Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-09
THE 7 Ell E G R A P H.
An Act

To AMEND Gan ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUB
Lie PRINTING,v PASSED APRIL 29, 1852.
The peonle of the State of California, rep
resented IN Senate and .7Sse'a0tY, 40 enact
as follOoos .
SECTION /. Section two of I" An Act to
provide for the Public Printing passed April
30. 1852. is amended so as to read as follows
The printing of the laws, Journals, joint
resolutions, and all the printing OF the seve-
raj offices and departments OF State, shall
hereafter be done as follows: The Governor
and Comptroller of State shall give twenty
DAYS public notice, commencing on the third
Monday of December of each year, in two
daily newspapers published in each OF the
cities of San Francisco, Sacramento and
Stockton, that they will, for thirty days next
succeeding said third Monday in December,
receive sealed proposals at the Seat of Gov
ernment for the printing to be done under this
act, to be performed as hereinafter specified.
AT the expiration of the aforesaid thirty days,
and not before, the Governor and Comptroll-
er shall open said sealed proposals at the
COmptroller's Office. in the presence of the
Chairmen of the Standing Committees on
Public Printing of the two Houses of the Lee
gislature, and within six days thereafter en-
ter into contract with the person or persons
whose proposition shall be for the public
printing at the lowest and most advantageous
terms for the State; prOUided, the person or
persons whose propositions shall be accepted
by the Governor, Comptroller, and the two
Chairmen aforesaid, shall, within three days
after notice Of the acceptance of such propO-
sitions, enter into bond to the people of the
State of California, in the sum of twenty-five
thousand dollars, with two or more sufficient,
sureties, acceptable to the Governor and
Comptroller, conditioned for the faithful exc
cution OF such printing contract according
to the terms and stipulations therein contain
ed. The contract entered into as aforesaid,
shall continue in force until the same or some
other party or parties contract with the State,
as herein provided
SEC. 2. Immediately after this act shall have
received the appreciation of the Governor, it
shall be the duty of the Governor and Comp
troller of State, to give fifteen days public
notice in the manner prescribed in the first
section of this act that they will receive seal
ed proposals at the seat of government for
twenty days from the first publication of such
notice for the public printing, to be done
from and after the execution of the contract,
to be entered into according to the provisions
of this act, and until such time as the same
or some other party or parties contract with
the State for doing the same All the pro-
visions of this act shall be applicable to the
party or parties and contract contemplated
in this section except such as relate to the
times of giving notice for receiving propo-
sails.
Sec 3. 1t shall be the duty of the Gov
ernOr to transmit, within ten DAYS after anv
contract shall have been entered into in pur-
suance of the provisions of this act. to each
branch of the Legislature, copy of each and
every proposition received for doing the pub
lie printing, together with such statements
and explanations as he may deem advisable
SEC. 4. No proposition for doing the pub
lie printing shall be accepted, if the prices
named IN such proposition exceed the follow
ing
For each one thousand ems. in English.
three dollars.
For composition per thousand ems. in other
languages than English, fifty cents addition
al.
Rule and figure work, per thousand ems,
four dollars. r--r -
Press work, per token of two hundred and
forty sheets, three dollars.
For folding and stitching per page, one 8th
Of one cent.
For binding in leather, two dollars per vol
ume, when ordered by the Legislature. No
charge to be allowed for paper covers in any
case.
For all proclamations, ORDERS notices. ad-
vertlsements and other matter ordered pub
lished in the newspaper of the party contrac-
ting for the public printing, said contractor
shall receive two dollars per square of three
hundred ems for the first insertion, and Ole
half that amount for every subsequent inser-
tiOn.
SEC. 5. The Secretary of State shall de-
liver to the printer under this act from day
TO day during the session of the Legislature.
manuscript of the journals. laws and Joint
resolutions passed by such Legislature. with
proper marginal and side notes, and within
1tteen days after the adjournment of the Le-
gislature, that officer shall have completed the
manuscript copies of the laws and joint reso-
lutlons, accompanied by full, complete and
accurate index to the same Said Secretary
OF State shall complete the delivery of manu-
script copies of the journals accompanying
them with full and accurate index and ap
pendlX. as eXpeditiously as possible. The laws
and journals shall always have the prefer
ence over the journals as to time of delivery
TO the printer. The copies of the journals to
be furnished to the Secretary of State by the
secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the AS
seTnbly, who shall receive the same compen-
OAOA. iOA nAtthths COpl6S dts is allowed 20 Llo
Secretary of State and the Secretary of
State is hereby authorized to contract for the
making of such indexes, appendices. marginal
ana side notes. with some competent person.
not exceeding two dollars folio of one hun
dred words
Sec. 6. In all cases where the composition
used for one edition of report, message or
any other document ordered by either of the
tWo Houses. shall be used for a second or
greater number of editions. but one charge
shall be made by the Public Printer for such
imposition.
SEC Z. Section fourth of An Act passed
April 29th 1852. entitled can Act to pro-
vac wa Tor the Public Printing" is hereby amen
ded as follows: Strike out the word i:slxTY''
sand insert instead, the word TWENTY" Sec
tlons second, fifth and sixth of said Act are
hereby repealed.
CRY TAX SALE.-Mr. W. HI. Jones' the Auc-
tioneer sold the lots, or portions of the lots,
on the deliD0uent list on Mon6ou OnooS'