NOTE.—The Congressional Record, containing the proceedings and debates of Congress, is issued daily when Congress is in session, and indexes thereto are published semimonthly. It is sold by the Public Printer on the following terms: Single copy, 3 cents if not more than 24 pages, and 1 cent more for each additional 8 pages; per month, $1.50; per short session, $4.00; per long session, $8.00. (The current session, the 1st of the 56th Congress, is a long session.) Subscriptions are payable in advance. The bound volumes of the Record are sold also by the Superintendent of Documents, the price averaging about $1.40 per part. The set containing the proceedings of the 3d session of the 55th Congress is in 4 parts and costs $5.75.