Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-02-05
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THE PUBLIC PRINTING.

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THE PUBLIC PRINTING.
To the Honorablethe House of Representatives.:
The undersigned respectfully beg leave to
submit the following:
First That by the rules Of their respective
Houses, as we'll as by an Act approved Jan.
uary %, 1871, they are charged with the
prompt and accurate execution Of the public
printing.
toscond. That circumstances over which
they had no control rendered it imperatively
necessary for them to obtain an interest in,
and finally take sole charge of, printing es.
tablishment, for the purpose of carrying on
successfully the work ordered by the General
Assembly.
Third. That in view of the nature of the
work, the supreme Importance oft accurate
execution and prompt delivery, they are CON-
PEELED to employ the very best workmen.
Fourth. That the question of color has nev.
er been raised, and no colored printer ever
having applied for a position or employment
in the establishment, no necessity existed for
making test case as to whether colored
printer can be admitted into the membership
of the Typographical Union of this city.
Fifth. That the contract has been faithfully
observed and the work we'll and faithfully ex-
ecuted, under the most difficult circumstances.
Si1th. That they are not responsible for the
amount of printing ordered, nor its cost, par"
ticularly the latter, owing to the peculiar un.
certainties of payments from the State Treas"
ury, the frequent necessity to negotiate claims
at less than half their face value, aud the high
rate of interest charged (sometimes from FIVE
to ten per cent. per month"; for small accom-
modations, and other causes which We deem it
unnecessary to bring to the attention of your
honorable body.
Seventh That they believe, in order to show
the injustice of the complaints and statements
made relative to appropriations for printing,
it is simply necessary to call your attention
to communication from the Republican
Printing Company to the General Assembly,
made to your honorable body, showing the
amount of work outside of the legislative
printing ordered by the General Assembly
at the sessions of 1901, 1912, to wit
/. Five volumes of the Statutes of the State,
viz: Volumes x, XII, XII, XIII, XIV.
g. Thirty.6ve hundred copies ofthe Revised
or General Statutes.
8. Five thousand copies Ku-Klux Trials.
4. Five thousand copies (extra) Reports of
Special Joint Investigating Committee.
5. Two volumes Supreme Court Decisions.
6. One thousand extra copies of Reports
and Resolutions of the General Assembly of
1912.
7. Various books and documents ordered
by the Executive Departments.
That communication, in conclusion, makes
the following statement
"On the adjournment of the last General Assem-
bly, they were advised by the late State Treasurer
| (Hon. N. G. Parker) to close the establishment,
as there were no funds in the Treasury to pay
printing bills and not likely to be; but the print
ers did not accept nor act upon this advice, and
have continued the work, believing that the rep
resentatives ofthe people will make provision for
the payment of their Claims"
| Eighth. That subsequently "Joint Resolution
to make appropriation for expenses of printing
ordered by the General Assembly during the reg
uar sessions of lS70-71 1S72-73," was introduced,
| appropriating the sum Of two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars for payment OF the claims of the
| Republican Printing Company, and seventy-five
thousand dollars for claims of the various news
| papers. That this Resolution was referred to the
Committee on Printing, who reported it back,
with a recommendation "that the Resolution do
pass )" that it was afterwards referred to the Com
| mittee on Ways and Means of your honorable
body, who, after most careful and laborious in
| vestgation of the accounts, vouchers, &C., and
| the Acts under which the work was ordered" re-
ported back the Resolution, with the samer recon-
| mendation as that of the Committee on Printing
| to wit: "that the Resolution do pass" The Com
mittee also say in their report, "that they have
good reason TO believe that the Printing Company
has been obliged to raise money at high rates Of
interestin order to carry on the work in question:
through the failure of the State to meet its engage
ments with the Company. 1t would seem, there
fore, that case is thus made for the exercise Of
sense ofjustice towards said creditor. In this as
pect of the case the Committee respectfully repeat
their recommendation that the Joint Resolution
do pass.
('Signed) ~. A. BOWLEY, Chm,
81. D. BOSTON,
"And Others"
Ninth. That the appropriation of two hum
dred and fifty thousand dollars was mostly for
the work hereinbefore mentioned, and was al.
most wholly absorbed in the payment of the
then existing debts of the Company; and that
from the further sum of one hundred thousand
dollars appropriated for the current and per.
manent printing of the session of 1872-73, not
one dollar may be said to have been received
by the Company, until the issue of certificates
Of Indebtedness authorized at the extra ses-
siCn, and which alone enabled the Company
to tide over the recent money panic, without
interruption to the printing and business of
the General Assembly.
Tenth. That with reference to the annro.
priations made at the extra session for the re-.
port on immigration, the decisions of the Su.
preme Court and tax duplicates, We BEG leave
to ask your attention to the following extract
from the report Of the Senate Committee on
Printing:
SENATE COMMITTEE Rooms
Columbia, S. G., October 3Oth 1873.
1.-The Committee OH Printing of the Senate. tn
whom was referred a bill to make appronrat;on
for the payment of the expenses of printing. have
had the same under careful consideration and beo
leave to report: ~ 0e
THAT the work ordered by concurrent resolu.
lon OF the General Assembly at its last session Is
OF OF te nlshest importance to the State not only for
the information it affords the immigrant. but az
furnishing valuable record and history. The
mmlttee examined specimens Of portion of
the work now in progress. and. after a mst;ent NJ
hearing of the Clerks of the two Houses "a to the
tlme, labor and expense involved, believe the an
preparation asked for this purpose to be lust and
reasonable. ' '
In regard to the appropriation for the payment
OF the printing of the Supreme Court Decisions
the committee, OH reference to Chapter lO4 mage
49, Revised Statutes, find that while the Conn.,
troler General is authorized to draw his warrant.
Tor the publication of these decisions, no annro.
priatlons have been made for payment ofthe war
rants, thereby rendering further legislative action
work. F"' AVA o
with reference to the last item of APPROXIMATION
asked for hy the bill, the Committee find that In