The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-05-05
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AN ACT

To provide for the State Printing.
SEC. |. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State Of Ohio, That the
Secretary, Auditor and Treasurer Of State,
shall; Immediately on the passage of this
act, give notice in two newspapers prin-
ted in the city of Columbus, two in the CT
ty of Cincinnati, and two in the city of
Cleveland, for two consecutive weeks, that
sealed proposals will be received at the Of
flee of the Secretary of State until the
fifteenth day after the first publication OF
said notice, for the executing of the sew
eral branches Of tire State printing, in sep
arate contracts, as hereinafter specified,
until the first Monday in November, one
thousand eight hundred and ffty-two; and
the Secretary, Auditor, and Treasurer,
shall during the first week in May, one
thousand eight hundred and tifty-two;
and benniaIly thereafter, give notice as
above prescribed, for the period of sixty
days for the executing of the several
branches Of the State Printing, for the
term of two years from the first Monday
OF November next thereafter; which pro-
posals shall distinctly and specifically state
the price per thousand ems for the COM
position of all bills, resolutions or other
matter, that may be ordered to be printed
! in bill form, the piice per thousand ems
for the composition Of all pamphlets Or
! reports ordered to be printed in pamphlet
/ form, the price per thousand ems for the
composition Of Journals OF the Senate and
House of Representatives, the price per
| thousand ems for the composition Of the
1 General laws, the price per thousand ems
for the composition of the Local Laws,
theprice per token for press work Of all
bills resolutions or other mater ordered
to be printed in bill fotm, the price per to-
ken for press work Of all pamphlets; re-
ports or communications to be printed in
pamphlet form, the price per token lor
press work for the journals OF the Senate
and House Of Representatives, the price
per token for the press work OF the Gene
raj and LocIa laws, the price per token for
press work Of the volumes OF Legislative
Documents, and Che price per thousand
ems for the composition and the price per
qure for press work OF all blanks and cir
. culars for the Executive Officers, at which
the bidder is willing to take the contract
bid for; and in such notice as prescribed
in this act, the Secretary, Auditor and
Treasurer of State, shall publish an alb
stract Of this law, stating distinctly each
item to be bid for, the character of the
work, and the mode Of allowing compen-
sation for the same; and the said Secreta-
! ry, Auditor and Treasurer o. aaY Two Of
them, shall within two days after the eX-
pjraton 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 wilIcomply with all the pro-
visions Of this act; Provided, that if two
or more bidders shall propose for the same
contract, and the proposals OF one be low
eron composition, and the proposls of an
other be lower on press work, then the
said Secretary, Auditor and Treasurer,
taking to their assistance a disintcrested
practical printer, shall proceed to compute
the same by taking as basis the aggre-
gate number 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 proceeding, and
they shall give the contract 10 the lowest
bidder under the computation aforesaid;
And provided, further, that nothing here
in contained shall be construed SO us to
prevent the same person from becoming
contractor for two or more branches Of
the public printing, ii lie shall be the low
est bidder therefor; but the said Secretary,
Auditor, and Treasurer of State, shall,
in no case whatever, receive, or take into
consideration, the bid of an irresponsible
person; Provided, however, that no per-
son shall be deemed irresponsible, who
shall tender to the executive officers af-
oresaid, along with his bid, satisfactory
assurance, subscribed by his proposed Sc
curity, that he will execute the bonds re-
quired by the tenth section of this act
SEC. 2. That the printing of all Bills
for the two houses of the General Assem-
raj Assembly, together with such resolu-
tions and other matters as may be order
ed by the two houses, or 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 Representa-.
tives, and of such reports, communica-
tions and other documents, as enter into
and make part of the journals, shall be
let in another contract; the printing Of all
Reports, Communications and other docu-
ments that may be ordered to be printed
in pamphlet form, by the General Assem-
bly,, or either branch thereof, except such
as enter into and make part Of the jour.
malls, 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 as
may be directed by the General Assembly
to be printed herewith, shall be let in an.
other separate contract; and the printing
of all Blanks and Circulars necessary fol
the use of the Executive Officers Of the
state, shall be let in another separate con
tract.
Sec. 3. The bills shall be printed in TO
lo foolscap form, on small plea type, eaci
page to contain not less than twenty five
lines of solid matter of the usual length
with plea blank only in each space be
tween the lines; and in counting the com
position upon bills, the same shall be meas
ured as solid matter, and every necessary
fraction of page shall be counted as {
full page; but no entire blank page shal
be counted or charged for.