Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-05-13
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BY AUTHORITY.

: AN ACT
, To provide for the State Printing.
SEC. 1. Be Il enacted By the General .4ssen
bly, Of the STATE Of Ohio, That the Secretary
Auditor and Treasurer Of State, shall imms
diately on the passage Of this act, give motto
in two nespapers printed in the city OF Colum
bus, two in the city of Cincinnati. and two i
the city Of Cleveland, for two CONSECUTIVE
weeks, that sealed proposals viii be received a
the office Of the Secretary Of State, until tn
fifteenth day after the first publication Of sal
notice. for the executing of the several branch
es Of the State Printing, in separate contracts
as hereinafter specified, until the first Mondal
in November, one thousand eight -ndred ant
hfty-two; and the Secretary, Auditor, anr
Treasurer, shall, during the first week in May
one thousand eight hundred and ifty-two; AM
biennially thereafter, give notire as above pre-
scribed, for the period Of sixty days, for the ex
ecuting of The several branches of the State
Printing, for the term Of two years from th'
inst Monday of November next thereafter
which proposals 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 orfered 10 be printed in bill
form, the price per thousand ems for the com.
position OF all pamphlets or reports ordered to
be printed in pamphlet form, 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, resO-
lutions, or other matter ordered 70 be printed
in bill form, the price per token for press work
Of all pamphlets, reports or communications TO
be printed in pamphlet form, the price per to-
ken for press work for the journals Of the Sen
ate and House of Representatives, the price
per token for the press work Of the General and
Local Laws, the price per token for press work
Of the volumes of Legislative Documents, and
the price per thousand ems for the composition
and4he price per quire for press work of al
blanks and circulars for the Executive Officers,
at which the bidder Is willing to take thecon
tract bid for; and in such notice as prescribed
in this act, the Secretary, Auditor and Treas
urer of State. shah publish an abstract Of this
law. stating distinctly each item 10 be bid for,
the character of the work, 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 ex-
pIratipn 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 low
est bidder therefor, who will comply with all the
provisions of this act; Provided, that If tSo
or more bidders shall propose for the same con-
tract, and the proposals o: one be lower on com
position, and the proposals Of another be loSer
on press work, then the said Secretary, Audi
tor and Treasurer, taking to their assistance
disinteresied practical printer. shall proceed
TO compute the same by taking as a basis the
aggregate numb Of ems and the aggregate
number of tokens Of press work, Of the same
kind Of printing, for the last session OF the
General Assembly preceding, and they shall
give the contract to the lowest bidder under the
computation aforesaid; And provided, further,
that nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued So as to prevent the same person from
becoming contractor for two or mo.e branches
Of the public printing. if he shall be the Invest
bidder therefor; but the said Secretary, Audi
tor and Treasurer of State, shall, in no case
whatever, receive, or take into consideration,
the bid OF an irresponsible person; Provided,
however. no person shall be deemed irIesponsl-
BILE, who shall tender to the executive officers
aforesaid, along with his bid, satisfactory as
surapce, subscribed by his proposed security,
thayhe will execute the bonds required by the
tenth section of his act.
Sec. 2. That the printing Of all Bills for the
two houses of the General Assembly. together
with such resolutions and other matters as may
be ordered by the two houses, T either 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 and other docu-
ments, as enter into and make a part Of the
journals. shall be let in another contract; the
printing Of all Reports, Communications, and
other documents that may be ordered TO he
printed in pamphlet form, by the General As
sembly or either branch thereof. except such as
enter into and make part Of the journals,
together with the volume of Public Documents,
shall be let in another separate contract; the
printing Of the General and Local Laws and
such Joint Resolutions rs 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 neces-
sary for the use of the Executive Officers Of the
state, shall be let in another separate contract.
Sec. 8. The Bills shall be printed in folio
foolscap form, on small plea type, each page 10
contain not less than twenty-five lines Of solid
matter of the usual length; with plea blank
only In each space between the lines; and IN
counting the composition upon bills, the same
shall be measured as solid matter, and every
necessary fraction Of page shall be count d
full page; but no entire blank page shall be
counted or charged for.
Sec. a. The Journals shall be printed in me
dIum octave form, on neat long primer type,
and In as close and compact order as is eonsis-
tent with good workman nship, without unneces-
sary blank or broken pages, each to contain as
near as may be fifteen hundred ems, including
head and foot lines.
Sec. 5. The volumes of Public Documents,
and all Reports, Communications, and other
documents ordered TO be printed in pamphlet
form, shall be printed on the sane kind Of type,
and the pages be OF the same size. as specified
for the journals in the preceding section; said
Documents to be printed in pamphlet form,
shall be printed in close compact order, with
out title pages, unnecessary Slanks or open
spaces; the volumes Of public Documents shall
contain nothing that shall have been inserted
in the laws or journals Of the same year, ex-
eept the annual report Of the auditor and
treasurer Of state; and the various reports,
communications and other document proper to
be inserted therein. shall follow each other in
as close compact order as is consistent with
good workmanship, without the Intervention
of unnecessary blanks or separate title or half
title pages; and the paging thereof shall be
consecutive; and at the conclusion there shall
be an index. to be made out by the printer, re-