The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-01

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Report on Waples VS.. Wakefield .....z... 7s
Report on Moore VS.. Gage. ................ 5$
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2ooo volumes Of 2ls7 pages each, charged ass
follows:
Section 10, paragraph 2, act Nc. 40, 1S78s+250
copies, 2t87 pages ct 81, $2,1s7; 1850 copies
2t87 pages at 25e per page for each 400 copies
So,41 30.
Section 10, paragraph 5, act No. 49, 1878
2,419, 600 ems extra rule and figure work at a0G
per thousand, 81 ,935 20.
Thirteen Thousand nine hundred and sixty
three 7O-10O dollars, $4,000 TO-
AUDITORS OFFICE, July %, 3,18Ts.
hereby certify that the above Is d true
copy OF the original on file in this Office.
Witness my hand and seal OF office this
July %, 1873.
ALLEN JuMEh, Auditor.
Approved March 20, 1878.
Will. 4. STRONG, Secretary OF State.
| The contract under which this volume III
claimed to be printed was executed On the
cellency Francis r. Nichols, Governor of the.
state OF Louisiana; Hon. Louis 4. Witt,
Lieutenant Governor; Hon. Louis Bush
| Speaker Of the House OF Representatives, aud
mare, members Of said House Of Representa-
is77 ' and Geo, % v. DuprIe, pr 'o q tie % parish of
Orleans. By the terms OF said contracts
h; the "a sad Il George W Dupfe binds h
| publication, book and job work required by
! the State and specified in said act No. 40. ct
| the price specified in said act No. 40, except
so far as hereinafter changed aud provided
| for. Since there is no authority in act No. 4g
| for printing two thousand volumes such ag
| the State Printer has bsen paid for upon the
bill dated March q, 1873, and since the last
clause Of section 20 Of act No. 40 expressly
| repeals "aIl laws or parts of laws conflicting
| fnlrngYith ami
| the same subject matter" the Grand Jury can
find no authority for the printing Of such b
book. II, however, the printing OF these two
Thousand volumes has ever been authorized,
with paragraphs and OF section 10 Of act
No. 40, as those paragraphs are changed pY
the contract, under which said work
ls claimed to have been performed.
titled copy Of which accompanies this re~.
port pay is claimed for printing 1000 vOE-
nnes OF 2187 pages each, charged under SEQ
tion 10, paragraph 2 of act No. 49, as follows 4
| $50 copies of 2187 pages each at 81 per page.
and 1850 copies at twenty-five cents per page
for each 100 copies. Paragraph OF section
10, aa changed by the contract made with
Zee W napFa s as s sfsts o RTotsE e aqd dssd @
nails Of each house shall be printed I'M
the English language In book form, In rnfnion
type, and made up from the general matter
as published In tho official newspaper, the
Guiding head and foot lines, and two coll
umns In width, the book to be stitched and
covered with colored paper, and delivered fo
the Secretary OF State within the time fixed by
| law for which there shall be allowed not
more than seventy cents per page for 250
| COPIES and for each additional 100 copies NOT
more than eighteen cents per page, the re~
quired number Of copies to be ordered at one
time"
| Upon the testimony OF experts In printing
the Grand Jury believe that in this book, for
which charge is thus made, under the para
graph 2, section 10, act No. 40, above recf6ea,
there is not line Of rninion type to be- found,ss
| the book being printed in long primer, q much
larger type, by the use Of which, and being
loaded as it is, the volume Ia made to contain
more than one-third more pages than1fithad
been printed IN the style Of type expressly
provided for in the contract.
Again, charge is rnadsfor printing this book
at the rate Of 81 per page, when the contract
provides for but seventy cents per page ToE.
the first $50 copies, and at the rate Of twenty
five cents per page for the subsequent l759
copies, for which the contract says that but
eighteen cents shall be allowed. Thus by the
use larger type than the contract proyideg
for and by an OVercharge OF twenty-five cents
per page in one instance, and Of seven cents
per page In the other, the bill is very largely
increased
Again, the second item in this bill Is for
I2419 600 ems extra rule and figure work
| Upon the testimony OF experts the Grand
overcharge for nearly IL not quite 1,0o0,0Oo
ems, which would reduce this single item
some $500 OR more. In view of the above re-
cited facts the Grand Jury would respectfully
suggest that the attention OF the Executive
and law officers Of the State be at once called
to this matter, with view to taking such
steps as may most directly lead to the re-
covery Of any amount OF which the State
may have been defrauded by the payment dE
the bill above referred TO.
SAMUEn h. TODD, Foreman.
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