Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-25
EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS
(COntributed.)
SAVING MONEY TO THE STATE

By the laws enacted by the General
Assembly relative to the Public Print
ing, according to the News and OBJ
server, there will be saved to the
State during the next two years Chi
ennial period not less than ten thou
sand dollars, and probably a good deal
more as against what was spent for
| the two years ended December l, 1914,
of the Commissioner of Labor and
Printing. The purposes of the acts
referred to have been to clarity the
laws on the subject, and to give to the
Commissioner a restrictive power,
something which has been done
before, and to remove at the same
time the principle of unlimited print
ing privilege. This latter proposition
vas of course never intended to be
written into the law, but came about
when, at the ends of certain acts of
appropriation the clause land its
printing was added. Senator Muse
and Representative Mayo, chairmen
OF the Senate and House Committees
on printing, on the suggestion OF h
Department Of Labor and Printing,
went into the subject thoroughly, and
the bills quoted below were the result
of their Investigations.
AS the State has continued to ad-
vance and to expand, the cost of the
public printing has of necessity ad-
vanced also, and it would not, of
course, be expected that it could BE-
kept down to what it vas a few
years ago., but with the cooperation.
10th promised and existent, it will be
possible to keep it much lower than
would otherwise be the case. 1t will
be noticed that instead of the clause
."and it printing referred to above.
there has been in each case an exact
figure set, which, to a the least, lis
tens more business-like. To know
exactly to what extent to allow the
institutions supported or partly sup
ported by appropriations to go, all
not but be a desirable condition as
viewed by the authorities. on both
sides of the question,
The limits as now set are: Board Of
Health, $4,000 for two years; North
Carolina Agricultural Experiment
Station, $4,000 for two years; North
Carolina Historical Commission,
$4,000 for two years; North Carolina
Geological and Econmic Survey, $1,000
for two years; the Bureau of Vital
Statistics, $4,000 for two years.
The text of the laws is given below:
That whenever, in the judgment
OF the Commissioner of Labor aud
Printing any requisition received by
him from any state officer or depart
ment goes beyond the intent of the
laws allowing printing, he may de-
cline to allow the expenditure re-
quired to cover the cost of the print
ing or other similar matter required:
Provided, that the omcer OF depart
ment making such requisition shall
have the right of appeal from the de.
cision of the Commissioner of Labor
and Printing .tothe printing commits
sion, whose finding shall be final:
Provided, further, that a full finding
of such appeal shall be filed with the
Joint Committee on Printing of the
Gr~nrn1 ArHnPoh1xy NJ tho nrrnnnn1fn ~
session."
That section twenty-three of chap
ter one hundred and nine of the Pub
lie Laws of one thousand nine hun
dred and thirteen, relative to print
ing Of the Bureau of Vital Statistics.
tc amended by striking out all of said
section after the word health" IN
line five of said section.
That chapter six hundred and thir-
ty-four of the Public Laws of one
thousand nine bundled and nine, rel
atlve to publication of bulletins for the
agricultural experiment station be
and the same is repealed.
That section foul thousand eve
hundred of the Revisal Of one thou
sand nine hundred and five, relative
to reports of Insurance Commission
err to clerks of courts. be and the
same is amended by striking out in
the line six of said section the words
IAN abstract of each annual state
ment" and inserting in lieu thereof
the words ga copy of each volume OF
his annual report"
That section our thousand nine
hundred and eighty-five of the Revi-
sal of one thousand nine hundred and
five be and the same is hereby amend
ed by adding at the end of said Sec
ton the following:
'He (the State Auditory may have