The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-03-27
10 yI SENATE Bill No. GIL s--
An Act 10 Provide for the Public Print
Ing by Contract.


Ing by Contract.
Sectlonl. BE II enacted by the legislature
OF the State OF Texas, That The governor, sec.
rotary OF state and attorney general be and
are hereby constituted board to contract
with any suitable person or persons, or firms.
TO print the laws and journals OF each house,
and to do such other public printing us may
DO required by Inv provided, that no con-
tract shall be for u longer period Than one
year. -
Section 2. That tho rates TO be allowed by
the board shall not exceed the following
rates, viz: For printing the laws of II gencr-
nj nature, including the index, one-fith OF II
cent per page. For printing the special laws,
including the index, one-third ofa cent per
Tho Journals OF each house, one third Of n
cent per pDge and for printing any number
over this amount which may be ordered,
onc-1ourth ola cent per page. For printing
Ave hundred copies of the governors mes
sage, reports or other documents provided by
law or ordered by the legislature, or either
| house thereof, one-third ofa cent per page,
and for any number of additional copies Of
the same, one-iouith of acent per page. For
printing two hundred copies OF bills, resolu-
lions or memorials, printed on plea type, the
lines numbered on the margin, with space
between the lines OF the size OF plea, on fools
Gap paper, to be twenty ems Wide and sixty
1--WE In length, with four pages, to the sheet,
the sum of three dollars and fifty cents per
page for the number pages in one copy
tnortol. FOFA printiHB oNeCutlNt
| tons Embellishments and like documents,
fsey valve cents per square Of ten lines for
h6fifst insertion, and thirty-seven and one
half cents per square for each subsequent in-
| sertion that may be ordered and such pub
LEGATION shall not be inserted in any larger
| type than bourgeois and each shall contain
not less than two hundred ems; provided,
that fractional parts OF square may be
| charged at like rates. . .5& I4f@
section s. fhat when proclamations, adj
vertiseinen.s and like printing are authoriz-
ed or required by law to be executed for the
executive or other departments of the gov
eminent, In more newspapers than one,
they shall be printed under like rules, and
the sanlo price shall be allowed and paid as
Is established in this act for like work done
by any of the printers contracted with pro-
vided, that proclamations, amendments to
the constitution. and the like printing shall
not besprnted In more than two newspa pers
In each sun gressional district, and shall not
he inserted Tor longer period than three
months.
Section 4. That all accounts for work not
otherwise provided for in this act shall be
| submitted to. the board for their examination
and approval; and the printing committees
OF the respective houses of the Legislature, as
to oil work ordered by said house, shall GER
tify to the comptroller of public accounts the
quantity OF each item OF printing they may
have so ordered, and shall also certify the
number of copies OF the same they have 80
ordered, and shall also certify the number of
copies OF the same they have received, and
the comptroller shall thercupon authorize
the payment Of the account for said printing
In accordance with the laws In force govern.
Ing the price thereof.
Section @. The rule and figure work may be
paid for atdouble the price per page OF other
printing: provided, however, only the act
ual number of lines printed shall be counted
In making the estimate Of the number of pa.
yes that shall be printed by the parties con-
tracted with. For the use OF the comptrol-
Ter, land office, supreme court and such other
departments Us require them, all blanks,
certificates and such other miscellaneous
printing as may be required, which is not
provided for in this act, and such printing
shall be paid for at such rates as is usually
charged for such work when done for indi-
viduals; and IL shall likewise be the duty of
the board to examine all accounts for print-s
and to allow only such rates AZ are equitable
and Just.
Section g. That the prices in this act named
shall be paid In United States currency.
Section. That at any time after a contract
has been made and entered into with any
person or firm TO do the public printing as
herein provided, the legislature reserves the
right to abrogate said contract III not execut-
cd, and to alter or amend by enactment the
rates to be paid for such printing.
Section 8. That there shall be printed Ave
thousand copies of the laws OF a general ma.
ture, and fifteen hundred copies of the spe-
cial laws, Including all acts for private re-
lief, all acts Incorporating towns and cities,
all of q personal nature, and all acts incorpO-
rating private associations of every deScrip-
ton, that DC passed at each session ofthe leg
isiature, and i've hundred copies of the Jour
nails OF each house of the legislature, and five
hundred copies OF the laws of general ma
ture In the Spanish language, and one thou-
sand copies In the German Language. There
shall be printed, under the supervision ofthe |
secretary of state, eleven hundred copies of
the annual reports of the comptroller Of pub
lie accounts treasurer, commissioner OF the
general lanl Office, superintendent and
hnancsf agent oftue penitentiary, superin-
tendent oftbe lnnatic asylum, 81 the asylums
of the l1ind and deaf and dumb, ami the re- |
ports ORAL otherofiicers who are required To
report to the governor or the legislature,
whose reports contain statistical informa,
ton three hundred copies of which shall de- |
livered by the secretary of state to the two |
houses OF the Legislature for their use, ut as |
te,I ;three hundred copies of which shall be |
delivered to the commissioner OF the general |
land office, comptroller and the superintend-
ents of the several asylums for the use Of /
those INSTITUTIONS andt the remaining i've
hundred copies shaiibe stitched together by |
the public printer as an appendix 10 the |
journals Of the house OF representatives aud |
delivered 10 the secretary Dr. state provided, |