The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-06-16

AN ACT 10 amend the Laws in relation tc
Public Printing

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| Prlnters shall print each bill. report. or 9TH
er document. excepting orders of the day,
| delivered TO them by order of either House.
IN She order Ia which it shall be numbered
ana delivered to them, and shall return
/ them in like manner, so that no subsequent
| number shall be printed and returned until
| all previous numbers shall have been deliy-
cred.
sec. z. Be il further enacted, That all
| bills, reports. or other documents so deliver.
/ ed TO them for printing, shall be printed and
returned TO the House directing the same,
within three days after such delivery OF a
copy thereon to said Printers. unless, on mo-
/ ton, further time be granted bat a proper
tlonate further time may be taken when
sucn DILL report, or document shall exceed
eight octave printed pages in length.
Sec 3. Be it further enacted, That all Off
GERS OF the several departments of the State.
| who are, or shall hereafter be required by
law to make reports to the Legislature shall
/ cause three hundred copies thereof to be
/ printed by the State Printers, and delivered
/ TO the Clerk ofthe House of Representatives.
| for the use of the Legislature, and shall
/ present the same within the first week of
| each session.
/ See. 4. BE it further enacted, That the
| State Printers shall publish the Jou rnals of
each day, of both Houses, in the newspaper
called the Daily Pilot, or other official
| journal, within two days after copies OF such
Journals shall be delivered to them and the
secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of
the House, respectively, shall deliver 70
1 them copies OF said Journals as soon as ap-
| proved as aforesaid; and said Printers shall
/ preserve such copies for use in the publica-
| tion of said Journals in pamphlet form. in
stead of receiving final copy as now pro-
/ Vided by law.
| See. ). Be it further enacted. That all acts
| and resolutions of a public nature shall be
/ published in the official journal. by the State
| Printers, as soon as practicable after the
| same shall be approved by the Governor. or
! tary of State shall promptly make out and
| deliver to them, copies Of the same for that
/ purpose. Said Printers shall preserve said
/ copies for use in printing the acts in PAM
/ phlet form, and the Secretary of State shall
/ not be bound. as heretofore required, to
/ furnish to said Printers any other or addf-
| tional copies of such Acts and Resolutions
| as shall have been made out and delivered
| as aforesaid.
| See. G. Be it further enacted. That the
| laws printed in pamphlet form shall be de-
| liYered by the state Printers to the Secre-
! tary of State, or to the keeper of the Capt.
/ tol and State Librarian, within ninety days
| after the Secretary of State shall have de-
/ liVered copied of said laws TO them for
/ printing as provided by law, and the State
| Printers shall deliver rs aforesaid printed
copied OF the Journals, within the time pre-
scribed by law. The State Constitution and
the amendments Known as the Thirteenth.
Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments To
the Constitution of the United States. shall
be inserted in the pamphlet acts of each SEES
sion. The official bond of the State Printers
shall be in penalty, and upon the conditions.
and payable rs now prescribed by law, with
one or more securities, good, Together, for
the amount thereof, to be approved by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
the President of the Senate or the Govern
or.
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted That all
printing for the State or for any Department
of the State Government, or for the Supreme
Court, shall be performed by the State
Printers who shall execute the same accord
ing to the specifications and at the rates fol-
lowing, to-wit: The pamphlet laws. resoIu-
tions and documents to be printed there
with, with u list of the Acts, by titles the
dates of approval. and good indexes thereto
attached shall be printed on good strong
book printing paper in small plea type.
solid, in width, including four ems plea for
marginal notes, and forty ems in length.
including the running title and white line
under ii, and foot line, with marginal notes
in minion or BREWER type; the same to be
stitched, covered with colored paper, and
trimmed, and delivered as aforesaid. and for
two thousand copies of the same there shall
be allowed as compensation, five dollars
and thirty cents per page, and for each adj
ditional thousand copies, one dollar and
eighty-tive cents per page for as many prin-
ted pages as may be contained in one copy.
The Journals shall be printed in book form,
in long primer type, the pages to be fifty
three ems in length, including head and
foot lines, and twenty-eight ems long prim-
or in width; and shall be folded and stitched
and delivered as aforesaid, said journals 20
be printed and stitched separately, and for
one thousand copies of the Journal of each
House, there shall be allowed as compensa-
ton, three dollars and forty cents per page
for as many printed pages as NAV be con-
tanned in one copy of each of said Journals
Sec. 9. BE it further enacted, That all
bills, resolutions, and memorials, shall be
printed on foolscap paper, in plea type, lead
ed with plea slugs or reelet, to be forty ems
plea in width, and sixty in length; the lines
and sections to be numbered; when the
same are ordered by the House of Repre-
sentatives, two hundred copies thereof shall
be printed and there shall be allowed. as
compensation therefor, five dollars and ten
cents per page; add when ordered by the
Senate, fifty copies thereof shall be printed.
and there shall be allowed, as compensation
therefor four dollars and fifty cents per
page; but in either case, the number of pa
9es in one copy only of such bill resolution
or memorial, shall be counted. For all mes
sages from the Governor, reports, dOcu-
ments, or other matter, in book or pamphlet
form, in long primer type, twenty-eight ems
in width. and fifty-three in length. inclu-
ding head and foot lines, with title-page
printed on cover, and trimmed, four dollars
and sixty cents per page, for the first two
hundred copies, and one dollar per page for
each additional two hundred copies or less
counting the pages in only one copy of
each For all rule and figure work Icon
tanned i'm any description of work perform
ed by the State Printer, double the torego-
ing prices shall be allowed, and for either
rule OF figure work, fifty per cent. shall be
added to the foregoing rates; and the State
Printer shall state such charges in separate
items, in the accounts rendered therefor.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That for all
Acts and Resolutions of a public nature
Executive ProclamationS, advertisements
and similar documents, and all other matter
required by this act or the laws now in
force, to be published in said official journal,
the State Printer shall be allowed one dollar
per square, for the first insertion, and fifty
cents for each subsequent insertion. Said
public Acts. Legislative proceedings and
resolutions, shall receive but one insertion
a square shall consist of eight lines of min
ion. or ten lines solid BREWER type: for all
incidental printing not herein provided for. |
the State Printers shall be allowed and paid |
the actual cost of the labor and material at
current rates, with forty per cent. thereon
added for general expense
Sec. 10. BE it further enacted, That docu- |
ments, papers, and bills, printed by order of
either House. during the session of the Leg
islature. shall be delivered, for distribution, |
TO the Secretary of the Senate or Clerk of
the House. or to both, as the case may be re-
quired, or to the Sergeant-au-ArEls; aud |
they, on receiving the same, shall give |
therefor the receipts heretofore required to
be given III sucn cases OY the oeFgtanI-at-
Arms and such receipts shall be produced
as vouchers TOR the claim Ofsaid Printers, to
be allowed by the Legislature.
Sec. IL. Be it further enacted, That the |
provisions of this Act and of the laws now
in force, in relation to the Public Printing. |
except as herein amended or modified, shall |
be applicable and govern in all eases ofPub- |
lie Printing heretofore done by Messrs. |
Fisher Il Kimball, and of all public printing !
hereafter to be done by them or their sue
cessors.
Sec. L. Be it further enacted, That this |
act shall take effect and be in force from and |
after its passage; and all laws in conflict |