The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-08-03
Public Printing.

nol exceed twelve thousand In ALL and dftsen hnn
private rref ali incorporating cities all
acts having local application all Of personal nature,
all INCORPORATING private associations eveiy
de>cripon may be pAssed each session OF the
Leg stature and i've hundr copies of the jour ais Of
les OF The Laws neral nature il the span sh ian
guase and fifteen huodred copies ia the German Ian
guAae; pFOridod that When priu iug Is reQu rcd in
other lHnggages than English fifty per ditiunsl
may be allowed for compost on There shall be
pr MED under the SUPERVISION OF the Secretary Of
Stat eleven hun rcd cop OF tbs annual rtports Of
the comptroller OF Public NccOuuts, Treasurer. Com
missI, ner Of General Lsnd once Supe intendent
and fnAncsl agent OF the Fenteui airy, SupeFin end
OF the LunatIc Asylum, OF the A~yums OF the
Blind Deaf ami Dumb. and the reports of all other
officers who required TO report To the
The Legislature: three hOnd ed copies Of which re-
pors hal be del by he SrcrgtaIy of StsIe the
Two hou>es Of the Legislature for their use early
day practicable af they printed three hsndre
cop sha be delivered to the officer max, the re
port for his and the MANI hv- hundred copies
sha be kept by he Secretary OF state for public nse
DR. tiisd. that the PRINTING Board m4y change the
numbe Of any Of said reports to he printed TO not
than tire hundred more than thousand There
shall be prn ed sucn number copies OF the messages
of The Governor and 9th documents the Legisl.
ture or either house may order.
sac g ihat the Secretary Of the Senate and the
Oh Il Clerk OF the HOu>e OF Representatives shall
the journals of their lective houses to h
furnished TO the prn er contracted with 10 publish
their proceedings Tor the pUrp OF being printed;
and, when printed the manuscript journals shall be
cturned and hlrd IN he hives OF III Legislature;
the said 81 Crciary Chi ClcrK respectively,
cha furni-h the SAID printer compreheus We inlex
OF the same, which shall be printed he uf the
respective journals. II shall be the d. ty OF the :,
ret OF State TO cause CO les of laws and reso-
tons 10 be furnished he printer contracted with as
early possible after they severaly shall have been
approved or passed lie sHall al furnish TO the prin-
| ter contracted with comprehensive index TO the
said laws VII oh shall be printed IN like type and ETY.
to the index OF the general laws II the Ninth Lesla
| turc
nails reports Of public officers and other public docu
ments authorized 20 be printed sh Ill be delivered at
the Office OF the Secretary OF state such
ing may be ordered 10y the TWO houses OF the l. gis
atHre either sf them for heir use which shall be
delivered to such persons and such times they
| either of them may direct.
Ssc IL. hat The laws and journals snail be deliv-
cred within sixty days after the last copy sha have
been furnished 10 the printer contracted with to do
the work. The ports of public Officers shall be
tive officer making the same in efficient lime be
dell cred 10 the printer month before the ing
ter shall be delivered by him the Secretary "f tale
within the first week of raid -essiun and furnished
less than one month before the NEE ing Of the Legs
laturc or ter the same shal be delivered by said
printer to the Secretary Of state within one month
shall certify III I the ws thus published
copies the originals in his office and also GRITTY the
date upon which the Legislatur re adjourned which
certificate shall be appended to and printed Vt the end
of each volume The secretary OF State shall also SUI
~ ne "a ne eae' hs NJ; Eau
shall dIspen with the duty of the prin er TO
and correct the proof; and prorided further that should
said awe be nted at any point away from the sea-
Of government, the actual expenses OF the Secretary
of supervising The publication of the -ame shall be
paid out OF the appropriation for public printing and
deducted from the amount due for the printing upon
| which this additions. expense was incurred.
SEC. II That The person or PEE sons with whom the
Board shall enter ino ract under the provision
OF his act sha immed ately enter into bond with
two good sureIies, in such as sai Board
of Public Printing may deem adequate for tn pr tee
ton the State pay able the State Of Texas,
d;iOned that he they will faithfully perform all the
spulations OF their contract ind that they will al o
do and perform everything requ red Of m as such
co actors under this act, which bond sha be APP
proved by laid Board, and filed in the Office OF the
Sc Rotary of State breach of said bond the same
may be put in suit upon tn ord II the Govern,r.
which suit may be bro gn in he county in which the
| sat OF government NAV be located and said bond
shall not be VOID the fret recovery, but suit
| may be maintained thereon until the Who'll amount
thereof be recovered; pIOCded that the curre print
ing OF the Legislature shrll be done at the city OF
| Austin.
SEC. 10. All accounts for printing done, station
cry furnished under the Visions o. this act excerpt
that the Legis when in session. shall be
dited follows: he shall be verified by u
affidavit OF the person or persons contracted WITH or
some in their employ irving an oversight of the
work. that said is inst and correct thar the
amount of work oh 'rgvd for has nc ua y been per
formed, the actual of emery delivered
and that the prices charged in said account in
cordance vii the stipulaons of the contract and be
rtat Query furnished After which it shall he exam
in by the practical pr inter- PIN ing Board and
when thur examined and approved shall be sufficient
authority for the Comptro Ter to issue warrant to
be PAID out of the appropriations for public printing
SEC IA Til reafter sll accounts due ( print
ing DONE for stationery uses in ei hr house OF the
tanned in the ahove section be appr0, ed by the chair
man of the Committee on Pubic Printing, and the
Cnair man OF the Committee on Contingent Expenses
of III house ordering the work to be done. before
ing presented to the Pm ting Board for which account
whtn thus ,roved the Comptroller authorized C
draw his warrant payable Of the contingent fund
SEC 10. That the Governor is hereby authorized %
employ practical printer whose duty shall be to eX
anime ali accounts for printing done and static cry
furnished for he State and certify TO the accouHts fol
than sevets dol airs per month for his services .s,.
SEC 49, That the Secretary OF State shall Keep a
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Board of Public Printing; pTOrded that major "
OF raid Board shall be competent do husiness and
and Stationery necessary for the immediate of both
houses Of the Fifteenth Legislat re- and for the de.
required advertise propos lis according
tn ma IN herein prescribed, but shall give SUCK
notice he shall deem necessary and p oprr, and
contract for such Irinting nd stationery may bt
needed until tn, full provisions of this act can he
SEC. II. That no member officer of any depart
ment OF the government, except translator SHAH be
contr cts shall be in writing and signed by the Boar
of ublic Printing and contractors, and approved il
writing by the Governor Secretary OF Stale, am
Comptroller
; SEC IS. That "An act to provide for the pubf,
printing by cont act, approved March IL 1874, anC
IAN act to provide Tor the proper auditing OF the &C
co lnts of the Public Prime in ce tain Cases" up
proved February 10, 1875, and laws and parts OF
laws conflicting wi provisions of ths act be,
the same are hereby rep -aed. .'i
SEC. 10. That an imperative public necessity e%Is'i
for suspension OF he rules aud immediate psssas,
CT this act; and there being law in force unde
tanned for the L. gislature and other departments
the government, the 'merg -ncy quircs that this
shall lake effect and be IN force from and after it
pa age.
, Approved June %, 1876.
Sealed proposals will be received at the Office o
SECRETARY of ate until IL O'Clock OF Thursday
the t,nth day of August A. d 1876, which time
| place said proposals will be opened and contracts
AWARDED for furnishing such stationery may be re
. quired by law needed by any dep Ttment Of thu
| state Government, except the Judicial Dep rtmeut
and for printing and binding the laws and Journals
each house together 18th such pr nun and .pdi".
as be ordered by each house. and for doing srci
other prin ing and binding may be qued by law
or needed bv any department., except the Judicial De
artment, and except such a. may done at tie Dea
and Dunno Asylum, which said contracts shall TO
the term Of foo year. and until new contract shall o
made and approved.
Bids will be lived follows: In bidding for pribt
ing each bdd ar will required to spe fy the eas
! may bid for one more, of he five classes O.
printing, rs mention in the abye recited act n
arate bios for each class separately and may ais,
make Hnnther bio for the whole of the public init
case the whole shall be awarded to him.
The bid for stationery must be puate from tn
bid or bids for printing and be for furnishing
in s No s % vi be P the
than one entire class of print n.y. class fed in tn
be considered, unless each and eve item of .taton
cry and OF ming binding, etc, bad for shall be be
low the maximum rates fixed by law
The Board If Public Prnti' g The right {,
the Lowest r-p.Ilsibie iid1er Tor each or 70 award b
whole o said pr ntng the h,ddsr who may bid 70
the whole Of said printing and whose bid may be
! | garded as mt y advantageous to he Siae.
The printing, binding. exc, Of the abs tract OF
MED lanQs must be made eparziely Will not b.
| reg ,rded included any Of tn five classes o
printing named in the law but must be It'd for sepa
atey and in accordance with the specifications here
in made
All work OF the first class be done in q anC
workmanlike manutr; the composition be as com
pact az good taste and he Of the ork I'll
To-; the printing tle4r. the color uniform, am
register good No unnecessary blank pages or sink
, Will be allowed In c mputing composition
PArti,s ciniras TED with to do the first class wrr
must agree to fu nsh proof SHEETS p<ge form, n
the NO progres-Gs. wnen requisite 10 do, for In
o. ect on by the 30 ird Of Public Printing.
! ABSTRACT PATENTED LANDS
] At the same me and place proposals viii be re
cived to print and b nd fourteen hundred and fort
copie- Of the abstract Of patented lands bein
complied in the Land Othce. From data. obtaine.