The Empire County argus., 1854-06-10
Over charge, 1902 Sc


Vouchers $50 and S62 shows an allowance of $673 IS,
for composition press work and folding and stitching the
Appendix the Journals of 1853 and in every instance
far have been able to find and examine other vouchers
the composition these same documents paid under
order from the other of the two Houses and most
frequently from both.
We do not believe that any portion of this excepting
only $6 IS for press work. legitimate charge, and there
fore consider that there against the State of
5S26 90 OF this amount about $250 is for folding and
stitching, charged at cent, per pacc and we find Il
per page is again charged in the for printing
the Journals. the entire Appendix making the p
pendx cost u cents per page for folding stitching and
covering whilst the body of the Journals cost but cents
per page.
We also find that 10000 Foreign Miners Licenses are
charged 356 reams each single License being estimated
at the four hundred and eghteh part of and
the whole charged rule work 35 per eam, making
the cost S'2 460 about u cents per License which is
equal to . per cent upon the amount for which e issued
proportion Of this immense cost may be justly aributa-
BILE to the late Controller for designating how many
Licenses should be printed sheet. An examination
however shows that the actual mode in which they
printed and delivered two sheet which reduces the
number Of chargable 90 per cent? and also shows
that they contain such work is known among printers
rule work. therefore the most exravagant charge that
could be made would be l7S at $25 total Of
1450 leaving an error against the State in this item of
$500. This startling result in what would osensbly
small item of the State work. led us investigate
the vouchers for Poll Tax Receipts these we found charged
in the manner every 430 single receipts being compu-
ted The following the dates of the bills
March 10, 1853 81 reams (i5OOO) at $35... 1920
April 19, 1888, AZ reams (20000) at 40
June ~ lobo ID fealnS (JO,UUU) at goo SZ0O0
March 20 1854 2lO reams QOQ0 at $35. 1880
sl4,665
These receipts being printed FIVE sheet, the total num-
ber of for which there any possibility of charging
for the above POI 900 is but 81 and there being no rule
work them the price according to contract should be 25
per ream q total of 200 which shows oyercharge
during the year of $2 565 POI 600 Poll Tax Receipts
AS an evidence that 81 all that be charged
for the POI 900 receipts, statement of the
against the late State Printers for furnishing for
them the last 100000 receipts which executed in
job office distinct and separate from their office 1t will
be that the basis Of computation adopted by regard
ing the number of chargeabe is precisely the
that charged from one printer to another
MARCH -, 1854
10 Dr.
Printing 100 900 Poll Tax Receipts, IL reams at $$
II ream Of Paper at s..
s
Having shown what conceive to be to the amount
of 000 in the few vouchers examined by us
mend thorough investigation of all the printing
of " Z. Geger & Co.. and G. X Fitch Il Co.. and of Geo
Kerr and of the printers doing the printing in Geo. Kerrs
name after his deeease and that bill be passed prohibit
ing the Controller from drawing his warrant for any print
ing executed under the law of April 22 1852 the Joint
Resolution of February 3d. 1853 until such investigation is
made. ID. p. TALLMADGE.
WIN. NJ. LENT.
EDW. MCGARRY