Chap. 377.—An ACT to amend and consolidate into one act the laws
relating to the public printing and binding, and detining the duties
of the superintendent of public printing, and to repeal chapter 185
of the Acts of Assembly of 1879-80.

Approved May 23, 1887.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
there shall be elected every two years, in the manner now
prescribed by law, a superintendent of public printing, who
shall have the supervision and control of the public printing
and binding of the commonwealth, whose duties shall be as
herein prescribed or as may be hereafter prescribed by law.

2. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, he
shall, in addition to the oaths required to be taken by other
officers of the commonwealth, take an oath that he is a prac-
tical printer, and is skilled in and acquainted with the details
of the printing business; that he svill not in any manner di-
rectly or indirectly be interested in the contracts for the
printing, binding, ruling, advertising, lithographing and en-
graving let out by him, nor in any contract for paper or
stationery purchased for the use of the State, and that he
will not participate in the profits arising from the same. If
he in any manner, directly or indirectly, violate the provisions
of this section, by being interested in any such contract, he
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be prose-
cuted therefor; and, if convicted, shall be fined not less than
five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, and shall be
confined in jail not less than six nor more than twelve months.

3. He shall keep the following books: a letter book, in
which shall be kept his official correspondence; a record book,
in which he shall enter in brief, all accounts allowed by him
for paper, printing, binding, ruling, lithographing, engraving,
advertising, postage, drayage and expressage, and in which
he shall record all his official transactions; an order book, in
which he shall enter each order for printing, binding, ruling,
lithographing, and engraving received by him from any de-
partment or officer of the State, with a brief description of
the work, the date at which it was received, when and to
which contractor delivered, and the kind and quantity of
paper furnished therefor; a contract book, in which he shall
record all contracts and bonds; receipt books, in which he
shall enter all paper delivered to contractors, and take their
receipts therefor; and a schedule book, exhibiting in detail
the cost of all printing, binding, ruling, advertising, postage,
drayage, expressage, lithographing, and engraving executed
for each department or officer, and the quantity, cost per
ream, and value of all paper used; which books shall at all
times be open to the inspection of the governor, auditor of
public accounts, secretary of the commonwealth, or of any
member of the gencral assembly.

4. He shall, prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, let
out to the lowest responsible bidder, experience and facilities
possessed at the time of bidding considered, all the printing,
binding, ruling, ithographing, and engraving required by any
department of tho State, and authorized by law to be done,
or required in the execution of any law, and shall give notice
of the time and place of letting the said work by advertise-
ments published, every other day for two weeks, in two or
more newspapers published in the city of Richmond, and
shall furnish all bidders, on application, with printed sched-
ules on which to bid, specifying in detail the items required
in the execution of the said work; which bids shall be opened
at the time and place named in the advertisement, in the
presence of such bidders as see fit to attend. He may let out
the wotk to different persons and in such lots or portions as
he may deem proper. In every case he shall require the
party 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 composition, press-
work, folding, stitching, ruling, binding, and all other items
in detail; always providing in contracts for printing, that the
printing is to be executed in a close and compact form, with-
out unnecessary title pages or useless blank pages. And shall
require the person or persons making such contract to enter
into a bond with security, to be approved by the secretary of
the commonwealth, in a penalty of at least double the amount
contracted to be paid for the work, and conditioned for the
faithful performance and exccution of such contract. All
such contracts and bonds shall be recorded in the contract
book kept for that purpose, and the original bond shall be
filed in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth. Any
bidder feeling himself aggrieved by an award made by the
superintendent of public printing, may, during the session of
the general assembly, appeal to the joint committee on print-
ing, or in vacation to a board composed of the governor, au-
ditor of public accounts, and secretary of the commonwealth,
which shall hear and determine the matters involved in said
appeal, but notice of such appeal must be given the superin-
tendent of public printing within ten days trom the date of
the award appealed from.

5. He shall purchase from the lowest responsible bidder
after advertisement published every otber day for two weeks,
in two or more newspapers published in the city of Rich-
mond, the paper required for the printing and binding let out
by him, and may purchase the same at such times and in
such quantities as he may deem proper, and furnish the same
to the contractors for printing, binding, and ruling as it may
be needed. The accounts for the purchase of paper certified
by him to be correct, shall be presented to the secretary of
the commonwealth, who shall certify the same to the auditor
of public accounts, who shall grant a warrant therefor on the
treasury. All contracts in relation to said paper shall be
subject to and regulated by the provisions of the preceding
section in relation to the contracts for public printing, and
all appeals from decisions of the superintendent of public
printing, shall be heard and determined as are appeals in re-
lation to the public printing and binding. °

6. He shall supply the executive, the auditor of public ac-
counts, the second auditor, treasurer, secretary of the com-
monwealth, attorney-yeneral, register of the land office, and
the board of public works, with letter-heads, note-beads, en-
velopes, blanks, blank-books, and such other printing and
binding as may be required by them in their several depart-
ments, and the clerks of the Senate and House of Delegates
with blanks, and shall cause to be published in such news.
papers as may be ordered, proclamations and advertisements
for the executive, treasurer, either auditor, registor of the
land office, attorney-general, board of public works, and the
clerk of either house of the general assembly. No printing
or binding for the general or law librarics shall be paid out
of the funds appropriated for public printing, except such as
is specially provided for by law. All orders for prining, bind-
ing, ruling, lithographing, and engraving required by any
department or officer shall be sent to the superintendent of
publie printing, who shall enter the same in the order-book
required to be kept by section three of this act.

7. For all printing and binding, or either, done for or by
order of the Senate or House of Delegates, an account cer-
tified by the superintendent of public printing to be correct
and according to contract, shall, during the sessions of the
general assembly, be presented to the president of the Senate
or the speaker of the House as the case may be, who shall
certify the same to the auditor of public accounts, who shall
issue a warrant therefor on the treasury; and for all other
printing, binding, ruling, lithographing, advertising, engrav-
ing, wrapping, mailing, freight, postage, or expressage, or
either (or done for the Senate or House of Delegates when
the general assembly is not in session,) an account certified
by the superintendent of public printing to be correct and
according to contract, shall be presented to the secretary of
the commonwealth, who shall, if the account is found to be
correct, certify the same to the auditor of public accounts,
who shall issue a warrant therefor on the treasury.

8. The superintendent of public printing shall superintend
the exection of all printing done by order of the Senate or
House of Delegates or their respective clerks, and shall cause
to be printed in octavo form, five hundred copies each of the
journals of the Senate and House of Delegates, and a like num-
ber of each document ordered by cither house of the general
assembly, two hundred copies of which shall be distributed
from time to time as they are printed, to the members of the
general assembly and to the heads of departments, one to
each, and ten to the clerk of each house. The remaining
three hundred copies of the journals and documents, with an
index thereto, shall be bound in ordinary half binding and
distributed by the superintendent of public printing as fol-
lows: one copy to each member of the general assembly and
to each head of department, five copies to the clerk of each
house, and the remainder shall be delivered to the secretary
of the commonwealth, of which fifteen copies shall be kept
in the library, sixty shall be disposed of as the executive
may direct, and the remainder shall be a part of the library
fund.

9. He shall cause to be printed in octavo form, two hun-
dred and fifty copies of every bill, joint resolution, or other
matter ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate or
House of Delegates, and intended for temporary use, and in
all fugitive work, such as resolutions, joint resolutions, House
or Senate bills, making more than one page, there shall not
be allowed on the first page thereof, between the folio line
and the first line of the enacting clause, a space in excess of
three inches, which shall include the heading “a bill” or
“resolution” or “joint resolution,” the title to the same, the
name of the patron, the report of the committee, or com-
mittal thereto, unless the titlo thereto be in excess of three
lines, in which case the space in excess of three inches shall
be no more than is necessary to contain the additional lines
contained in the title; and in all book or pamphlet printing,
except bills, there shall not be allowed thicker leads or spaces
than five to pica.

10. He shall cause to be printed in octavo form, as soon as
approved by the governor, seven thousand copies of the acts
and joint resolutions of the gencral assembly, and shall dis-
tribute them as follows: five copies to each member of the
general assembly and to the clerk of cach house; one copy
to each head of department and judge in this State; one to
each clerk of the county, corporation, and hustings courts in
this State, and one to the clerk of the circuit court of each
county and corporation having a separate clerk for the cir-
cuit court, from time to time as they are printed. The re-
mainder he shall have bound in ordinary half-binding, with
the index and tables required by law to be prepared by the
clerk of the House of Delegates, to be printed with the acts
and joint resolutions of the gencral assembly, and as soon as
practicable after the end of each session, he shall deliver one
copy to each head of department and forward by mail or
express, or otherwise, ten copies to each member of the gene-
ral assembly, to every judge two copies, and one copy to cach
mayor, clerk of any court, attorney for the commonwealth,
sheriff, sergeant, treasurer, commissioner of the revenue, jus-
tice of the peace, supervisor, and superintendent of public
free schools; one copy to every judge and clerk of any court
held in this State under the laws of the United States, and
to each attorney and marshal in this State holding office
under the United States; five copies to the generel library
and five copies to the law library; one copy to the Uni-
versity and to each college in the State; one to the board
of directors of each lunatic asylum; one to the Deaf, Dumb
and Blind Institution; one to the Virginia Military Institute;
ten copies to the clerk of the Senate for the use of the
Senate, and fifteen copies to the clork of the House of Dele-
gates for the use of the House. The copies remaining on
hand after the distribution above provided for, he shall de-
liver to the secretary of the commonwealth to constitute a
part of the library fund.

11. As soon as the annual reports of the officers and insti-
tutions of the commonwealth are received by the officer to
whom they are required to be made, they shall be delivered
to the superintendent of public printing, who shall cause five
hundred copies thereof to be printed in octavo form, and
bound together, which he shall distribute as follows: one
copy to each member of the general assembly; five copies to
each institution and head of department; twelve copies to
the library; ten copies to the clerk of cach house tor the use
of their respective houses; sixty copies shall be disposed of
as the executive may direct, and the remainder shall consti-
tute a part of the library fund. The reports of the railroad
companies made to the railroad commissioner shall be bound
in a separate volume from the reports above provided for,
but the same number of copies shall be printed, and the
shall be distributed in the same manner. It shall be the
duty of the superintendent to have all the reports embraced
in this section, ready for distribution on the first Wednesday
in December, provided the same shall be placed in his hands
on or before the twentieth day of the preceding October.

12. He shall contract for printing and binding fifteen hun-
dred copies of the reports by the reporter of the supreme
court of appeals of the decisions of that court in the style of
print and binding to conform to the present reports of the
decisions of the supreme court of the hited States, and shall
secure the copyright of the said reports for the use of the
commonwealth, and shall deliver the volumes when com-
pleted, to the secretary of the commonwealth. In contract-
ing for the printing and binding of said reports, be shall con-
form to the provisions of section four of this act, in relation
to other printing and binding, except that it shall be ex-
pressly stipulated.in said contracts that no payment for com-
position or press-work shall be made until the whole has been
completed and accepted, and that a like condition be made in
regard to the binding.

13. If any officer or department report to the superinten-
dent any failure in the prompt and satisfactory execution of
the printing, binding, ruling, or lithographing required by
said officer or department, and in any case in which the
superintendent is satisfied that the contractor has failed to
comply with the stipulations of his contract, it shall bo the
duty of the superintendent to employ some other person to
do the work, and he shall bring an action upon the bond of
the defau!ting contractor for any loss which may be sustained
by the State in consequence of such default, as soon as the
same can be ascertained.

14. All persons presenting petitions to the general as-
sembly asking the passage of private bills, and all joint stock
companies making application for charters of incorporation,
shall, before the same are considered in either house, cause to
be printed at the expense of the person presenting such peti-
tion or bill, or of the company making such application, two
hundred and fifty copies of such petition or bill.

15. The superintendent of public printing shall make an
annual report to the general assembly, showing the cost of all
printing, binding, ruling, lithographing, engraving, advertis-
ing, postage, drayage, and expiessage, done for each depart-
ment of the government, and the cost of all paper or station-
ery used; also the cost of all paper and stationery purchased
during the fiscal year, and the cost of that remaining on hand
at the close of the said fiscal year, and of the aggregate
amount expended during the fiscal year on account of the
public printing.

16. The joint standing committee on printing of the two
houses of the general assembly, shall have authority to super-
vise and give directions in all that relates to the public print-
ing and binding, and all other subjects embraced in this act,
and it shall be the duty of the said committee to examine the
books of the office and investigate the transactions of the
superintendent of public printing, and make a report to the
general assembly at each regular session, and at such other
times as the committee deems proper.

17. The superintendent of public printing shall have the
authority to employ a messenger at a salary not exceeding
fifty dollars per month. The auditor of public accounts is
hereby authorized to issue his warrant monthly on the treas-
ury upon the certificate of the superintendent of public
printing for the payment of said messenger.

18. Chapter one hundred and eighty-five of the Acts of
Assembly of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine—eighty, and
all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed.

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