Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-02-22

10 Apek,r 81 hr Hogss Of RTnssaiaiius.
- The Committee on pahlie Printing. to whicl
u wcro referred tho bids and contract lately enter
- ID into by the Commissioners of the State will
John Marshall, "a do the StiIr printing also the
2 nd al The lnirlligencrr, aud the message Of the
f,'ovcrnor, calling attention 10 tho public print.
hr-ln,c had tie same under consideration. and
:, after patient aud careful examination would re.
't port frf
let The FIRST point 10 which the Governor ii.
', reefs our atien,i n Is tho following
That portion of the propo-ul which specifies
Tie rates ut which lao (John Marshal) will print
: reI"rts aud documents ordered By tic Legisla
ture. is as fellows:
> " will print one hundred copies Of reports
!, = and Documents ordered ay the Legislature, ut
one and half cts per page ono cent per page for
: = ti, o sIaand f gi third hundred half cent per
y i@se'o Tho fourth hnnlr.d. aud. one.third oi a
: &C pr page for tho fifth hundred, aud Tor an
p over 'lat nnnber. one fourth ofa cent per page.
4 In tho opinion of yOur committee, the 18th
section Of the law relating to public printing. to
!. which tho committee refers, as fixing the Is1i'
mum of one. third Of cent per pigc for mes.
+; sug"s, &c., does not contemplate the publication
of less llun $40 copies, aud would only afford
limit where less number than 500 under the
bid would exceed in amount the cost Of 500 ut
the mtximum. Your committee do not believe
that the Legislature ever intended that the sum
. of ($i. .33) liya dollars and thirtv-threa cents
should be paid for one hundred copies of mes
sage, Tor instance, of lG pages when it would
actually cost the public printer lly ($i2)twelye
dollars to have the work done This Is more evi-
dent by reference to the third section of the law,
where it will he found that the bidder is requir-
ed to state ut what price per page he will print
ono hHRdred pies OF all such other reports and
documents, and sat what price per pnge the
party will furnish each aida,oaai kandred copies
Uf such reports THAT may he ordered" This Sd
section invites bids for less than 500 copies of
such reports and documents rs may 10 ord rel,
and says nothing whatever as t. the maximum.
but, on the contrary, the bidder is required t.
state "at what price per page he will print one
hnndred copies, and at what the party will
furnish each additional hundred" thus clearly
iudicltng that the party was 70 fix the price
: In the lIth section the mariAWm is fred far
fire hHHcy.d coyi,s, hut nowhere mentions less
NUN 'or and, we find. the third section invites
p,oicsuls for n less number than 500, and does
not bS the maximum.
T In ml!uiin.. tp abuses which might grow up
under the contract entered into with John Mar
shall by the Secretary Of State, Comptroller and
Treasurer. the Governor states that according to |
tie C0Riract Marshall would be entitled receive
(e2T1 .35) two hundred and seventy-seven and
81 l0lth dollars for $40 copies of the report of
the Superintendent of the Penitentiary contain.
ing "a pages, when he should Only receive (sl06.
. /''''
lars. BY reference to the account file in the
ComptrUer's Office, il was found that the public
printer only chim"d (Sl0666 l00th) one hun
dreh. SIX and % iU0th dollars, and according TO
the fuli"S OF me 'omrtroiier. that was tne lu'
'hihnht 10 when he was entitled, ana couiu not
receive M any more under the old or new contract
ine .,nnptroiier s,aee' 20 y"ni eonm:t,ee th,'
when SEQ copies Of any document of the kind al
luded to We're ordered. he would only allow the
maximum of One-thjrd cent per page for the
"ho'e hummer ana t"at when less nhnioer were
ofu'reh he shohi" cohhme IL within the maximum
ana IN no cas-, YOU'D allow a" account lor less
number n t'an ooo copies. IN this ronstructioho o.
.ne Jaw ana '!'e contract, ,he punic PRIMER en-
'i'r'F nSreHn IN .''S presence OF your co'nruce;
N tne n'no OF the ruhiie printer - TO De eiouhd
tfe following clause
wa whereas " Is o's''nc',y UNDERSTOOD Una,
s'''"'' 'n"rr tnlh .Vo copies OF any report or
document "f any kind be required, ('Scept 'nr
laws. lonrnnls, bills and resontlons,) that the
first 5'O copies are to he charged for ut the rate
OF e'thIrd ctnt per page.
THIS clause in the bond places the matter he
yont cavi and your committee deem 1t wholly
unnecessary TO enter into an argument to enforce
80 PLAIN and seli-rVldent proposition
-. The second proposition to which the Coy
ern"r calls attention, Is IN reference 10 tne nils
and resolutions: and your 'minlttes would state
,h,t there exists an apparent inconsistency in
,'S "'.:, 'tp'n Wv 'o 'ni1 ''e on se'''on -, Wv"
"m ,;m ~ 20 r. -; ~ , ~. V' .t III.
''S '''u rrs''''''s' ",l 'ne vi sec'l''' n;sa
i,A'''u" ir Two "unurtu o1P'es ,e"ts w. ~ a
10 w "o" SUI Do
'or OF "he hu"oreu copies "heh oh'y 'la' nuh'ct 's
'',y'eu, n' .,,,d >, v
ine m'tels.c" o' ..e Non'P''oher ""1 C.a "au y"
a'i'S' "nsu 'uoo",,s'eaos nv, ~ S .an ths avn
@ WI" '"o Io" -, w. W o..an,n, 30 /
tract which be declined to do or to attempt M TO
do' on t's ground .nat sntn o,ec',p.s ",F
r''nn'fu ny proper " '''o
rh,fA construction ma" Jre''o"sty oeea maae an"
lIHY c0Hcurfe0 IN ny me COHfTdtHHS p"FHeS.