Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-05-24
CHAPTER CCvII.

An Act relative to pnblc printing
l. Be It enacted by the Senate and General r.
sembly of the State OF New Jersey, That the laws
enacted at each session OF the legislature shall
hereafter be printed in the game general style In
which the volume Of laws was printed in the year
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, ex-
cepting that the laws shall be collated and indexed
under the two heads Of general public acts, special,
public and private acts also, the legislative docu-
ments shall be hereafter printed in the same style
in which the said work was done in the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, omit
ting the index; the journals Of the senate and min
of the joint meetings and executive sessions,
and the minutes of the house of assembly, shall be
printed in the same compact and workmanllke
manner in which the said work was done in the
year one thousand eight hundred and eeyenty two
also, that the public bills ordered by either branch
Of the legislature, shall be printed on good writing
paper, with plea type, each page to contain thirty
lines; and the prices to be paid for said print
ing shall be follows: for printing six thousand
copies Of the session laws, the sum OF thirty-hye
dollars per sheet OF sixteen pages Tor printing one
thousand copies of the journals of the senate, with
the minutes of the joint meetings, and one thou
sand copies Of the minutes oi t1e mouse OF assem-
sixteen pages; for printing one thousand copies OF
the legislative documents, at the rate OF sixty cents
per thousand ems for composition, and sixty cents
per token Of two hundred and fifty impressions Of
sixteen pages for press-work; for printing two
hundred copies of the public bills ordered by either
branch Of the egislaturesa at the rate OF five dollars
extra copies shall be ordered and delivered to either
house, they shall be paid for at the rate Of two dol
lars per sheet OF four fooscap pages Tor each TWO
hundred extra copies; and for printing the pam
phets and other papers ordered by the legislature,
at the rate Of seyenty-iye cents per thousand ems
for composition. and seyenty-hve cents per token
Of two hundred and fifty impressions OF sixteen
pages for prees-work; provided, that In all cases
where tabular work is required with four or more
justifcations, with without rules, the price for
composition shall be double the rates above stated,
and where matter requires three Qualifications, with
or without rules, price and half shall be paid :
and provided further that seventy-hve cents extra
per page shall be paid for printing all indices and
tables of contents, set in bourgeois type, in the
session laws journals of the senate, and minutes o.
the house OF assembly.
2. And be It enacted, That the above prices shall
include all the expenses incident TO the printing
and delivery to the state treasurer of all documents
ordered except folding and stitching (Which shall
be charged at the current prices for such work.,
and the paper, which shall be OF good quality ,rand
Of the following description. for the documents
Journals and minutes, white calendered printing
paper twenty-four by thirty-eight inches in size,
weighing not less than fifty pounds to the ream OF
same size as for the journals, and 70 weigh not less
than fifty pounds to the ream Of four hundred and
eighty sheets; for the bills, TO be on good fat naper
weighing fourteen pounds to the ream; the trice
to be allowed for snch paper shall be at the u rest
rate per pound at which the same Is sold per pound
by paper dealers in New York or Philadelphia on
tie first day or April, and satisfactory evidence Of
the price Of such paper, within the said period,
shall be submitted to the comptroller before the al
lowance by him OF any bill for paper on which anp
public printing shall be executed.
g. And be 1t enacted, That all messages, PAM
nhlels reports or other documents which are
deemed Of sufficient public Importance 10 reprinted
and bound for preservation shall hereafter be nn
brzccd In two volumes, under title o. ieEls'a-