The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-03-27

that thlA agreement shall not apply o. Tie
prlnllnB Of tho present legislature lhrIV /
shall ba printed such number OF copies ol the
messages ~ tho governor aud other docu-
meniA in the legislature or either house may
ordd0ri provided, however llat when lhu
governors MESSAGES arc printed, nye nun,
dred copies thereof shall be reserved by The
printer Aforesaid, which shall ho attached 10
said appendix. other matter Than that emu
merAlel may be- attached 10 sald appendix
lh tlle leglalnlure may order, Ille lhWh hhn
journals and all reports and documents shall
DO printed ON small plon type, 10 be forty,
four lines long, exclusive. Of HE lolio, nnh
dWshly-hrVnn ems wide, Without sue hnleh'
The paper shall be white OF uniform color
nnl " = quality equal 70 the best upon
when the laws Of any session OF he ieglhln'
lure have, ~ any llIae heretofore, been prln-
ted and all Of said laws and lonrnalA, reports
ana other documents, shall he neatly ioldeo,
elton y, That the secretary Of the senate
ana ohlel clerk 81 tho house OF representa-
llVeh shall cause the Journals OF thelf fehpec-
i've houses 10 ba furnished 10 tho printer
contracted with 10 publish their proceed inga,
nom day ~ day, after they shall have been
adopted, for tlu purpose OF being printed
aud when printed, tile manuscript Journals
Of he legislature, aud the said secretary ana
chief clerk, respectively, shall furnish Ia the
hhld printer comprehensive INDEX OF me
same, which shall be printed ~ the end OF
the respective Journals and charged NJ like
rates,
section 10, That II shall be the duty OF the
secretary 0i state 10 cause copies 81 all laws
and resolutions 10 he furnished 10 the printer
contracted with NJ early ~ possible after
they seyerally shall have boon approved or
passed. lilo shall also furnish 10 tho printer
contracted with 10 print the laws q pre-,
henNye index OF the said laws, which shall
be printed In like type and style 70 the Index
OF The general laws of the ninth legislature.
Section II, That the whole number OF laws
ana Journals, reports Of public officers ana
lnhtllutlOnh, ana other public documents M.
lhoriaed 10 be printed, snail be delivered NJ
| the olDco Of the secretary OF state, eNceptsuoh
printing ~ may be ordered by the two hous.
| on OF the legislature, or either Of them, for
| their use, which shall be delivered 20 anch
persons ~ they, or either of them, may d.
| rect provided, the same IN delivered during
the session OF the Legislature,
| section II, The laws ana Journals shall he
| delivered wlthln Sixty days after the last copy
shall have been furnished 10 tho printer con.
| traotod with 10 do the work. The reports OF
public Officers, Institutions, and other docu-
ments, shall be required To bo delivered TO
| the governor by the respective officers mnk-
Ing the same In SUFFICIENT me 20 be furnish.
| od 10 the printer one month before the meet
| Ing OF the legislature; and II 10 furnished 10
said printer, shall be delivered by him 70 tho
secretary of state within the first week Of
aaid session and IL furnished less than one
month before the meeting Of the legislature,
| or after the same shall be delivered by said
printer contracted with TO the secretary OF
I w
| furnished. The secretary OF state shall certi-
| fy that the laws thus published are true cop
les OF the originals In his ONCE; also certify
the date upon which the legislature adjourn
cd, which shall be appended TO and printed
NJ the end of each volume. lie shall also s,i.
| perintend the printing OF the same, and shall
read and correct the proof; provided, howev'
en-, that this act shall not dispense with the
duty Of tina printer OF furnishing some com.
petent person or persons, also, TO read and
correct the proof and provided, further, that
should the said laws be printed at any point
away from the seat OF government, the actu.
al expenses of the secretary of state while
supervising the publication Of the same shall
be paid out of the appropriation for printing
and deducted from the amount due for the
printing upon which this additional expense
was incurred.
Section II. That the person or persons EN-
ployed by the board to do the public print
Ing, or any part thereof, shall Immediately
enter into n bond, with two or more COED
sureties, In such sum as said board may deem
| adequate for the protection OF the state, pay,
able TO tho state OF Texas, conditioned that h,
or they will faithfully perform all the stipu
atlons of their contract, and that they will
also do and perform everything required OF
them as public printers, under this act, of tn,
State Of Texas, which bond shall be approved
by said board, and filed In the Ollie,
of the secretary OF state. On breach of said
bond, the same may be put IN suit upon tn,
order OF the governor, which suit may b,
brought In the county In which the seat o
government may DO located, ana Inc Suld
bond shall not become void on the first re-
covery, but suit MAY be maintained thereon
until the whole amount thereof be recovered
: Section IA. That no account for printing
done under the provisions of this act shall bl
audited or approved by the comptroller OF
} the board, unless the same Is verified by til,
affidavit OF the person or persons employed
TO do said work, or some enc in their EN-
ploy having an oversight of the work, thai
. said account Is Just and correct, and thai
, said amount of work charged for has actual
ly been performed, and that the price,
charged In said account are In accordanc,
} with the stipulations OF the contract entered
into with the hoard.
Section 10. That "An act to provide for the
, public printing" approved February II, 1873
and all laws and parts of laws contraveninl
! the provisions OF this act be and the same ur,
, hereby repealed, and this act take effect and
! be In force ten days after its passage.
II. b. HUBBARD,
! PRECEDENT of the Senate.
+ GUY NJ. BRYAN.
, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
, Approved March n, 1874.
RICHARD COKE, Governor.
Z Galveston News, DALLAS HERALD, Tylel
+ Democrat, San Antonia Herald and Jefferson
, Democrat please copy three times, II before
twentieth Of April, 1874, and send account Il
7 secretary of state. S9dlt2Sw2t