The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-15
AN ACT
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Assistant Secretary OF 81

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nal OF the State and TO the public printing;
to regulate and define the prices OF public
printing and TO prescribe the manner in
which the same shall be done; to regulate
the manner OF making advertisements IN lu-
dieial procee dings or sales Of properly, under
judicial process or In any other legal pro-
ceedings in oil parishes; regulating the price
therefor; directing the manner and price at
which contracts shall be made by police
juries and municipal corporations for public
printing, and abrogating all laws on the same
subject matter.
sEoT1oN /. Be II enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State OF
Losttstand In General Assembly conUened, That
the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker OF
the House of Representatives. two members OF
the Senate, and two members of the House Of
Representatives, to be elected by their respective
bodies. or ma jority OF them, shall be and they
are hereby authorized and directed to contract
on the second Wednesday after the promulga-
ton of this act, and afterwards on the first Mon
day in December OF each year, at o reasonable
rate, not to exceed the prices herein
sitter named, with such person as they
may consider proper and responsible, to do
whatever nature, which shall become necessary
for the use of both houses OF the General Assem-
bly,, and for the Executive Department of the
State; proutded, the said board shall be empow-
cred to contract for the printing OF the reports OF
the various heads OF the Executive Department,
and the blank work for the Auditors Depart
ment, with some other person than the state
Printer hereinafter named; proutded said con-
tract be after consideration Of all proposals
made, and the prices thereof do not exceed the
maximum fixed in this act; proutded, the State
Printer shall fail TO furnish said printed
copies within ten days after the
reports shall have been placed IN his hands for
publication. such person contracting to do and
perform such printing, as provided In this act,
shall for purposes Of reference herein be termed
estate Printer" and the terms, provisions and
conditions Of the contract with him executed,
shall be as hereinafter provided. The news
paper in which he shall publish the journals oil
the two Houses of the General Assembly, the
laws of the State and other official matter as
herein provided shall be known and designated
az ''The Official journal Of the State pr0uided
that this act shall not include the printing OF the
decisions OF the State Supreme Court IN book
form.
SEQ. 2. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., That such
contract shall be entered into for O. period no
longer than one year from its beginning, or until
the next contract eau take effect, as provided in
the foregoing section OF this act.
SEQ. 8. Be 1t fu,tltes' enacted, etc., That all
bills, reports or other documents which may be
ordered for printing shalt be printed and re-
turned to the house which raay have ordered the
same within ferty-eight hours after the delivery
Of the copy to the State Printer, unless, on mo-
ton, longer period be granted.
SEC. 4. BE 1t further enacted. etc., That the
State Printer shall print each bill, report or
other document, that may be delivered to him
by order of either House OF the General Assem-
bly,, in the order in which the same shall be num-
bered and delivered to him, and shall return
them In like manner, 80 that no subsequent num-
bers shall be first printed and returned unless
otherwise specially ordered.
SEC. S. BE 1t further enacted, ETC., That all
officers of the several departments of the State
who. by existing or future laws may be required
to make reports to the General Assembly. shall
cause the came to be printed by the State Printer
for the use OF the Legislature, and shall present
the same within the first week of the session.
SEC. 6. Be 1t further e,adcLed etc., That the
State Printer shall furnish and have ready for
delivery the journals OF both houses OF the Gen
eral Assembly, within sixty days from the time
when copies OF the same shall have been deliv-
cred to hum by the Secretary of State. under the
penalty CT FORGETTING and paying the sum OF thir-
ty dollars for each and every day he shall be in
default after expiration Of the time. The Secre-
tary Of State shall forward to each member OF
the Legislature one copy Of the journal of both
houses.
SEC. T. Be IL further enacted, etc., That the
State Printer shall supply each house of the Gem
eral Assembly with proof sheets OF tine official
journal containing the proceedings OF the pre-
vious day OF meeting; that within two days
after the journal OF each house shall have been
approved, the State Printer shall publish the
same as 80 approved, once in the official journal
of the State, and the same matter go published
shall be made up in book form, as provided IN
paragraph two of section ten of this act; but in
no case shall charge be made tor the proof sheets
to be furnished as aforesaid.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, ETC., That the
State Printer shall deliver to the Secretary of
State copies of the official journal OF the State
containing any of the laws or joint resolutions OF
the General Assembly of the State, which shall
be hereafter enacted, Immediately after the same
shall have been published therein, and soon as
practicable thereafter the said Secretary of State
shall cause the said official journal TO be sent to the
Judges and clerks of courts, and It shall be their
duty to preserve carefully all copies of the Off
cia Journal 60 received in their respective courts
for the use thereof, until they shall have received
the copies OF the laws in pamphlet form.
SEC g. Be II fuather enacted, ETC., That the
State Printer shall receive not more than three
dollars for every hundred papers delivered to the
Secretary of State, as directed by the preceding
section