The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-04-30

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JAMES c. JOHNSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WILLIAM MEDILL,
.at "H President Of the Senate.
April l3, 1852.
No. 40. AN ACT 3.-
To provide for the State Printing.
H Sec. ]. BE Il enacted By The General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, That the Secretary, Audi
tor and Treasurer of the State, shall immedi-
ately on the passage Of this act, give notice in
two newspapers IL the city of Columbus, tive
in the city OF Cincinnati, and two in the city Of
Cleaveland, for two consecutive weeks, that
sealed proposals will be received at the office Of
the Secretary Of State, until the. fifteenth day
after the first publication OF said notice, fol
the executing Of the several banches OF the
State Printing, in separate contracts, as herein.
after specified, until the first Monday in No
vember, one thousand eight hundred aid fifty
two; and the Secretary, Auditor, and Ti'easu-
rer, shall, during the first week in May, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-two; and b..
ennially thereafter, give notice as above pre-
scribed, Tor the period Of sixty days, for the ex
ccuting Of the several branches of the State
Printing, for the term of two years from the
Grst Monday Of November next thereafter
which proposal shall distinctly and specifically
state the price per thousand ems for the COM
position OF all bills, resolutions, or other mat
ter, that may be ordered to be printed in bill
form, the price per thousand ems for the compo-
sition Of all pamphlets or reports ordered to be
printed in pamphlet farm, the price per thou
sand ems for the composition Of the Journals
Of the Senate and House of Representatives,
the price per thousand ems for the composition
Of the General Laws, the price per thousand
ems for the composition of the Local Laws,
the price per token for press work Of all bills,
resolutions, or other matter ordered to be print
cd in bill form, the price per token for press
work Of all pamphlets, reports or communica-
per token fol press-work for the journals of the
Senate and House Of Representatives., the price
per token for the press work of the General and
Local Laws, the price per tokenfor press work
Of the volumes OF Legislative Documents, and
the price per thousand ems for the composition
and the price per quire for press work Of all
blanks and circulars for the Executive Officers,
AZ which the bdderis willing to take the con-
tract bid for; and in snch notice as prescribed
in this aet, the Secretary, Auditor and Treasu-
rer Of State, shall publish an abstract of this
law, stating distinctly each item to be bid for,
the character of hewOrk, and the mode Of al
lowing compensation for The same; and the said
Secretary, Auditor and Treasurer, or any two of
them, shall, within two days after the expi-
ration of such notice, proceed to open all such
proposals by them received, and they shall, on
careful examination and strict computation,
give the contract for each of the hereinafter
named branches of State Printing, to the lowest
bidder therefor, who will comply with all the
provisions Of this act; Provided, that If two or
more bidders shall propose for the same con.
tract, and the proposals of one be lower on com
position, and the proposals Of an other be low
er on press work, then the said Secretary, Au-
ditor and Treasurer, taking to their assistance
a disinterested practical printer, shall proceed
to compute the same by taking as basis the
aggregate number o. ems and the aggregate
number of tokens of press work; of the same
kind Of printing. orthe last session Of the Gen
eral Assembly preceding, and they shall give
the contract to the lowest bidder under the com
putatioh aforesaid; And provided, further, that
nothing herein contained shall be construed
SO as to prevent the same person from becom-
ing contractor for two or more branches of the
public printing. if he shall be the lowest bid
der therefor; but the said Secretary, Auditor
and Treasurer Of State, shall, in no case, what
ever, receive, or take into consideration, the
bid Of an irresponsible person; Provided, how.
ever, no person shall be deemed irresponsible,
who shall tender TO the executive officers afore.
said, along with his bid, satisfactory assurance,
subscribed by his proposed security, that he
will execute the bonds required by the tenth
section of this act. F
Sec. 2. That the printing Of all bills for the
two houses Of the General Assembly, together
with suchresolutions and other matters as may
be ordered by the two houses, orether Of them,
to be printed in bill form, shall be let In one
contract; the printing Of the Journals of the
Senate and House of Representatives, and Of
such reports, communications end other docu-
m!ents, as enter into and make a part Of the
journals, shall be let in an other contract; the
printing of all Reports, Communications and
other documents tfatmay be ordered to be priu.
ted in pamphlet form. by the General Assembly
or either branch thereof, except such as enter
into and rnas. uart Of the journals, together
with the volume q Pubic .,s.lie;'.s ~. shali be
let in another separate contract; the prinrns,.-
Of the General and Local Laws and such Joint
Resolutions as may be directed by the General
Assembly to be printed Herewith, shall be let
In another separate contract; and the printing
Of all Blanks and Circulars necessary for the
use Of the Executive Officers of the State, shall
be let in another separate contract.
Sec. g. The Bins shall be printed infoio
foolscap form, on small plea type, each page 70
contain not less than twenty five lines OF solid
matter Of the usual length; with apica blank
only IN each space between the lines; and in
counting the composition upon bills, thesame
shallrbe measured as solid matter, and every
necessary fraction Of page shall be counted as
full page; sbutno entire blank page shall y
counted or charged for. IVA ,i.,LN n
Sec. 4. The Journals shall be printed inme-
dfp1i octave form, on neat long primer type
audi as close and compact order as isconsist,
ent with good workmanship, without unpeces
sary blank or broken pages, each to contain, A.
near.as may be fifteen hundred ems, inclndne
head and foot lines.
Sec. S. Theyolumes OF. Public Documents
and all Reports, Communications, and othel
documents ordered to be printed In painphie
form, shall be printed 1.-THE samelind Of type
and the pages be Of the same Size, as specifics
for the journals In. the preceding section; sait
documents 70 be printed in pamphlet form
shall be, printed in close compactl order
withonttitlc pages, unnecessary blaksIof oIel
spaces; The volumes Of Public Documertsshal
eop...sn nothing that shall have been ipserlu'