Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-03-09


Mr.. Boyle was granted permission
to address the board on the printing
for the county.
The committee on printing then
offered the following resolution:
Your committee would therefore
most respectfully recommend that
your honorable body, the county
board of Iowa county, Wis. rescind
the resolution passed at the adjourned
session, held January 1 to 5, 1899, re-
lating to the letting of the county
printing to the lowest bidder, offered
by Johh G.. Martin, and amended by
w. j. Pearce, and the following reso-
luton be adopted instead:
Section /. Resolved, That all print
ing of blanks, stationery, pamphlets,
etc, to be used and paid for by the
county. be let to the lowest bidder,
and those now in use be standard, and
that each printer shall have access to
the same in preparing his bid.
Section ,. The printing committee
shall furnish each printer entitled to
bid with a form of said bid within
twenty days after the passage of said
resolution, and no amendment or al
iteration shall be made to form of bid
by printer receiving the same. Said
form shall include "a schedule of all
pamphlets, blanks, stationery, etc,
used and paid for by the county,
weight and quality of material should
be stated.
Section 3. Bids shall be forwarded
to the office of the county clerk not
later than one o'clock, p. M, March
-, 1899, at which time the committee
shall meet in in the court house in the
city of Dodgevillc, open the same and
award contract The successful bid
der shall Immediately file Il bond of
800, upon performance of which said
contract shall be signed by the com
mttee, and said printer shall immedi-
atcly enter upon his duties.
Section 4. That the several county
officers be requested to ord II all
printing required by the several
officers through the county clerk,
and that the county clerk be instruct
ed TO order all printing that may be
required by the several officers. That
the county clerk be instructed to order
all printing not specified in the
schedule at II price corresponding
with that paid for the same kind of
work, and not to exceed sixty per
cent. Of regular rates.
Section ). Samples of work shall
be submitted to the county clerk and
bills must correspond with the sched-
tile before they are received by the
clerk. The committee shall reserve
the right to reject any or all bids.
Section 4. And if the contract be
let to printers outside the county of
Iowa, all printing required to be done
within the county according to law
shall be given to the lowest and best
bidder of u Democratic and Republic
can county paper and the chairman OF
the county board shall designate one
of the printing committee who shall
act with the county clerk in letting
the said printing to the county papers,
and also that they be authorized to
act as purchasing agents for the
county for all supplies of blank
books. etc, to be used by the several
officers. w. j. PEARCE,
j. G.. MARTIN,
w. j. ROBERTS,
Committee
MIR. IIutchison moved that the re-
port be received and the resolution
adopted.
Mr.. Reese objected to the resolution
rs some part of it conicted with the
law, aud gave the ruling of Supreme
court ON same.
Messrs. Martin and Taylor made
some remarks on the resolution.
Mr.. Reese moved that the resolution
be divided or to be voted for by sec
lions.
Motion prevailed.
Mr.. Martin then read the resolution
by sections.
Section was read and adopted.
Section was read and adopted.
Section 3 was read and adopted.
Section 1 was read and adopted.
Section > was read and adopted.
Section 6 was read and was not
adopted.
Motion of Mr.. Hutchinson that the
resolution be adopted as Il whole with
the exception of Section and the
resolution and report of the committee
be adopted,
Motion prevailed.
Mr.. ]. w. Horn offered the follow
ing resolution:
Resolved. That the county clerk or
treasurer are not to pay any bills for
telephone messages until the same
has been audited by the county board.
On motion the same was adopted.
Mr. Frost made some remarks in
regard to aid for Mrs. Schwingle of
their town. The same was to referred
to Superintendcnts of Poor.
Motion of MIR. Reese that all legal
notices be excluded from the schedule
of the printing committee.
The chairman declared the motion
carried.
\ division was called for, which re-
suited as follows: II voted for the
resolution and against.
Motion was declared carried.
The offer of the Howe Printing Com
pany to print and furnish 5000 copies
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