The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-19
From the Daily Of Friday.
TO TAXPAYERS,
Proceedings bmackiug after Gus
ter County Methods.

Proceedings bmackiug after Gu,
tor County Methods.
Soon after Judge Wade delivere
his decision in the case of Fisk
Bros Va. J. P. Woolman, in whic
he held the printing law had expired
it was learned the Commissioners Z
Silver Bow County proposed to lie
the contract for the printing TO
which this county is chargeable. In
garry developed the fact that Mr. II
G. Kessler, one of the Commission
ers, was authorized by the Board t
attend to the matter. Immediatel!
afterwards the business manager o
the MINER sought for and saw MI
Kessler. In q conversation will
that gentleman concerning the coun
ty printing, MI. Kessler assured tn
business manager that before any
contract was let he (Kessler) woulG
| furnish to him q list of such county
printing as was wanted by the coun
ty. This Mr.. Kessler failed to do
| A day or two afterwards an attacht
of the Inter Mountain, Office in
formed a county official that Mr.
Kessler bad let the printing contract
to the Inter Mountain Pub fishing
Company and asked him il the copy
for certain county printing was
ready. This was before the board
bad ratified the contract or knew
what 1t was.
Learning these facts and knowing
that any contract for county print
ing which Mr.. Kessler nay enter in
to must be ratified by the board be-
fore binding the parties to its terms,
the MINER business manager drew
upa "Proposal for County Printing"
which he submitted to the Commits
sioners Immediately after their meet
ing on Monday forenoon, the 9TH inst.
This proposal was accompanied
by a bond in the sum of 5 5000, with
the usual conditions.
The proposal of the MINER Pub
fishing company provided Tor doing
the county printing at the following
rates:
ADVERTISING.
For each folio, Zoo words), 874
cents per folio, for the first insertion,
and 50 cents per folio for each ad-
ditional insertion.
JOB PRINTING.
Notice t tax payers, printed upon
postal cards, $ls per 1000 copies.
Assessors blanks, SIS per 1000
Spe. ial poor tax receipts, with
stubs, bound and numbered, in red
ink, $40 per 1000 copies.
Road tax receipts, with stubs,
b ,und and numbered, $40 per 1000
County warrants, with stubs,
and numbered, extra quality
Vt paper Sis per 1909 copies.
Half sheet blanks f,r any Of the
officers, with filings on back.
g for the first 100 copies or for any
number up to $50 copies; SO for 300
md up to 400 copies; $40 for 500 copies
I'D $l2.5 so for 1000 copies.
Quarter sheet blanks, with filings
When -ary, 81 for the first 100
S. for 2Oo and up to 500
opies. Other blank to be charged
Or at the same rates as lear as posi-
lie.
All blanks to be printed upon Is
nd Is pound paper, and the work
one in a good and workmanlike
manner.
The term folio in the above, under
he head of "Advertising," is to sig
ify 100 words. When figures occur
figures con stitute one word.
The Commissioners rejected this
roposal and accepted and ratified
lat of the Inter Mountain, which is
J follows:
ADVERTISING.
For every folio of 100 words 81 so
n the first insertion thereof and As
,nts per folio of 100 words for each
insertion required by law
be made. For rule and figure
,ork, 1925 per folio of one hundred
'ords foe the first insertion thereof
nd 80 cents per folio of 100 words for
zen subsequent insertion required by
w to be made. Each figure shall be
,unted as one word.
JOB WORK. ,
Notices to tax payers per thousand
pies. $8.75.
Assessors blanks per thousand
pies $27.
Special poor tax receipts per thous-
Id bound, with stubs, $l8.
Road tax receipts bound with stubs
Pr thousand copies. $ls.
County warrants. bound, with
ubs, per thousand copies, $27.
Now let US see the difference in the T
oposal of the MINER and the con-
act of the Inter Mountain. The I
INER proposed to print ''notices to
K payers" on postal cards for $l3 i