The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1802-12-01
TIE MEMOR{.AL OF
HENRY PACE, PRINTER IN
RICHMOND,
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RICHMOND,
Repeatedly r'prljents
That, by an aa of the a1cmbly ral2 the p,d.
of January 1898, tits enacted that the public
printer afhaIl, within thirty days after the
* Ring of the aifembly,pubiiih all laws pa!ied
/" during the feiiion that he fhal publiih The
az journals of the houie of delegates regularly
" during ouch leflion; tfat he ihall publifh
& in his GazCtte, OF Other wife, as the fame
t may oe directed, all intelligence, notices of
Is particular laws, prociamltious and adver-
" tiiencnts from, the executive: alto all orders
&c and advertisements directed 10 be pubihed
'f by the iuprerae courts, the treah!rcr, the
'' auditor, attorney general, iuficcs Of the
s' peace, and other public perions, Or, bodies,
acting in their pubic capacity, and 10 fup-
ply the executive, treaiurey, auditor and.
e infpettors with blanks
| hat, by another clauie Of the fame law.
rhe faiary OF the fAid public printer is aug
snented 10 the &c annual fun Of two thoufasd
$ feven bardred dollars
[ hat rfe mefnor 'al;f is willing 70 under
sake the faithful execution Of the whole du-
ties OF the office OF public printer, as fpeciaed
and enumerated in the at above cited for l. G
annual fun of twelve h n red collars, oh:
nc IS JOINT proprietor OF newspaper, which
has b. far the moft exteniiyc circulation OF
any Puhiifhed in Richmond that of co e.
queEcc, this newspaper u IL give .dvcrfiie~
iGents Of public nature, a mott extcl1iva
circulation; and that if the honorable the at
ftmbly fnouid require it, he is ready to aiye
tecJrity for the execution @! the duties Of
This oflicc; thar the extent o: printing rcoui
red by ibis act above quoted is in its naJurc
Rucfuating; but that he coniideTs the above
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fonable compensation, upon medium, for the
quantiry Of buiinefs, which the public printer
is, b. law required to perform.
j hat the executive council have freauentA
iy found it Heceilary TO cmploy the public
printer in number OF publications over and
above thoie enumerated in the ftatutc above
cited; rhat it is well known, and thar, if ne.
ccfary, the memorable is ready 70 prove II
at the bar Of the honorable the afembly, that,
for thofe extra pieces of bahneis, the preicnt
public printer has been in the habit of receIy-
ing much larger compensation than what had
been eyer granted 10 his predeclaor, Mr..
Davis The memorable pledges himlelf tn
prove thar, in one inGancc, rwelye hundred
and fifty dollars were paid, when am other
printer IN Richmond would have done the
tuGnels for three hundred and ieyenty-6ve.
ffe can prove shat, 1ince the riling of the lsR
felton, of aGenbly, eight hundred and icgcnty
dollars have been paid for as many copies Of a
pamphlet which colt rhe prefent public prn-
ter one hundred ard htIy-two.
That the uIemorialifti is willing to find fecu-
rity FOR the accurate execution Of all fach ex
ira pieces Of work, at a fat and moderate
tradcGDan's price. lie is willing to fubrlit
the charges advanced in bis bills 70 the arbi-
fration OF two printers to be feIeaed by the
executive council, and third to be choicn B 2
hiufeif. He has examined fome Of the ac-
cornpts Of the -prefent public printer, and he
is humbly of opinion that, upon this head,
perhaps fifteen hundred dollars per annum
nJgit be fsved to the commonwealth, in adj
dition to the fifteen hundred do!lass thar
may bc fayed by reducing the prcient flAry
Of the public printer from two thouand Gwen
hundred dollars T. twelve hUnife2
be memorable respectfully luanits theft !
details to the confederation 81 he honorable
he aGsz5ly, X. rsfpcGl whereof, -<e.