The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-08-02

let us see whether the Legislature Of 1s7s,by the
passage OF any law or py any pubic enact
ments were justified in making the eXpendl-
ture they did. Ies us com pare IL In lts acts
which has been denounced by the republican
press of this state was the most extraVagant
Legislature that we have had since our eX1's-
ence as a state. Alter the most careful and
thorough examination have failed TO mud
any law passed by the Legislature o. 1873 saw
ing one dollar OF your public funds or bene-
fIiipg in the slightest the citizens OF this state
The record of the Legislature Of leI5 shows
many acts of value TO the state. First, they
nae. ed a law recucins
THE FEES AND SALARIES OF STATE AND
COUNTY OFFICERS.
BY this enactment there is saved on sn aver
age to the taxpay ers of each county $500.
During the last year by the passage of that fee
aud salary bill there was saved to the tax
payers of the state OF Ind ana in It's " counties
s2;6,OOI. The Republican legislature
OF l.73 repealed the fee and salary Dili
of 1871, and increased the fees and salaries OF
your county officers. This fee and salary bill
has reduced the fees pai to your state officers
$500, 5000 OF hich is fees received from ior-
eign insurance Companies That $500, which
heretofore went into the hands OF the
SsS5s SsS sTd!or this reasas, sas
tue purpose of meeting your pLblia expenses
and reducing 10 that extent the taxes OF the
people of the state OF Ind ana lAPpiause.
fheD also passed law provi ing tnat your
supreme court reports should be edited and re-
ported by your supreme court reporter, and
sTniSnsG per Volume 20 By that ba act upon T your
statute DO Rs you are saving 81 "a upon each
volume issued in the number tu ntshea the
reports furnished 10 the state cost the state
they cost 81 6lS,, saving of $50
during the year there has been a saving TO the
state of 300. This does not take IN to account
the amount saved to the legal profession OF
fhag fufn hot Toa fS1o 1ofN olGr NOS a
IN REFERENCE TO YOUR PUBLIC PRINTINe
and will call your attention especially to this
item, because public attention has frequently
been directed to 1t. In times past, this branch
of your public service has been frequently
tainted with fraud and corruption.
In 1873 the General Assembly abolished IL e
office of state printer, and adj urned without
pr viding any specific mode 10 do the work 4,
other than by resolution authorizing the
cretary OF state TO contract with some suita-
BILE person TO do such printing as May De au-
thOriZed by law Until other provisions De
made. This was done, and l the prln ing
for the use of the General Assemb by
House and Senate of ls73 were printed unoer
the contract so made. There having been no
provision made for printing The annual re-
ports of the state offic rs and public ins'ruc-
tion for the yeAI 1873, the governo~, under the
provisions OF an act OF the general assembly OF
Indiana, approved February 3, 1873, with The
consent OF the secretary of state, received bids
for 0Oing the printing and binding of these
reports, awarding the contract TO
THE LOWEST AND BEST REsPoNslBLE
BIDDER.
This contract was entered into on the third
day of November. 1873. The con rae prices
for the work having proved so favorable, IN
comparison with prices formerly paid, IL was
deemed advisable, and to the interest of the
state, that a new contract for printing the re-
ports of 1874 be entered into with the same
parties and at the same prices. The parties
having the contract have, so far as 1 have
been able to discover, faithfully performed
their WORK, and in accordance with the COL
tract. In 1875, after ! had assumed
The duties o, secretary of state, the
general assembly. Tor that year passed
a resolution Containing the same provision
for the printing OF the laws and journal OF
that year a. the resolutions of the general a.
semhly OF 1873, and in accordance with said
resOluIiCn : con rae ed With the aGvice and
consent of the cnairmen of the cpmmi tees of
b9,h Houses Tor dong the needed printing for
use of The general assembly. including the
laws and the journals for the House ana SEN
ate for 1875. This contract was maze az er ex-
amining the Propositions OF several pub ish-
ers, and was awarded the lowest and
special session, 1875, an act to provide
for the public printing binding, approved
March IL, was passed, organizing bureau of
public printing and stationery, making The
governor, sec,e airy of stale and auditor
state (ex-C fficiO) cOmDlt stone OF the public
printing and bluding, and dehuing their du-
ties in regard 10 the same. Under the prOvis-
ion OF this act your state printing has been
done for the last year, for Oh the 18th day of
July, 1874, a contract was made Nth the Ind1-
annapolis sentinel Company in siIict a cord .
der this CO tract your public printing cost for
this last year Si3,5zo 92. Now, L pro-
pose TO compare that coss with the
previous cost of your public
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