The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-04
THE PRINTING BOARD.

j lDA IbllS IllSu DOhhD.
MEETING or THE sOAnD YESTERDAY
IN THE GOVERNORS eFRICE.
The present Condition Of tho state Prist-
Ing DIscussed--Ts t1te state Printer d
state Onlcer7-Ne Conclusion Arrives
At-The hoard Meets Again To-day.
meeting OF The Printing board having been
called fors O'Clock yesterday. In the Governors
| rnnrn, NIL the members Mere promptly ON hand
at the appointed hour except Senator Garland
who. however. came In nj half past three,
Speaker Bush being sick. was not present.
Governor Nichols called the meeting to order
J at $50, and stated that he had called together
| tho members Of the Printing Board TO ascertain
sfelrs between the Ftats Pfintsr and Auditor.
statement 81 the facts which brought about fhs
correspondence betwsen himself, the state
Printer and The A Auditor. which correspond
sellency. I'VE went Into The election oi q State
COMMITTEES appointed 70 make the contract
me and signed \ After sEnlas wrote g pd
seenfities. then wrote 10 ,he state Printer.
ther seeurites. received In answer % al letter aa
from the State Printer. which said that seouri-
ss had BEEN gsrd Mh BIDS snd that be
"Bomethins must be done to como out Of the
and then declined. Time is going on and the
necessity Of taxing some action u imperative,
Eness no hS (. bid e Sod q .es. e as Tsef |: h
and the eject 81 rejecting those securities on ibe
sesisss forcs as much HsRsr ri Dsioe sSi than Sa
M. Lsonhsra..D,ld . !, The Auditor give his rsa-
GOV, kehoiis. Hs did: IN his correspondence
i with the State Printer.
THE sxCHETAHr.
al, the request of the Governor. read the letters
Now, you see,'s pursued his Excsllency. we
have taken n9 action as yet 10 this matter. and
sss eGg%s ss 9s .2niees s cssaon o. affairs
Gan 3 salded: T6s Auditor e ty law % suhor. thor
be has disapproysd the bond. and i remains to
X Lss s Il. pc1sr Tnns 6 % Sses sasS ss ,st1 s ne E
R sss a .rs rsSens'ssi slsles e's
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:SIssd !as ~ s'sss Rs!s.sI & % %Al%ssi y Ts sfs
tse Auditor Y IN rsisins I his bondsmsn I e ixn' q
II The Attorney General also misht take pro-
| In this wise the question OF the right OF the
II Auditor to refuse the bond will be- brought up.
We have no power legally TO control the Auditor
Senator dsfIand1f II DO ye not Il believe Slew there Is
Il lacune IN the Jaw ~ regards the subject under
persons 70 act as securities should accom- pan
the bids. TO obviate the very difficulties We are
A A now sxperiencins: and e give Pc good
Nj Btate Printer, When we required the narues
u ?f tho bondsmen TO be- given. we had
q sss V 9sr onrn e e es
y. act No. 1s of 1874, approved on the ninth cs Feb
Thich ssss secon n A STATE d.
4 elected or appointed. shall be required. thirty
days after the receipt Of their COMMISSIONS. to
Y M take the oath Of ofhcs prescribed BY Law. and
sf sd ?na the propss oos IN s
,l manner and as required By law.
] with the above shall Operate vacation oi the
z RE Printing Poard has authority to act and
the state Printer has failed to comply with
4 Coy ElcSols But Is the State Printer an on
4 senator daIland-The act covers everything.
doveTnor-The present case however. falls
not under that statute-it 10 simply q case Of q
\ vides for q failure 70 furnish The bond. sn The
question ts. whether the Auditors decision
\ must be accepted and collateray discussed. and
low Us to close. II The bond was offered re Il and nd
reIectedi y was not proper one. and IL the
NO bond z srsa e ss5
a senator zacharie.-The Stats Printer must
Ss q sss snd
ne has no particular legal duties TO perform. h 9
receives =, no commission. ana. as gnderstand.
then eonear With Senator Garland Ia 4'a'o ohoef'
Coy. Eichols-It Is evident that some action
&C with m s Es sams dsnassd
' Senator ry ZasEslle-rhe only thing to do is to
NOW no law providing Q remedy In such a case.
Gov. Nicholls-We have duty TO perform.
pssss %ss S s close %s Sq The ss so d snd
consideration was not inclined to accept It,
because the price was so low: but as the securi-
However cannot believe that The contract M ct,sa can
are more wealthy than Think.
relieve us In this difficulty. I fear that it viii
make. or attempt TO make, 2 law which will in
% aon w a ssss ss as s stnssI e s s P%ssDs %
ses others have been deprived Of their chances
to secure the State printing. II their bids had
come next to his. AID their securities were SOL
4 We can put the State Printer In default for
failure to comply With the coansract. a and give 4
the same with that contract as with any other ;
II there is no compliance. It can be broken
Senator Zacharie-But In this case do not
think we can put the State Printer in default, as
In cases OF absolute ownership. Our authority
is delegated to us. have looked through the
printing law, and failed to find out how the con
tract can be declared void.
Gov. .Nicholls-1uppose the contract is never
compiled with would not the other bidders
feel aGQrieved?
Senator Zacharie-Even II the contract fs not
fulfilled. We cannot do anything.
Gov Nicholle-I have no objection to the con.
tract as II stands. because 1t Is to the inter-
est OF the State, but object to the form Of the
contract. which, II not followed out will have
debarred others from enjoying the privilege OF
having their bids considered. Can we avoid