The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

No 159.-AN ACT RELATING TO STATE PRINTING
AND STATIONERY, DISTRIBUTION OF LAWS
JOURNALS AND VERMONT REPORTS.
His hereby enacted by the General assembly Of the State Of
Vermont:
SECTION The secretary of State auditor and State
librarian shall be commissioners State printing with authority
make all necessary either with without bids
their judgment is for the best interest of the State for printing
stationery and saoner supplies necessary be furnished by
the State excepting the contract for printing the Vermont
ports.
SEQ o Whenever the commissioners State printing decide
to make their contracts by bids for printing all
lowing State matter w.t. The laws journals Of the senate
and house of representatives all reports Of State officers required
by law be made the general assembly, governor or auditor
of accounts all other printing including and house bills
legislative directory, addresses essays and such printed letter
and note heads bill heads notes checks ORDERS drafts receipts
printed printed and ruled blanks FORMS printed blank
books ruled otherwise for any all State officers Offices de-
partments institutions and house of representatives
shall do under the following regulations In week of
June A. D. 1885, and in the first week of June bennay there
AFTER the commissioners shall advertise in weekly newspaper
in each county where there printed for separate sealed pro
posas for State printing for two from the first day of
August following under all of the following divisions
trstJourna Of the senate and house of representatives
each in volume.
Second-The laws of the biennial and extra sessions
Third.-The Vermont State officers reports.
Fourth.-The registration report.
FfhThe report of the State superintendent Of education
SixthHouse and senate bills legislative directory addresses,
essays reports of legislative committees and dockets Pro
vded the may procure the printing
OF his message the general assembly to number not exceed
ing thousand copies Of such person firm he may deem
proper provided further that the price Of such printing shall
not be greater than the contract price for other State printing of
similar character.
seventhA other printing mentioned in this section The
commissioners State printing may have printed nine hundred
and fifty COPIES in Sheets of any annual report printed in
year when there is regular session of the legislature to be
bound in the Vermont State Officers Reports for the subse
quent year. Said commissioners may require from all bidders
and contractors satisfactory bonds and may reject any all bids
SEC g. They shall report biennay to the general assembly
piVin Of nv
whom for what purpose and heamount paid each contract
Sec The reports of all State officers and boards of
msoner required by law be printed shall be furnished
the printers under do the work later than the
twentieth day of August preceding the biennial session of
peted and delivered not later than the first day of October there
after The secretary of the senate and clerk of the house Of
representatives SHALL Immediately after the close of each session
of the general assembly, furnish certified copy of the journals
of their respective houses the secretary of Sate and said
and Journals and copy of the laws of such session. cer
fled by the secretary of State shall be delivered by him to the
printer.
SEC person under for printing binding the
report of any State officer board of commissioners if fur
nished with copy provided section of this shall
entitled to compensation unless such reports completed
and delivered prior to the first day of October of the year in
which the contract is made
Sec 9. An officer failing comply with the provisions of
section of this shall not be entitled thereafter compensa
ton for services such officer.
SEQ The fiscal year shall the first day of
July and end the heh day of June but the of
the May and June of court shall be carried forward the
succeeding fiscal year.
SEQ Officers commissioners whose duty is to make
report the governor general assembly shall recommend such
modification of the law relative to matters in their respective
departments under their charge in their Judgment the pub
lie good requires and shall prepare bills carry
mendens and submit them the proper committees upon the
converting of the general assembly.
SEC g. The commissioners State printing SHALL after
utaon with the State officers and boards Of commissioners
to be printed such number of their respective reports and
in such and form in their Judgment the interest of the
State requires.
SEC TO- The retiring and governoreect shall each
be furnished with copy of the several reports Onea
the reports shall be delivered the boards officers nakn
Them and the balance shall be delivered to the sergeant
to be distributed as provided by law.
SEQ H. One thousand copies of the legislative direct
containing appropriate matter shall be printed and bond
cloth and hundred copies thereof shall be complete
far practicable by tire first day of the session of the gene
assembly for which it prepared The residue when print
shall be deposited i'm the Office of the secretary of State for
use OF the next general assembly.