, 1874-03-06

law md sun,eayng acfocss and ambiguous language
to1rIu, disesacl mil i.s nin features approved
forncr an wces tho present .isscoyerol
but being tho faw they had no taErotlon bit 10 ooy
% ,leratool and construed by themselves n1a tic
Hofno time after tic adjournment Of tho frs session
Of tho present General Assembly Tho s.tencn Of u.
secretnFy OF Slate was cnllctl to ca'm n'auo by TIL
| stato Printers fur work dnno III
THE FIFTH cl.ARH or WonK,
for which the Printer claimed ~ cents FOR twont-
LIT whpieh tho 10 expert psr - employed BY liz
ss cont. st as' s4 10 'd ~ Ss1 e.
was thu hw, nj having tko award Icforo Lin i tlo
ino. T'on for the Ant tinc, tho sccretary Of Suite
Commissioners Ut Public Printing, and ho fond The
award above Bet FORTH duly aige by sai to,nm!s-
l,l upon which the award was 1aaio sfoved that
| AN ALTERATION HAD DRnN MADE
the Sses Of s fsn cs, hS h, s ass 81 nc
serted. Thia 1itfcrchco III tho bid and nwArd mt
%5a tho Secretary T. Il + &
ho oon,missonsfs WHO msde ti,o award, and who .
no. eo ge u s,d " S1ssst, SrnS 81 ; ~
sass aiste Tseassrsr : md tSe dovsrnoS q wieH,l
awnrd and bid wore shown ss he la no ss knoslcage r.
sca Of ss ss
tho Printing Committee In their Investigation Or tho
se tn,ng I 9y Sy a us o y o no
T. N. uatee, cx-sats Treasurer, thu tonn1i9sionsra
who made tho awar wero tho figures twnrtcd to slc
Tho 7h day Of September, 1872 which .war was made
nftor dcay Of nearly two weeke d,rinH which tine
ihea s - @ % md tnt of or eminent Legal
gentleman, were obtained, Ill Of whom Ease 1t %
Their opinion that tho award O. thaa ma,ds wns 1n n
printing. Acting upon this nfr1na!on ar9 the al.
vice Of tia slate officers aforcsdd, the sccfoary Of
ii Ut tic act nforraaa directed hs export bsfors
onc to correct tho error in hts calculations and es
nccortanco with tho award u made hy tho fnrInur
Commissioners aud aa claimed ly the statB printing
contractors.
Az TO TIE PuRCHAREa OF PAPER
mato by the contractors for tho btate printing,
the Commissioners say TINT :ho purchase OF no
kind OF 1aper except suoh common paper as iRno"
used i'll tho publication Of The Inv Journals, etc.,
s PROVIDED for by stntutk Whou, therefore, It
ton registers. the oslcrto the contractors car
rlcd along with it inlpliH authority to purchase
the papcr required for d,at class OF work. Tho
pnI,er, aa billed to thf State, was not uurenson-
ably d,ar. -.......
IN REGARD TO pw1Ea TIL: coSTnAcTons
! the Commissioners assert that they havo uni
Torm1y and Intentionally been in nrroars to the
printers, their design being to make provt-
siou for any shortages or other failure to carry
out tho terms Of tho contract III specific in-
STANCES. III this connection the communication
Of the Commissioners reads nB follows:
Tho bills for tic work dono the Nth c1ass were
Iound correct, far tho composition hn! press-
work were cecered hut, M IL was itnpossbo at tho
tl,se for the Commissioners determine whether iho
prices charged for te raer used to all tne various
tcrn,iacd by ilie Commissioners not to allow tho
charges for paper Until the officers Of departments
deHng the worE satisfied that tho prices charged
"t fscius W tha It woa e. unjnst to ta contractors
to refuse 20 certify 70 portion Of their claim vet IN.
Commissioners that they would allow, ad certify to,
d part of tho amount claimed as dun the con on
nit0F' a ns and pasis'ss tsaa to has aaw ,et e un e
tho cpiniun Of tl.e Commissioners, adtosinl work
hnd bean doris to any deductions TINT the COM
ered woni ay ether bills 10 approved. III tl.is bill
OF fifth class work IL the ftcm Of printing, binding,
a @ pas aa to 'sfssfs we s ,a see9y ss u
the public printing, made 10 tho Governor under date
fornty with tho decision Of tho Co1m!sstoners ITO
bills 'ase been certified o account ?f publio printing
Assembly, ndopcd since tho labors Of yunr Comltee
commenced, directing the Commissioners not to cert-
fy to nH Of tho public printers. vas actually belng
IN MAKING Tl.E1n ESTIMATES
OF the nreBE#urk anA composition of tho various
clashes Of work. tho Commissioners gnidcl far
possible by the Inv ad award, and whera there
,h. m S1S s q se m o % w ey sssa %p4 he @ "s
from the former settlements Of acconnta Of State
sts Of S ho nsse n
all sheir acts becn guided by the law as It Is found
the statutes, and Wien hsre was my doubt Us to Ito
proper constructions tho legal officer OF tho 6tae has
been co1Hted anl his allvics followed. Where thora
was LII t.w to guide them their actio waR based upon
tho bcat Information ou tho subject tha could bo OBJ
tainel 'wAs stated.
Az ro rfss EXTRA BINDING
for tao State, We havo to Eay that, since 1853, tho
tho .raneactous Of tho Illinois Agricultural Sorety
tay been bot.l III cloth b!dg, by authority Ut the
General Assembly given to Ead Agricultural Society,
til. first yo!une having hren orlergl to ba bound III
cloth by DR.. John 4. Kennic0tt, OF Cook County, en
ecrctury OF tho Society," by authority Of aaid Society
for which, by agreement between him md Mr.. Euoci
Gill, 4 for each volume. From tho zcuords In the
Allor's Office, and from AIR. Paine, who did nearly
s the work. wo find that tho prices lid for binding
each volume OF tho transactions Of the State Agrcul-
tural Society WIS aa follows:
Volume !, la53 mud 16l .$111H
Volume 2, 1856 anil 1857. B57..........,......... 1.23
Volume 8, 1853 null 1859. B59...................... 1.20
Volume !, 1859 and 1880. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1.40
Volume s, 1861 1862, 1864, aud 18Gi......... LEU
foWnE VI LOUD Auu Aoab. 6ht9
Volume 7, 1857 and 1BGH.. 100
you'ue 8, 1860 and 1B70....................... IS
Yo!lne y. 1871. ....'s...'.'.'...-.'..'.. ~
Volume 10, 1871. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81
Under former Administrations tho prices for tha
extra work Were Azcd by experts employed to adjust
and aaitle tho printing contracts as.d accounts.
During tho early part Of last fall meeting Of tho
purpoan OF Hxng the price for all claHacs of extra
biung done for the Agricultural society, 1iai!road
aul Warehouse Commissioners, aul such binding ~
might bo ordered by tho State Depart ncnt. at tho
meeting Ut tho Commissioners, atr. WIN. Etutldcu
tHnce dcceascd]. oue OF tho old exprrs,