The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-01-03

No. 159-AN ACT RELATING TO STATE PRINTING
AND STATIONERY, DISTRIBUTION OF LAWS,
JOURNALS AND VERMONT REPORTS.
It's hereby enacted By the General assembly Of the State Of
! Vermont:
SECTION The secretary Of State State auditor and State
librarian shall commissioners on State printing with authority
to make all necessary contracts either with without bids
their Judgment for the best of the State printing
stationery and statoner supplies necessary be furnished by
the State excepting the contract for printing the Vermont
ports.
Sec Whenever the State printing decide
to make their contracts by bids for printing all of the fol-
lowing State matter to wit The laws, journals of the
and house of representatives all reports of State officers required
by law be made the general assembly, governor 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-
parments institutions senate and house of representatives
the commissioners shall be able to specify and estimate for they
shall do under the following regulations In the first week of
June A. d. 1885, and in the first week of June bennay there
after commissioners shall advertise in one weekly neWspaDer
each county where there printed separate sealed pro-
poas for State printing for years from the first day OF
August following under any all of the following divisions
FrJounas 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
Ff-The report of the State superintendent of education
SixhHouse and senate bills legislative directory addresses
essays reports OF legislative committees and court docke Pro
vided the governor may procure the printing
of his to the general assembly, to number not exceed
thousand COPIES of such person firm he deem
proper provided further that the price of such printing shall
not be greater than the contract price for other State printing OF
a similar character.
SeventhA other printing mentioned in this section The
commissioners State printing may have printed hundred
and fifty extra COPIES in sheets of any annual report printed in
year when there regular session of the legislature be
bound in the Vermont State Officers Reports for the subse-
quent year. Said commissioners may require from all bidders
and satisfactory bonds and may reject all bids
SEC g. They shall report bennay to the general assembly
giving detailed account of all made by them, with
whom for what purpose and paid each
SEC The reports of all State officers and boards of
mssoner required by law to be printed shall be furnished to
the printers under contract to do the work not later than the
twentieth day of August next preceding the biennial session OF
the general assembly, and all such reports shall be printed
peed and delivered later than the first day of October there
after The secretary of the 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 to the secretary of Sae said
ports and journals and copy of the laws of such session. cert
fed by the secretary Of State shall be delivered by him to the
printer.
report of any State officer board of commissioners fur
nshed with copy, provided in section of this act shall not
entitled compensation unless such reports completed
and delivered prior the first day of October OF the year in
which the contract is made.
SEC An officer failing comply with the provisions of
of this shall be entitled thereafter to compensa
ton for services such officer.
SEQ Z The fiscal year shall the first day of
July and end the the day of june but the accounts OF
the May and June of court shall be carried forward to the
succeeding fiscal year.
SEQ s. Officers or commissioners whose duty to make
report the general assembly shall recommend such
modification of the law relative matters in their respective
or under their charge their pub
good requires and shall prepare bills out such
nendaons and submit them the proper committees the
converting of the general assembly.
SEQ O. The commissioners State printing SHALL after
uaton with the State officers and boards of commissioners
be printed such number of their respective reports and
such and form their judgment the interest of the
State requires
Sec 10 The retiring governor and governoreect shall each
furnished with of the several reports Oneha OF
he reports shall be delivered the boards officers making
hem aud the balance shall be delivered the sergeant
0 be distributed provided by law.
SIC. H. One thousand copies of the legislative directory
obtaining appropriate NATTER shall be printed and bound III
10TH and hundred copies thereof shall be completed
practicable by the first the of the general
ssemby for which prepared The residue when printed
ball be deposited i'm the office of the secretary of State for the
Sc of the next general assembly.