New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-01
NO. g..
AN ACT
Relative to Public Printing.

SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate ant
House of Representatives of the State O
Louisiana in General Assembly convened
That the Governor, Lieutenant Gov
Representatives, or majority of them
shall be and are hereby author
lied and directed to contract will
such person as they may deem proper in
the interest of the State to do and perform
all the printing ard publishing of whatever
nature shall be necessary for the use Of
both Houses of the General Assembly, fol
the executive departm nts Of the State, and
for the Supreme Court. Such person con
tracing to do and perform such printing "
provided in this act shall, for purposes Of
reference herein, be termed the State Printer
and the terms, provisions, and conditions Of
the contract with him executed shall be as
hereinafter provided. The newspaper in
which he shall publish the journals Of the
two Houses the General Assembly, the laws
OF the State, and other official matter al
herein provided, shall be known and desig
mated as the official journal of the State.
SEC. 2. Be 1t further enacted, That said
contract shall be entered on and concluded
for the term of the existence of the present
General Assembly, and until further con
tract shall be consummaied, as provided in
this act or otherwise.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the
State Printer shall print each bill, report
or other document that may be delivered tc
him by order of either House of the
General Assembly, in the order in which
it shall be numbered and delivered tc
him; and shall return them in like
manner, so that no subsequent number
shall be printed and returned until all
previous numbers shall have been first re-
turned, unless otherwise specially or
dered.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all
bills, reports, or other documents which
may be ordered for printing shall be print
ed and returned to the House which NAV
have ordered them within three days after
the delivery of the copy of the same to the
State Printer. unless on motion longer de.
lay be granted.
SIC. S. Be it further enacted, That all
officers of the several departments of the
State who, by existing or future laws, NAV
be required to make reports to the General
Assembly, shall cause the same to be print
ed by the State Printer for the use of the
Legislature, aud shall present the same
within the first week of each session.
SEC. 6. Be 1t further enacted, That the
State Printer shall furnish and have ready
for delivery the acts of the General Assem-
bly, and the journals of both Houses of the
Legislature within sixty days from the
time when copies of the same shall have
been delivered by the Secretary of State,
under pain of FORGETTING and paying the sum
OF ten dollars for each and every day he
shall be In default after expiration Of the
time. 1t shall be the duty of the Secretary
OF State to deliver to the State Printer with
IN thirty days next after the adjournment
sine die of both Houses Of the Legislature,
duly certified copies Of all the acts passed
during the session, under penalty of twenty.
i've dollars for each and every day he shall
be in default after the expiration of the
time. The Secretary of the State shall for
ward to each member of the Legislature one
copy OF the journals and one copy of the
SEC. Z: Be It further enacted, That the
State Printer shall publish the Journals of
each day OF both Houses in the official jour
nal within two days after the same shall
have been read and approved.
SEC 8. Be 1t further enacted, That the
State Printer shall deliver to the Secretary
OF State copies OF his official journal con-
tanning any Of the laws or resolutions of the
General Assembly of this State which shall
have been hereafter enacted or agreed to
after the same shall have been
published therein; and as soon as practical
bic thereafter the said Secretary of State
shall cause the said official journal to be
sent to the judges and clerks Of courts, and
4 shall pc their duty. to preserve all copies
OF the official journal SO received carefully
In their respective courts for the use there.
Of until they shall have received the copies
Of tAe laws In pamphlet form.
SIC. 3. Be 1t further enacted, That the
state Printer shall receive sixteen dollars
for every three hundred papers delivered to
the Secretary Of State as directed by the
preceding section.
SEC 10. Be it further enacted That all
printing for the State, or for any department
81 the State government, or for the supreme
Court, OF for the corporation of New Or
leans, shall be performed by the State
Printer, who shall execute the same accord.
ing TO the specifications and at the prices
yet Down In the following items:
Item First laws shall be published
n the English language only, with list of
me acts, the date OF their PRONUNCIATION, aud
20 index thereto attached; they shall be
paper, In long primer type, solid, each page
swentytour ems plea in width, and forty |
even In length, Including the running title |
lnd white line under II, and foot line, with
marginal notes in nonpareh, five ems pica
a width, to be added thereto. The same 10
De stitched and covered with colored paDer. |
ND delivered TO the Secretary Of State |
here shall be allowed six dollars per pace |
or five hundred copies, and fifty cents Der |
)age for each hundred copies ordered in .x. /
less Of i've hundred.
Item Second-The journals of each House
nan be printed in the English Language
MY, In book form, in minion TYNE. and
made up frem the journal matter, As uTh-
lshed In the official newspaper, the pages |
be forty.ive ems plea In length, INCLUDING
cad and foot line, the book to be covered
nd stifcned In the same manner as the
AVIS, and delivered to the Secretary Of State
11thin the time fixed by Law, Tor which
here shall be allowed three dollars Der
age tor two hundred and fifty copies, and
p each additional hundred copies ordered
ny Cents per page.
Item Third-Bilis and resolutions shall be
rlnted on foolscap paper, In plea type,
'aded with plea sluRs or reglets, to be six.
'en ems plea in width and sixty.fiye in
ngths and printed broadside; the lines and
'ctlons 70 be numbered. Two hundred
,ples snail be printed, one hundred and
le Senate. For the tWD hundred conies
Ve dollars per page shall be paid, and Two
lllaEe per page for each additional one
lndred copies. Z
Item Fourth-For all repor 8, documents
9tnsr matter In book or pamphlet form
Long primer type, twenty-four ems pica
Wldth and forty three In length. fnclndin0
'ad and foot line, three dollars pe1 pa0e
one hundred copies, and fifty cents ner |
! e es, ior each additional hundred copies or
Item Fifth-'For all rule and figure work
nkalned lD any description Of work per.
rmed ~ the State Printer one dollar and =
" cents per thousand ems shall Be Al i
49, 10 addition 70 the other charges
=. Selhed herein and the State Printer shall
'D'aOe suon charges IN separate items In