Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-28
NEW LAWS OUT.
They Have Been Printed and Are Being Distributed by
the Secretary OF State.

the Secretary Of State.
The Laws of Delaware 94th General Assembly
passed during the session are now printed and
copy received by Every Evening today from Sec
rotary Of State Thomas W. Miller. The volume is well
bound II is the work of the Laurel Leader. The
printing is excellent feature Is the dispatch with
which the books have been printed being the earliest
printed since 1877. when Judge lgnatus c. Gruhb had
the laws printed in time for the May term Of court but
then legislative sessions did not make much work
for the printer
The arrangement OF the book and general appearance
reflect credit the Secretary OF State and the printer
on August a, 1913. the following editorial appeared
in that same paper:
LAWS PROMPTLY ISSUED.
The court the lawyers and generally all persons in
terested in the matter will join in congratulatng Sec
rotary of State Miller and the managers OF the Della
ware Leader printing plant at Laurel for the prompt
with which the pamphlet laws have been printed
and issued this Secretary Miller distributed the
first printed copies in this city Saturday
All things considered this accomplishment rivals the
work of exJudee Grubb who Secretary Of State in
1877 had the pamphlet laws that years legislative
session issued In time for distribution the opening of
the May term Of court in New Castle county a period
of about six weeks the Legislature having adjourned
March 3d. But the system Of awarding the printing
contracts is different in these days the State Board OF
Supplies having charge of the matter and time be-
ing employed in preparing the documents TO be printed
and inviting for proposals for all the legislative print
ing at the time.
The volume OF 1913 laws printed by the Laurel
Leader printing house comprises 97S pages OF which
sc devoted to the index and the others to the
laws. Joint resolutions and proclamations. The
rangement is convenient and the printing admirable
And then July g. 1915, it slipped the moose over
its head in the following manner:
RECORD STILL UNBROKEN.
Just when the pamphlet laws OF a session Of the Del
aware Legislature will appear after the adjournment
of the session. matter of conjecture results in
the past have shown wide variation. Secretary Of
State Hall completed the work of printing the laws Of
this years session last week. and this ie hailed
earliest delivery known be learned "
The session adjourned March 16 and Mr.. Hall re-
ceived the first consignment OF the printed volumes on
Friday last. July %. week more than four months;
but two years ago the Legislature adjourned on April
and the printed volumes delivered on July %.
less than four months There have been instances
when the delivery not made for eight or nine
months.
But the creditable accomplishments OF secre-
taries Miller and Hall not record breakers The
unrvaled record made nearly forty years ago. by
Secretary of State c. Grubb-now ex-Judge Grubb-
with the session laws of 1877 The Legislature adj
ourned March 3d. and the pamphlet laws were ready
for distribution at the ensuing May term OF for
New Castle county period of about six weeks And
that in the days Of typeseting by hand and gem
era printing facilities far less effective than those
today The work was done and done well, by a Will
mington printing house
And we shall leave IT, dangling from its moose
and blowing hot and cold il twists and squrms in
a effort to swallow its words of 1918 and to COM
pare the laws 1877 with those Of 1913 and 1915 The
axiom holds good