The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-11

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lowest bidder and supervise its execution.
The superintendent should be acquainted
with the printing business, but should be
prohibited by law from participating in the
profits arising from the work. He should
reside In the city Of Richmond and be at
hand whenever his services may be re-
quired. Thus,a disinterested officer would
have the work done, from time to time, on
the most: advantageous terms for the Com
monWealtb, and see that il was properly
done in every particular" So .t@':
On the 1st OF March, 1866. the General
Assembly passed an.a act creating the Office
OF Superintendent OF Public Printing. and
on the I'd day Of March. 1866, elected Mr..
John j. Palmer to this Office, who, I believe,
continued to fill it until his removal by the
military in 1869. The scales Of prices bad
for printing during Mr.. Pamer's admins
tratlon do not vary much from some subse-
;quently paid by the State. I have been un-
able to lind any annual reports OF Mr.. Pal
mer showing the disbursements OF this de-
partment during the period he was in office.
Virginia ut that time was occupied by the
military, who controlled all OF the denart-
ments, but from abook kept by Mr.. Palmer,
now in this office, find his
ADMINISTRATION. WAS ECONOMICAL.
In 1866, for Acts OF Assembly Of session
1865. seventy cents per 1000 ems and
fifty cents per token; revenue laws, 81 per
1000 ems, 81 per token; iob-work, such as
blank forms, receipts, etc., fifty cents per
LOCO ems, ffty cents per token: documents,
ETC., at seventy cents per 1000 ems, fifty
cents per token. In 1867. for Acts OF Gene
raj Assembly, siXty-nine cents per ,000 ems,
thlrty.frc cents per token; journals, bills,
etc., sixty cents per 1000 ems, forty eight
cents per token; iob-work, twenty cents
per 1000 ems, twenty-five cents per token !;
public documents emanating from the va
rious departments Of the State government,
thirty cents per 1000 ems, fifty cents per
token; bills, etc, forty cents per 1,C00 ems,
fifty cents per token; printing interro@ato-
rles, fifteen cents per 1,C00 ems, twenty-five
cents per token. In 1861 IS, siXty-fve cents
per 1000 ems for book-work (not including
legislative work., forty cents per token !;
iob-work, forty cents per 1000 ems, thirty
cents per token; annual reports, sixty
cents per 1000 ems, thirty-fye cents per
token. In 1869 book and pamphlet-work,
sixty cents per 1000 ems, thirty-liye cents
per token iob-work, thirty-fye cents per
1000 ems, thirty cents per token--this was
after the removal Of MIR. Palmer by the
military. Coming down to a more recent
date you fad that in 1901 the State paid
seventy cents per 1000 ems, serenty-hyc
cents per token, for legislative work, such
as bills, documents, resolutions, Journals,
acts, etc.; for iob-work, fifty cents per
1000 ems, fifty cents per token. In 1ST1-'2
tie scale OF rates varied very little, running
thus Bills, documents, resolutions, jour
nails, acts, ETC., seventy cents per 1000 ems,
fpo r. tn1- for .nh y.-nr
fifty cents per 1,O00 ems, fifty cents per
token.
The contracts under which
THESE HANDSOME PRICES
were paid were made by Mr.. c. A. Schaff.
ter, who came into office with the first adj
ministration after Virginia ceased to be
Military District No. 1. lie was elected on
the 22d day OF February, 1870, and contn-
urd in office until tic winter Of 1912.
His official career was very brief, and he
never submitted but one report TO your
honorable body. say"
In 1915, for bills, documents, rcsolu-
tions, journals, 40 cents per 1000 ems; 30
cents per token Acts Of General Assembly,
60 cents per token; annual reports, 30 cents
per 1000 ems, 40 cents per token job work,
So cents per 1000 ems, % cents per token.
In 1855 the State paid for bills. docu-
ments. resolutions, journals, ETC., Gj cents
per 1000 ems, 80 cents per token; Acts oi
Assembly, 65 cents per 1000 ems, 80 cents
per token; annual reports, G5 cents pei
| / 900 ems, 30 cents per token; job work, Sc
cents per ZOO ems, 25 cents per token. In
| 1897, the last fiscal year OF my predecessor
the State paid for bills, documents, reso!u
tions, journals etc., G5 cents per 1000 ems.
! 50 Occnts per tOkeu; AclS OF General Assem-
blv, Gj cents per 1,000 ems, 50 cents per to-
ken; annual reports, G5 cents per LOCO ems
so cents per tul,en, iob-work, ID cents per TO-
ken. Under the contracts made since !
haze been IN office the State pays for JOB
arorlc 10 cents per 1000 ems, 10 cents pei
token; annual reports q cents per 1,00(
ems. 5 cents per tocen; acts Of General As
Sembiy 40 cents per LOCO ems, II cenls PEI
tohen; journals, bills, documents. &C., Sc
cents per 1000 ems, 90 cents per token
29th r0lumc of Gr0ttan's Reports 30 cents
pcr 1000 ems, 20 cents per token.
In a careful examination OF the Wolk
done under the old system, for which the
State paid twice as much rs she is now pay
| ing, I came to the conclusion that the mate
rial then used was perhaps inferior IN quail
i,v to that now used, and the cXecut!o!
OF the work not any better. | have the
honor to be, with muc5 respect.
Your very obcdent servant,
r. E. FHAYSER,
| Superintendent Public Printing.
LOUISE PoMERoY.-On Saturday MIS-: