Mining. on Naval Affairs. on Organization, Conduct, and Expenditures of the Executive Departments. on Pacific Railroads. on Patents.
River Front of Washington. to Inquire into all Claims of Citizens of the United States against the Government of Nicaragua. on "Woman Suffrage. on Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress. on the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians. on Transportation and Sale of Meat Prodi^cts. to Establish the University of the United States.
on the Quadro-Centennial. to Investigate the Geological Survey.
on National Banks. on Forest Reservations. on Corporations in the District of Columbia. to Investigate Trespassers upon Indian Lands on Ford Theater Disaster.
.
33. Capitalize "county," "township," and "ward" (singular form only), when used with the proper name. 34. Capitalize "river," "bay," "cape," "harbor," "mount," "island," etc. (singular form only), when used with the proper name. 35. Capitalize such words as "building," "asylum," "bridge," "bank," "school," "hospital," etc. (singular form only), when used with the proper name. 36. The following list will be found convenient as a guide to capitalization :
Absentee Shawnees. Act, Thurman, Tucker, etc. Acting Secretary of the Senate. Acting Secretary of State, etc. Administration (National). Admiral.
Arsenal, Rock Island, etc. Articles of War. article of war, sixty-second Artillery Scliool (United States).
assembly, Pennsylvania Assistant Attorney-General (United States) Assistant Commissioner of the General Land
Admiralty (British). Agency, Chippewa, etc.
.
Office.
Agricultural Report.
Albany Penitentiary. Appendix IV. Appendix A. Appointment OflBce. Aqueduct, Washington, etc.
Aqueduct Bridge.
Army Gun Factory. Army:
General of the Lieutenant-General of the Major-General Commanding the Adjutant-General ('s Office) .
Inspector-General ('s Office). Judge- Advocate-General. Quartermaster-General ('s Office). Commissary-General of Subsistence.
Surgeon-General ('s Office). Paymaster-General ('s Office). Chief of Engineers. Chief Signal Officer. Chief of Ordnance. Regular Army. Volunteer Army. Army Medical Museum.
army officer, nurse, wagon, etc.
Armory (Springfield)
.
Architect of the Capitol. Architect of the Treasury Department.
Assistant Commissioner of Patents. Assistant Postmaster-General, First, Second, etc. Assistant Secretary of the Interior, etc. Associated Press. Atlantic Slope, Coast, and Seaboard (section of country). Attorney-General. Auditor, First, Second, etc. Auditor of Railroad Accounts. Band, Eastern, etc., of Cherokees.
Bank, Central, etc. Bay, Chesapeake, etc.
Bethlehem Iron Works. Bible or Scriptures. Black Friday.
Board (when definite). Board of Engineers. Board of General Appraisers. Board of Ordnance and Fortification, board of public works (District of Columbia). Board of Underwriters (New York) Board of Managers of the Soldiers' Home. Board of Trade of Philadelphia, etc. Board on Geographic Names. .
Book of Estimates.
Botanist, the (Agr. Dept.)
Botanic Garden.
15
CAPITALIZATION. Bowman Act. Building, Winder, etc. buildings, Winder and Logan building, Treasury, etc.
Bureau (when definite). Bureau of Accounts (and all other bureaus of the
Navy Department). Cabinet, the Calendar, the Calendar of Bills and Resolutions. Calendar, Private Capitol Grounds. Capitol, the Capitol police.
Carnegie Steel Works. Cavalry and Infantry School (United States). Census Bulletin No. 420. Census, Tenth, Eleventh, etc. central Ohio.
Chairman (Committee of the Whole). Chairman of the Light-House Board. Chamber (of House or Senate). Charles II of England. Chemist, the (Agr. Dept.)
Cherokee Strip or Outlet. Chief of the Bureau of, etc. Chief Clerk, House or Senate. Chief Intelligence Officer. Chief of the Record and Pension Division. Chief Justice (of United States Supreme Court). Chief Magistrate. Christian. Christianity.
Christendom. Christianize.
Church, the Methodist, etc. (denomination) Church, .St. Aloysius, etc. (congregation) church, St. Paul s (building) Circle, Iowa, etc. (as a park) cisatlantic, etc.
City of Mexico. Civil Service Commission (ers). Clerk of the House. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Code, the Mississippi College, Columbia, etc. Colonel Commandant (Marine Corps). Commissioner of Patents, etc. Conimis.sioniTs of District of Columbia. Coni])troller, First, Second, etc. Comptroller of the Currency, Conuxleratc States. Consular Bureau. Congressional. Congressional Directory. Congressional Library. Constitution (United States). Continent, the (P^urope) Contract Office. Corps of Engineers. Corps of Jadge- Advocates. Council, Choctaw County, (Marion, etc. Court of Claims. Court of Private Land Claims. Court of St. James, court of appeals. Court of Conmiissioners of Alabama Claims.
Crown (referring to Government). Dalles, The
Dam No. 4.
Day, Thanksgiving, Independence, Memorial, etc. Dead-Letter Office. Delegate (in Congress). Democrat.
Department of Jnatice. Deputy Second Auditor, etc. Diplomatic Bureau. Director of the Geological Survey, etc. district
:
First assembly Fifth Congressional Third liglithouse District of Columbia Jail.
Dome (of Capitol). Dominion of Canada. Du Pont Powder Works. Eastern States, the
Eastern Continent. Eastern Hemisphere. ea.stem New York, etc. Electoral Commission.
Engine No. 6. Engineer in Chief. Engineer Corps. Engineer Department. Entomologist, the (Agr. Dept.) Evangelical Alliance. Executive, the
Executive order. Executive Departments. executive department (one of the three coordinate department!* of the Government). Executive Document No. 95. Federal Government. Fish Commission (er). Forty- seventh Congress. Fourth of July. Freedman's Savings Bank. General Government. Gentile.
General Assembly (Presbyterian Church). General Superintendent of Life-Saving Service. Geological Survey, gospel,
governor.
Government
:
Imperial
Koyal
Federal General National British, etc.
Government of Great Britain. Government Hospital for the Insane.
Governor-General (of Canada). (But Post No. 63, etc.) Great Lakes. Gulf Coast (section of country), Gulf, the (Gulf of Mexico) Hague. The Hall (of the House). Hall, Statuary (of Capitol) Harbor, Boston, etc. Headquarters of the Army. Health Bureau. Her Majesty the Queen. His Excellency the President. His Excellency Li Hung Chang,
Grand Army post.
his excellenej the governor.
His Royal Highness tlie Prince of Wales.
Home and Brancli (singular or plnral, referring to Soldiers' Home).
Hospital. Providence, etc. Hotel, Metropolitan, etc.
House Calendar. House Executive Document No. 12. House, Ebbitt, etc.
Howard University. Hydrograj)liic Office, imperial edict, inuia rubber. Isthmus, the (of Panama) Journal Clerk. Journal of the Honse (or Senate). Lafayette, General la Fayette, Marquis de Lafayette County. Lakes Erie and Huron, legislature, Connecticut, etc.
Lake Michigan. Librarian of Congress. Library of Congress. Life-Saving Service. Light-House Board, light-house district. Fourth, etc. Line, Cunard, etc. london purple.
Long Bridge, lower House of Congress. Lower Mississippi. Mall, the
Marine Corps. Marine-Hospital Service. Medical Corps. Medical Department (Army or Kayy).
CAPITALIZATION.
16 Members and Delegates.
River, Ohio, etc.
Merino (sheep). merino (goods, wool, etc.).
royal command.
Rotunda (of Capitol).
Metropolitan police. Microscopist, the (Agr. Dept.) middle Tennessee. Military Academy (United States).
Mikado. Miscellaneous Document No. 2. Mississippi Delta. Mississippi Kiver :
Pass Passes
Head of Passes Money-Order Office (of P. O. Dept.).
Monument Lot. Mormon.
Nation, Choctaw, etc. National Board of Health. National Cemetery, Arlington, etc. "^ national cemetery at Arlington. National Guard. National Legislature. National Government. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. National Medical Museum. National Park, Yellowstone, etc. national park in California.
Naval Academy. Naval Asylum." Naval Militia (the entire body) Naval Observatory. Naval Reserves. Navy, the
.
Navy -Yard, New York, etc. Netherlands, the
New World. New York City.
Rule XXI. Rules and Articles of War. Schedule B. schedule 6. School, Peabody, etc. schools, Peabody and Brent Scriptures (the Bible).
Secretary of State, etc. (United States). Senate (jhamber. Sergeant-at-Arms. Signal Corps. Signal Office. Signal Service. Six Companies (Chinese).
Smithsonian Institution. Solicitor-General. Solicitor of Internal Revenue. Solicitor of the Treasury. Solicitor for the Department of State. Sound, the (referring to Long Island or
Southern States, the southern Illinois. Southwest, the Square, Madison, etc. (as a park) square, Lafayette, etc. (as a street) star route. Stars and Stripes. Statistician, the (Agr. Dept.)
:
New York avenue. First street (northeast, etc.).
North Pole,
Jackson alley.
Office of Experiment Stations. Office of Steamboat Inspection.
Old World. One hundred and twenty-flfth street. Order of Business No. 56. Ordnance Department. Pacific coast (the sea line). Pacific Slope, Coast, and Seaboard (section of
country), paris green. Parish, Caddo
Park, Jackson, etc.
Pay Corps. Pay Department. Penitentiary, Albany, etc. Pension Bureau. Pension Office.
People's Party, plaster of paris. Populist. Postal Union. Postmaster-General. Post- Office appropriation bill. Presidential. Prince of Monaco. Prussian blue. Public Land Strip. Public Printer.
Quartermaster's Department. Railway Mail Service. Record and Pension Office (or Division). Reform School of District of Columbia. Reform School, Girls'
Phillips court.
Mount Vernon place (as a street). Iowa circle (as a street) .
Pudding lane. Bennings road. Lafayette square (as a street). Subsistence Department. Superintendent of the Census. Superintendent of Coast and Geodetic Survey, Superintendent of Foreign Mails. Superintendent of Immigration. Superintendent of the Money-Order System. Superintendent of the Nautical Almanac. Superintendent of the Naval Observatory. Supervising Architect's Office. Supervising Architect of the Treasury. Supervising Inspector-General of Steam Vessels. Supervising Surgeon General United States Marine-Hospitar Service.
Supplement to Revised Statutes. Supreme Bench. Supreme Court (United States), supreme court (District of Columbia or of a State)
.
surveyor-general. Survey, Geological, etc. Territorial assembly. Territorial legislature, transmississippi. transatlantic. Treasurer of the United States. 'Treasury building. Treasury Cattle (Jommission. Treasury (National). United Press.
Reformatory, Elmira, etc. Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Register of the Treasury. Regular Army. Regular Navy. Reporter of the Senate.
Upper Mississippi Valley, Mississippi, etc.
Republican. Reservation, Sioux, etc.
Washington Aqueduct. Washington's Headquarters.
Revenue-Cutter Service. Revenue-Marine Service. Revolutionary war. Revised Statutes.
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Statistical Abstra(!t. Statutes at Large. Straits of Magellan, etc. Streets, etc.
North, the northern Illinois. Northwest, the
Puget
Sound) South, the
Vice-President (of United States). Vice- Admiral, war, Mexican war of the rebellion.
Western Continent. Western Hemisphere. White Lot.
COMPOUNDING.
17
COMPOUNDI^NG. 1. In compounding words the International Dictiou;ir\' will be followed, with but few exceptions. 2. The following words are so common in the work of this office that the usage of
many years will be continued
:
lieutenant-commaiider rear admiral
light-house navy-yartl
consul-general vice-consul lieutenant-general, etc. ser gcau t -m a j or qiiarteriua-ster-sergeant, etc.
atto'ruey-general, etc.
color-corporal
provost-marshal provost-uiarshal-genend
post-office
court-house
custom-house
3.
flag-officer
.juttge-advocate-general
Make one word of horsepower, candlepower, and hundredweight, and use adjec-
tively as laid down in the succeeding paragraph. 4. Comjiound adjectives take the hyphen A 2-foot rule, lO-horsepower engine, 16-candlepower light, 6-hundredweight load, many colored coat, light-armed soldier, :
asked-for opinion, fine-grained woo<l, light-green color, etc. 5.
Compound the following
:
mid-channel
micro-organism
double-loader
micro-millimeter
single-loa^ler
micro-photograph
acre-foot (jilural acre- feet) foot-acre (plural foot-acres)
pleuropneumonia national-bank notes re-treat (to treat again)
pound-foot (plural pound-feet) ]K>st-mortem
ante-mortem 6.
foot-pound (]dural foot-jmunds) foot-poundal(pluraUVK)t-poundal8) foot-second (plunil foot seconds) secoml-foot (plural second-feet) foot-ton (plural foot-tons)
{lound-degree (plural pound-degrees)
Follow componnding, etc., in the appended list of fishes and fishery appliances:
ale wife
fat-head
amber-fish
fiddler-crab
angel-fish bag seine
finback whale fish -culture
bass net
fish eggs
bellows-tisli
fisliing-canip
black bass black-cod
fishing-ground
blackflsh
black perch blue crab
fishing-place fish roe fish-wheel
flake-yard
mollusk monkfish moonfish niossbunker mud-crab mudfish muskcllunge mussel-crab
sea-urchin
seaweed seine-haul seine-reach set net sheat-fish
sheepshcad shellfish
mutt4in-tish nigger-fish
shore-crab
nurselish oyster bed oyster-crab paddle-fish
smelt net snake-fish
skipjack
blneflsh
flatfish
boat fishermen
bomb-gun
flying-fish food-fish frost fish
bottom-feeding fish
garfish
bowhead whale
gill net
boxfish brook trout
gill-net fishing
itighsh
squfteague
pilot-fish
bufialo-flsh
goldfish goosefish
squirrel-fish starfish
bullhead
green crab
bull's-eye mackerel buoy line butter-fish candle-fish
greenfish
boat-steerer
catboat catfish (•igar-flsh
coast line codfish codfish fishery cod fishery
cod fishing cod Hue crampfish crawfish crayfish crayfish pot cultus-cod cutting-in (of a whale) dateflsh dealflsh devil-fish
doctor-fish
dogfish dollar-fish
drag net drap seine drumfish
ha^'fish
hair stMil hanil lance
harbor porjioi.se harpoon gun hermit-crab hickory -jack hogfisli
hoop net horsefish
Spanish mackerel speartish
peacock-fish
sjiider-crab
pipefish purse seine raffish
red crab red eve
st«elhead stingray stone-crab stripol bass
redflsh
sulphur-bottom whale
red groyper red -horse red perch red snapiier
suntish swordfish
threadfish
r(K-k-ba8s
tilefish
toadfish tomcoil
rockfish rock lobster
trammel net
humpback whale
rowboat
Jelly-fish
jewlish Jonah-crab kelp-crab
tautog
rock cod rock-crab
rose-fish roun<i-fish
jackhsh
soft crab
panfi.^h jiarrot-fish
horse-mackerel horseshoe-crab houndfish
kelpfish kiugrtsh
dingey
drift net
ground line
snapping mackerel
trawl basket
trawling-ground treefish
trigger-fish rudder-fish trum]iet-fish salmon canning trying-out (of a whale) salmon-canning industry trv- works
salmon trout sand-crab sawfish
tu\)fish *.
weakfish whaleboat
lady-crab lady -fish Ian i- crab
sea bass sea-cucnmber
whalelnme whale line whistling buoy
sea-horse
whiteflsh
landlocke<l salmon
seal oil seal skin
yellow-tail
live-car
lobster not
lumpfish
8892— s— -2
scallop
sea moss sea mullet
wolf-fish
USE OF FIGURES.
18 7.
Fractions,
when spoiled, will be compounded: One twenty-first, one-fifth,
eighty-one one-hundredths, one one-hnndredth, the one-hundredth part. 8. The words "well," "so," and "ill" will be used as follows: He is an ill-tempered man; he is very ill tempered. Well-meant intentions; his intentions are well meant. His so-called poem; his poem (so called) is, etc. But generally adverbs are not compounded with adjectives which they qualify: A divinely inspired book a ;
finely modeled statue; a nicely kept lawn.
USE OF FIGURES. 1. Where figures are used to express the time of day, use the period to separate the hours and minutes: It was 5.30 p. m. 10.02 a. m. 2. Use degree and minute marks after figures in all cases referring to degrees and ;
minutes, and where whole numbers and decimals are used place the marks after the decimals, as 14.25° 13.5' 24.36". 3. In straight matter and reading columns of tables, where decimal fractions occur without a unit, put a cipher in the unit's place: 0.38; but a .38-caliber revolver. 4. Omit the comma in serial numbers: No. 165473; section 2436. ;
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5. Use inferior figures in all chemical symbols, and omit spaces between the letters and signs. 6. Use superior figures in connection with reference letters, as A', A^, a', a^. 7. It is impossible to give definite rules that will govern in all cases as to what should go in figures and what should be spelled out. It is a question which must be left to the judgment of the workman. General rules which will serve as a guide to the tendency of the style follow :
Put in figures —
Distances: 50 miles; 17 yards; 8 leagues. Clock time : 10.25 p. m. 12 o'clock and 30 minutes half pabt 9. Weights: 12 pounds of beef; 4 hundredweight of stone 8 centals of wheat; 2 grams of powder. Measures: 40 bushels of wheat; 1 gallon of wine 15 knots; 6 acres; 9 hectares. ;
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Degrees, etc.: 17° 24' 17"; 10° below zero
;
in longitude 46° west (but tenth meridian of longitude,
sixth degree of latitude, etc.).
Dimensions : 16 feet square; 24 by (not x) 12 feet; 2 by 6 inch plank; 4 kilometers square. Percentage: 15 per cent; 27.4 per cent; butone-half of 1 per cent, etc. Money: $2 per 100 pounds $1 .37J per bale 35 cents apiece a 25-centpiece; 20 francs. Age: My age is 52 years and 6 months; a boy 6 years old; 3year-old colt; 3-montlis-old child; wine 8 years old (but a boy about six years old; wine four or Ave years old— where indefinite and ;
isolated, spell out)
;
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Population: The population of Chicago is 1,000,000, of whom 150,000 are voters a hamlet of 18 persons. ;
(But see paragraphs 9 and 10 under " Spell out.")
Bonds or stocks
: Gold is 109; Metropolitan Eailroad, 109; 5-20 bonds; 10-40 bonds; 7.30 bonds; 3.65 bonds: 4i percent bonds; 3 per cent bonds 3Jpercents; 4 percents. Wliere the word " bonds " ;
does not follow the designating expression, spell out, as five-twenties, ten-forties,
three-sixty-flves,
four-and-a-halfs, threes, etc.
Votes, ballots, etc.: 75 votes; 50 ballots; 300 voters; 167 Democrats; 14 majority. Definite enumerations (when of a statistical character) 275 persons, 6 sleek horses, 20 head of sheep, :
9 dusty travelers; 43 reports, covering 109 pages.
(But see paragraph 9 under "Spell out.")
Dates: June 29, A. D. 1882; December 6,1846; the Ist of January. 1883; June 12; the 5th instant; the 20th day of March; the 1st (day) of the mouth.
July 4, 1776, wa.-, the great day which g.ive to the world the celebrated Declaration of Independence, and now our Fourth of July is something to be remembered by all patriotic Americans; 4th of July claims. Serial numbers: Section 3; lHo. 1728; paragraph 247; page 125; volume 6 (or Volume VI, as written) 1536 Ninth street; Route No. 17342; clerk of class 3. ;
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Spell out
Length of time It lasted fifteen years; we were three days on the way; four hours and ten minutes. 2. Amounts or numbers One larger than 1,000, if spelled, are expressed thus thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty number 1.
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TABULAR WORK.
But in serial numbers, where even multiples serenteen hundred and twenty-two. of one thousand occur, use the word '^thousand," as section two thousand and four (not twentj- hundred and four) paragraph seven thousand and sixty-nine. 3. When beginning a sentence: Five million dollars' worth; in other ceases, ;
$5,000,000 worth. 4. All amounts beginning sentences or paragraphs, except when, in testimony, an
answer begins with a serial or complex number, in which case use figures.
Examples
:
Q. In what year was that ?- A. 1876. Q. What was the amount involved?— A. $101.50. Q. How mach was the sum?— A. Five (or fifteen, or sixty-seven) dollars. 5.
Numbered streets of all cities, except in tabular matter.
6.
Regimental numbers of United States Regular or Volunteer Army, as Eighth
Infantry, One hundred and ninth Ohio Regiment, Third Massachusetts Cavalry. " four or five 7. Sums of money, when they are referred to in a general way, as
"
I would not contribute one dollar to such a purpose." [This is not millions," or to be construed as meaning round numbers, but simply a general or indefinite state-
ment.] 8.
Isolated fractions not connected with whole numbers, as one-fourth, three-
tenths. 9.
Isolated enumerations less than 10:
"I saw three men at work."
"There were
four horses in the field." 10. Number of persons, when not in statistical matter or when general or indefinite :
"There were thirty or forty persons in the town." 11. When numbers are mentioned casually, or by way of illustration, or in connection with serious and dignified subjects, they should be spelled out: In nine hundred and ninety-nine cases out of every thousand. It is now five years since I first took my stand in opposition to this measure, and if my stay among yon should be extended to twenty years instead of five, I shall still be found opposing it with the same earnestness as at first. Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.
The twelve Apostles. The three Graces. The nine Muses. The seven wise men of Greece. For twelve years he struggled manfully and the thirteenth year crowned his eflbrts with success. Congress has now been in session two months and three weeks, lacking two days. It is twenty-four years since the rebellion turned the two sections of our country into two armed bodies composed of two or thrt-e million men. It is the twelfth hour which is dreaded most at night by saperstitions mortals. At eleven and a half o'clock. In the thirtieth degree of latitude the thermometer reached the fifth degree abtivo zero. 12. "WTieu a paper is divided into clauses numbered "1, 2, 3," etc., in the copy, pnt
in figures; but if written " Ist, 2d, 3d," etc., spell out.
TABULAR WORK. —
Box heads. Box heads should be run across whenever practicable; if it is necessary to run them np, reduce to the minimum depth. In boxes of two or more lines which run across, or where two or more boxes occur in the same head, use en quads above and below the greater number of lines.
In boxes of three lines or more in depth and 10 ems or more in width over reading columns or over several figure columns, and in all run-up heads of three lines or more, make hanging indention; otherwise center each line. In boxes containing two lines the first line must be the longer when possible. Contractions. In columns of names of persons, follow copy in the use of contractions of given names; but to avoid overruns always contract such names as William and Charles. Use " Co." for "Company" where the name of the company is given ;
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TABULAR WORK.
20
use "R. R." for railroad and "Rwy." for railway where the name of the railroad or
railway is given, and nse iiro. and Bros, in firm names. Contract names of months whenever the day of the month is given, excepting in first columns consisting of dates only, which may, however, be contracted to save overruns. All other wellknown contractions can be used, by direction of copy preparer, to save overruns. The following contractions for mouths of the year will be used :
Jan. Feb.
Jamiary February
March
Mar. Apr.
April
May
May
:
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September
Juue
June
October
July
J«ly
August
Aug.
November December
Sept. Oct.
Nov. Dec.
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Use of "dittoes." Ditto whenever it can properly be done, and ditto under blank spaces in all cases excepting center heads, but never ditto under leaders. In columns less than 6 ems in width use 1^ emu of quads (in addition to en quad
used for bearing off) or 2 ems of leaders, as may be re(iuired, before the "do."; in columns of 6 ems and over, use 2 ems of quads (in addition to en quad used for bearing off) or 2^ ems of leaders. In first columns, where flush headings are used with indentions under them, proportionate allowance must be made for those indentions, and indicated by the copy preparer. Date columns.
— In 7-em date columns, bear
off'
it will
generally be
3-em space from rules, use only en
commas after day of mouth, and put the remaining space between month and day. Observe same style in 5-em date columns, with the excejition of using en quads instead of 3-em spaces in bearing off from rules. Ditto in both 5 and 7 em columns. Leading from top or bottom lines. Where there is only one reading column, lead from the bottom; if more than one, from the top. Date columns are not classified as reading columns in connection with leading from
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top line. In parallel tables, where the lines are numbered on the outside of each page, lead
from the top.
Where the last word in a leader line runs close to the rule, use en leader if space permits; if not, use a thin space, but never use a full i)oiut, excepting where a reference mark follows an abbreviation. Unless specially directed otherwise, continue leaders across entire width of tables when the right-hand columns are of figures; when the last column is a reading column, omit the leaders from that column only. Figures in reading columns. Niimerical expressions in reading columns will be expressed in figures, even at the beginning of the sentence: 155 days from Dec. 1; trains 3 times a day. Figures from or against rules. In figure columns bear off an en quad from rules on right of figures; and so make the cast as to bear off' tlie longest line of figures an en quad from the rule on the left where possible. If crowded, and but few figures will touch, close up on the left; if still more crowded, close up on the right. If found necessary to set the figures in one column against the rule on the right (which, by the way, must always be done before closing up on the left when the mass of figures is of nearly even width), do the same with the remaining columns of the table. Exceptions will be marked by copy preparer. Conuuon fractions to be set against rules unless otherwise indicated. Decimals. In columns of figures containing decimals omit the point and ciphers where no decimal occurs. This rule does not apply to money columns consisting of both dollars and cents, where the points and ciphers will be used. Always align the decimal points. Dollar mark. Repeat dollar mark under rules in continuous tables also in leader work where center heads occur indicating a separate or independent statement. But in statements where amounts are added to make a general aggregate do not repeat the dollar mark, even where center beads occur.
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TABULAR WORK.
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Use parallel dashes in figure columns in all cases where necessary Parallel dashes. to cut off from figures following. This rule will apply also to leader work.
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In tables inclosed in rules, where the first column consists of figures, do not use leaders. [This rule will not apj)ly to date columns or to reading columns clearly requiriug leaders.] Bear oft' matter one em from side rules. Use full point between abbreviation and reference mark Full point in leader lines. in leader lines, as Koston, Mass, t Blanks for center heads. Use full blank line above and below all center heads in stubs or reading columns, excepting where leaders run back far enough to clear the head, in which case use only a line of en quads below. Plus and minus marks. Plus and minus marks in figure columns must be aligned Tables in rules.
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when occurring at left of figures.
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Dates and figures in reading columns. Do not range dates or figures in first or reading columns unless fignres are added up to make a total. This rule will apply also to leader work. En-quadded tables. Use en quads in runovers [copy pr6]>arers will give instructions
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when change is desired]
— Set
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scabbard will not be allowed; all box heads solid.
all reference marks a .5-em space when preceding words Use sui)erior figures (', -, ', etc.) for reference marks and footnotes in all In a series of short footnotes range the reference coses, unless otherwise instructed. marks, and also Mie first letter of the note. Words in figure columns. Kange all words occurring in figure colnmnis one en from rule on riglit; also capitalize and use full point. An indention from a rule means so many ems in addition to Indention from rules. the en (juad used for bearing oft". Word "niz/nfeer. "^Spell the word "number," referring to quantity or things, in box heads where possible. Where necessary to abbreviate or where used in connection with serial figures, use " No." Flush and sub heads. Use colons after Hush heads and em dash<>s after heads sub-
Reference marks.
oft"
or tigiires.
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ordinate thereto. Units of quantity.
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I'liits of ([uantity
to the right of reading columns and over figure
Where the space available demands a con-
colunnis will be spelled where possible. traction, use the following forms: (inches), doz., bush., M, 8(|. feet,
following table
M
Dolls., galls., lbs., oz., bbls., cwt., yds., ft., in. Observe style of the feet, cub. feet, kilo., kilos.
:
Between Chicago, I
111.,
and—
Between St. Lonis, Mo., and
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Artjclea. i
Jackson-
1
^j^va
'
Jackson-
ville.Fta.|^J^:;vflle.Fl.. Agricultural inii>lenifciitH: C. L. (weiglit 20,000 pounils) .. .per 100 Ib.s. C.L. (weight 20,000 ]iuuud8), i-eieased, i>er 100
.
pounds
$0.87
»0.85
.58
.58
$0.84
Athens, 6a.
Atlanta,
$0.82
$0.82 .56
Apples, onions, potittoe.s, cabbage, beets, and turnips, straigiit antl mixed, C. L per 100 lbs.. Beans and pease, in barrels or saeks do. Butter .
C.a.
.41
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Dairy— In wood In woo«l, released Flonr In barrels In sacks
do do
1.35 1.00
1.47 1.06
1.23 .95
1.25 1.01
1.35 1.01
.44
.74 .41 .37 .73
.48 .23 .22
.68 .38 .32 .6i
.62 .35 .29 .58
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Grain, in bulk, C. L
per barrel per 100 pounds. .
Hominy and grite Leader work.
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.
.2*!
.
.27 .54
do per barrel.
.5tf
—Leader work not classified as tabular work. — Continued heads over tables must be condensed into one line
Continued heads.
where possible.
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FOLLOW
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FOL. LIT.
COURT WORK.
FOLLOW— FOL. LIT. L Copy marked "fol." means to follow figures, italics, abbreviations, idiomatic words and expressions, and &c. or etc., but not capitalization or punctuation. The exceptions are (1) Always spell out the & except in firm names (2) always spell out the mark; (3) always use "at" or "to," as the case may be, instead of the commercial ®. All orthography in " fol." matter is good that has the sanction of any dictionary. 2. Copy marked "fol. lit." means follow everything caps, punctuation, and :
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contractions.
COURT WORK. COURT OF CLAIMS OPINIONS, BKIEFS, AND DECISIONS. 1. In the case of The United States v. Union Pacific Itailroad Company (99 U. S., 22), the court 2. In the case of United States v. The Union Pacific Eailroad Company (99 U. S., 33),
the court
{The United States v. Union Pacific K. It. Co.) The Union Pacific II. li. Co.) ( United States v. 5. In Taylor's Case (16 C. Cls. R., 14) the claimant. {Taylor's Case, 16 C. Cls. R,, 14.) 6. In Taylor v. Smith the court held 3. 4.
7.
8.
Edwards's Lessee v. Darby (12 Wheat., 210) Legal-Tender Case (110 U. S., 334)
10.
{Ex parte Robinson, 19 Wall., 304) In Taylor's Case the court say; iu the case of Taylor there was
11.
In the case of Payne (7 U. S., 252)
12.
By the Act of March 3, 18S1, chapter 34, section 4 (Rev. Stat., $ 33). Boivman Act (22 Stat. L., ch. 4, § 9, p. 284) the Bowman Act was referred to.
9.
13.
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Act 5th August, 1882 (Supp. Rev. Stat., 284; Stat. L., 84). 15. In the petition (Rec, p. 7) there is 16. In the record (p. 7; Test., p. 7; Ev., p. 7; Rec, p. 9; q. 7; 14.
c. q. 7;
int. 7; c. int.
7; qq.6-9; c.qq.7-9; ints. 9,10)
Finding VI
17.
—the sixth finding; section 6—the sixth section.
Omit quotation marks for exhibits in all cases except "fol. lit." " United States " to be used in the 19. singular number where practicable. 20. In Court of Claims records, when questions are numbered, let the number 18.
precede the question 23. Question. 21. Spell out "Question " and "Answer" and make separate paragraphs. 22. When the title of the case is braced to the left, the rule is to have the braced portion occupy two-thirds of the line; but this may be varied to avoid bad divisions or when there is but little matter inside the brace. :
Make sentences of citations, excepting (p. 84) or (pp. 90-95).
23.
(See also "Follow
—fol. lit.")
SUPREME COURT RECORDS.
X Int. Int. 1. ^ X.-**24-
24. 2424.
X
LXQ. X 1. Ques.
1.
Add. Direct.
X.
z.
QQuestion. Q. 1.
a.
Re D. Q.
4.
R.
R.
X Int. 1.
24. Int.
1.
R. D. Q.
X Q.
Re X Q. 1.
5.
Re X Q.
24th. Cross-ques. 46th. Cross-int. 46. Cross int. 46. Cross-ques. 46. C. I-ut.
46th. C. Int. Answer to Cross-int. 1.
Follow copy literally, except italics (which stand for errors only),
and punctuation.
capitalization,
GENERAL TESTIMONY
USE OF ITALIC.
23
Use italic letters to indicate errors of orthography and apostrophes to indicate In case of a doublet, italicize the repeated portion. Use no dashes, but indicate blanks with quads. 3. Make i>aragraphs of answers in Q. and A. matter. but in well4. Use apostrophes in unusual abbreviations, such as Feb'y, c't, etc. 2.
errors of omission.
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established abbreviations use the period, as Mr., deft., plif. 5. Many words, although not spelled according to AYebster, if sanctioned by other authorities, should be set without italic letters. 6. Italics should not be used to indicate errors of syntax, or errors of orthography, in foreign languages, except in law terms, as liari fecias; nor should italics be used in A^ariations of orthograjthy of proper names of persons or places. 7.
Where the name of a corporation occurs beginning with the word "the," use a
&
O. R. R. Co. The Sun v. The Globe; The City of cap. T, thus: the said The B. Washington v. The B. &. O. R. R. Co. the defendant The Davies County Bank. ;
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8.
Errors in italics will always be indicated by roman letters, thus
:
fiere feciaa,
conplaineants. 9.
10.
Names of vessels will be set in roman, quoted. Do not change the spelling of proper names, nor use italics to indicate errors
therein.
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(See also
"Follow — fol. lit.")
GENERAL TESTIMONY. Contract the first Q. and A., as well as the following ones. 2. Make one paragraph of question and answer, counecting the question and its answer by an em dash. 3. Where tlie answer is not introduced by the iisual "A.," "Ans.," or "Answer," or where the name or title of a participaut is used, make a new paragraph. 4. The following examples illustrate the use of brackets, colons, and parentheses 1.
:
The Chaibmax (to Mr. Smith). Mr. Kellky (to the chairmau). The Witness. He did it that way [indicating]. Q. (By Mr. Smith.) Do you know these men [handing witness a list] 1 (Objected to.) A. (After examining list.) Yes; I do. Q. (Continuing.)
— A. (Reads:)
Question (continuing).— Answer (reads):
A. (Interrupting.)
Answer (interru"j)ting). (Counsel objects to its admission.) 5.
Observe punctuation in the following paragraphs: The defendant, George Brown, stated to the cotirt, etc. [where there is only one defendant
(or plaintiff) in the case].
The defendant George Brown stated to the court, etc. [where there are two or more defendants (or plaintiffs) in tbu case].
(See also "Follow
—kol, lit." and paragraph 3 under "Miscellaneous.") USE OF ITALIC.
* 1. Names of vessels and generic names should be set in italic, except in tabular matter, indexes, lists set in columns, and Supreme Court work. 2. The words "see," "see also," etc., in italic in indexes only. 3. Italic will not be followed in general work, either for foreign words or for emphasis, unless special instructions to that eftect are given. 4. When letters are used as references in explaining diagrams, figures, etc., use italic for lower-case references and roman for caps, not quoted: Cogwheel a; pin-
ion B; angle ab; line CD; points a, b, c, d, e. (See also "Follow fol. lit.")
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2.
George G. Greene, being sworu and examined, on oatli deposes and says Isaac Fuller, .sworn, and testified as follows: r. L. Kodier, sworn and examined. C<donel Seventh Cavalry. Captain, Seventh Cavalry. :
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Respectfully, vours,
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Yours, respectfully, Congressional, No. 25. Congressional case No. 25. Kecord, case No. 384. Term No., 625. Indian Depredations, No. 25. Indian depredation case No. 625.
French Spoliations, No. 18.
French spoliation case No. 325. flrst session Fifty-third Congress.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and Honne of Representatives of the United Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States In indexes, when the page folios overrun, retain only the first folio number in the leader line; but when necessary to .save an overrun, figures may be run back to within an em leader of the words. When the folios overrunning make two or more 15.
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— sometimes necessary in particular cases— the
following rules govern the printing of bills:
Type. 1.
Bills are always set in English type, full-slngged.
2.
A new bill is always all roman, italic being used only for the enacting clause
aud the word '' I'rovided" Side Folios. 3. The direction "Allow for two figures" means that TWO 1-EM quads (not one 2-em quad) are to be used in allowing for side folios at left of text. "Allow for " three figures means indent two 1-em quads and 1 en ([uad.
" That " 4. Always supply the word immediately following the section number, and after the word " rrovUleiV of a proviso.
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Engrossed aud Enrolled Bills. 6.
A bill is said to be emji-oHHed when it has passed one House of Congress
;
to be
enrolled when final action has been taken in both Houses.
This applies to the title of 7. Follow literally in engrossed aud enrolled bills. the bill on the filing or indorsement as well as to the text, but not to the caption of engrossed amendments.
Heads aud Indorsements. 8.
The "indorsement" on a bill is the form printed on the back for convenience "Document style" prevails on indorsements until the
of reference when folded.
Senate bills ditl'er from House bills in the bill reaches the "engrossed" stage. forms used in heads and indorseiuents. As a bill progresses new "actions" appear, which should be set in the same style as the " actions" that i>recede. The "style" of a head or indorsement is governed by the "style" for the branch of Congress in
which the bill is pending. following page
Examples of a new bill in each House are given on the
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BILL STYLE. HEADING OF HOUSE BILL. [Ca-jt.J
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^ICast.]-.
53d Congress, 3d Session.
H. R. 9846. [English caps— cast.l
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. [Long primer type.]
December 22,' 1894. Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
[English type.]
Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, (by request) introduced the following bill; [Cast. ]
,
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A BILL [English type.]
For the relief of George Washington Watkins, of Martinsburg, West Virginia. [Slug.]
Be it enacted, etc., That
HEADING OF SENATE BILLS. ,
[Cast.]
^[Cast.]^
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5Hd Congress, Sd Session.
S.
4973.
[English caps— cast.]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. [Long primer type.]
January 4, 1895. Mr. VoORHEKS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions.
[Cast. ]
,
,
A BILL [English type.]
Granting an increase of pension to the survivors of the Mexican War. [Slug.]
Be it enacted, etc., That
indorsements. House.
Senate.
53d Congress, \ -, „ qoar ^ ^^^^ 3d Session. ]
53d Congress, } „
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3d Session.
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A BILL
A BILL
For the relief of George Washington Watkins, of Martinsburg, VV. Va.
Granting an increase of pension to the sui-^dvors of the Mexican War.
By Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia.
By Mr. Voorhees.
December 22, 1894.— Referred to the Committee on Claims and dered to be printed.
or-
1895
—January — Read twice and 4.
referred to the Pensions.
Committee on
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BILL STYLE.
9. Ill indorsements on bills in the Senate use a 9-em dash under the bill number; on bills in the House a parallel dash. 10. The name of the introducer of a bill or resolution is carried under the title in the indorsement, in long primer caps aud small caps, between parallel rules, in both Houses, through each printing until bill or resolution passes one House. 11. When thetitle of a bliron the indorsement makes more than two lines, indent the runovers 1^ ems; center the title when it makes but one or two lines. On the face of the bill where a title makes more than one line, set the first line to full measure, centering the ru lover if there be two lines in the title; if more than two
lines, indent the runovers 2 ems. 12. Titles for
House hills are taken from the ixdoksement of copy; for Senate
BILLS from the face of copy.
Preambles are set full measure, the first line of each "whereas" being flush Where an agreement or treaty is part of a preamble, follow literally, indenting the paragraplis 4 ems and runovers 2 ems, full 13.
and the runovers indented 2 ems.
measure. 14. Titles and preambles following the hca<l of a bill are always lialf-slugged.
Set " Calendar No.
1.5.
— on both face and indorsement of bills which have reached ,"
each case at the upper right-band corner. " 16. Set Report No." on both face and indorsement of reported bills in both Houses, centering under the number of the bill. [It is impracticable to give illustrations of the minutia- of headings and indorsements of bills in all their stages. Samples and information can always be had upon inquiry at the foreman's desk. Compositors and others must familiarize themselves with the forms called for by the clerks' notes on copy.] tlie Senate Calendar, in
Amendments. "Line type" and italic are used «mly to show amendments.
17.
When it is pro-
posed to strike out certain portions in a bill that is "reported with amendments," such portions will be set in " line type." f]xample:
in accordance with oxitjting proposed plan, twenty twenty-
five thousand dollars. 18. When new matter is inserted, it is set in italics.^ 19. When it is proposed to strike out and insert, always let the italics follow the line type. When one amendment can be made to cover 20. Do not complicate amendments. the sense, as in the complete changing of a sum of money, so set it, rather than divide into two or more short amendments. 21. Proposed Senate amendments are printed in bill form, all roman. The general of the head be either that of bills or of " miscellaneous documents."
These
may
style
headings are generally in proper form as they come from the bill clerk. 22. When it is proposed in the Senate to make several short amendments, the caption should read as follows :
AMENDMENTS Intended to be propose*! by Mr. Hoar to the bill (H. R. 4864) to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes, viz. In line 24, pa^e 19, strike out the words "per centum ad valorem" and insert the words "cents per pound in line 16, pafie 25, strike out the word " shall ;'' and in line 12, pane 34, after the word "and," insert the word "any." :
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23. When a proposed amendment in the Senate is expressed by one or more paragraphs, the caption should read:
full
AMENDMUXT Intended to be proposed by Mr. GoHMAX to the bill (H. K. 2476) entitled "An Act to establish a fishhatching station at Port Tobacco, Maryland, viz: After the word "Maryland," in line 14, section insert the following To enable the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries to carry out the provisions of this act there is hereby ajjpropriated the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars.
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24.
Observe the difference iu form of action taken on Senate and House bills
reported with amendments House.
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December 12, 1894. Reported with amondments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed.
Omit tlio parts struck througli and insert the parts printed in italics. Senate.
— Decemijee i:j, 1894.
Reported by Mr. Hakkis with an amendment, A-iz:
Omit the'iiart struck through and insert the part
printed in italics.
[The wording varies with the necessities of the case, but the style remains the same.]
General Instructions. Spell out everything, except "Mr.," "Mrs.," and classification of vessels, as "A 1." On indorsements follow document style. 26. Make the contractions "&c." and "etc." read "and so forth," aiul in the title and body of a bill make "viz" read "namely." 27. When, in the use of ligures, tbe comma is used in ordinary work to show notation, iu bills thousands and hundreds are spelled; as, for 1,750, make it "one thousand seven hundred and fifty." 28. In serial numbers, or where the comma is not used iu general work, spell by hundreds all numbers less than 10000; as, for 2742, make it "twenty-seven hundred 25.
and forty-two;" but in serial numbers where even multiples of one thousand occur, use the word "thousand," as "section two thousand and four,". "paragraph seven thousand and sixty-nine" (not "twenty hundred and four" or "seventy hundred and sixty-nine"). 29. Years and dates are expressed thus:
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-three. 30. When the expression usually indicated by "No." occiirs, use the word "numbered." Observe, in this connection, the capitalization lor kindred expressions:
House Executive Document Numbered Eighteen. 31. References to the Revised Statutes, Statutes at Large, court reports, etc., are expressed thus: Revised Statutes, page two hundred and forty-two; Twelfth Statutes, page eleven hundred and sixteen; Tenth Court of Claims Reports, page ten. 32.
Capitalize the
word "act" wherever it occurs as a synonym for "bill" or
"law." 33.
The indorsement ou a printed bill must always fall on an oven page. In House be worked in with the indorsement, and in Senate bills 7
bills 4 lines of text may lines.
Special Instructions for Enrolled Bills. 34. Set in quarto measure, paragraphs indented 2 ems.
Lead with 3-to-pica leads. When center heads occur use a full pica slug above and below. 36. Set entirely in roman type, except the enacting clause and "Provided," which go in italic. 37. AA'oid divisions of words and space evenly. TAvo-letter divisions must not be made. 38. In enrolled bills of the Senate place the bill number (using the form "S. 146") in pica antique, at the upper left-hand corner. In enrolled bills of the Mouse the number goes at the upper right-hand corner, using the form "H. R. No. 4864." 39. In enrolled bills of the Senate use a parallel dash above and below title; in those of the House use the parallel dash above only, with two full slugs below. 35.
JOURNAL V/ORK. GENERAL DIRECTIONS. Spell out States after county in both Journals.
The Journals are set in brevier, solid, Record measure, and as a rule Record style prevails.
Compositors will observe the style of the followiuji parajxraphs
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HOUSE.
MONDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1894. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cox, its Secretary, iinnouuccd that the Senate had passed a bill entitled: S. 2905.
An act for the relief of John M. Smith.
It also announced that the Senate had passed bills of the following titles, in which
the concurrence of the House was recjuested S. 2000. An act for the relief of James Robinson; and :
S. 2001.
An act granting a pension to Sam .Jones.
had passed, without amendment, the bill (H. R. 10241) to amend "An act making api>ropriati«ms for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purIt further announced that the Senate
poses." approved July 4, 1894. The committees were called for reports;
When, Bills were reported, the reports theret)n ordere<l to be printed, and referred to the
Calendars as follows By Mr. Black, of Illinois, from tlio Committee on Military Affairs, the bill entitled (8.527) an act to construct a road to the national cemetery at Dover, Tenn. to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. The amendments recommended by the Committee of the Whole were then agreed and to, and as amended the bill was ordered to be engrossed, was read a third time, :
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passed.
The Speaker laid before the House the bill entitled: S. 1262. An act for the relief of Paul McCormick; Which was referred to the Connnittee on Claims. The Speaker pro tempore laid Itefore the House the bill — with amendments of the
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Senate thereto entitled H. R. .3458. An act extending the time for liual proof on land claims under the public land laws. On motion of Mr. Sweet the amendments were concurred in. Mr. Pearson, from the Ct>mmittee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles; which were thereupon signed by the Speaker, to wit: H. R. 868. An act for the relief of John Smith :
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An act for the relief of Mrs. Lucinda Brown; and H. K. 3858. An act to pension John Jones. By Mr. Maguire A resolution for the appointment of a special committee to investigate Pacific railroads to tlie Committee on Rules. By Mr. Holman Whereas it appears by an act passed June i, 1894, the sum of $10,000 was ajipropriated to enable the Secretary of War, etc. and S. 1896.
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Whereas it is alleged that trouble exists, etc. Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be authorized to settle the diffi;
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culty to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The Committee on Indian Affairs was called When,
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On motion of Mr. Lynch, on behalf of said committee, the Honse resolved itself into Committee of the Whole House on tlie state of the Union for the consideration
of the bill (H. R. 6557) providing for opening the Uintah Indian Reservation in Utah; and after some time spent therein, the Si)eaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dockery reported that the committee having had under consideration the said bill (H. R. 6557) had come to no resolution thereon; When the morning hour expired. The question being on agreeing to the second resolution, to wit Resolved, That John J. O'Neill was not legally elected and is not entitled to a seat :
in this House;
And being put, Will the House agree thereto f It was decided in the negative,
(Yeas Nays ( Not voting
23 160 168
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After further debate.
The Speaker appointed Messrs. Bailey and Ray tellers. The question being put. Shall the bill be engrossed and read a third time ? The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, [One line only.] rYeas
123 55
Nays
There appeared, < Answering " present " 1 Not answering 172 4 [ Reported by tellers as present and not answering The Speaker laid before the House the following joint resolution of the Senate: S. R. 91. A joint resolution providing for printing a digest of the laws relating to compensation of ofiicials in United States courts Which was referred to the Committee on Printing. Mr. Allen suggested that the House should take a recess, under Rule XXVI. And then, in pursuance of Rule XXVI, the House took a recess until 8 ]). m. A message from the President of the United States, by Mr. Pruden, one of his secretaries, announced that the President had approved and signed bills and a joint ;
resolution of the following titles
:
On June 29, 1894 H. R. 4701. An act to incorporate the Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias; :
and H. R. 274.
An act to authorize the city of Hyattsville, Md., to construct a wagon
bridge.
On July 6, 1894 H. Res. 196. Joint resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government. :
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JOURNAL WORK.
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses to the bill (H. R. 6518) making appropriations for rivers ami harbors dorecommend to their
respective Houses as follows That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 27, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows Strike out all the matter preceding and insert on page 77, after line 7, the following as a new item Baltimore Harbor, Maryland: To tviden the ship channel to one thousand feet, one :
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thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty-one cents. And the Senate agree to the same. That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate " numbered 20, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows Strike out eight hundred dollars " and itsert in lieu thereof the following three hundred and fifty dol:
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lars;
and the Senate agree to the same.
Amend section 2 to read as follows
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Skc. 2. For an exhibit by the Government of tlie United States at the Cotton States International Exposition to be held at Atlanta, Georgia, in the year eighteen hundred and ninetyfive, one hundred thousand dollars.
And the House agree to the same. Leave of absence wiis granted to Mr. Cobb of Alabama and Mr. Black of Illinois, indefinitely: to Mr. Pigott, for two days; to Mr. Bartlett, nntil Saturday next and ;
to Mr, Lacey, for four days.
And then, On motion of Mr. Cummings, at 5 o'clock and 20 minutes p. m.,
the House
adjourned.
SENATE. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Towles, its chief clerk. Mr. President: The House of Representatives has disagreed to the ameudments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 6913) making appropriations for the cnrrent expenses of the Indian Department. It asks a conference with the Senate thereon, and has appointed Mr. Holman, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Wilson of Washington managers at the
same on its part.
ENROLLED BILLS SIGNRT). Mr. Caffery reported from the committee that they had examined and found duly enrolled the following bill
:
H. R. 2350. An act making appropriations for the Military Academy;
Whereupon, The President pro tempore signed the same, and it was delivered to the committee to be presented to the President of the United States. The Senate proceeded, by unanimous consent, to consider the said bill as in Comnuttee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate. Ordered, That it pass to a third rciulini;. The said bill was read the third time. liesolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid. The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (S. 1296) for the relief of Andrew Gray; and On motion by Mr. White, Ordered, That it be postponed indefinitely. Mr. Allison called for a division of the question; and On the question to recede from the amendment No. 87, viz: Insert as an additional paragraph the following: 109. Iron ore, forty cents per ton, It was determined in the negative, <
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On motiou by Mr. Hill, The yeas and uays being desired by oue-lifth of the Senators present,
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[One line only.] Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Allen, Hill, Irby.
Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Jones of Arkansas, Jones of Nevada, Mitchell of Wisconsin. [Note.— Observe tliat commas are left out after names when there are a number of them, like the above.]
The qnestion being on tlie motion of Mr. amendment No. 87,
from its
Hill that the Senate recede
Pending debate, Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, raised a question as to the presence of a quorum [Note.— Observe that comma is used when but a single name occurs.]
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Whereupon, The Presiding Officer (Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, in the chair) directed the roll be called
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When, Fifty-nine Senators answered to their names.
A quorum being present, EXECUTIVE SESSION.
On motiou of Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, The Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business; and After the consideration of executive business the doors were reopened
When,
On motion of Mr. Gorman, at 3 o'clock and 40 minutes p. m.. The Senate adjourned.
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This direction is intended for all who handle type laborers, compositors, makers-up, imposers, and and will be insisted upon. Accidents will happen, and correctness can be assured only by faithfully following the instruction here given. electi-otypers
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READING. Readers are expected to be alert, clear-headed, diligent, and thoughtful. Proofs that are overinked, pale, smeared, or that have margins too narrow for proper marking, or for any reason are not good proofs, must be refused. When a proof is taken out, the reader should inform himself fully as to the character of the work, whether there are any special instructions or peculiarities concerning it, whether proof will be sent out or the work go directly to press, and get such other information as he may think will assist him and before beginning to read he should make sure that copj- agrees with proof and that the entire proof is legible. It is well to do preparatory work and take a general survey of a proof before beginning to read it. Tlie style in which correction marks are made on a proof is an element of considerable importance. Straggling, unsymmetrical characters, disconnected marks placed in the margins above or below the lines to which they relate, irregular lines leading from an incorrect letter or word to a correction, large marks, marks made with a blunt pencil, indistinct marks, a frequent use of the eraser to obliterate mai'ks hastily or incorrectly made, are all faults to be avoided. Corrections so made are not respected by the compositor, and he is frequently annoyed and delayed in deciphering what they mean and to what they refer. In reading proof of wide tables the reader should take advantage of white space as near as possible to the error and place the correction therein, thus aiding all who have occasion to handle the proof afterwards. The time to be spent in reading a proof should be governed, in a great measure, by its importance. While in certain classes of ordinary work the reader is not expected to detect more than the plainer errors and make his proof correct to copy, in work of value he should read critically and trj' to discover more serious blunders than spelling, capitalization, punctuation, etc. But speed should never be greater than is consistent with practical correctness. single reading of figures, either in columns or lines, should be suflicient. The failure of first ;
A
reader and copyholder to detect wrong figures is a serious fault; confidence in tliem is immediately strained, the second readers become suspicious of all proofs read by them and feel compelled to reread entire proof by copy, and many far-reaching annoyances are liable to follow. When a reader does
not feel positive that figures are correct to copy, or if his sight becomes confused by a multiplicity of figures or from other cause, he should request that the proof be reread by copy by someone else. Physical weakness is not a fault; carelessness and iudifi'erence are always culpable.
The substance of the preceding paragraph applies also to "fol. lit." matter, especially bills, laws, and court work. When an entire " take " or proof seems to have been set uniformly, a reader should never make important changes in indentions of tables or make like corrections which will cause a great deal of work without consulting the foreman, the copy preparer, or the man at the proof table. The reader should endeavor to verify, by the reference books in the office, all proper names, whether they are of people or places, or whatever they may be every date every quotation from standard works every foreign word or phrase, and the ordinary nomenclature of science. When this can not be done and he has a reasonable doubt, he should request the author to verify it. But when the reader does discover errors of this class or when he detects inconsistent and erroneous statements, obviously ;
;
;
made by the writer through lapse of the memory or slip of the pen, it is his duty to correct. He does so at his peril, however. He must know, not suspect, that they are errors, and be prepared, if called upon, to vindicate the soundness of his correction by recognized authority. If he does notknow, he should query.
When a reader is unable to decide positively as to the correctness of a date, phrase, name, quotadoes not feel at liberty to make the desired change because of instructions to "follow " or " follow literally," or because he is reading a bill or law, he should query. This should not always be done by a simple question mark (for that is sometimes so confusing to the author that he feels like raising a query of his own as to its meaning), but by writing the suggested amendment or explaining the reason for the query in full. tion, etc., or if he
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In work of particular value—historic or scientific publications, books tbat may be used for referthe reader should be on the lookout for faulty construction of sentences, b.id metaphors, inconsistent statements, the misuse of words, and defects of similar character. These he should query. The proofs of this class of work always go out, and the author will probably welcome reasonable suggestions but the reader must not worry himself or the author about the ext reme niceties Discrimination should be made and the author's of grammar or suggest pedantic emendations. style not confounded with his lapses. Readers will carefully note the instructions to compositors as to spacing, division of words, etc., and never hesitate to mark when work is imperfect. Second readers are enjoined to keep in full sympathy with first readers and copy preparers. They must always consult with the latter before making important changes in proof, and they should feel free to respectfully call the attention of a first reader to errors in stj'le or blunders of any kind that may have been frefjuently overlooked by him. The marks of the copy preparer must be given consideration by all. He has probably handled the entire work and is in a position to know more about its peculiarities than the man who reads but a small portion. ence, etc.
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GALLEY-PROOF REVISING. The importance of revising proofs well can not be overestimated. While a reviser is not expected to read proof, it is not enough for him to slavishly follow the marks found on the proof sheet which has been to the composing room for correction. His aim should be to discover new errors, if possible, make the matter uniform in all essential points, and correct inconsistencies, due perhaps to a difference of opinion among the readers. At the same time he should see that all corrections have been properly made in the type, that words or lines have not been transxwsed by the compositor in making the corrections, and that the rules governing spacing, division of words, and good printing generally
have been observed. Compositors have no excuse for the neglect of even spacing, either when setting the type or when making corrections, and the reader or reviser who passes bad spacing will be held in fault.
A reviser must not remodel thb punctuation of the readers or make any serious changes in the work unless the matter apparently needing correction is of unmistakable importance.
If he thinks it neces-
sary that an important change should be made, he shoald submit the change proposed to the foreman for bis decision.
All queries made by readers must be carefully transferred to the proof to be sent oat, which should always be clean and well printed. Every paragraph containing an alteration in a proof that makes one or more overruns must be reread as first proof. It must be read aloud by copyholder, word for word, to the end of the paragrajih, or at least far enough to satisfy the reviser that the proper correction has been made and no now errors have slipped in while the lines were being handled. The practice of revising the alteration only and of rereading without copyholder has been the source of many errors, and will no longer be permitted. Bevising should be done with reasonable dispatch, but good work must not be sacrificed to haste. The "hurry " excuse for passing bad work will not be accepted, as assistance will be furnished whenever necessary.
PRESS REVISING. work requiring special adaptability and great diligence Press and care. Not only must the reviser observe that the rules governing the work of those who precede him have been followed, but he must be on the alert for a multiplicity of points not coming within their sphere. Hence, a clear head, quick eye, knowledge of the style, acquaintance with the make-up of various publications, a high sense of order, an ability for detail, and mind and nerves not easUy disturbed are prerequisites to success in the work. A few general rules only can be given to guide the press reviser. He handles a variety of work and must decide each point as it presents itself. He is cautioneil never to allow his work to get behind (calling for assistance when rushed), but not to make a sacrifice of correctness for the sake of speed. revising is a branch of proof-room
The following rules should be carefully studied
:
See that galley slips connect before beginning the page or press revise. 2. See that page folios are continuous, that running heads are correct and uniform, and that the 1.
proper signature is correctly placed. 3. See that the scries of proof sheets is clean and clear; send for another proof in case they are not. 4. Kevise carefully, observing connections between pages, carrying all unanswered queries, and taking care that continued and repeated lines are free from errors. 5. If a revise is badly corrected or is from any cause not reasonably free from error, call for another correction and proof (stating number wanted), and destroy all duplicates. 6. fie on the lookout for
first revisers.
"dropouts," doublets, and transpositions, applying the rules laid down for
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36
see that all leading lines, 7. Kead by copy all running Iieads, and box heads in continuous tables are carried at the top where subordinate matter turns over; that dollar marks a,nd italic captions of columns are properly placed and uniform that the matter is as compact as circumstances will permit, and that footnotes fall on the page containing the corresponding reference, and are symmetrically ;
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arranged. 8.
Preserve complete files of all proofs returned to the desk in the ordinary course of business, espe-
cially of the final proofs from which a work is sent to the press or
foundry.
On first page of a signature of a stone or press revise carry the number of copies and kind of paper, with any special directions that may be necessary; and see that the form is properly imposed. 10. Be particular in making the "mark-off" on a galley slip when the first page xiroofs are sent out, 9.
cutting the proof sheet and noting upon it the connecting galley slug, the folio of the succeeding page, and the proper signature of the same. Ketain the "mark-off" and deliver the galley slips with the clean proof to the proof clerk.
Always make sure that dift'erent sets of proof sheets on any work are correctly marked in heries, "3d R," etc., and when a sheet is stamped "another proof" carry the same designating "R" on the corresponding clean one, and destroy the stamped proof when it has served 11.
as "E," "2d E,"
its purpose.
12. In Court of Claims and Supreme Court records the index must be filled in by the press reviser, the first signature being retained for that purpose. 13. "When two or more jobs are imposed in one form, the reviser should separate the parts to verify the imposition. Until familiar with the "fold," however, caution must be exercised in cutting the
sheet.
In the latter especial care must be 14. Press, stone, and foundry revises are equally important. taken that rules do not lap, that work is not jammed in the "lockup," that damaged letters and "slips" are indicated, and that the matter is ready in all respects to pass severe criticism. 15.
Government publications are usually made up in the following order: Pagel. Title.
Page 2. Blank. Page 3. Table of contents. If ending on an odd-numbered page, then Page 4. Blank. ^ Page 5. Letter of transmittal. Page 6. Blank. Page 7. Text proper. In the body of the work new pages will be properly indicated on the proof sheet. Tables of contents, letters of transmittal, lists of illustrations, the text proper of a book, and all matter following half titles (except parallel tables) should begin on a new odd page.
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SIGNATURES. 16.
All signatures are designated by consecutive numbers
—
2, 3, 4,
etc.
— from the first to the last.
The distinguishing feature is usually the j.acket number, preceding the signature number and connected with it by a 2-em dash. For some works contractions of the title are used, especially in annual or other periodical reports, forms for which can be had upon reference to the last one issued House and Senate documents take tlie following signature forms: .
7 H. Ex. 123 3 H. Rep. 247 H. Mis. 17 2 H. Ex. 13— pt 2
5
9 S. Rep. 13 3 S. Ex. 27 123 2 S. Mis. S. Mis. 42— pt 3
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Signatures are usually worked in sixteens, but with large pages the form of eights is the standard when printed from type.
BILL REVISING. 17.
In sending bills to press there are points to be watched which do not appear in other work.
The open character of the pages makes the form peculiarly liable to accident, and each page must be closely scanned for faults. A press reviser must be fully conversant with all the details and peculiarities of bill work and be ready to correct or take counsel upon any seeming error of style or apparent fault. He must see that the indorsements on bills fall on "even " pages and that they back up properly and have the proper make-up; also compare the number of the bill on the indorsement with that on the face, as a safeguard against error. When any change has been made in the side folios, he must run the same to the end of the series and answer for their correctness. He must see that the proper number of copies is written on each signature page, according to the schedule or memorandum furnished him. In short, the reviser is an umpire on bill work whose alertness is his qualification for the work. He is not expected to read the proof, but he must train his eye to detect errors at a glance.
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SUGGESTIONS FOR COMPOSITORS, ETC. The signatures are made up like the following
18. Bills are worked in forms of eights.
Senate bills
Senate amendments to House bills A.H.R.4864 2 House bills
:
S. 2433
2
Senate resolutions S. R. 196
:
:
H. R. 2142
2
Senate Mis. Docs. 2 S. Mis. 24
:
:
:
3
House resolutions
:
H. Res. 194
3
When a bill is reprinted on account of some error or change, an asterisk is used at the foot of the first page. When more than one signature is reprinted, the asterisk follows the signature number. 19.
20. Committee bills are always confidential. If of more than eight pages the distinguishing signature must be invente<l and placed on the flr.st as well as succeeding forms. There ai"e usually several prints of committee bills, each of which must be distinguished by serial additions to the signature, as
A, B, C, etc. 21. Every paragraph which has been overrun in correcting must be read aloud by copyholder from the proof sheet, which must be followed literally.
SIGNATURE NUMBERS FOR EIGHTS.
1
Title
26
301
51
401
76
601
101.
2
9
27
209
52
409
77
609
102.
.809
3
17
28
217
53
417
78
617
103.
.817 .825
.801
4
25
29
225
54
425
79
625
104.
5
33
30
233
55
433
80
633
105.
.833
6
41
31
241
56
441
81
641
106.
.841
7
49
32
249
57
449
82
649
107.
.849
8
...57
33
257
58
457
83
657
108.
.857
j
9
65
34
265
59
465
84
665
109.
.865
10
73
35
273
60
473
85
673
110.
.873
11
81
36
281
61
481
86
681
111.
.881
12
89
37
289
62
489
87
689
112.
.889
13
97
38
297
63
497
88
697
113.
.897
14
105
39
305
64
505
89
705
114.
.905
15
113
40
313
65
513
90
713
115.
.913
16
121
41
321
66
521
91
721
116.
.921
17..... ...129
42
329
67
529
92
729
117.
.929
18
137
43
337
68
537
93
737
118.
.937
19
145
44
345
69
545
94
745
119.
.945
20
153
45
353
70
553
95
753
120.
.953
21
161
46
361
71
561
96
761
121.
.961
22
169
47
369
72
569
97
769
122.
.969
23
177
48
377
73
577
98
777
123.
.977
24
185
49
385
74
585
99
785
124.
.985
25
193
50
393
593
100
793
125.
.993
,
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j
j
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SIGNATURE NUMBERS FOR SIXTEENS. 1
Title
39
609
77
1217
115
1825
153
2
17
40
625
78
1233
116
1841
154
2449
3
33
41
641
79
1249
117
1857
155
2465
4
49
42
657
80
1265
118
1873
156
2481
5
65
43
673
81
1281
119
1889
157
2497
6
81
44
689
82
1297
120
1905
158
2513
7
97
45
705
83
1313
121...... 1921
159
2529
8
113
46
721
84
1329
122
1937
160
2545
9
129
47
737
85
1345
123
1953
161
2561
10
145
48
753
86
1361
124
1969
162
2577
11...
161
49
769
87
1377
125
1985
163
2593
12
177
50
785
88
1393
126
2001
164
2609
2433
13
193
51
801
89
1409
127
2017
165
2625
14
209
52
817
90
1425
128
2033
166
2641
15
225
53
833
91
1441
129
2049
167
2657
16
241
54
849
92
1457
130
2065
168
2673
17
257
55
865
93
1473
131
2081
169
2689
18
273
56
881
94
1489
132
2097
170
2705
19
289
57
897
95
1505
133
2113
171
2721
20
305
58
913
96
1521
134
2129
172
2737
21
321
59
929
97
1537
135
2145
173
2753
22
337
60
945
98
1553
136
2161
174
2769
23
353
61
961
99
1569
137
2177
175
2785
24
369
62
977
100
1585
138
2193
176
2801
25
385
63
993
101
1601
139
2209
177
2817
26
401
64
1009
102
1617
140
2225
178
2833
27
417
65
1025
103
1633
141
2241
179
2849
104
1649
142
2257
180
2865
2273
181
2881 2897
28
433
66
1041
29
449
67
1057
105
1665
143
30
465
68
1073
106
1681
144..
2289
182
31
...481
69
1089
107
1697
145
2305
183
2913
32
497
70
1105
108
1713
146
2321
184
2929
33
513
71
1121
109
1729
147
2337
185... ...2945
34
529
72
1137
110
1745
148
2353
186
2961
35
545
73
1153
111
1761
149
2369
187
2977
36
561
74
1169
112
1777
150
2385
188
2993
37
577
75
1185
113
1793
151
2401
189
3009
38
593
76
1201
114
1809
152
2417
190
3025
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