The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-05-22
Proposals for State Printing,
st. Paul, Mimi, May 4th, 1891

st. Paul, Mimi, May 4th, 1891.
The commissioners of printing will receive
sealed proposals for the prinitig OF the State OF
Minnesota in accordance with Chapter of the
General Statutes and subsequent amendments,
the time OF the contract to commence on the
first day OF August, 1891, and to continue for
one year. Said proposals will be opened on
Tuesday, the second day of June, 1891. at IL
O'Clock a.. m, in the Office of the Secretary of
State, at the Capitol, in the City of st. Paul.
The State printing is divided into five classes,
as follows:
The first class being the legislative printing OF
the two houses, other than in pamphlet form.
The second class being the printing Of the
daily and permanent journals and other COM
munications connected Herewith.
The third class being the reports, communi-
cations and documents ordered by the legislat-
ure, or by the executive departments in PAM
phlet form, together with the volumes of eX.
ecutive documents and the legislative manual.
The fourth class being the volumes OF the
general and special laws.
The fifth class being all other miscellaneous
job printing
The following maximum prices for the several
classes named, are published for the informa-
ton of bidders:
COMPOSITION-Firs class fifty cents per
1000 ems, second, third and fourth classes,
seventy cents per !, 900 ems fifth class 81 90
per 1000 ems.
PRESS WORK-First 100 impressions of a
form, S1.0O, and additional 100 Impressions OF
the same form, % cents; form being one side
of the sheet upon which the job is printed and
delivered, except that in book work. eight
pages octave or II pages duodecmo on me-
dunn or royal size paper, are recognized as
Orm.
FOLDING-when no charge is made for
binding, 1000 sheets or fraction thereof, eight
cents
STITCHING-Iucluding folding collating
stabbing and cutting, per 100 copies, 81 90
BINDING - Including folding, collatiug, stab
bling, stitching, saving, sewing and trimming
and pamphlet covering, for books of eight
pages or less, for one hundred copies, 81. 5O;and
for each additional eight pages. or fraction
thereof, 20 cents for each 100 copies.
Binding in stiff covers including all work
thereon, irrespective OF size, and lettering and
toOling on the backs, quarter binding per 100
copies, $4,000; half-binding, sheep or roam per
100 copies, $500: full cloth binding, cut fush
per 100 copies, $500; full cloth, with squares
per 100 copies, $4,000; full roam leather, with
squares, per 100 copies, SaO00;full law, per 100
copies, $4,000.
Each proposal shall be in writing sealed and
addressed to the secretary of state and it shall
be accompanied by bond executed in due form
by the bidders, with two suretieS, satisfactory
to the commissioners in the penal sum of eight
thousand dollars.
Each class of printing to be bid for separately
contract to be let to the person who will bid
the greatest percentum of discount from the
maximum prices established by law
Bids to be made upon forms furnished from
the ONCE OF the secretary of state; also blank
forms OF bond will be furnished with the blank
bids. The right to reject any and all bids is
reserved by the state, and the number of copies
OF any work, and the general style thereof to be
subject to regulation by the commissioners, ir-
respective OF work done under former contracts
+. 2. BROWN, Secretary of State
A. BIERMAN, State Auditor.
Alta JOSEPH BOBLETER. State Treasurer