Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-21
County Printing.


Neighbor Gould. of the Register, il
his last weeks issue, complains that
We we're very unjust toward him, in
our remarks in reference to the man.
ner in which he spread out the Audi
tor and Commissioners Report over
his columns, to an extent far exceed
ing his proposition and contract with
the Commissioners, and even charges
US with falsehood in relation thereto
We understand that he proposed to
publish the report in a close and
compact form at half the usual price
Of advertising; but instead of doing
the advertising in that way, he spread
it out vastly.
The editor brings charges against
US for making exorbitant bills, and
spreading out advertisements to double
what they should be, in order to
draw money from the county Treas
ury, all of which are false, and are the
results of an unfortunate defect in the
Constitutional make up of our neigh
Dor, therefore he is not accountable
for any lies he may tell.
The editor of the Register some time
since, made a written proposition to
the County Commissioners to do the
printing required by them at half the
customary price, or half the prices es-
tablished by the publishers of the State,
provided the Commissioners would
not give any of it TO the Herald.
Now, brother Gould, would you, il
the county officers were all Demo
Gratis and had the disposal of this
printing, make proposition to them
20 do this work for half price? We
hardly think you would. And every
body knows your twaddle about the
county printing is all bosh. We ex-
pect when we do legal printing for the
county to charge full price for Oui
work, just as we do when we work fol
individuals, and we do not believe
the people of Fayette County are Sc
miserably small and niggardly as t.
Esk printer to do their work for hal
price, any more than they would ask
mechanic to work for them at half o
starvation prices.
The editor hunts up and publishe
section of an old law which lie sup
poses requires the Commissioners t.
advertise for proposals to do wOrl
when the amount is supposed TO excee,
one hundred dollars, to which he call
the attention Of the Commissioners, a
follows:
The attention Of the Commissioners is il
yited to the following extract from tn
Statutes of Ohio (Swan & Chritchtield, vo
ume l, page 25O,) and they will see the la
requires them to advertise for work an
stationery"
Section %. The County Commission
ers of any county shall not make any pun
chase or contract for any outlay of none
the estimated value or expenses of whic
shall exceed one hundred dollars, witho,
causing twenty days notice to be given
one OF more newspapers Of general circul
ton in the county; that proposals will
received for the performance of any j.
or work, or for furnishing any goods
wares, material or merchandise for sa
county, and the Commissioners shall ma
such purchase or contract with the lowe
bidder Provided, this section shi
not be construed to extend to the purcha
of any article necessary to any fthe coun
Offices, except stationery and printing
Provided further, that all contracts, or pJ
chases entered into in cOntray entIon of Il
provisions of this section, shall, as again
the county, be utterly null and void.'
The editor quotes the above as Ia,
Now we will pay the editor $50 if
will show US section % on the $50
page of S. and G. In the first plat
there is no such section on page 2;
and in the next place, the edit
quotes imperfectly what he preten
to be the law on the subject; there q
but two sections on the page REFER
TO, one is section 2, and the other
section 8, and there are but nine 81
tiOns in the bill, and section two is I
ore which the editor makes bungli
quotation from, and is the only {
that restricts contracts for work
800 without advertising for bidd
to compete for the work. And Il
Brother Gould, if you will look up
page 80 and S3, general laws of o
for 1868. you will find that sect
two on page $50, S. & c., has been
spealed. That is all we have to
about this matter at this time.