Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-11-21
PUBLICATION OF ELECTION RE-
TIIRNa

Ever since the law was passed
providing for the publication of the
general election returns in tabular
form ssin the official papers of each
county there has been more or less
confusion about the, amount the
printer shall receive for the same
1t is the purpose of this article to
clear up this matter in a measure
and cause, if possible, a clearer I'M
derstanding of the problem on the
part of the county authorities as well
as publishers generally. a7 -
~ Section 651 of the revised codes Of
1905 provides, latter the canvass of
the vote) that
the county auditor shall
make certified copy of each alb
stract and shall cause !
to be published in y, the official i
newspapers of the county in tabu-
lar form the vote by precincts for
each officer and proposition voted ]
for at said elections. such publica- /;
ton to be paid for at a rate not
exceeding thezrate paid for publish
ing county commissioners pro- /
ceedings. - ~
Section 2432 of the revised codes
provides that this rate shall be t.25
cents per square of twelve lines Of
solid BREWER type or its equivalent"
/ f The law contemplates straight
brewer. or s-point type, straight mat
ter. Some newspapers use BREWER
type, some use bourgeois or 9-point
type, some use long primer or 10
point type and some use nonpariel or
B-point type in setting up commits
sioners' proceedings and in the cleo
tiqn proceedings and IN the election
tables. Whatever size Of type is
used it must be reduced or extended
to .3solid BREWER" or S-point. To ar
rive at this the usual rule or scale
agreed upon between empoying
printers and the typographical union
must be followed. Nonpariel or g.
point type is rs per cent smaller than
BREWER or S-point type So if the
county commissioners proceedings
are set in nonpareil or 6-point type
the publisher has only to add -7S per
cent to his measurement to arrive at
the equivalent" of solid BREWER. u u.
OF solid BREWER or s-point, ordi-
nary newspaper column width, it re-
quires 1 1-S inches for Square as
contemplated by law--twelve lines
of solid BREWER. Thus if nom
pareil or 6-point type is used the
Publisher will first determine the
number Of squares in BREWER Ct 1-3
Inches to the running inch column
width} and add Is per cent to the
result. Rule and figure work meas
ures double. After the number of
squares in an election table has been
determined on solid BREWER straight
matter basis the publisher has only
to double it to arrive at the proper
result. . .sS
Thus, for example, take the cleo
fion table as it appears in BurIeigh
Z county. 1t is set in nonpareil or e.
point type, rule and figures. The
4 table is 6-columns wide and IL
inches long-84 inches, divided by /
1-3, space required for square in
solid brewer, equals In round num-
bers 63 squares. Add to this IS per
cent, the difference between nom
pareil and BREWER type and we have
approximately liz squares. Double
this on account of rule and figure
work and we have 294 squares, which
at rs cents per square, the amount
prescribed by law, allows the publish
er $50. #..
il BREWER or 8-point type is used,
q simply double the number of squares
of i 1-3 inches to arrive at the re-
\ suit. II type larger than solid bre-
vier is used the same rule Of measure
naent will apply. substracting instead
Of adding to arrive at the .equiYal-
snt. B Thus II long primer Or To-
point type is used, 81 per cent will
be taken from the amount instead 81
per cent added to III case Of nom
DarefI or 6-pofnt type. .s.
ri 5$55 HI sSs
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