New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-09

NOTE BY THE STATE PBINTER.-InCr
quence of a slight error which occurra
publishing the following law it il M
duced below corrected.
AN ACT
Relative to Public Printing.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Sd
and House of Representative of the
of Louisiana in General AssemblyconyesI
That the Governor, Lieutenant Gover.
and Speaker of the House of Represel
tives, or a majority of them, shall bel
are hereby authorized and directed TO |
tract with such person AS they msy a
proper in the interest of the State, to dol
perform all the printing and publishid
whatever nature shall be necessary fol
use of both Houses of the General Assent
for the executive departments of the Sd
and for the Supreme Court. Such ped
contracting to do and perform such print
as provided in this act shall, for purposd
reference herein, be termed the 81
Printer, and the terms, provisions,
conditions of the contract with him
cuted shall be as hereinafter proHa
The newspaper in which he shall pub
the Journals of the two Houses of the
eral Assembly, the laws of the State,
other official matter as herein provll
shall be known and designated as the |
cial journal of the State.
SEC. 2. Be 1t further enacted, That
contract shall be entered on and concl
for the term of the existence of the pred
General Assembly, and until further
tract shall be contaminated, as provided
this act or otherwise.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, Tbs.
State Printer shall print each bill, rep1
or other document that may be delivered
him by order of either House of the 0,
eral Assembly, In the order in VI,
it shall be numbered and delHs
to him and shall return them in 4
manner, SO that no subsequent nun
shall be printed and returned until all I
vious numbers shall have been first
turned, unless otherwise specially ords
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, Thsl
bills. reports, or other documents vi
may be ordered for printing, shall be pna
and returned to the House which may
ordered them within three days after
delivery Of the copy of the same to theS
Printer, unless, on motion, longer n
be granted.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, ThsiI
officers of the several departments OIL
State who, by existing or future laws,
be required to make reports to the Gen.
Assembly, shall cause the same to be pnl
by the State Printer for the use of the !
1ature, and shall present the same vi
the first week of each session.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, That
State Printer shall furnish and have n
for delivery the acts of the Genera
sembly and the journals of both HouYa
the Legislature within sixty days FROM
time when copies of the same shall
been delivered by the Secretary of ~
under pain Of FORGETTING and paying the !
OF ten dollars for each and every dsiI
shall be in default after expiration 81
time. 1t shall be the duty of the Seer
OF State to deliver to the State Pf
within thirty days next after the ada
ment sine die of both Houses of the
lature duly certified copies of all The
passed during the session, under pensA
twenty-five dollars for each and eVerJi
he shall be in default after the expiradt
the time. The Secretary of the State
forward to each member of the Legisil
one copy Of the journals and one copyd
acts of the Legislature.
SIC. 7. Be It further enacted, ThaI
State Printer shall publish the jourai5
each day of both Houses in the Official
nal, within two days after the same
have been read and approved.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted,
the State Printer shall deliver to the So
tary of State copies Of his official joua
containing any of the laws or resolutioA
the General Assembly of this State VI
shall have been hereafter enacted or "a
to Immediately after the same shall Y
been published therein; and IS sool
practicable thereafter the said SecretSl
State shall cause the said official jourgl
be sent to the Judges and Clerks of Coz
and 1t shall be their duty to preserH:
copies of the Official journal so reea
carefully In their respective courts for
use thereof until they shall have recel
the copies of the laws In pamphlet form
SEQ. Q. Be It further enacted, Thai
State Printer shall receive sixteen do
for every three hundred papers delivers
the Secretary of State, as directed By
preceding section.
SEC. 10. Be 1t further enacted, Thai
printing for the State, or for any departa
OF the state Government, or for the
preme Court, or for the ccrnoration OF
Orleans, shall be performed by the
Printer, who shall execute the same acc
ing 70 the specifications, and at prizes
down In the following items:
Itam first.--The laws shall be publ
twenty,four ems plea Ia width, and 4
II the English language only, with "
the acts, the date Of their promulgsl
and an index thereto attached; they
DO printed upon good strong book prs
paper, In long primer tYDe. solid, each