Chap. 216.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “an act to amend
and combine chapter 19 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, as to section
277, of said chapter, by an act approved January 15, 1890, and by an act
approved January 16, 1892, and further amended by act approved May 15.
1903, and chapter 377 of the acts of assembly, extra session, 1887, entitled
‘an act to amend and consolidate into one act the laws relating to the pub-
lic printing and binding, and defining the duties of the superintendent of
public printing, and to repeal chapter 185 of the acts of assembly, 1879-1880,"
approved May 23, 1887, as amended, as to section ten of said act by act
approved March 5, 1888, and by act approved February 5, 1892, and as
amended as to section 11 of said act, by act approved February 24, 1890.
and by act approved February 9, 1894, and to consolidate and re-enact the
same into chapter 19 of the Code of Virginia, and to repeal all acts and
parts of acts in conflict therewith,” approved December 31, 1903, as amended
by an act entitled “an act to amend and re-enact section 273 of the Code
of Virginia, in relation to the duties of the superintendent of public print-
ing, approved March 15, 1904.

° Approved March 14, 1906.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That chapter
ineteen of the Code of Virginia, as amended, as to section two hundred
nd seventy-seven of said chapter, by an act approved January fifteenth,
eighteen hundred and ninety, and by act approved January sixteenth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and further amended by act approved
May thirteenth, nineteen hundred and three, that chapter three hundred
and seventy-seven of the acts of assembly, extra session, eighteen hun-
dred and ecighty-seven, entitled “an act to amend and consolidate into
one act the laws relating to the public printing and binding, and defining
the duties of the superintendent of public printing, and to repeal chapter
one hundred and eighty-five of the acts of assembly eighteen hundred and
seventy-nine and eighteen hundred and eighty, approved May twenty-
third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, as amended, as to section ten
of said act by act approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-
eight, by act approved February fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two,
and as amended as to section eleven of said act, by act approved Feb-
ruary twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and by act approved
February nine, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, as amended by act ap-
proved December thirty-one, nineteen hundred and three, and as further
amended by an act entitled “an act to amend and re-enact section two
hundred and seventy-three of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the
duties of the superintendent of public printing,” approved March fifteen,
nineteen hundred and four, be, and the same are hereby, amended, com-
bined, consolidated, and re-enacted into chapter nineteen of the Code of
Virginia so as to read as follows:

Chapter XIX.

$270. Superintendent to supervise publie printing and binding; his
responsibility for mechanical execution of State printing.

$271. His oath.

$272. What books he shall keep.

$273. How contracts for printing awarded; appeal from award.

$274. How contracts for paper awarded; appeal from award.

$275. To supply officer with stationery, and soforth, and publish pro-
clamations, advertisements, and soforth.

$276. Printing and binding done for senate and house.

$277. Printing of journals for senate and house.

$278. How bills, joint resolutions, and soforth, printed.

$279. Acts of assembly; printing and distribution.

$280. Printing of annual reports; their distribution.

$281. Reports of the court of appeals.

$282. If printing not done satisfactorily, superintendent to employ
another.

$283. Report of superintendent.

$284. Committee on printing.

$285. Assistant to superintendent.

$270. Superintendent to supervise public printing and binding: his
responsibility for mechanical execution of State printing.—The public
printing and binding for the Commonwealth shall be under the super-
vision and control of the superintendent of public printing, whose duties
shall be as herein prescribed, or as may be hereafter prescribed by law.
The superintendent of public printing shall be held responsible for the
proper mechanical execution of the State printing.

§271. His oath.—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 practical printer, and is skilled
‘in and acquainted with the details of the printing business; that he will
not in any manner, directly or indirectly, be interested in the contracts
for the printing, binding, ruling, advertising, lithographing, engraving,
and soforth, 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 indi-
rectly, violate the provisions of this section, by being interested in anv
such contract, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be
prosecuted 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 months nor more than twelve months.

$272. What books he shall keep.—He shall keep the following books:
A letter book, in which he shall keep 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, expressage, and soforth, 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, engraving, and soforth,
received by him from any department or officer of the State, with a brief
description of the work, the date on which it was received, when and to
what 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 con-
tractors, and take their receipt therefor; a schedule book, exhibiting in
detail the cost of all printing, binding, ruling, advertising, postage, dray-
age, expressage, lithographing, engraving, and soforth, 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
any member of the general assembly.

§273. How contracts for printing awarded; appeal from award.—He
shall, prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, let out to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder, experience and facilities possessed at the time of bid-
ding considered, all the printing, binding, ruling, lithographing, and
engraving required by any department of the 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 said work by advertisements pub-
lished every other day for two weeks in one newspaper of general circu-
lation published in the city of Richmond, and in not less than two other
newspapers of general circulation published in other cities of the Com-
monwealth, reserving in said advertisements the right to reject any or
all bids, and shall furnish all bidders, on application, with printed sched-
ules on which to bid, specifying in detail the items required in the execu-
tion of the said work; which bids shall be opened at the time and place
named in the advertisements in the presence of such bidders as see fit to
attend. He may let out the work to different persons, and in such lots or
portions as he may deem proper.

He shall also fix the time for the delivery of such work as to him may
seem reasonable. 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 print-
ing is to be executed in a close and compact form, without unnecessary
title pages, or useless blank pages; he shall provide in such contracts that,
in case the work so contracted for be not completed within the time
specified therein, he shall deduct and retain from such contract price
such per centum thereof for each day or week that such work is delayed,
as he may deem proper, and shall require the person or persons making
such contract to enter into a bond with security in a penalty of at least
double the amount contracted to be paid for the work, and conditioned for
the faithful performance and execution of such contracts; the security
shall be approved by the secretary of the Commonwealth, and the form
of bond by the attorney-general. All such contracts and bonds shall be
recorded in the contract book kept by the superintendent of public print-
ing for that purpose, and the original bond shall be filed in the office of
the secretary of the Commonwealth. Any bidder feeling himself ag-
erieved by an award made by the superintendent of public printing may,
during the session of the general assembly, appeal to the joint committee
on printing, or, in vacation, to a board composed of the governor, auditor
of public accounts, and secretary of the Commonwealth, which shall hear
and determine the matters in said appeal, but notice of such appeal must
be given the superintendent of public printing, in writing, within ten days
from the date of the award appealed from. Any person or persons, con-
tractor or contractors, who shall enter into a contract for work for the
State where a bond is required, shall furnish said bond with surety or
sureties, who are not either directly or indirectly interested in any con-
tract with the State.

$274. How contracts for paper awarded; appeal from award.—He
shall purchase from the lowest responsible bidder, quality and price con-
sidered, after like advertisement as that prescribed in section two hun-
dred and seventy-three, 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 con-
tractors for the 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 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 de-
cisions of the superintendent of public printing shall be heard and de-
termined as are appeals in relation to the public printing and binding.

$275. To supply officers with stationery, and soforth, and publish
proclamations, advertisements, and soforth.—He shall supply the execu-
tive, the auditor, of public accounts, the second auditor, treasurer, secre-
tary of the Commonwealth, attorney-general, register of the land office.
corporation commission, commissioner of agriculture, superintendent of
public printing, with such stationery, printing, lithographing, engraving.
ruling and binding as may be required by them in their several “depart-
ments for the proper conduct of the business of the State; he shall fur-
nish such printing as may be ordered by either house, and shall also cause
to be published in such papers as may be ordered, proclamations and ad-
vertisements for the officers and departments enumerated above. All
orders for printing, binding, ruling, lithographing, engraving, and ad-
vertising, required by any department or officer shall be made upon re-
quisition upon the superintendent of public printing, stating clearly and
distinctly the description of the work, the quantity wanted, and the time
delivery is desired, and the superintendent of public printing shall enter
the same in the order book required to be kept by section two hundred
and seventy-two of this act. The superintendent of public printing shall
furnish the various departments and officers with the necessary blank re-
quisitions upon which orders for printing are to be made.

$276. Payment of bills for printing, binding, and soforth.—For all
printing and binding done for or by order of the senate or house of
delegates, accounts certified by the superintendent of public printing to
be correct and according to contract, shall, during the session of the gen-
eral assembly, be presented to the president of the senate or the speaker
of the house of delegates, as the case may be. who shall, if the accounts
are found to be correct, certify them to the auditor of public accounts,
to he paid by him by warrant on the treasury; and if the general assem-
hly be not in session, then accounts so certified by the superintendent of
public printing to be correct and according to contract, shall be presented
to the auditor of public accounts, to be paid by him by warrant on the
treasury. For all printing, binding, ruling, lithographing, engraving.
advertising, wrapping, mailing, freight, postage. expressage, or station-
ery, or other material, or work done, expended for, or furnished to any
department of the government, accounts certified by the superintendent of
public printing to be correct and according to contract, shall be presented
to the officer for whose department such work is done, expenditure made.
or material furnished, who shall, if the accounts are found to be correct.
certify the same to the auditor of public accounts, to be paid by him by
warrant on the public treasury.

For all other printing, binding, ruling, lithographing, engraving. ad-
vertising, wrapping. mailing, freight, postage, expressage, or stationery
or other material, for the payment of which no provision is otherwise
made, accounts certified by the superintendent of public printing to be
correct and according to contract, shall be presented to the auditor of
public accounts, and if found to be correct, paid by him by warrant on
the treasury.

In determining amounts to be paid for composition under the pro-
visions of this act, nothing shall be allowed or paid for any unnecessary
blank page.
$277. Printing of journals for senate and house; their distribution.—
The superintendent of public printing shall superintend the execution
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 hun-
dred copies each of the journals of the senate and house of delegates, and
a like number of each document ordered by either 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 journals and documents, with an
index thereto, shall be bound in ordinary half-binding, and distributed
ly the superintendent of public printing, as follows: One copy to each
member of the general assembly and to each head of department; five
copies to the clerk of each house, fifteen copies to the library, sixty copies
shall be disposed of as the executive may direct, and the remainder shall
le delivered to the secretary of the Commonwealth to constitute a part
of the library fund.

$278. How bills, joint resolutions, and soforth, .printed.—He shall
cause to be printed in octavo form two hundred and fifty copies of every
ill. 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
Wills. making more than one page, there shall not be allowed on the first
page thereof between the folio line and the heading “a Dill,”’ or “resolu-
tion.” or “joint resolution,” a space in excess of one-half inch. And in
all book or pamphlet printing, except bills, there shall not be allowed
thicker leads than six-to-pica. In bills and resolutions the space between
the lines shall not be greater than small pica slugs; where the title to a
“hi” or “resolution” or “joint resolution” is more than one line, the
spacing between lines in said title shall not be greater than six-to-pica
leads.

$279. Acts of assembly; printing and distribution.—He shall cause to
he vrinted in octavo form, as soon as approved by the governor, five thou-
sand five hundred copies of the acts and joint resolutions of the general
assembly, and shall distribute them as follows: Two copies to each mem-
ber of the general assembly, and five copies to the clerk of cach house,
one copy to cach head of department, judge of this State, and the Com-
monwealth’s attorney; one to each clerk of the corporation courts in this
State. and one to the clerk of -44e circuit court of each county and corpo-
ration, and five copies to the corporation commission, from time to time,
as they are printed: the remainder he shall have bound in ordinary half
binding, with the index and tables required by law to be printed with the
acts and joint resolutions of the general assembly, and as soon as prac-
ticahle after the end of each session he shall deliver one copy to each
head of department, and forward by mail or express, or otherwise, five
copies to each member of the gencral assembly, to every judge two
copies, corporation commission five copies, and one copy to each mayor,
clerk of any court, attorney for the Commonwealth, sheriff, sergeant,
treasurer, commissioner of the revenue, justice of the peace, supervisor.
and division superintendent of 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 general library, five copies to the law
library, one copy to the university, and to each college in the State, one
to the board of directors of each State hospital; one to the school for the
deaf and blind, one to the Virginia military institute, ten copies to the
clerk of the senate for the use of the senate, fifteen copies to the clerk of
the house of delegates for the use of the house. The copies remaining
after the distribution above provided for he shall deliver to the secretary
of the Commonwealth to constitute a part of the library fund.

§280. Printing of annual reports; their distribution.—It shall be the
duty of the department chiefs and heads of institutions of the Common-
wealth to furnish their annual reports to the officer to whom thev are re-
quired to be made on or before the twentieth day of October of each
year, who shall forthwith deliver them to the superintendent of public
printing, whose duty it shall be to have them printed in accordance with
section two hundred and seventy-three of this chapter and ready for dis-
tribution on the first Wednesday in January following.

He shall have printed in octavo form five hundred copies of each re-
port, three hundred copies of which shall be bound in one volume, in
ordinary half-binding, and distributed as follows: One copy to each mem-
her of the general assembly, one copy to cach institution and head of
department, twelve copies to the library, ten copies to the clerk of the
senate for the use of the senate, and ten copies to the clerk of the house
of delegates for the use of the house, sixty-copies shall be disposed of as
the executive may direct, and the remainder shall be delivered to the
secretary of the Commonwealth, and constitute a part of the library fund ;
the remaining two hundred copies of said reports shall be bound sepa-
rately, in ordinary pamphlet binding with paper covers, and delivered to
the various departments making such reports. A like number of the
reports of the corporation commission, including the reports of railroad
companies made to them, and the report of the superintendent of public
instruction, shall be printed in the same maner, but bound in separate
volumes, in ordinary half-binding, three hundred copies of which shall
he distributed as the other reports, and the remaining two hundred de-
livered to the department making the report: provided, that the report
of the secretary of the Commonwealth shall be printed and bound in a
separate volume, in ordinary half-binding, or as the secretary may direct,
and delivered to said secretary. In the printing of the reports provided
for in this section, as in al] classes of the State work, the officer preparing
the report or other documents shall in all cases be responsible for the
matter contained therein.

The department chiefs and heads of institutions shall carefully edit all
copy for such reports or documents and eliminate all unnecessary matter
and matter that contains no information; and it shall be the duty of the
superintendent of public printing in making his contracts for the print-
ing of the reports referred to in this section, to provide that the con-
tractor shall print such additional copies of the said reports as may be
desired by the institutions or officers making the reports, at such price:
as may be agreed between the superintendent and contractor; the ac.
counts for the same, when approved by the superintendent, shall be paic
by the department or institution ordering said extra printing.

$281. Reports of the court of appeals; printing and binding.—Wher
notified by the reporter for the supreme court of appeals that he ha:
sufficient copy to issue a volume of the Virginia reports, the superin.
tendent of public printing shall advertise for bids for doing the work, a:
provided in section two hundred and seventy-three of this act, and wher
he contracts for the printing and binding of current and future volume:
of Virginia reports of the supreme court of appeals, he shall contract fo1
the printing of so many copies of said volume or volumes, as the secre.
tary of the Commonwealth shall designate, not exceeding two thousanc
of each volume, and shall contract for the binding of such number of such
volume or volumes as the secretary of the Commonwealth shall designate.
and for the delivery of the residue of such unbound copies of said 1eports
in sheets, boxed, and labeled, as the said secretary of the Commonwealth
may direct; and, from time to time, he shall contract for the binding of
such unbound volumes by the direction of the secretary of the Common-
wealth.

In contracting for the printing and binding of said reports he shall
conform to the provisions of section two hundred and seventy-three ot
this chapter in relation to other printing and binding, except that it shall
he expressly stipulated in said contract that no payment for composition,
press work, or binding shall be made until the whole has been completed
and accepted.

$282. If printing not done satisfactorily, superintendent to employ
another.—If any officer or department report to the superintendent any
failure in the prompt and satisfactory execution of the printing, binding,
muling, engraving, or lithographing, required by said officer or depart-
ment, 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 be 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 default-
ing contractor for any loss which may be sustained by the State in con-
sequence of such default as soon as the same can be ascertained.

§283. Report of the superintendent of public printing —The superin-
tendent of public printing shall make an annual report to the governor,
showing the cost of all printing, binding, ruling, lithographing, engrav-
ing, advertising, postage, drayage, and expressage done for each depart-
ment of the government, and the cost of all paper and stationery used ;
also the cost of all stationery and paper purchased during the fiscal year,
and the cost of that remaining on hand at the close of said fiscal year.
and of the aggregate amount expended during the fiscal year on account
of the public printing.

_ $284. Committee on printing.—The joint standing committee on print-
ing of the two houses of the general assembly shall have authority to su-
Pervise and give directions in all that relates to the public printing and
hinding, and all other subjects embraced in this act, and it shall he the

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duty of the said committee to examine the books of the office, and in-
vestigate 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.

$285. Assistant to superintendent—The superintendent of public
printing shall have the authority to employ an assistant at such salary a:
may be provided by law. The auditor of public accounts is hereby au-
thorized to issue his warrant monthly on the treasurer, upon the certifi-
cate of the superintendent of public printing, for the payment of said
assistant.

Nothing in this act shall be construed as impairing any existing con-
tracts.

2. Provided, however, that the provisions of this act shall not appl
to printing for the department of agriculture.

3. All other acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby
repealed.