Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-13
PRINTING ORDINANCE vETj.
Tho Dill, Says the Mayor, Is RidIcu.
lous, Absurd and Pcrplexlng.

Following is the full text Of Mayor
Baskin's veto OF the public printing
ordinancsi
herewith roturn disarprovod tho bin
for an ordinance requiring all city print
inR aud all stationery used 10y ih0Clty To-
be let by contract to the lowest ru-ppn.
Fih'e bidder, passed 10y tho Cuy Council
December ith, 1903, for tho following roh-
sonsi
The ordinance IL 40 vague, indefinite
and unintolligibIc la Us provisions that
st. enforcement will DO wholly imprao g.
cable. n % ever goes into eject great
confusion and injury will inevitably re-
suit
Il provides that all tho printing Of Tho
city Hhnli be lot by contract io the lowest
responsible bidder aud tho recorder IL
authorized aud required 90 advertise In.
Wiling bids for the public printing " the
city for tho year following tho opening OF
the bids. Al bids arc required tu DO
scaled up and delivered o. The recorder
on or about tho hroonth dav Of Dacrm.
Der Of each year, and shall u1
by him presented Co the city
council o. its next regular meeting ihoro-
after TO be opened by the prosiiont uftho
council and then and there 10 be- cuu-
vassod and passed upon. u further pro-
right 10 reject any and all hids.
Tho cost Of printing i4 regulated aud
fixed according 90 tho various kinds Of
type employed, The amount OF tho mat.
ter printed and tho kind and quality u
the paper used.
II the printing lie done In Newspaper
columns the space occupied and Tho
numbor Of Insertions are elements which
vary the cost; " In book form tho s.ys II
pages aud the number at line. on each
page the width oi the spaces. The Kind of
type ana the style OF binding nrn ftcta
which must be known before tho priro
can be accurately determined. MANY
other considorn ions too numerous H.
mention enter into the c1st " printing
which, with those before mentioned
can possibly BE- made
These Same facts must also DO knovn
70 the recorder before no could possibly |
draw an Intelligent notice inviting bids.
These facts nom tho very nature on tho
case under consideration cannot H. |
known until tho incoming council. which !
hlono can do so by IT. action, decides I'M |
each caso a. Il arises during tho coming |
year, ihe Kind and quality u tho print. |
iug which shall DO done and whOthor IA |
shall be In newspapers. books or tomo |
other form. Again tho bid. arc required |
TO DO delivered to tho recorder ON or |
about the tineonth day Of Deootnbor ~ |
each year 20 be acted upon 1T no noxt |
regular meeting Of tho Council thoroanor |
and ", ~ suited by tho mover OF tbe I'M. |
u IA not the intention during tho prc.on |
Council 20 invite bids or award contract, /
TO bidders how ridiculous would bo tbe |
notice Inviting bids and requesting tbrir |
return 10 the recorder on or about no
hheenth day " December. such a courso
would mako II impossible 10 do
any city printing before tho M |
teonth day " December, ispL And N
nouco were 10 DO given NJ tho earliest day
possible amor the ordinance takes ca-gf
which viii be Wednesday mo i9th oi
December, u would bo equally absurd
booauso under the ordinance Tho notlcs ia
required 10 be published ton DAYS and IN
published Tor tho first time ON tho llth Of
December Il would expire on tho pm
nlna days sitter the time fixed by the
ordinance for tho return Of tho blds a.
DO recorder, 10 that only ono davis no.
nee could In fact be- given.
Agaln, suppose that all bid. should bo
I'Jected. In that case no printing coniJ
ne uoho afterwards during tho vear L,,
cause II Is provided "That In case ali