In Senate of the United States, February 19, 1819. The joint committee, on the subject of the public printing, report: That, regarding the subject committed to them, as connected with the convenience of the members, the information of the community, the economy of time and money, and the character of the country, they have given it all the consideration which their other engagements permitted. That three different modes of procuring the printing of Congress to be executed, have undergone their discussion and deliberation..