Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-01-20
ISDIASAPoLIs. January II. 1865. {
To the Hon. ke House of R~epresentGfires:

To the Hon. Ge House of Representatives.:
In response to a resolution adopted By your
body. calling upon me tor 1.-The amount of or
ders drawn by me on the treasurer Of state tor
state printing; also the amount of orders drawn
N favor of the sgent OF state, and the authority
for drawing tie sane for the years 1868 and
and 1864. "A table of which is hereunto append
ed, / herewith forward you the re
duired.
The Revised Statutes Of IS43, page 40, sec
ton O., reads "a follows:
The secretary Of state shall superintend all
the printing done for the state. aud shall see that
the same is well executed; and shall measure
and estimate the same, and certify under his
hand and the seal OF his Office. the amount and
kind of work done, together With the cost; which
certificate shall authorize the auditor of public
accounts to audit the same, and the treasurer
shall pay the amount out of any moneys OF the
state in his hands not otherwise appropriated "
Section 66 of the same act reads as follows:
Section b6. 1t Is hereby made the duty OF the
secretary of state TO make out complete indexes
to the documentary journal, and other journals,
ard OF the general laws and special acts, and
cause the SAM to be bound la their appropriate
volume and he shall cause the documentary
journal 10 be bound in. boards, (called half bind
ing also the general laws in the same manner !;
the special acts. the journal of the Senate and OF
the House, he shall cause TO be bound in strong
paper binding, for which he shall allow a reason
able compensation, To be certified, audited, and
paid for, as is provided in the case of public
printing.
By an act approved June Is, 1852, entitled an
act repeating all former acts of the legislature
except those thereia named, the foregoing law
was continued in force. See Hord and Gavin,
page 535. in the unrepealed class of laws num-
Der Is, which declares that "all laws now in
force regulating the election and duties of state
printer, are continued IAN act of the ~legisla-
ture, passed March, 1859, entitled "An act fix
ing the time and mode of e~iecting a state printer,
defining his duties, fixing compensation and re
pealing all laws coming in conflict with this act y
is as follows:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of The State of Indiana, That there shall
be elected, biennially. counting from the month
of January. one thousand eight hundred and
sixty one, by the General Assembly, a state
printer. who shall serve for two years next from
and after his election and qualification and such
printer shall, within twenty days after bis said
election. enter INTO bonds, with sufficient surety,
to the satisfaction of the secretary. treasurer and
auditor of stare. with condition for the prompt,
accurate, and worknsnlike execution Of the pnb-
lie printing, and the faithful performance OF all
the duties required OF him 10y law.
SEC. 2. The prices to be paid the public print
er, from aud after the taxing effect of this act,
are hereby established as follows:
For composition per j 600 ems, plain matter.
forty five cents; figure work, per ! 900 ems, six
ty cents; rule and figure work. per 1000 ems,
seventy five cents: index matter. per l 600 ems,
forty five cents. Press work, per token Of $50
impressions. sixteen pages to the form, common,
forty cents; hroadsides. per token of 80 impress
sions, fifty cents. Folding reports and bills, Per
100 copies, on each signature distinct tables 10
be considered as signatures,) ten cents: stitching
TARLE showing the No. Of Voucher,
per, amount paid for binding "a ~,
for Advertising. aad tOtat amour
hiic Rrinliug. during the YeRr