The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-16

treated as job work, and the. price as.
certained from the lowest customary
rates for similar work.
Upon examination of the testimony
they came to the conclusion that the
weight Of the testimony showed that
all bills, up to four pages, exclusive,
should be regarded as job work, and
that all bills exceeding four pages
should be treated as book or pamphlet
work.
Having reacle thi g conclusion they
proceed to ascertain what would be the
proper rates. The evidence indicates
the following rates for $50 copies oil
House and Senate bills: For one page
bill. So so; for q bill exceeding one
page. and not more than four, per page,
81 Is; tor bill exceeding four pages
per page, 81 so. All these rates in.
clude the cost Of paper.
None Of the bills were measured, but
there was little difficulty in fixing a iair
average per page.
For example, take a bill of eight
pages:
Composition, 1900 ems to the page. ......s s 81
RresS Work 2toKens................... 5 O
Total...."... o.
This makes the cost slightly below
81 so per page.
Applying these rates to the vouchers,
the committee arrived at the following
results:
House and Senate bills. 1868, John
F. McDermot, Public Printer.
The prices charged in no case ex'
ceeded the foregoing rates, and in many
cases fell below them.
House and Senate hills, 1864, John
F. McDermot, Public Printer.
All below the rates fixed upon, ex-
capt single page bills, which were
charged at $500.
But it is believed that in the aggre-
gate there was not an overcharge
House bills, 1865, John F. McDer-
mot Public Printer, overcbarge, $ll0.
See tabular statement No. l, accompa'
nying this report
Senate bills. 1865 John F. McDNr-
mot, Public Printer, overcharge, $3l.
See tabular statement No. 2
From 1866 to 1869. inclusive. there
were 500 copies of House and Senate
bills printed, ard the rates were neces-
sarily increased on account Of addition,
al paper and press work.
The following rates were determined
upon:
For one page bill, $500; for bill
exceeding one page. and not more than
four, per page, So 90; exceeding four
pages, per page, So 25.
Upon this basis the following results
appeared:
House bills. 1865, John Frew, Public
Printer, overcharge, $l796D. See tab
ular statement No 3.
Senate bills, 1866, John Frew, Public
Printer, overcharge, $1,000 See tabu-
lar statement No
1t was believed that there WAS an
overcharge in the House and Senate
bills OF 1867. John Frew, Printer, and a
statement WAS accordingly made out
but in summing up, it was found that
the charges for House bills were less
than the rates fixed above. in the sum
SAG 50, and for Senate bills there was
an overcharge of 81. See tabular state
ment. Nos 5 and 6.
House and Senate bills, 1868, John
Frew, Public Printer The charges for
single page bills, are IS; the sum fixed
upon is correct; all the bills exceeding
one page are charged at less rates than
those agreed upon by the committee
consequently in the aggregate, the
charges fall below the amount fixed
upon by the committee.
House ard Senate bills, 1869, John
Frew. Printer. All the charges are
less than the rates fixed by the COM
mittee.
House and Senate bills, 1870, John
Frew, Printer. These bills were not &C.
cessible, but the vouchers show that
the charges cannot exceed the rates
named
An inspection of the account for
House and Senate bills, 1871, John
Frew, Printer, shows the probability OF
some overcharge, but as the bills were
not in possession of the committee they
were not able to ascertain the exact
facts.
House bills, 1872, H. s. Walker.
Public Printer, $50 cories, overcharge
$463.75. See tabular statement Nos.
and 8.
Senate bills, 1872, H. 8. Walker
Public Printer, $50 copies, overchsrse
s2S9.OO. See tabular statement Nos.
and 10.
All the bills reported on especially.
we're examined by the committee and
in cases in which they could not find
bills corresponding with the vouchers
no report has been made in reference
thereto.
HoUsE AND SENATE JOURNALS AND ACTS
OF TIE LEGISLATURES.
The witnesses vary widely in their
estimates Of the press work and compo.
sition Of these books, particularly in the
press work.
Therefore the committee, in their es-
Inmates o. tokens, have been guided by
the witnesses rather than their state
ments AZ to the number o. tokens.
All witnesses seem to agree that 24O
:-oss;ons constitute q token. without
reference to the number OF pages in the
form. but they differ widely in the ap
plication Of this rule.
One witness ssid that az the law re
ouired these books to be printed in &C.
tsyo form, which he construed to mean
eight pages to form. that the proper
mode OF estimating the number Of
tokens was to coant eight pages 10 the
form.
As the greater portion Of this work
was printed in this way, and for the sake
IL nTfn nd