The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-03-21
c. A. SULLIVAN,
Chairman.
Report received.

Report received.
Mr.. President The undersigned mem
bers of the Judiciary Committee. TO whom
was referred An act entitled an act TO make
compensation for printing the Revised Code
of 1871, not being able TO agree with the
report of the Committee. beg leave to state
some of their reasons therefor:
l. We are of opinion that no legislation is
necessary on this subject, Section three of
the Revised Code being amply sufficient for
the purposes OF this bill, III the State Printer
has complied with his contract.
2. The amount actually expended, as
shown by account of the State Printer, eX-
hibited to your Committee. shows that the
total expense in the publication of the Code
was $7,7I3 So. and that 40 per cent added
thereto is Sill Ii, making only 81, S95 SO.
3. Ii our opinion, the Code ought TO have
been printed for one-fourth of that sum,and
whilst the act of the Legislature, (Section 3,
Code of 1S7l,) provides that the Public
Printer should be allowed 20 per cent on
the actual cost or the publication. we cannot
believe that it was intended to allow the
Public Printer to incur and pay exhorbitant
rates for the work and then receive forty
per cent. profit on these exhorbitant rates,
4. If the work has been executed in the
manner required by law, and the printer Is
unable to draw his warrants in consequence
of his failure to publish and deliver the
book within the time prescribed in the act
we would heartily recommend an act for
his relief on the basis of the necessary cost
OF the work, with forty per cent. added.
5. The detailed items of expenses are:
actual cost, $l7.7S2 So: add To this 40 per
cent, and yo1 have $24,S95 80; add TO this
30 per cent. for discount on warrants. and
you have 1852 20, making a difference
of $3.749 o. error in favor of printer, while
the amount of certified amount filed with
bill is $37720. being still in excess $4.S57 80
Is. We are of opinion that it is wholly un
just to the State, ruinous TO her credit and
destructive of her finances TO thus adj the
discount on warrants To the debts due from
the State TO its officers.
Ii this is correct, we submit that the same
addition should be made in favor of all the
State officers and other creditors of the
State, which it is seen in moment would
result in immediate bankruptcy of the State.
We would further state that IL was discov-
cred. on the examination of this bill, that il
was the general custom of the book-keeper
of the public printer to make out the account
for printing so as to enhance the debt actu-
ally due so as to include the discount on
warrants.
In view of these facts, we respectfully
recommend that the bill do not pass.
). A. ID. STEELE,
THos. j. HARDY,
II. NJ. PAINE.
Report received.
Mr.. Gray moved to reconsider action
whereby Senate refused to engroSs an act TO
change the burthen of proOfin certain cases,
which failed to pass during morning session,
and the bill was passed.
By Mr.. Caldwell: will, on some future
day, introduce a bill to authorize keepers
of saloons and other places where liquors
are sold by retail, to collect by law, such
debts as may be made by purchasers of
same.