The Republican journal., 1915-04-08

issue and payment Of State bonds, tenn
porary loan and special funds In the
State treasury department.
Section 3. There shall also be credited
to said account on January first of each
year or as soon thereafter as the amount
can be correctly ascertained the amount
State Of the preceding year exceeds the
current expenses Of said year
Section 4. The fund established by this
act and accounted for in the account
to time by direct legislative appropri-
ations.
Section 5. Warrants may be drawn
upon, charged to, and paid out OF this
fund. to pay outstanding bills or &C
counts that were properly chargeable to
the several appropria tons previous to
the first day of January Of each year;
to pay outstanding bills necessarily CON
institutions for which the legislature
failed to make sufficient provision, and
for such ether expenses as 1t may be
necessary. to incur under the require.
government, which the governor. with
the advice and consent Of the council,
shall authorize: provided, however, that
no payment shall he made from this
some emergency shall arise requiring an
expenditure of money not provided for
by the legislature.
Section 6. Warrants drawn upon this
fund shall be supported by proper vouch-
ers, tented, approved and AUDITED In
conformity to law
Section 7. No transfer or payments
other than those provided by this act
shall be made from any fund hereby
created except by special authority ul, w. OF
Chapter 31s.
An Act to consolidate and revise the laws
relating to State rinting and pindlns.
Section 1: The number OF copies 81 oa
the following named reports to pc
printed hereafter at the expense of the
State shall be determined by the gov
ernor and council but shall not exceed
Abe following numbers: The report OF
the commissioner of agriculture, SIX
thousand copies annually; the report OF
the bank commissioner two thousand
copies annually; the report of the com
missioner of the department OF lapof
and industry. four thousand copies bi.
ennially; the report of the trustees or
juvenile institutions, fifteen hundred
copies annually; the report of the war,
den and inspectors of State prison ana
iails, fifteen hundred copies annually
the report of the University OF Maine
fifteen hundred copies annually; the re-
port of the Maine agricultural expert
ment station. one thousand copies ahnu,
ally; the report of the registrar OF Vital
statistics, two thousand copies annu-
ally: the report of the insurance com
missioner, two thousand fFe hundred
copies annually; the report OF the pun,
lie utilities commission, two thousand
copies annually; the report OF the state
superintendent of public schools, TOUR
thousand copies on each legislative year.
and three thousand five hundred copies
on the alternate year: the report OF the
treasurer of the State, three thousand
copies on each legislative year, and
twenty-five hundred copies on the after.
nate year; the report of the trustees ana
officers OF the State hospitals, two thou
sand copies on each legislative year,
and one thousand five hundred copies on
the alternate year: the report OF the
board OF State assessors, four thousand
copies on each legislative year, ana
three thousand copies on the alternate
year the report of the attorney general,
one thousand copies biennially; the re-
port of the land agent and forest com
missioner, three thousand copies blen-
nially; the report of the commissioners
of inland fisheries and game. three thou
sand copies annually; the report of the
commissioner of sea and shore fisheries.
two thousand comics biennially; the re-
port of the State board of health, forty
five hundred copies biennially; the re-
port of the adjutant general. twelve
the librarian Of the Maine State library,
one thousand copies biennially; the re-
port of the Bath military and naval or
phan asylum, one thousand copies blen-
nially: OF the above named reports
seventy-five copies may be retained by
the binder for public documents, and at
least six hundred and seventy-five
copies shall be delivered to the State
Librarian by the binder, for exchange,
library use and general distribution, AMI
the balance of the number of each re-
port shall be delivered to the head of
the department or institution where it
originated and was prepared for pub
LEGATION.
Section .. The reports, catalogs and
combinations of all State departments,
commissions and institutions. other
than as enumerated in the preceding
section, may be printed and bound. but
the number and the styles in which the
same shall be so printed and bound, at
the expense of the State, shall be deter
mined from time to time by the gov
ernor and council, who shall also fix the
nur1her of the same which shall be de-
livered from the bindery or printing Of
flee to the librarian of the State Ii
brary.
Section g. Each department, insti
tuition, commission and board of trus-
tees may have printed at the expense
of the State, bulletins and circular let
tiers of inquiry and information, blank
books, blanks, stationery and once sup
plies. required for the conduct of the
business of the department at such times
and in such numbers as the oftcer IN
charge thereof may consider necessary,
such requisition for printing to be sub
iect to the approval OF the governor and
council
Except as provided in this and the
preceding section. no reports, catalogs
of compilations shall be printed
stitched or bound by any department
commission or institution Of the State,
at the expense of the State, unless by
virtue Of special legislative provision
therefor.
Section L. The governor and council
may contract, in behalf of the State, on
the basis of competitive BIDS, Tor the
printing of the reports, catalogs, COM
pilations, bulletins and circulars, au-
thorized to be printed under the three
miscellaneous printing, now or hereafter
authorized by law, for each department
Of the State government, including the
legislative printing They may, in their
discretion, call for bids and contract
separately for distinct portions of the
State printing or State binding, but may
reject any and all bids which they do
not deem for the interest of the State
to accept, and may take such security
as they deem necessary for the faithful
performance of any contract made un-
der the authority Of the three preced-
ing sections. No such contract shall
be for a longer time than two years.
Section 5. The governor and council.
may in their discretion contract from
tive bids, for the making or delivery OF
the paper stock, engravings, electro
types, dies, Autographs or other plates
required in the execution Of the State
printing. No such contract shall be for
a longer time than two years.
Section 6. The governor and council
may contract, in behalf OF the State,
the folding. stitching, ruling and bind
ing for every department of the State
government, for which the State is held
to pay. They may, in their discretion,