ISSUE:
Was the Tariff Act of 1890 unconstitutional?
RULE:
The signing by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and by the President of the Senate, in an open session, of an enrolled bill, is an official attestation by the two houses of such bill as one that has passed Congress.
It is a declaration by the two houses, through their presiding officers, to the President, that the attested bill, has received, the sanction of the legislative branch of the government, and that it is delivered to him in obedience to the constitutional requirements.
When a bill, thus attested, receives his approval, is deposited in the public archives and is deemed passed.