Chap. 176.—An ACT to amend an act approved February nineteen,
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in relation to the Public Print-
ing.

Approved March 27, 1876.

1. ‘Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the ninth section of an act passed February nineteenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in relation to the public
printing, and defining the duties of the superintendent of
public printing, be amended and re-enacted so as to Tgad as
follows: e

§9. He shall let out to the lowest responsible bidder (to
be determined in case of appeals, during the session of the
general assembly, by the joint committee on public printing,
and during vacation, by the governor, secretary of the com-
monwealth, and treasurer), all the printing, binding, litho-
graphing and engraving required oY, the state, or any of: its
officers; by the Senate or House of Delegates, or by their re-
spective clerks, and authorized by law to be done, or required
in the execution of any law, and he shall supervise the exe-
cution of the same. He may let out the printing and binding
10 different persons, and at such times and in such lots or
portions as he may deem proper. In every case he shall
require the parties undertaking to do the work, or any part
of it, to enter into a written contract, stating distinctly the
terms of the same, embracing the prices to be paid for com-
position, press-work, folding, stitching, binding, and all other
items in detail, and always providing in such contract for
printing, that the printing is all to be executed in a close
and compact form, without unnecessary title pages or useless
blank pages. A copy of every such contract he shall retain
in his own possession, and another copy thereof he shall file
with the secretary of the commonwealth. He shall also
take from the person or persons making such contract, bond
with segurity, to be approved by the secretary of the com-
monwealth, in the penalty of at least double the amount
contracted to be paid for the work, and conditioned for the
faithful performance and execution of such contract; which
bond shall also be filed with the secretary of the common-
‘wealth: provided, however, that the expense of re-binding
books belonging to the general and law libraries shall not be
chargeable to the fund appropriated for public printing,
binding, and so forth.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.