The Arkansas banner., 1844-11-27
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and thc bids ot the lines and Advocate, anu 6d- 1atte offices. Any one, by carefnl examination and comparison of the several bids. may see thatthe bid ol the Banner office s lower nseYeral respects than either of the other bids. To persons unacqnaint ct with printing we say submit the question 10 any candid, well informed printer, and We will abide his judgment We will probably take occasion next week 10 point out more particularly in what items aie bid Of the Banner office is lowest Sc we have not space here.
 Mir Rusr from the committee on Public Printing reported in substance as follows:
 "That the Editors of the Times and Ad- vocale and Gazette, had made specific bids, which fer the information of the House are submitted
 s.That the Editors of the Banner proposed 10 do the work with all possible despatch, m neat siYle, on good material, and to be go- yerned ill their charges, by the contract be- tween Hi Colby and the Siate, two years ago in relation to the same matter
 "1hal as far as the committee are capable of judging from careful examination ot the respective bids of the Times aud Advocate and Gazette, and comparison of them With said contract between the State and Colby, at the same time taking into eonsi (rfation the capabiity of the different offices offering bids, 10 perform the printing i'll manner most satisfactory to the House, and with q despatch which will facilitate It's acton, they are led to the conclusion that the public ln- lcrest will be promoted by acceedmg to the proposition of $. Borland St Go, publishers of the Banner.n
 Contraci bcflrcea inc Slate of .4rtalsas a'm
 Ell Colby for tbe prjning of the .4cts aud
 Journals oi Hc General ,4ssem6lgof 1912.
 "To-wit: forprnting two thousand copies of the Acts, Memorials and Resolutions, on a medium octave page, small Pica type, good white paper, iivcdolIars and twenty-five cents per page for text, and seven dollars for table of index in burgeois.
 For printing fifteen hundred copies of the Journals, on medium octave page, small Pi- ca type, good white paper, for plain natter four dollars and twenty-five eents per page, and double that amount for rule and figure work, in proportion 10 measurement. Ilue pages, blank pages, and parts oi pages, to be charged as full pages; but no unnecessary blank pages to be made. The above prices to include the expense Of paper, pressing, folding and stitching. The Aets 10 be print ed with marginal notes, and furnished with q correct index.
 The Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives lo be put up i'll separate vo- lumes.
 Said Colby to perform the said work in a ueat, correct, and faithful manner, and 10 de- Ever the said two thousand pamphlet copies of the Acts, Memorials and Resolutions te the said Secretary of State, on or before the 4th day oi May next, and also to deliver 10 said Secretary of Stale the ffieen hundred eopies of the Journals of the Senate, and fii- teen hundred pamphlet copies oi the Jour nals ol the House of Representatives, on or before the 1th day of August next, &c." C0R,ract betwccn fdc sdme fer doing inc other
 printing of he taSt seSSion of the Lcgista=
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 "Hhereas, the said Eli Colby has been elected public printer, to print all Bills and Resolutions, anu other printing that may be required to be printed during the present ses- sion oi the General Assembly, upon the fol- lowing lellns, to-Wit :-on hail sheet of fools cap paper. small piea type, one page, seven inches wide by thirteen inches long, for two dollars and fifty cents. Two pages on hall sheet paper, small piea type, seven inches wide by tbrteen inches long for five dollars. Three pages seven inches wide, by thirteen inches long, small pica type, fools cap pa per, whole sheet, for seven dollars. Fonr pages on whole sheet fools cap paper small pica tvpe, seven inches wide by thirteen inch es long, for nine dollars. The whole to be prepared, stitched and made ready for use 1 for the ememhers-wherc more than one sheet ] of paper is required for single copy of q ] bill, the price will be the same per page as i the first sheet Where more than seventy ] five copies of any bill are ordered, the excess to he charged at the rate of two dollars per quire.
 For pamphlet printing on medium octa- vo sheet, say of the size of the Journals of i the General Assembly, two dollars and ten cents per page for any number not exceeding ] five hundred copies; over five hundred ce- l pies not exceeding serenty-tive cents per i page; the pamphlets to be prepared; stitched and made ready for use, (these prices are for plain printing.)
 When there are tables containing many figures and rules, an extra price will be charg- ed, but in no case t5 exceed double the price for plain printing. Pages partly blank to be considered as full page, but m no case IS i part of page to he made when 1t can be ayodeda
 The above is copied from the originals, on l file in the office of the Secretary of State. l Here follows the bid of the Banner office.
 BANNER OFFICE, Nov. 41th, lS44. Col Rust, Chairman of the Committee oithe House of Representatives on Printing.
 DEAR SIR We beg leave 10 state to you, for the information of the Committee, and the House of Representatives. that we are willing to execute dH hc printing for the Legislature, that may be required by the pre- sent session for the same prices that were paid for the same amount and description ot work by the last session of the Legislature; i; and on those terms, We would be pleased to receive the appointment of Printers to the Legislature. With great respect,
 Your ob1t seryt's.
 s. BORLAND & Go.
 Here follows the bid of the Times and Ad-