for advertise two dollars per ream; for every additional half ream, ten dollars; if only a half ream or less is ordered, fifteen dollars shall be paid for it. For all blanks, letter size, fifteen dollars per ream, and eight dollars for each additional half ream; if a half ream or less is ordered, ten dollars shall be paid for it. Item 7-For all matter published in the Official Journal in obeCompensation dience to the provisions of this act, the State Printer shall be allowed one dollar per square for each insertion. A square shall consist of the space of ten lines solid agate. ments. Binding. Parochial and municipal advertisements. Proviso. Item 8-For all binding, octavo size, in calf, two dollars and fifty cents per volume; in sheep, one dollar and fifty cents; in muslin, seventy-five cents. 15. [SEC. 2996.] In addition to the other duties herein imposed upon the State Printer, he shall be required to publish in his Official Journal all judicial advertisements required by law to be published in the parish of Orleans, including Sheriffs' and Constables' sales, notices of elections, succession notices, and all proceedings and orders of any court that may be ordered published in said parish, whether in the English or French language, or both; also, all municipal advertisements of every description whatsoever of the corporation of the city of New Orleans, whether the same may be authorized by a law of the State, an ordinance of the Common Council, or by any officer or department of the city government. And any such publication or advertisement, whether parochial or municipal, shall be utterly null and void, unless so published in the Official Journal; provided, that advertisements of the city of New Orleans may be published in one or more additional papers, whenever, in the opinion of the Common Council, the public interest may demand such additional publication. And the Sheriff of the parish of Orleans is hereby authorized to insert notices of elections in one or more papers in addition to the Official Journal. 16. [SEC. 2997.] The State Printer shall render, once in each Manner of ren month, to the Auditor of Public Accounts, a detailed statement of dering accounts all the printing and advertising done for the State, for either House of the General Assembly, or any officer or department of the State government, and the said Auditor shall examine the same, and, if he find it to be correct, shall audit the said account, and draw his warrant on the State Treasurer for the payment of the same. It shall be the duty of the State Printer, upon the payment of the printer's fee, to file in the Clerk's office of the court having jurisdiction, his affidavit with a copy of any judicial advertisement, ordered by said court to be published, appended, together with his receipt for the payment of the printer's fees, paid by the party at whose instance or for whose benefit such advertisements shall have been made, to be collected as other costs; which affidavit shall give the dates of the paper in which the advertisement appeared, and be filed and recorded by the Clerk as the legal evidence of the publication of the same, to be read, or a certified copy thereof, in all courts of law or equity, and no other evidence of such publication shall be required or allowed. The State Printer shall render once in each month to the Controller of New Orleans a detailed statement of all advertising done for the corporation of New Orleans, or any department or officer thereof; and it shall be the duty of the said Controller to examine the same, and, if found correct, he shall immediately give his warrant on the City Treasurer in payment, and it shall not be necessary for any other officer or department of the city government to examine or approve said account. 17. [SEC. 2998.] It shall be the duty of the State Printer to perform all printing of every description, for which the city of New Or- Municipal printing. leans may be chargeable, at the rates fixed by section two thousand nine hundred and ninety-five of this act, and he shall be paid therefor in the manner prescribed in the preceding section for the payment for municipal advertisements. papers for the leans. 18. [SEC. 2999.] The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House of Representatives, or a majority of them, Other official shall also select and contract with such other papers in the parish of parish of OrOrleans as they may deem proper and necessary to publish either the laws of the State or the journals of the General Assembly, or both, at such rates as are provided by this act. and duties of Official Jourcountry. nals in the 19. [SEC. 3000.] In any of the parishes of this State other than the parish of Orleans, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Appointment Speaker, etc., or a majority of them, shall also select and contract with journals published in such parishes to publish either the laws of the State or the journals of the General Assembly, or both, as may be deemed necessary and proper, and also be and hereby are empowered to designate certain journals to perform and publish the parochial and judicial printing and advertising of the parishes respectively in which such journals may be published. In case no paper is published in any parish in this State, such publication may be authorized to be made in a paper published nearest thereto. Such selection and contract shall be for the same period prescribed by section two thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven of this act. Each paper, so contracted with, shall be the Official Journal of the parish wherein it shall be published; and all parochial and judicial 1868-243. Printing of printing and advertising for or in said parish shall be done by and published in said journal, and after such selection and contract and notice thereof to the Police Jury, Clerk of Court and Sheriff of said parish, every publication and advertisement in any other paper than the one so selected shall, during the term of such selection and contract, be null and void for any legal purpose. 20. [SEC. 3001.] Hereafter the State Printer shall be required to print in pamphlet form one thousand copies of the acts of the General Assembly, two hundred and fifty copies of the journal of bly and reports each House, and five hundred copies of each report of the several heads of the State department, the whole to be done and paid for according to existing laws. of heads of de partments. 1869-126. Certain books to be stereotyped. Sale of books. 1868-245. Publication of 21. [SEC. 3002.] The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and instructed to cause to be stereotyped the laws and resolutions of each Legislature, passed after the statutes of this State shall have been newly revised, and also shall cause such Revised Statutes to be stereotyped. He shall cause to be stereotyped the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Supreme Court Decisions, and also the Reports of the Supreme Court subsequent to the Nineteenth Annual Report, and shall preserve the stereotype plates of such laws, statutes and reports in his office. 22. [SEC. 3003.] The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to cause to be printed, and sell copies of all laws, statutes and reports, stereotype plates whereof are preserved in his office; provided, that such copies shall not be sold at less than fifteen per cent. over and above the cost of the same, without including the cost of stereotyping; the proceeds of such sales to constitute a fund for the purchase of books for the State Library; and he shall have the power generally of exchanging books to meet the necessities of the Library; provided, that all printing required to be done by this act shall be done by the official journal of the State. 23. [SEC. 3004.] The names of the persons elected Presidential Electors together with a copy of the returns from the several parnames of Presi- ishes, shall forthwith be published in the newspaper or newspapers in which the laws of the State may be directed to be published. dential Elec tors chosen. 1868-82. Advertisements. 1870-35. Rate paid for 24. [SEC. 3005.] All contracts to be awarded by the Board of Public Works, shall be advertised at least twenty days before being let, and sealed proposals invited, such advertisements to be made in the newspapers designated for the publication of legal notices in New Orleans and the district in which the work is to be done. 25. [SEC. 1.] All printing and advertising authorized to be all printing and done by this act, whether State, judicial, parochial or municipal, shall be paid for at the rate authorized by section ten, item seven, of this advertising. Public Print tising. act, which reads as follows: "For all matter published in the Official Journal, in obedience to the provisions of this act, the State Printer shall be allowed one dollar per square for each insertion. A square shall consist of the space of ten lines solid agate." The Governor, Supervisors of Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House of Representatives ing and adver are authorized and directed to supervise all printing and advertising done for the State, under the provisions of this act, and shall approve all bills against the State for such work in a manner that will secure uniform payment to all persons or papers contracting to publish either the journals or laws, and the Auditor of Public Accounts shall, upon presentation of such bills or accounts, duly approved by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House of Representatives, issue his warrant upon the State Treasurer for the full amount so approved; provided, that the standard for the measurement of all printing and advertising authorized by this act shall be measurement. minion type or its equivalent, the same as now used by the State journal for that purpose. All acts and parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Standard of structions, 26. [SEC. 25.] The State Registrar of Voters shall furnish to all Supervisors of Registration all printed blanks and instructions, in 1870–145. conformity with this act, which may be necessary for conducting Blanks and inelections and making returns thereof, which shall be printed by some person to be appointed by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House of Representatives, and paid for at the rates allowed for the State printing. The printing shall be measured and How paid for, approved by the officers aforesaid, and the Auditor of Public Accounts shall issue his warrants therefor, upon the State Treasurer only when so approved, in such sums as may be convenient, of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars each. etc. 1868-82. Board, how appointed. 1. [SEC. 3006.] There shall be and is hereby created a Board of Public Works, to consist of five Commissioners, one from each internal improvement district; one to go out of office annually; the first Board to draw lots, and to hold office for five years, or until their successors in office are appointed and qualified. They shall be appointed by the Governor of the State, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Said Commissioners shall be citizens and Qualifications qualified electors of the State and district, respectively, for which they may be appointed, each of whom shall receive a salary of two hundred dollars per month, and be entitled to mileage at the rate of fifteen cents per mile, while traveling on business of the Board; the same to be paid on his own warrant out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; and who shall, previous to entering upon their duties, give each a bond and solvent security in the sum of ten thousand dollars, approved by the Governor, and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State. and compen sation. First meeting and organiza tion. 2. [SEC. 3007.] As soon as possible after said Commissioners are qualified, they shall assemble in the city of New Orleans, a majority in all cases being necessary to constitute a quorum, and organize themselves into a Board to be designated a "Board of Public Works" for the State of Louisiana, and shall choose one of |