The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-13
PARADISE OF PRINTERS.
THE NEW RULES OF THE GOVERN
MENT PRINTING OFFICE.

The Public Printer to Receive $4,000
Year But is Prohibited From
Holding ANY Relations Whatever
With "a Newspaper, Printing Estsb-
nshment or Paper Mandatory.
Pay and Vacation of the Type
Settlers.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IA bill was in
troduced in the House and Senate to-day
on behalf Of the special joint committee ap-
pointed under a resolution Of the last
congress for public printing, binding and
distributing of public documents. 1t pro
vides for the appointment Of joint COM
mittee on printing, 20 consist Of three mem.
bers OF the Senate and three members Of
the House. This committee is 20 have power
to adopt such measures as may be deemed
necessary to remedy any neglect or delay
in the execution Of the public printing,
to order reprinted not exceeding 800
copies Of a public Dill pending before either
house when the ordinary supply becomes
exhausted and the interests Of the public
service demand it, and to fix upon the
standards of paper for the different descrip-
tions of public printing and binding. The
joint committee is not to consider any pro-
posal to furnish paper for the government
which is not accompanied by satisfactory
evidence that the person making it is a
manufacturer of or dealer in the descrip-
ton Of paper which be proposes to furnish.
THE PUBLIC PRINTER
The bill provides that the public printer
must be "a practical printer and versed in
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a salary Of $4,000.
Employees Of the Office, whether employed
by the piece or otherwise, are TO DO allowed
leaves of absence with pay 70 the extent Of
not exceeding thirty days In any one fiscal
year. Piece work employees are to receive
the same rate of pay for the thirty days
leave as that paid to day hands. Regular
employees on the Congressional Record are
to receive leave with pay at the close Of
each session Of congress pro rata for the
time of such employment All the print
ing offices in the executive departments are
hereafter to be considered part Of the
government printing Office.
CANNOT OWN A NEWSPAPER.
Neither the public printer, chief clerk,
foreman of printing, foreman of binding
nor any of their assistants are, during the
continuance in Office, to have any Interest
IN the publication of any newspaper or peri
odical, nor in any printing, binding, en-
craving or lithographinR Of any kind, or in
any contract for furnishing paper or other
material connected with the public print
ing, binding, iithographing or engraving.
PAY OF THE PRINTERS.
The Office is to pay no greater price for
composition than so cents per 900 ems
and 40 cents per hour for time work to
printers and bookbinders. The compensa-
tion of employees on night work. between 5
p. IN. aud O'Clock a. m, is TO be 20 per
cent. in addition TO day wages. The bill
fixes 1,6S2 as the usual number of
copies of reports and documents to
be printed by congress for its use
and 625 as the number of copies of bills and
resolutions introduced. The bill also pro-
vides for a superintendent Of documents at
$4,000 per year, who is to have general
supervision of the distribution Of all public
documents. Upon the appointment of the
superintendent of documents the office of
superintendent of documents in the interior
department Is to be abolished and the office
force transferred to the new office hereby
created.
THE RECORD.
The provision Of the bill gives the Joint
committee control of the arrangement and
style of the Congressional Record. While
providing that it shall be substantially
verbatim report Of the proceedings of con-
gress, the committee is to take all
needed action for reduction of
unnecessary bulk. The bill also regulates
the number of extra copies of documents
and reports that may be- printed and pre-
scribes certain classes OF reports that need
not be printed at all, unless upon recon-
incubation of the head of the department.