CHAPTER LXXXV. PUBLIC PRINTING. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC PRINTING AND PUBLISHING posals for Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: 2213. SECTION I. That the secretary of state shall, Advertisement fifty days immediately preceeding each regular session of of sealed prothe general assembly, advertise for four weeks successively, printing. in two newspapers, published in different sections of the state, one of which shall be at the seat of government, for sealed proposals for doing all printing required and authorized by the general assembly for its use, or for the state, in all the several departments thereof, for the two succeeding years. 2214. SEC. 2. Said advertisement shall divide the printing required to be done under this act, into three printing in classes: The first-To comprise all printing incident to the business of the two houses while in session. The second class-To comprise such documents as may ɔe ordered printed by the two houses, and all laws passed by the general assembly; and The third class-The printing for the several state departnents of all kinds and description whatsoever. Classification of advertisement. 2215. SEC. 3. The advertisement shall require speciSpecifications in ications in said bids as follows: for all classes except advertisement, ›lanks, the price of composition per thousand (1000) ems; he price per token of press work; the price per quire of Il paper used, specifying the size, weight and quality hereof; and the price of folding, stitching and binding he same in cheap cloth or pasteboard covers, and for the aws ordered printed by the first session, in law sheep; nd for blanks, the price per quire, the contractor furnishng the paper and material for the same, and such other pecifications as the secretary may deem best. Specimens of quality and 2216. SEC. 4. The secretary of state shall keep in his ffice for inspection, a specimen of each kind, style and kind, style, uality of the work required to be done, and material to material. e used in the several cases. Delivery of bids. Guaranty for execution of bond. Opening of bids; letting of contracts; bond to be given; amount and conditions. Awarding of 2217. SEC. 5. The bids shall be delivered at the office of the secretary of state, indorsed "proposals for state printing," and shall be and remain sealed up until the hour specified in the advertisement for such letting, for opening the same; and no bid shall be received by said secretary after said hour. 2218. SEC. 6. The secretary of state shall consider no bid which is not accompanied by a sufficient guaranty that the person making the same, will, if successful, execute the the necessary bond for the fulfillment of his contract. 2219. SEC. 7. At the hour specified for opening said bids, the secretary of state, in presence of the state treasurer, attorney general, and in the absence of either, in presence of the governor, and of such bidders as may choose to attend, shall open the same, and proceed to determine who is the lowest responsible bidder for each class thereof; and after due examination and the determination of the same, said secretary shall immediately notify said lowest bidder of his appointment to execute the work; who, thereupon, within ten days after receiving said notice, shall execute a bond to the people of the state in the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties assigned him, which bond shall be approved by the governor, and deposited in the office of the secretary of state; and in case said lowest bidder shall fail to fulfill his contract and execute said bond, he and his guarantees shall be liable for all the additional costs which may accrue to the state by reason thereof; and the secretary of state shall, in case of such default, immediately award the contract to the bidder next lowest, who shall execute a bond in the sum aforesaid, within ten days after he is notified of said award. Provided, that the secretary of state may, if he shall deem it for the interest of the state, reject any or all bids. Printing, pub. Provided, further, that nothing in this act shall authorize of state laws for any person, association of persons, company or corporation. by virtue of the contract for printing the statutes or laws of this state, to either, directly or indirectly, print, publish or sell for his or their own use or benefit any of such laws, but the right to print, publish and sell such laws shall always remain in the state, and in case any of such laws shall be lowest bidder. lishing or selling personal use or benefit forbid den; penalty for violation. printed, published or sold by any person, company or corporation, except by authority of the state, such books may be seized by the state as its property, and the person printing, publishing or selling the same, shall forfeit to the state the sum of one hundred (100) dollars for each and every book, volume or pamphlet of laws so printed, published or sold, to be recovered by an action in the nature of an action of debt in the name of the state, in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the provisions of this act shall apply to the laws of the present session as well as to the laws of subsequent ones; and the secretary of state is Copyrighting hereby authorized and instructed to take the necessary steps to secure the copyright to the state of printing and publishing its laws. of laws. to be done at seat of govern. ment. Preparation and copy to printer, of laws of each session. 2220. SEC. 8. The person to whom said award shall Certatn printing have been made, and who shall have given the required bond, shall execute the said printing comprised in the first class in section two (2) of this act, at the seat of government. 2221. SEC. 9. SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to furnish the person or persons authorized to do the furnishing of state printing, as soon as practicable after the adjournment of each session of the general assembly, with a copy of all the laws, except strictly private acts, passed at such session, properly arranged for publication, with a full index and marginal notes to the laws, as fast as such printer shall require the same, and shall see that the printing and binding of the laws are well executed. The signature of the president of the senate, speaker of the house, and governor, shall not be printed at the end of each law, but only at the end of the volume; and the date of the approval by the governor shall be affixed to each law; and the number of copies to be published shall be as follows, viz: Twenty-five hundred Number of copies in the English language, three hundred copies in copies to be the Spanish language, and three hundred copies in the German language. published. Uniformity of 2222. SEC. 10. The laws, messages of the governor, and all reports required to be printed, shall be of uniform size of laws, size so as to admit of being bound together in a compact reports. Form. 2223. SEC. II. The laws of each session shall be bound messages and Binding. Manner of dis published. in cheap cloth or pasteboard binding, in suitable form for preservation; and the name of each volume, and the year of its publication, shall be stamped on the back of the same in ink. 2224. SEC. 12. The secretary of state shall dispose of position of laws the laws passed at each session of the general assembly, published in the English language, immediately after the publication of the same, as follows: Receipts to be for laws received by them. First-He shall deposit five copies thereof in the state library, to be preserved therein, and retain one copy for the use of his office. Second-He shall distribute to the state and district officers one copy each, and send to the county clerk of each county, a sufficient number of copies to be distributed by him to each of the county officers, justices of the peace and town constables, allowing one for each; but no person who shall hold more than one office shall be entitled to more than one copy. Third-He shall send to the governor of each state and territory of the United States, free of expense to the same, two copies, accompanied with a request of a similar communication to be made to the governor of this state, of the laws of the respective states and territories. 2225. SEC. 13. Every officer receiving a copy of the given by officers laws shall execute a receipt therefor, and shall have stamped or written thereon the name of the office held by him, and he shall, when he ceases to hold such office, deliver over to his successor all laws received by him as such officer, and upon failure to do so, shall be liable on his official bond or in his individual capacity. Manner of distribution to county officers. 2226. SEC. 14. The county clerk of each county, within one month after the adjournment of the general assembly, shall forward to the secretary of state a statement of the number of officers and persons in his county entitled by law to a copy of the laws of the last preceding session of the general assembly; also, the names of the public officers, if any there be, who should be furnished with the laws published in the Spanish or German languages, and as soon as the same are ready for distribution, the secretary of state shall, at his office, deliver to such county clerk or to his order, properly packed, the number of copies set forth in such statement, and take a receipt therefor; and all the expenses for transporting the laws to any county shall be paid out of the county treasury. Number to be retary of state. 2227. SEC. 15. At least one hundred copies of the laws remaining after the distribution provided for by law, shall retained by secbe safely kept by the secretary of state, for the use of new counties and the general assembly, as they shall become entitled to receive the same. distribution of 2228. SEC. 16. The laws in the English language Sale of laws and remaining after the distribution of the same according to law, proceeds. shall be sold by the secretary of state at the original cost with twenty-five per cent. added, and the proceeds shall be paid to the state treasurer, taking his duplicate receipt therefor, one of which shall be transmitted to the auditor of state. The laws in the Spanish and German languages shall be sold at the same price per copy as the laws in the English language. Account of sales year. 2229. SEC. 17. The secretary of state shall, at the close of each fiscal year, report under oath, to the auditor of state, at close of fiscal the number of copies of the laws remaining in his hands. after the distribution as aforesaid, and the number of copies sold by him, and the amount paid into the state treasury, and the auditor of state shall charge him with the number of copies on hand, and credit him with the proceeds of all that are sold, as shown by the receipt from the state treas urer. Delivery of laws secretary of state, to suc cessor. 2230. SEC. 18. When the secretary of state goes out of office having any such copies remaining in his hands, remaining with he shall deliver them to his successor, taking his duplicate receipt therefor, one of which he shall transmit to the auditor of state, who shall thereupon give such secretary of state the proper credit, and charge his successor with the copies received by him. Approved, February 20, 1877. |