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person who may be an inmate of the Nebraska state institute for the deaf and dumb or any other public charitable institution shall be unable to provide suitable clothing for himself or herself, and shall have no parent or legal guardian able and legally bound so to do, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners of the county where such person last resided before entering or applying for admission into such institution, to adjudge and declare such person a pauper, and thereupon the proper officers of such institution shall provide suitable clothing for such person, and send the bill thereof to the aforesaid county commissioners, who shall forthwith audit and allow the same and cause a warrant therefor to be drawn upon the general fund of such county in favor of said officers of such institution. [1875 § 1, 177.]

CHAPTER 68.-PRINTING.

SECTION 1. [State printing Proposals Advertisement.]—The aud itor, treasurer, and secretary of state, shall, during the first week in November, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and every second year thereafter, give notice in four different newspapers, published in different sections of the state, that sealed proposals indorsed, "proposals for state printing," will be received at the office of the secretary of state until the thirtieth day after the first publication of said notice, for the execution of the several branches of the state printing, in separate contracts, as hereinafter specified, for the term of two years from the fourth Tuesday in December, next thereafter. [1867 § 1, 64.]

SEC. 2. [Proposals how made. The proposals hereinbefore provided for, shall state, distinctly and specifically, the price per thousand ems for the composition of all bills, resolutions, and other matter that may be ordered to be printed in bill form; all pamphlets or reports ordered to be printed in pamphlet form; the journals of the senate and house of representatives; the general laws; the local laws; and volumes of legislative documents; the price per thousand ems for composition, and the price per quire for press work of all blanks and circulars for the executive offices; and the price per quire of the paper to be furnished by the bidder for each of the kinds of work provided for, at which the bidder is willing to take the contract bid for; and in such notice as is prescribed in this act, the secretary, auditor, and treasurer shall publish an abstract of this law, stating distinctly each item to be bid for, the character of the work, and the mode of allowing compensation for the same; and the said secretary, auditor and treasurer, or any two of them, shall within two days after the expiration of said notice, proceed to open all such proposals by them received, and they shall, on careful examination and strict computation, give the contract for each of the hereinafter named branches of the state printing, to the lowest responsible bidder therefor, who will comply with all the provisions of this act; Provided, That if two or more bidders shall propose for the same contract, and the proposals of one be lower on composition, and the proposals of another be lower on presswork or paper, then the secretary, auditor, and treasurer, or any two of them, taking to their assistance a disinterested practical printer, shall proceed to compute the same, by taking as a basis, the aggregate number of ems, the aggregate numbers of tokens of press work, and the aggregate number of quires of paper, of the same kind of printing for the last session of the legislature preceding, and they shall give the contract to the lowest bidder under the computation aforesaid; And provided, further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to prevent the same person from becoming contractor for two or more branches of the public printing, if he shall be the lowest bidder therefor; but the said secretary, auditor, and treasurer shall in no case whatever receive or take into consideration the bid of an irresponsible person; Provided, however, No person shal be deemed irresponsible, who shall tender to the executive officers aforesaid, along with his bid, satisfactory assurance, subscribed by his proposed surety, that he will execute the bonds required by the eleventh section of this act.

NOTE.-"An act to provide for state printing." Laws 1867, 64. Chap. 56, G. S. 515. Took effect June 18, 1867.

SEC. 3. Separate contracts.-The printing of all bills for the two houses of the legislature, together with such resolutions and other matters as may be ordered by the two houses, or either of them, to be printed in bill form, shall be let in one contract. The printing of the journals of the senate and house of representatives, and of such reports, communications and other documents as enter into and make a part of the journals, shall be let in another contract. The printing of all reports, communications, and other documents, that may be ordered to be printed in pamphlet form by the legislature, or either branch thereof, except such as enter into and make a part of the journals, together with the volume of public documents, shall be let in another separate contract. The printing of the general and local public laws, and such joint resolutions as may be directed by the legislature to be printed therewith, shall be let in another separate contract. And the printing of all blanks and circulars necessary for the use of the executive officers of state, shall be let in another separate contract.

SEC. 4. [Legislative bills.]—The bills shall be printed in folio foolscap form, in small pica type, each page to contain not less than twenty-five lines of solid matter of the usual length, and the lines shall be successively numbered, with a blank only in each space between the lines; and in counting the composition upon bills, the same shall be measured as solid matter, and every necessary fraction of a page shall be counted as a full page, but no entire blank page shall be counted or charged for.

SEC. 5. [Legislative journals.]-The journals of the senate and house of representatives shall be printed in super royal octavo form, on neat long primer type, and in as close and compact order as is consistent with good workmanship, without unnecessary blanks or broken pages, the pages to be of the same size as those of the journals of the territorial legislature.

SEC. 6. [Public documents.-The volumes of public documents and all reports, communications and other documents ordered to be printed in pamphlet form, shall be printed on the same kind of type, and the pages to be of the same size as specified for the journals in the preceding section, said documents to be printed in pamphlet form, shall be printed in close compact order, without title pages, unnecessary blanks, or open spaces; the volumes of public documents shall contain nothing that shall have been inserted in the laws or journals of the same year except the annual report of the auditor and treasurer; and the various reports, communications, and other documents proper to be inserted therein shall follow each other in as close compact order as is consistent with good workmanship, without the intervention of unnecessary blanks, or separate title, or half title pages; and the paging thereof shall be consecutive, and at the conclusion, there shall be an index, to be made out by the printer, referring to the particular page at which each separate document commences. In all cases where any document is printed in pamphlet form by order of the legislature, or either branch thereof, by the contractor for the printing of the volumes of public documents, which shall also be inserted in the volumes of public documents, and in all cases where any document is printed in pamphlet form by the contractor for the printing of the journals, which shall also be printed in the journals, but one charge shall be made or allowed for the compensation thereof.

SEC. 7. Laws.]-The laws shall be printed in royal octavo form, on good small pica type, the pages to be of the same size and form as those in the laws of the session of the tenth session of the territorial legislature of Nebraska, with similar marginal notes, and index to the general laws.

SEC. 8. [Composition - Measurement.]—In the composition of all pamphlets, laws, journals, and volumes of public documents, every necessary

SEC. 7. Under a contract to furnish “ 'paper super royal, forty pounds to the ream, sheets folded octavo, (four times,) and sheets stitched," where the paper furnished was of the kind known as roval, in sheets 19 by 24 inches, and weighing 20 pounds to the ream, held, that the contract required paper 24 by 38 inches in size, weighing 40 pounds to the ream and should contain sixteen leaves and thirty-two pages of printed matter to he sheet printed on both sides, and that each sheet for folding and stitching should contain sixteen pages. 3 Neb. 310.

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fraction of a page, shall be counted as å full page, but no entire blank page shall be counted or charged for; and if, in any branch of the printing, tabular statements occur, which it shall be impracticable to print on the ordinary size pages, the same shall be printed on tabular sheets of the necessary size, and the amount of composition on the same, shall be ascertained by measuring the printed surface, and thereby ascertaining the number of ems; and for all rule and figure work, double price for composition shall be allowed, the same to be ascertained by strict measurement and count. But one charge shall be made for the composition of all documents ordered to be printed by both branches of the legislature, and no charge or allowances shall be made for composition when extra and additional copies shall be ordered printed.

SEC. 9. [Presswork-Token.]-In counting and charging the presswork, whether on bills, journals, laws, pamphlets, or volumes of public documents the token shall consist of one hundred and twenty-five sheets, printed on both sides, or two hundred and fifty sheets printed on one side only.

SEC. 10. [Delivery by contractor.]-Each contractor for any branch of the state printing, shall deliver over to the secretary of state, or on his order, in the sheet, all copies ordered to be printed, in good order.

SEC. 11. [Contractor's bond.-It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to give immediate notice to the successful bidder, that his proposals have been accepted and each successful bidder shall enter into bonds payable to the state of Nebraska, in the sum of not less than two thousand nor more than five thousand dollars, for each and every branch of the public printing so awarded to him, with at least two good and sufficient sureties, conditioned for the faithful performance, pursuant to this act, of that branch or branches of the printing to which he has been adjudged the successful bidder; and if he shall fail so to give bond within the time allowed, then the contract shall be given to the next lowest bidder, who will give bond as aforesaid.

SEC. 12. Folding Stitching Contracts.]-The folding of all bills, resolutions, pamphlets, or documents, ordered to be printed, together with the stitching of the same, and the paper covering of all documents ordered by the legislature, or either branch thereof, to be covered, shall be let in one contract; and the folding, stitching, and binding of the laws, journals, and volumes of public documents, shall be let in another contract.

SEC. 13. [Same-How let.]-The secretary, auditor, and treasurer, at the same time, and in the same manner as prescribed in the first section of this act, shall give notice that sealed proposals will be received for the folding and stitching of all bills, resolutions, pamphlets or documents ordered printed, and the paper covering of all documents ordered to be covered; and for the folding, stitching, and binding of the laws, journals, and volumes of public documents, which proposals shall specify the rate per hundred sheets for folding, the rate per hundred copies for folding, the rate per hundred copies for stitching all bills, resolutions, pamphlets, or documents, the rate per hundred copies for paper covering all documents ordered to be covered, and the rate per hundred copies for binding the laws, journals, and volumes of public documents at which the contractor is willing to do the same; and each successful bidder, to whom the contracts or either of them may be awarded, shall enter into bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, in the same manner as is prescribed in the eleventh section of this act, for the faithful performance of the same.

SEC. 14. [Style of binding.]-The binding of the laws, journals, and other volumes of public documents shall be in the same style and of the same material as the volumes of laws of the territorial legislature of the tenth session.

SEC. 15. [Specimens preserved.]-The secretary of state shall keep in his office, for inspection, a specimen of each kind, style, and quality of the work required to be done and material to be used in the several cases; and the work done or material used, shall in all cases be equal in quality to the specimens so kept by the secretary of state.

SEC. 16. [Half sheets.]-In counting the folding and stitching of all bills, resolutions, pamphlets, or documents, no half sheet shall be counted, charged for, or allowance made.

SEC. 17. [Collating-Drying-Pressing.]-Folding, stitching, and binding shall include the collating, drying, and pressing, and no charge or allowance shall be made for collating, drying, and pressing.

SEC. 18. [Contractor's accounts.]-Each contractor for any branch of the public printing, shall file and preserve one copy of each document or other matter, by him printed for the state, which file he shall deposit, together with his accounts for printing, with the secretary of state, on or before the fourth Tuesday of December annually, in which account shall be specifically stated the various jobs performed; the number of ems composition in each; the extra charge, if any, for rule and figure work in each; the number of tokens of press-work in each; designating whether ordered by the senate, the house, or jointly by both, or by other officers or agents of the state, together with the kind and quantity of paper used for each job

SEC. 19. [Binder's accounts.]-Each contractor for the folding, stitching, covering, and binding, shall file and preserve one copy of every document, or other matter, by him folded, stitched, or bound, which file he shall deposit together with his accounts for the same, with the secretary of state, on or before the fourth Tuesday of December, annually, which account shall specifically state each item, as provided for by the thirteenth section of this act, and the number of copies of each bill, resolution, pamphlet or document folded, stitched, or covered, and the number of copies of laws, journals, and documents bound.

SEC. 20. [Accounts-Examination.]-On the filing of any account and vouchers, under the two last preceding sections, the secretary of state, auditor, and treasurer, shall carefully examine such accounts, together with the vouchers therefor, and the orders for the same, and if any errors be found in such account by such examining officers, they shall immediately correct the same; and if they shall find any unnecessary blanks or increased number of pages, caused by stretching out of matter, or other devices of the printer, they shall deduct from the account of the contractor, double the amount of composition and press work charged for such unnecessary blanks or increased number of pages; and if any error shall be committed in any branch of the printing aforesaid, by which the sense or meaning may be altered, such examining officers shall deduct from the account of the contractor, by whom the error was committed, the amount of composition to which he would have been entitled for the composition and press work of the whole sheet in which such error shall be found; but the secretary, auditor, and treasurer, shall in no case allow constructive charges, or any other than is specifically named in this act.

SEC. 21. [Accounts Payments.]-After any account, as aforesaid, shall have been examined by the proper officers, and all errors and overcharges corrected, and proper deductions made therefor, pursuant to the foregoing section, said account shall be certified to be correct by said examining officers, or any two of them; and when any account shall be so audited and certified, the auditor shall draw a bill upon the treasury for the amount thereof, payable out of any money appropriated for that purpose.

SEC. 22. [Neglect of contractor.]-The contractor for the printing of bills, resolutions, or other matter to be printed in bill form, shall promptly, and without delay, execute all orders of the legislature, or either branch thereof, for the printing of all bills and resolutions, and for each failure to complete said printing within twenty-four hours after receiving the order for the same, the contractor shall forfeit and pay a penalty of ten dollars to be deducted from his account at settlement; and all contractors under the provisions of this act, shall promptly, and without unnecessary delay, execute all orders issued to them by the legislature, or either branch thereof, or the executive officers of the state; and the laws, journals, and volumes of public documents shall be printed and delivered to the

contractor for the folding, stitching, and binding, on the order of the secretary of state, within sixty days after the adjournment of the legislature, and said contractor shall, within thirty days after the receipt thereof, execute the folding, stitching and binding, and deliver to the secretary of state, the volumes so bound, under the penalty of a forfeiture of their bonds; Provided, however, That the said secretary of state, auditor, and treasurer, may, on good cause shown by either of the contractors, extend the time, not exceeding ten days for the execution of their several contracts.

SEC. 23. [Laws and journals-Copy.]-The secretary of state shall furnish a true and accurate copy of the laws and journals, as they may be demanded by the printer thereof, and the clerks of the respective branches of the legislature shall each furnish to the printer who is bound by his contract to print the same, copies of the journals, bills, reports, and other papers and documents, without unnecessary delay, and no contractor shall be accountable for any delay, occasioned by the want of such copy.

SEC. 24. [Laws-Arrangement.]-It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to classify and arrange for publication, the laws, joint resolutions and memorials, passed at each session, and to make out a full index and marginal notes to the laws as fast as shall be necessary. The signatures of the speaker of the house, president of the senate and governor, shall not be printed at the end of each law and chapter, but only at the end of the volume. The date of approval by the governor shall be affixed to each law, and there shall be prefixed to each volume of laws published the name and residence of the several state officers, the senators and members of the house of representatives, and the presiding officers and clerks of both branches of the legislature at the time of passing such laws.

SEC. 25. [Failure of contractor-New proposals.]-In case any contractor, under the provisions of this act, shall fail to comply with the stipulations of his contract, it shall be the duty of the secretary of state, auditor, and treasurer to immediately advertise for proposals, for the unperformed work provided for in the said contract, in accordance with the provisions of this act, so far as they may be applicable.

CHAPTER 69.-PUBLIC LANDS.

SECTION 1. [Records.]—That it shall be and is hereby made the duty of the governor, immediately after the passage of this act, to cause true copies of all communications from the secretary of the interior department or the United States, now on file in any department of this state, in or by which any lands or selections thereof have been confirmed or certified to this state under or by virtue of any grant or act of congress, to be prepared and certified under the state seal, and recorded in each of the counties of this state in which any of the lands in such copy described are situated. [1872, 7. G. S. 868.]

SEC. 2. [Same-Future communications.]-That whenever any communication shall hereafter be received by the governor, or at any of the departments of the state government from the secretary of the interior, when or whereby any lands or selection thereof shall be confirmed or certified to this state, under or by virtue of any grant or act of congress, it shall be the duty of the governor to cause a copy thereof to be prepared, certified and recorded in the manner specified in the first section of this act.

SEC. 3. [Record Fees.]-That it shall be the duty of the several county clerks to whom any such copy shall be presented, to record the same in the book or books in which land patents are or may be recorded, and in the order in which such copy may be received; and such clerks shall be entitled to the same fees for recording such copies as are allowed by law for recording deeds, which fees shall be paid them out of the general fund, upon the warrant of the auditor therefor.

NOTE. "An act to provide for recording the state's title to certain lands." Laws 1872,7 G. S. 868. Took effect Jan. 19, 1872. Provisions of the several acts relating to land grants, entry and selection of public lands swamp lands, etc., collated in chap, 59, G. S. 858, omitted from this volume. See chap. 80 and article VII chap. 83.

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