The St. Cloud journal., 1868-04-09

SEC. Is. The Secretary of State shall exam.
inc the work executed under tho provisions of
| this chapter, and see that the printing and
| binding is executed correctly, and in u suita-
BILE and workmanlike manner, and in accord
account Of all paper delivered to the contrac-
tors for printing, and see that it is used prop.
ery and without unnecessary waste. All work
to he executed for the executive departments
shall be ordered through the Secretary of State,
and he shall see that the full number of copies
of each job is received from the printer, and
delivered to the proper department. He shall
audit all accounts for printing and binding, ex-
ecuted under the provisions of this chapter,
and shall keep a record of the cost of printing
and binding, the amount of paper used, and the
entire expense Of each document or item, and
a copy of each document shall be duly filed
and preserved by him, with the cost indorsed
upon it.
Sec. l6. Each contractor for any class of
the public printing, shall file and preserve one
copy of each document or other matter by him
printed for the State, which he shall deliver to
the Secretary of State, with his account of the
same, in which account shall be specifically
stated the various jobs performed, the number
of copies Of each job, the number Of ems COM
position in each, the extra charge, if any, for
rule or figure, or rule and figure work, the
number Of tokens or quires of press work in
each, the cost Of folding, stitching, covering
and binding of each Job, designating whether
ordered by the Senate, the House Of Repre-
sentatives> or jointly by both, or by other off,
GERS or agents of the State, together with the
kind and quantity of paper used for each job
| SEC. II. All accounts filed under the pre-
ceding section, shall be carefully examined by
the Secretary of State, aided by disinterested
practical printer, (if necessarily employed for
that purpose, at the expense of the State, and
compared with the vouchers thereof, and the
in such account, said Secretary shall immed-
ately correct the same and return it to the
contractor who rendered it, and when the ac-
count is finally corrected and adjusted, he shall
| certify the same to the State auditor, who on
receipt thereof, shall give his warrant upon
| the treasury of the State for the amount there
Of payable out Of any money appropriated for
| that purpose.
Sec. Is. Each contractor for any class of
the State printing shall deliver over to the Sec-
retary of State, or to the proper department,
in good order, all copies Of work ordered to
| be printed by him, the Legislature, or either
! branch thereof, or by the executive depart
| ment, or other officers or agents of the State
Sec. l9. The paper for the State printing
aforesaid shall be provided by the State, and
the Secretary of State shall, from time to time,
| as the same may be needed, deliver over to
which he is required by his contract to do; he
shall take and preserve from each contractor
receipt for all paper so delivered, and at the
annual settlement on or before the first day Of
November each contractor shall deliver to the
Secretary of State all paper which has not been
used in the State printing, and if any such pa
per has been wasted, or converted to any other
use, the contractor to whom the same has been
delivered shall be charged with the value there
of, together with a penalty Of fifty per cent,
| and the amount shall be deducted from bis ac-
count: Provided, The contractor shall be al
lowed ten per cent. for waste on all jobs of ten
quires Or less, and five per cent. on all jobs of
more than ten quires.
Sec 20. The Secretary of State shall fur
nish true and accurate copy of the laws as
they may be demanded by the printer thereof,
and the clerks Of the respective branches of the
printer who is bound by his contract to print
the same, copies Of the journals, bills, reports
and other papers and documents, without un-
necessary delay, and no contractor shall be ac-
countable for any delay occasioned by the
want of such copy.
Sec. 2l. In printing the journals of the
Senate and House of Representatives, as speci-
fed in the sixth section of this chapter, the
secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House
of Representatives of the respective sessions
| of the Legislature, shall make out indexes to
the printed and recorded journals of said SEN
ate and House of Representatives, and attend
to reading proof sheets of the same,
whenever required to do so by the commits
soners of printing.
Sec. %. All laws printed or published by
authority of this State, shall be printed or pub
lished without any certificates or additions to
the same except the word "approved,' and
the date of said approval; and in each volume
of the session laws hereafter published, there
shall be general certificate, made by the
Secretary of State, TO the effect that all the
law memorials and resolutions contained
| therein, have been compared by him with the
original thereof in his Office, end that they are
correct copies thereof.
Sec. %. The Secretary Of the Senate and
the clerk of the House Of Representatives
shall keep journal of the proceedings of
their respective houses. After being read and
corrected in the presence of the house to
which the journals respectively belong, the
proceedings of each day shall be attested by
said secretary and clerk, and each journal
shall be recorded in books to be furnished for
that purpose by the Secretary of State. After
the journals are recorded said books shall be
deposited with the Secretary Of State, who
shall carefully preserve the same, and said re-
cords shall be considered the true and au-
thentic journals. The original daily journal as
kept, corrected, and attested, shall be deliver
ed by the secretary of the Senate and the
clerk of the House to the person entitled to
print the same, within thirty days after the ad-
session Of the Legislature.
SEC. "a. No executive message, address,
or communication of any State officer, or
board of officers, no report of the superinten-