West-Jersey pioneer., 1873-06-13
tBY AUTHORITY
Laws of New jersey.
CHAPTER lLVII.

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CHAPTER CLVII.
An Act relative to the Public Printing
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the state of New Jersey That the
laws enacted al each ses ion of the Legislature
shall hereafter be printed in the same general
style in which the volume OF laws was printed IN
the year one thousand eight hundred and seven,
ty-one. excepting that the laws shall be colated
and indexed under the three heads of general
public acts, special public acts and private acts
also, that the legislative documents shall be mere,
after printed in the same style III walch the sau
work was done in the year one thousand elght
hundred and seventy-une also. that The jour
nails of the senate and minutes OF the JOINT nee
ings. and executive sessions. and the minutes OF
the house of asse mby sha. be printed hereafter
in a compact and workmanhke style; also. that
the public bills ordered by either branch of the
l. gslatare shall be printed on good writing pa
per with plea type each page to contain thirty
one ness and the prices to be pad Tor the sald
printing sra be as fol. ows: foi piintlng three
thousand eopes of the session laws, the sum OF
forty dollars per sheet of sixteen pages iur
prlnti one thousanii copies u the journal Cf
the senate with the minutes of the Julnt meet
ing~. and one thousand copies OF the m nute> OF
the hrua. of ass eihb y, the sum oil thirty do lars
pr sheet u STAT an pa es: for pr ting ons
tnous,tDd copies Cf the ie. slat We cuinents, at
tn rate of one dol p y tn ,s.sand ems i = m
?, sition, an one dol ar per toh' two hun
ored and fifty impressions of ixteen pages + r
pre- SIS rk ntins tw huno ed copies OF
The pui lie bll s. oidered by eitner ranch of the
le stature the rate of Sc, en- dollars per sheet
of tour foo soap p geS; and for printing the pam
III and other papers ordered by the 'egls'a-
ture, at the rate Of enc dollar per thousand ens
for composition, and one dol ar per token 1.-TWO
hundred aud fifty lmpre sslons OF sixteen pages
for the press work provided, that IN all cases
wtere rule and figure work is required the pnce
for co npositi9n shall be uopble the rates above
stated and where matter requires two Jnshhca-
tom. without rules. one pr.ce and Ian shall
be paid; and provided futher, that one doliar
extra per page, shall be paid for P. .intng all IN
dces and tables OF contents set IN bourgeois
type in the session laws journals OF senate and
minutes of the house of assembly
2. And be it enacted, ! hat the above prices
shall include all expenses incid mt to the pllnt-
ing anu delivery to the state treasurer of all uoc-
une nts ordered except flding ami stitching,
which shall be charged at the current prices ior
such work. and the apt which shall be OF good
quality. and of the following des pt.on foI the
documents journals and minutes, white ca en-
dered printing paper twenty, four by thirty-elsht
inches in size weighing not less than forty -four
pounds 10 the reaiIl Of iour hundred and elghiy
sheets: for the laws. the same size as for the
jouTna $, and TO weigh not less tan fifty pounds
to the ream of four hundred and eighty sheets
for the bills, to be on good fat cap paper. weigh
ing four .een pounds TO the Team the price to
be allowt for such paper shall be at tie lowest
rate per pound at which the same is sold by pa
per dealers in New YORK or Phi adeiphia during
The first week il january and satisfactory evil
dence of the price OF such papers within the SAID
period shall be submitted to the comptroller be-
fore the allowance by him of any bill for paper
on which any pubic printing shall be executed.
8. And be 1t enacted, That all messages, PAM
phlets, reports or other documents which are
deemed of sufficient public importance to be
printed and bound for preservation, shall here
after be embraced in one volume. under the title
of Legislative documents;" and no document or
report shall be embraced in said volume unless
so ordered by the Joint committee on printing
and when said joint committee shall order any
document to be printed in the said volume OF
documents, there shall be one thousand copies
thereof printed. which documents shall be num-
bered in the order in which they are ordered 10
be printed, and the governors annual message
shall be claased document number one IN SAID
volume when any document shall be ordered
to be printed more than once at periods more
than iour days apart, the printer thereof shall be
entitled to charge for composition as above pro-
vided for, each time the document shall be so
printed, and in no other case shall more than
one composition be paid for the printing OF such
reports or documents.
4. End be it enacted, That in conformity with
the act approved April sixteenth. one thousand
eight hundred and forty-six, 1t shall be the duty
of tie clerk of the general assembly and the
secretary of the senate to deliver copies COM
peted OF the journals of their respective houses
10 the persons employed 70 print the same,
within thirty days after The close of the session
of the legislature; and in the event OF the said
clerk and secretary failing todeiiver such copies
as provided for in this section, they shall forfeit
TO the treasurer, for the use OF the state, one
hundred dollars of their salary.
5. And be it enacted, That the lndlces TO the
pamphlet laws, 10 the journal of the senate. the
minutes of the house OF asse ubly. and tie legs-
IatlVe u0culnentS, SIlall Ge hereafter tIlau5 oul
by the person or persons respectively, who may
be employed to execute said printing and the
sum Of one hundred dollars each shall be al
lowed the said printers for compiling such In,
dces: pro, ided, that said lndices shall be printed
in soiid bourgeois type, and be made out alpha
betically under one heading, in the style of the
inoces respectively OF the pamphlet laws and
the senate journal for the year one thousand
eight hundred and sevepty-one.
=. And be it enacted, That Mul ply Bechtel
shall be employed to print the ills, pamphlets,
9 fat1 tN nris-
latu1e, and such other matters as may be ordered
by the senate and house of assemb y.
7. And be it enacted, That Godfrey II. Bays. of
Burlington be employed to print one thousand
copies of the minutes of the house of assembly
for the current year, in compact form as per
minutes of one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-five.
s. And be it enacted That Frank W. Potter of
Newark. be employed to print one thousand co.
pies of the journal of the senate and minutes of
the JOINT meetings and executive sessions for the
current year. IN compact form as per minutes of
one thousand eight hundred and sxty-five.
9. And be it enacted. I hat Pangborn Dunping
and Dear. of Jersey City, tie employed TO print
one thousand copies OF the legislative documents
of the current year.
10 And be it enacted. That George F. Nixon,
of B,idgeton. be employed to print one thousand
cor les of the minutes Of The house Of assemb y
for tn session OF one thousana el2ht hnndred
.nd sevent, two. in compact form per min
utes of one thou and eight hundred and sixty
five.
IL. And be- 1t enacted. = nhG Laf lei fofter, OF
Somervi e. be emp oyr d TO nut one thousand
C. pies of tn urna If h senate and minutes
of he ioint meetings and executive sessions tor
the legi- a sessi oi one thousand eight
hundle ed and sevenytwo, in com act rm as
I er minutes Of one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-hye.
Il And be it enacted. That Vance and Stiles
of Moristown be EN- loyed to print three thou
sand cor les of the laws enacted at the present
session OF the lie. islsture. which copies shall be
delivered to the state treasurer within two
mon hs af er the said Vance and tiles shall have
received the copy thereof, and on failure thereof
the said Vance and tiles shall forfeit the sum
of FIVE hundred dollars, which sum the said
treasurer is authorized to vi bho'd and deduct
from the amount due them for printing said
copies.
-. And be it enacted That it shall be the duty
of the secretary of state to de iver to be
de ivered to the rerson or persons who shall be
emp Dyed to print the copies of the ! VS. COZ y
of every law passed at this on of the legis'a-
ture, within Thirty days after tn passage ot each
law, and on failure thereof sha be compel ed 10
pay to the person or per EN- aioyed to print
the copies of the laws. any sum which he or they
may have forfeited BY reason of such default.
IA. And be it enacted. hat all acts or arts of
acts conflicting with the provisions of this act,
be and are heie eby repealed.
Is. And be it enacted. That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
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