The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-08-02
THE sIcRErARY OF STATE AND TIL
PUEBLO PRINrIN0.

THE 8ECREfARY OF STATE AND III
PUBLIC PRINTIN0.
We publish this morning, in accord
ance with Law, the Proposal 10 amen
the Constitution as passed BY the las
Legislature, BY striking from that in
strum.nt the word "male." In com
neucing the Publication of this procla
nation il becomes necessary to explain
the circumstances under which We do so
Strangely enough, the "copy" from
which ve print this advertisement does
not CONE to rs direct from the Office o
the Secretary of State; but We End il
in the Reno Crescent, duly aitested By
shat officer, who has seea 6t to ignore
the State Printer and the newspaper
which he publishes. Our reason fol
inserting this advertisement is explained
in the following extract from Section
Five Of the State Printers Act, setting
forth, IS indicated per marginal note,
"vhat to be published in newspaper"
After enumerating other duties of the
Stat. Printer the act says:-"And (he)
shall publish in a daily or weekly news
paper all proclamations, orders, notices
and Advertisements of the officers of
State above enumerated, that now or
hereafter may be required to be pub
,ished by law, such as the said officers
may consider to be for the public inter-
est Of the State, and shall do all other
printing for the State, unless otherwise
expressly ordered By law"
Article XVI of the Consultation (pro-
viding the manner Of its own amend
ueut) sets forth that all proposed
amendments that have passed the Legis-
la,ure. '.shall be published for three
months next preceding the time Of max
ing such choice" (of members of the
It will be seen BY this extract from
the Constitution thar the publication of
tie said Proposals is mandatory upon
the officer having charge of the State
archives; and that BY the State Print
er's Act, that oaieer is obliged to pub
Gsh call proclamations, orders, notices
aud advertisements" Thus, while the
Of State 10 in duty bound to
publish . proposed anea1aent to the
Constitution. the State Printer is by Law,
his oath of Office and in justice to his
sureties compelled to print and publish
he same. To be sure, tn. present State
2sinter, who has . newspaper ofhis own,
night, if ha chose to 60 to that expense,
cause the publication Of this advertise. !,
nent in the Reno Crescent or any other
paper other than bis Osn, and thereby
comply, technically, with the spirit of
he Law which governs his Official &C.
fSSS Sus AZ suiS CoSe, - ASoSss uS
chooses to publish what the law compels
lin to, in his own paper; and be holds
hat the mere fact of toe Secretary of
'sA:e harins selected another than the
tate Printers paper to make It's frs,
in, will not warrant him in
to publish it.
Nov Ne can only guess at the Score.
sry's reasons for bis eccentric course.
lis Deputy, Mr.. Msrtin, spoke to the
tate Printer With regard to the publ.
alton ofthis advertisement some weeks
nee /; and il was, naturally the pre-
lmption that it would be sent by she
eeretary to this osice. We understand
lat the Secretary is a candidate for re
lection As an "Anti Bank" man. He,
,erefore, we are Justified in surmising,
refers to throw the patronage of the
tate into :hs hands of the publisher of
- Crescent, who il smother of that
own conclusion. being that
'e State Printer is no; welded to the
'usade against the Bank of California
as he certainly is not /; believing as
. does that the harmony aud effective
80 of the Republican party osght not