Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-01-25
THE STATE PRINTING.

A proposition is now before the Leg
stature to abolish the Office of State
Printer, and in future to let out the State
printing by contract to the lowest bidder.
The proposed measure is one which ex-
perience teaches should not receive the
sanction of the Legislature. The con-
tract system was tried in California in
early days. The Office of State Printer
was abolished in that State in 1852 or
80, but the contract system was found
to be more expensive, and it was also
found that the work was not properly
done. 1t is just as necessary for the
working of the machinery of the State
Government that printing should be
done as it is that the accounts of the
Treasurer and Controller should be &C.
curately kept. 1t would be just as IA
tional to let out by contract to the lowest
bidder the keeping of the States finan-
cial accounts as the printing, which is
required to be done at every session of
the Legislature. We hope the PROPOSE
ton to abolish the office will not receive
the approval of that body. That there
are abuses in the execution of the work
at the present time we are we'll aware,
and as a remedy for such abuses, we sug-
gest an amendment of the present law Of
Nevada so as to incorporate portion OF
the California statute, viz:
The printing to be performed under
this act, by the state printer, shall be as
follows, viz: the laws, journal, messages
and other documents, in book form shall
be printed "solid," with long primer
type, on good white paper; each page
excepting the laws, shall be thirty three
" ems" wide and fifty-eight lens .
long, including title, blank line under it
and foot line; the laws to be of the same
length as the journals, and twenty-nine
ems" wide, exclusive of margina
notes, which notes shall be printed il
nonpariel type, and be seven lens
wide; figure work, and rule and figure
work, IN messages, reports and othel
documents, in book form, shall be or
pages corresponding in size with thu
journals providing it can be brought il
by using type not smaller than minion
and whenever such work cannot b,
brought into pages of the proper size b,
using type not smaller than minion, /
shall be executed in form to fold an,
bind with the volume it is intended t
accompany; bills and other work of
similar character, shall he printed wit
long primer type, on white, plain ca
paper, commencing the heading one
fourth of the length of the sheet from II
top, and when said printing does not OF
cupy more than two pages of such sheet
or less, the same shall be printed upo
half sheets, and the state printer sha
only charge for the same, and in lik
ratio for a greater amount, and be forty
SIX lens wide and seventy-thre
ems - long, including running heat
blank line under it and foot line, an
between each printed line there shall be
white line corresponding with the body
the type, and each printed line shall /
numbered; blanks shall be printed i
such form, and on such paper, and wit
SUCH slAe type, as tue Objects OrueTlH
them may direct. The laws shall
printed without chapter headings, an
with no blank lines, with the exceptic
of one head line, one foot line, two lin
between the last section of an act ar
the title of the next act; provided, tn
when there shall not be space enoue
between the last section of an act to pri
the title and enacting clause and OF
line of the following act upon the san
page, such title may be printed opon II
following page. The journals shall
printed with no blank lines, with the e
ception of one head line, one foot lin
and two lines between the journal of OIL
day and that of the following day. ]
printing the "ayes" and "noes," Il
word "ayes shall be run in with IL
names, and the word "noes " shall
run in with the names Woods Diges
p. 5S5, Art. 2951, Sec. 10.
With the foregoing amendment, al
another extending the term of Office
four years, We think the law shon
stand.