Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-04-07
THE ANNOTATED CODE.

AN ACT to approve. adopt and make Of force
in the state Of Mississippi. the Annotated Code
OF the statute Laws Of the State, prepared by
inc authority OF the constitutional Convention
provide for its publication and distribution.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Leg
islature of the State of Mississippi,
the Annotated Code of public statute
laws of the State of Mississippi, pre-
pared under authority of the Consti-
tutional Convention of eighteen hun
bred and ninety, by r. H. Thompson,
Geo. g. billiard and r. b. Campbell,
and reported to the Legislature by
them and adopted by the two Houses
of the Legislature, the draft in dupli-
cate whereof as adopted, is now in the
hands of the clerk of the House and
the Secretary of the Senate respective
| ly, be and the same is hereby adopted
and declared to be the Code of Missis-
sippi. to take effect and be of force as
therein provided; and the duplicates
thereof shall Immediately upon the
approval of this act by the Governor
be deposited in the office of the Sec
rotary of State.
SEC. .. One of the duplicates of the
annotated code so deposited in the of
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carefully preserved by that officer as
the code of public statute laws of this
State. adopted and declared to be such
by this act; the other shall be disposed
of as hereinafter directed.
SEC. 3. That r. ii. Thompson, or such
person as the Governor may appoint,
should said Thompson decline to serve,
shall superintend and direct the pub
LEGATION of the annotated code and
shall arrange and number the chapters
and sections, make suitable cross refer
ence from section to section and he
shall make full and accurate index
thereto.
Sec. 1. That said r. II. Thompson and
the Governor are hereby appointed
commissioners to contract, on behalf
of the State, on the best terms they
can obtain, for printing, press work
and binding, of seven thousand five
| hundred copies of the annotated code,
| in the best style of law book printing
and binding, and to be in all respects
equal to the Revised Code of 1857; and
| when the prescribed number of copies
of the code, as contracted for, shall be
delivered to the Secretary of State, and
| he shall so certify, and the Governor
shall certify that the printing and
| binding of the copies conform to the
requirements of this section, tho Audi
| tor of Public Accounts shall issue his
warrant in favor of the said Commits
sioners for such sums of money as the
Governor shall certify to be required
to pay for the printing, binding and
delivering of such number OF copies,
not to exceed seventeen thousand five
hundred dollars.
SEC. 5. The contract for the printing,
press work and binding and delivery
OF the required number of copies of
the annotated code shall be let to the
lowest responsible bidder as follows:
| The commissioners shall invite bids,
each to be accompanied by bond in
the penalty of ten thousand dollars,
with sufficient security, conditioned to
faithfully perform the contract for the
printing, binding and delivery of the
code, according to contract and the
provisions of this act from at least
twelve first-class publishers, to be filed
with the Governor, and opened on a
day to be named in the invitation. On
| the day named the commissioners shall
open the several bids and award the
contract and cause the same to be exc
cuted forthwith in writing. The con-
tract shall stipulate for the printing
and binding of the annotated code in
style of workmanship, material and
finish not inferior to the Revised Code
of 1857, and for the delivery of the
required number of copies to the Sec
rotary of State On or before the first
day of October, 1892
SEC. g. The Annotated Code shall be
printed as follows: The statutes in
small plea type, and the headlines of
the sections and the numbers thereof
| to be in black faced or antique type,
| but the numbers of the old sections in
light faced type and in parenthesis;
| the annotations in BREWER solid; and
the index in such type as the commits
sioners may determine. Each page
shall contain eight and one-half by
| five and one-half inches of matter,
with suitable margin. The paper shall
be not less than seventy pounds to the
ream and of the best quality of pure
white.
SEC. 7. There shall be printed with
the annotated code, and at such place
as the commissioners may determine,
this act, the Declaration of lndepend-
ence, the Constitution of the United
States with the analytical index, and
the Constitution of this State with an
index, and the acts of Congress relat-
ing to naturalization, and the anthem
tication of the records in each State,
so as to have effect in other States and
with such preface or Introductory as
the commissioners may see proper.
SEC. 8. When the required number
of copies of the annotated code shall
have been delivered, the Secretary of
State shall distribute the same in the
following manner, to-wit Fifty copies
shall be deposited in the State Library;
one shall be transmitted to the eXecu-
tive of each State and Territory of the
United States; ten copies to the Lii
brary of Congress; five copies each to
the University of Mississippi, the Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical College and
the Industrial Institute and College,
two copies each to the Alcorn Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College,, and
State Normal School, and one copy