The St. Cloud journal., 1868-04-09
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF MINNESOTA,

AN ACT to amend chapter five of the general
Statutes. relating to the printing and distri
button Of laws and public documents.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota.
SECTION l. The Secretary of State, State
treasurer, and State auditor, shall be OK Of
ticio commissioners Of public printing during
their terms Of Office respectively.
Sec ?. The printing for the State is divi-
ded into five classes to be lot in separate con-
tracts as follows: The printing and binding
OF all bills for the two houses of the legisla-
ture, together with such resolutions and other
matters as may be ordered by the two houses,
or either of them, to be printed in bill form,
constitute the first class, and shall be let in
one contract; the printing and binding of the
journals Of the Senate and house of Represen-
tatives. and OF such reports, communications
and other documents as enter into and make
part of the journals, constitute the second
class, and shall be let in. one contract; the
printing and binding of all reports, communi-
cations and other documents ordered by the
legislature or either branch thereof, or by the
executive departments to be printed in PAM
phlet form, together with tho volumes of exe-
cutive documents, constitute the third class,
and binding Of the general and special laws,
and joint resolutions constitute the fourth
class, and shall be let in one contract, the
printing of all blanks, circulars and other
work necessary for the use of the executive
departments, other than such as are printed in
pamphlet form constitutes the fifth class, and
shall be let in one contract.
Sec. 3. The commissioners of printing
shall, during the first week in May, A. D.
1868, and annually thereafter, give notice in
two newspapers printed in the city of Saint
Paul, and in such other newspapers in the
State, not exceeding four, as they deem neces-
sary, for thirty days, that sealed proposals will
be received at the Office of the secretary of
publication of said notice, for the execution of
the several classes of the State print
ing in separate contracts, as here
matter specified, for the term of
one year from the first Monday of November
next thereafter. Said proposals shall distinct
ly and specifically state the price per thousand
ems for the composition of all matter EN-.
braced in the five classes of printing or such
of them as shall be covered by the bid, to-
gether with the price of folding stitching and
binding of such work as is required by law
to be folded, stitched and bound and EN-.
braced in and covered by said bill, and said
proposals shall specify the rate per hundred
sheets for folding, the rate per hundred cop
les for stitching all bills, resolutions, pamphlets
and documents, the rate per hundred
copies for brochure covering all documents
ordered to be covered, and the rate per hun
dred sheets for folding, the rate per hundred
copies for stitching, and the rate per hunded
copies for binding the laws, journals, and
volumes of public documents, at which the
bidder is willing to do the same, the price
per token for all presswork embraced in the
first, second, third and fourth classes, and the
price per quire for the press work contained
in the fifth class, at which the bidder will
undertake to do the work embraced in the
class or classes of the printing covered by his
proposals. Each proposal shall be accompa-
MED by bond executed in due form, by the
bidder, with at least two good and sufficient
sureties, satisfactory to the commissioners of
printing, in the penal sum Of ten thousand
dollars, conditioned for the faithful perform
ance, pursuant to this chapter, of such class
or classes of the state printing as may be ad-
judged to him, and for the payment, as liqui-
dated damages, by such bidder, to the state,
of any excess of cost over the bid or bids of
such bidder, which the state may be obliged
to pay for such work, by reason of the failure
of such bidder to complete his contract. Said
bond to be null and void, if no contract is
awarded to him. No bid unaccompanied by
such bond shall be entertained by the COM
mssioners of printing. Povided, That the
following prices for printing are hereby es-
tablished as maximum prices therefor, and no
bids at higher rates shall be received, enter
tanned or accepted: For plain composition
per one thousand ems, forty cents; for fig
ure work per one thousand ems, seventy cents;
for rule and figure work per one thousand ems,
to1,o % two l,,,,
dred and fifty impressions, forty. five cents;
for stitching, trimming and covering pamphlets
not exceeding one hundred pages for one hund.
red copies. one hundred cents; for binding
session laws, journals and executive docu-
ment per volume in brochure covering, eight
cents; in pasteboard covering, thirty-ive cents;
in law sheep half bound, seventy-fve cents;
in law sheep full bound, one hundred and
twenty-five cents.
SEC. 4. The commissioners of printing or
any two of them, shall within two days after
the expiration Of the term for receiving propo
sails as aforesaid, proceed to open in public
all such proposals by them received, and they
shall on careful examination and computation,
with the aid of disinterested printer, if
necessary, award the contract for each class
of printing to the lowest bidder therefor:
Provided That nothing herein contained, shall
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son from becoming contractor for two or
more classes of printing, if he is the lowest
bidder therefor. If two or more persons bid
the same and the lowest price for
any class or classes of printing,
the commissioners shall award the
contract to such one or more of them as
in their opinion will best subserve the interest
of the State, having reference however, to a
division of the work, as far practicable,
among the several lowest bidders as aforesaid
If two or more bidders propose for the same
contract, and the proposal OF one is lower on
composition, and that of another is lower on
press work, then the commissioners, with the
aid of a dsinterested practical printer, select
ed by them for that purpose, shall
make strict computation based on the
work of the same class of nrintinp of