The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-07-20
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HOUSE BILL No. 3lS,
AN ACT a. Provide for the Public PrInt-
ing, binding, and Stationery, BY Com

SECTION l. b q eaa.ssf bv ~ ysyft,i,,rs Of IA.
>tde q 1sriS, That the Attorney GENERAL Treasurer,
md SseTeta OF StAse ami arc hereby. cORs,itn-
el Board Of Public Printing au hnti1sd and re- |
luired TO contract with any suitable person persons
arm or firms. who residents Of and doisg bu,i-
hess Ia his state to furnish such Onery as may
be required by law or nesdeq by any department Of
ment, and int and bind the laws aud Journals OF
each house, together with such printing aud bIndin
printing and binding may be required Nv law or
needed by any department except the Jude al de-
and Dumb Asylum; pSOrid]d. that ssid CONTRACT
shall be for the term % years, End until a new
% that wSsn I printing ting Y SsTed ' n
: panish other Language than Engnsh. = separate
languages; and the hi tin BoSr shall employ. on
such terms as they deem best one competent
trSnsators 10 translate the lave aud other mat
ter may BE- rsQaired into other La guagrs han Eng
lish when Necessary.
SEC q Thai the Secretary Of State shall every two
years advertise for thirty days in two more NOT
exceeding five weekly news papers Published in IN
Stale and having the largest GiryulatiOu, for called
propose for furnishing such stationery and for doing
such printing and binding, and shall In sad advertise
ment state time and place when and where said pro-
pOssls sAal be received and opened ana contract
the first publication OF SAID adv, rtisem-nt; and he
and estimates OF the probable amount OF printing.
be practicable The proposals shall be Tor The public
printing and for IationrIy, separated and the bid
for printing shal incl lde binding blank booss, and
the execution of the work; ana that for sta
tionery shall include paper on which there
c es as are usually embraced in the term ''s,a-
tiInery." The proposals ishaU be sealed, and adj
dressed To The Secretary q state, and shall be en-
dorsed with the that they proposals for
ceived, NH be died carefully by the Secretary
of state in his office and the seals thereof shall not
be broken until he day the advert sement
for award NJ the ntract shall be pc ted in q
nav de- sire 10 be D rsrn he bids shall be examined
by the Printing Boaid careful compli ison made aud
bidder whose bid shall b. below UGH maxim m "a
are hereinafter pres ribbed; pToCded that each bid
chad be ocompaned by qua antee, signed at 10 st
by two responsible cit Zens Suaranteelg tnAt II the
contract be awar ed 10 the Id bidder that he or they
wit entr into contra't and give good and efficient
bond 10 carry out the same. u
Sac, J. That the puhiIo printing 'hall be divided
FIRST 1 Las The First Class sh II include the
printing and binding nf he Jaws, Journals department
which shall be printed white ealend' red No: book
paper. of Uniform color, 24x3S inches in size, aud
weighing not ess than fry I'VE pounds to Ihe ream
on long primer type Excerpt tabular wo which may
be in type smaller than long imer as the nature
Of the work ana gOO taste may requre the pages TO
he fty-seven ems long, lnclud hea nd foot lines,
and thirty:two ems W de- long primer measure and
not contain lie than 1900 ems; and when in,' d,
the laws and reports shall be neatly folded stitched
and covered, and the journals and message folded,
stitched and trimmed paper shall be thirt -nve
of the First Class shall be:-For paper, white and
csver 50 per rean and allowance shall be made for
waste; composition, 81 per 1000 ems, prn ers meas
nature Of the work requires a smaller number OF
psges) 81 per token of $40 impress ms or les, bind
ing, 50 per one hundred for folding. stitching
and covering first signature of sixteen pages, aid Is
per hundred for each additional 81 nature of
ming, without rrg, 40 cents per hundred for
signature Of sixteen pag and 20 cents per one
hundred for each additional signature OF, sixteen
pages less; pr0rided, no matter shall be loaded,
except by the express oi,ection OF the Printing
SECOND CLASS.-Work of the Second Class shall
consist Of all blanks and printed stationery qured
by any del aftment OF the State government, except
the in fical department and shall be on first class
sized and calendered white paper, OF such di-
msnsions and weights as the nature of the work may
ss follows:-For compo. ition, 90 cents per 10 Q
ems, printers measurement; for presswork, on
forms the of flat c"p sheet or lie D. rs cents per
token; on forms lsrger than fiat cap, 81 per token
and token shall be 24O Impressions or less when the
number of blanks ordered shall require less number
of Impressions The maximum rates fer paper re-
Quired for the work OF the serond class shall be
folows:-Letter Paper-ten pounds to the ream "a %
p r ream; twelve pound The ream, $5.05 per am.
Fiat Cap Pdper-twelve pounds TO the reaIn, 50 05
per ream; fourte' N pout 10 the ream, $3.50 per
ream; sixteen poun = 10 the ream, ST 20 per rearn;
eighteen pounds to the ream$7 90 per ream; twenty
pounds To the ream, $40 per resm Deny Paper
thirty pounds 10 the rean, a6O per re M Foi0 P0si
PGper-eighteen pounds to the ream $3.50 per rea-n
ty four pounds to the ream, $40 per ream Medium
er-twenty eight pounds to The ream, $11.75 per
Dc16s Flaf Cap PapeT-twenty-e eight pounds to the
ream, Sits per ream; thirty-two pounds to the
reAm, Lnrty-slN POUNDS TO Inc rehm,
S15 per ream; forty pounds TO tn reArn, $3.50 PEI
ream., Super Royal Idper-ffty-four pounds TO the
ream, $22 10 per For ruling work OF the s. c.
ond Class, the maximum price shall be 40 cents per
one hundred for each passage ugh the rnlng ma
chine For binding work OF the Second Class, the
maximum price sh1l' he:-FOr pads Of one hundred
sheets EACH quarter sheet cap DENY lio % cents
per pad half sheet cap deny or folio 25 cents per pad
IS cents per quire; half sheet p. DENY or TO TO- 40
cents per qure For half binding quar- er sheet cap.
binding RklNer.
quarter sheet cap, deny or folio TO ents per quirei
nal 4H IRIS Of the Th Gas shall
consist of blank books, either ruled and printed or
ruled 81 ns paper e "a s6 81 b be s1d
ity known among paper dealers as 'P' aper and the
follow ng shail be maximum rates:-Cap Paper
eighteen pounds to the ream, an RI ed, half boupd
$125 per qutre do printed heads 81 Is per quir' do
plain ruled extra full bound s. per quire: do printed
pounds to the ream, plain ruled, bali bound, $3.50 pei
qure do printed head, 81 per quire; do plain ruled
full soupS r. 80 u DO po nd.
ream, lam ruled, half bound, 81 per quite: do PRINT
ed heads. 81 50 per quire do PLAN led. extra full
9uire MEDIUM Paper-forty pounds to the reanl
plain ;uled exua full bound 81 per quirei do pfinte
heads, $3.50 per quire. Super Royal Pdper-df.y
pounds TO the ream, plain ruled, extra fan bound
81 5opes quite; do; printed heads, = per quirc -,
sist of the printing bills, resolutions commit
tee reports and such other ike work may be OF
dered by the Legislature either house thereof; as
shall be first class sized aid caendsred whit
wove fiat cap pap of twelve pounds to he ream
~ih ppice between the lines OF the size OF plea, tn
printing to be thir ysi ems plea vide and 81 WY
ems in ength The maximum price for work OF tn
FORTH Clas shall be. fortwo hundred copies, an
number OF copies less than two hnndred ordered b
either house OF this stature, including compos
ton. paper. press wo \ and biuding $s.a5 pr pag
for many pages are con aimed IN one copy In r.
& %ae Ss sHa wo y Of
of TIA Legislature, the printer sha be p Id foI III
paIer presswo and binding only, for such addiil
COPIES at such rates as are conrc ed Tor Tor Work
FIFTH CL Ass-The Fifth Clas, shall consist @
the publication Of executive pool nations, adv rtlst
| meuts and like documents: and the maximum p &c
shall be per square Of one hundred words for tn
hat be ordered and
a. Irts Of SQUARE at prop onnie Tates, ann
SOU re shall contain not ess tina o hundred Mord'
SEC 4. That when pro lzmafions, adyertls menu
and like publications. authorized and required
law to be pibiikhed In more newsp pers than one IN
shall be published under like rules; pzoUided. Lhi
proclamations and like documents shall not be pull
lshe1 in more than tive newsp ipers IN each cDgresi
ionAl district, and at deen points. and shall not
inserted for aIoneer period than three months; an
proposed amendments to the Constitution shall ,
published once . week for four weeks. commencing
| least thr mem his before ihe time tpecned by b
Legislature Tor an election thereon in Cne week
newsp per in each county in which such NJ wspaPs
lishhg advertisement shal be sceompa by cop
OF the advertisement printed, the afhdaYit Z
the publ her stating the dates when the same wa
| SIC s. That the m xfmum rates for stationer
shall be as follows: Legalcap paper, egh GU
TO the ream, seven dollar- and twenty cents ream
sixteen pounds to the reAm, ak dollars and fort
per leam; fourteen pounds 10 The ream Ave do
lars and sixty Genus per feam foUlreap paper eli
teen pounds to the ream, elk dollars and Ior cenI
per Icam; urteen pounds 10 the rSam, i've do lai
and xty cents Ter Letter pap r. weis
pounds the re1m, four ollArs az d eigh cents ps
ram: ten pounds TO the four dollars per rean
Note papsr-Eight pounds TO resm three doilrS sn
tu enIy cents per Team; SIX pounds 10 ram, tw
| dollars and forty cents per ream; hve pounds
ream; Two dollars psr ream tngroseing paper -twer
tyeight POUNDS deny. oBe-qparter sheHts, seven 90
lars and euty cents per rmi light en- poui dc cal
one half sheets, eight dollars per ram. awe opes-
| X1 waite OF buf. number ten, pan seven HAIRS an
twenty cents thousand; printed, eight dol ars an
eighty cents per Thousand; Xxx VIII &c or b. a. numbe
Elk plain dollars and eighty cents per thousand
prn I'D. six dolAis AMI forty cents PEI tbOusand X
white or buff number nv, p ain, four dollars ..
thous citing paper-One hundred ana twent
pounds 10 rearn, ak dollars and forty cents per on
hundred sheet; hanur,d pOun - ream, nve do
sis and twenty cents per one hundred shesis reno
The kjBd to b. epeIihed IN bid eight dollars ps
grUss. BE ink--The manufacturer % BE- nsmed 4
bid, two dollars and forty cents per dozen MncilAe
C uars, seven dollars and twenty cents per ooEen
pints, four dollars aud eighty cents per dozen Stes
Ptns-BFand to be named, Two dollars per COZ re1
holders--Fiye dollars and sixty G, nts pr ErosA IL.
Der B1nds-Beat all sizes two dollars and forty cnt
Testr auAD aaarfN i.