upon all matters connected with said printing, but in no case shall they raise the estimate.

22. PRINTING ORDERED THROUGH SECRETARY OF STATE-RECORD.] § 22. All printing under this act shall be ordered through the secretary of state, who shall ascertain that the full number of copies of each job is received at his office, and shall deliver such work to the department for which it was done. The secre tary shall require the printer expert to keep a record of all printing ordered, and to file and preserve a copy of each document printed. The copy of each document printed, to be filed as aforesaid, shall, before it is filed, have indorsed upon it the number of copies ordered and received, the cost of the same, and the authority by which the printing thereof was ordered.

23. ADJUSTING ACCOUNTS OF PRINTER.] § 23. Every bill for printing done shall be presented to the secretary of state, who shall require the printer expert, provided for in this act, to carefully examine and compare the same with the contract for said printing, and the vouchers and orders relating thereto. If any error is found in the account, the printer expert shall correct the same, and return the account to the contractor. If the account is found to be correct, or when it has been corrected, the printer expert shall certify the same to the com missioners, who shall carefully examine it, comparing it with the contract, vouchers and orders. If any conflict of opinion shall occur between the printer expert and the contractor concerning any account, the matter shall be determined and adjusted by the commissioners, and a minute of such adjustment entered in the record of the proceedings of the board.

24. PRINTING PAPER.] § 24. The paper for the printing aforesaid shall be provided by the state. The secretary of state shall, from time to time, as the same may be needed, deliver to each contractor paper for the printing said contractor is required by his contract to do, shall take from each contractor a receipt for all paper so delivered and shall keep an account of the same. At the biennial settlement, on or before the first Monday in November, each contractor shall deliver to the secretary all paper then in his possession belonging to the state. The secretary shall take note of the paper so returned, and if it is found that any of the paper delivered to the contractor has been wasted or converted to other use than that of the state, the contractor shall be charged with the value thereof, together with a penalty of fifty per cent. of the value of the paper so used or wasted, and the amount shall be deducted from his account: Provided, that an allowance of three per centum on the cost of said paper may be made for the usual wastage.

25. Cory.] § 25. All matter which may be ordered printed shall be deliv ered to the printer with as little delay as possible, and the printer who is bound by his contract to print the same shall not be held accountable for any delay occasioned by the want of copy.

26. SAMPLE TO ACCOMPANY BILL-ITEMS OF BILL.] § 26. The contractor for either class of the public printing shall deliver to the secretary of state, with his bill for the printing, a copy of each document or other matter charged for in said bill. In said bill the contractor shall name each job printed, the number of copies printed of each job, the number of impressions of press-work in each job, the number of thousands of ems of plain, of figure-work, and of rule and figure work composition in each job, and also the kind and quantity of paper used in each job.

27. LAWS, JOURNALS AND REPORTS.] § 27. The printed journals of the senate and house of representatives shall contain each an index, which shall be prepared by the secretary of state, who shall also prepare, and furnish to the contractor for this class of printing, a table of the contents and index of the vol ume of the laws, and a table of the contents of the volumes of reports. The title page of the volume of the laws shall contain the following words: "Printed by authority of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois." The laws shall be arranged by the secretary of state in alphabetical order, according to the subject

matter, and be thus printed. The day on which an act was approved by the gov ernor shall be stated at the end of such act. All acts becoming law without the approval of the governor, shall be marked, in the volume of the laws, at the end of each of said acts, by the printed certificate of the said secretary. [See "Secretary of State," ch. 124, § 9, 10.

28. REPORT BY SECRETARY.] § 28. The secretary of state shall, on or before the fifteenth day of December next preceding each regular session of the general assembly, report to the governor the number of printing contracts, to whom the same were let, and at what prices, the amount of printing that has been done under said contracts and the cost thereof, and all other matters connected with the public printing.

29. NUMBER OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED.] § 29. Hereafter the number of public documents printed, bound and distributed by authority of the state, shall be as follows:

1st. Governor's message, 4,000 copies, of which 2,000 shall be delivered to the members of the general assembly, and 500 copies to the governor, and the remaining 1,500 copies be retained for the volume of reports.

2d. Report of secretary of state, 3,000 copies, of which one copy shall be delivered to each member, and one to each officer of the general assembly, 1,500 copies to be retained for the volume of reports, and the remainder be delivered to the secretary of state.

3d. The financial report of the auditor of public accounts, 5,000 copies, of which one copy shall be delivered to each member, and one copy to each officer of the general assembly, one copy be sent to each county clerk, one copy to each county collector, ten copies be retained for the state library, 1,500 copies for the volume of reports, and the remainder be delivered to the auditor.

4th. The insurance reports, 3,000 copies, one copy of which shall be delivered to each member, and one copy to each officer of the general assembly, one copy be sent to each insurance company doing business in the state, ten copies be retained for the state library, and 1,500 copies for the volume of reports, and the remainder be delivered to the officer in charge of state supervision of insurance companies.

5th. The report of the state treasurer, 2,000 copies, of which one copy shall be delivered to each member, and one to each officer of the general assembly, ten copies to be retained for the state library, and 1,500 copies for the volume of reports, and the remainder be delivered to the state treasurer.

6th. The report of the superintendent of public instruction, 6,000 copies, one copy of which shall be delivered to each member, and one copy to each officer of the general assembly, one copy to be sent to each county superintendent of schools, one copy to each board of township trustees, 10 copies be retained for the state library, and 1,000 copies to be delivered equally to the members of the general assembly, and the remainder be delivered to the state superintendent of public instruction.

7th. The report of the adjutant-general, 2,000 copies, of which one copy shall be delivered to each member, and one copy to each officer of the general assembly, 10 copies be retained for the state library, and 1,500 copies for the volume of reports, and the remainder to be delivered to the adjutant-general.

8th. The report of the state board of agriculture, 10,000 copies, of which one copy shall be delivered to each member, and one copy to each officer of the general assembly, 10 copies be retained for the state library, 1,000 copies be deposited with the secretary of state for general distribution, and the remaining volumes be delivered to the state board of agriculture for judicious distribution. 9th. The report of the Industrial University, 4,000 copies, of which one copy shall be delivered to each member, and one to each officer of the general assem bly, 10 copies be retained for the state library, 500 copies be delivered to the secretary of state for distribution, and the remainder to the said university for judicious distribution.

10th. The report of the state board of public charities, 4,000 copies, of which one copy shall be delivered to each member, and one to each officer of the gen eral assembly, 10 copies be retained for the state library, and 1,500 copies for the volume of reports, one copy to be sent to each public library in the state, one copy each to every judge, county clerk and sheriff, 500 copies be deposited in the office of the secretary of state for general distribution, and the balance remaining be delivered to the commissioners of public charities for such exchanges and judicious distribution as they may deem proper.

11th. The report of the railroad and warehouse commissioners, 4,000 copies, of which one copy shall be delivered to each member, and one to each officer of the general assembly, 10 copies be retained for the state library, one copy be sent to each county clerk, one copy to each county board, 700 copies be delivered to the secretary of state for general distribution, and the remainder to the said commissioners.

12th. All other public reports (except reports of committees of the senate and house of representatives) required to be made to the governor or the general assembly, 3,500 copies each, of which one copy shall be delivered to each member, and one to each officer of the general assembly, 10 copies be retained for the state library, and 15,000 copies for the volume of reports, 150 copies be delivered to the secretary of state for general distribution, and the remainder to the institu tion, trustees, commissioners or officer making the report.

The volume of public laws, 8,000 copies, of which one copy shall be sent to each member of the general assembly enacting the same, and one copy to each member of the first next succeeding general assembly, and one copy to each judge, state's attorney, county and circuit clerk, supreme court clerk, each county board, sheriff, treasurer, county collector, police magistrates and justices of the peace, two copies be delivered to each state department, 100 copies be retained for the state library, two copies for each public library, 10 copies for the supreme court law library of each division, and the remainder be delivered to the secretary of state for judicious distribution.

14th. The bound volumes of house and senate journals, and volumes of reports, 1,500 copies, one copy to be sent to each member and officer of the general assembly, one copy to each officer of the executive department, 10 copies to the state library, two copies to the office of each county clerk, and the remainder to the secretary of state for judicious distribution.

30. WHAT REPORTS TO BE INCLUDED IN VOLUME.] § 30. The volume of reports herein provided for shall include the following reports: The reports of the several state officers, institutions and departments required to be made to the governor or the general assembly (except reports of committees to the senate and house of representatives): Provided, that the transactions of the agricultural and horticultural societies, the report of the railroad and warehouse commissioners, and industrial university, and the reports of the state superintendent of public instruction and the report of the state geologist, shall not be included in said volume of reports.

31. SIZE OF REPORTS.] § 31. No report of any institution, department or officer shall exceed three hundred printed pages, unless the commissioners of state contracts and the governor shall, for good cause, certify to the secretary of state that the interests of the state require that such report shall exceed three hundred pages.

32. MANNER OF PRINTING REPORTS-CHARGE.] 832. When the contractor for the public printing is ordered to print any report or other document that is also to appear in the volume of reports, he shall print upon the same type 1,500 copies of each of said reports or other documents, with bracket folios, for such volumes of reports. There shall be no charge for composition for the 1,500 copies of reports inserted in said volumes of reports, but the contractors for work that is bound in the volume of reports shall be allowed to charge fifty cents for each form that goes into said volumes as compensation for inserting the bracket folios,

changing the title to a bastard title, and re-imposing the forms to prevent more than one blank page being inserted at any one place in said volume.

33. VOLUME OF REPORTS-WHAT NOT INCLUDED-MAKING UP.] § 33. The volumes of reports shall contain no reports, communications, or other matters that are to be inserted in the laws and journals of the same year, and the various reports, communications and other documents inserted therein shall follow each other in as close compact order as is consistent with good workmanship, without the intervention of unnecessary blanks or separate title or half-title pages, and the paging thereof shall be consecutive, and at the conclusion of each volume there shall be an index, referring to the particular page at which each separate document commences.

34. BINDING OF REPORTS.] § 34. In every case provided in this act for the 1,500 copies of reports or documents to be placed in the bound volume of reports, it shall be the duty of the secretary of state to order the delivery of said 1,500 copies to the contractor for binding that class of work, and said contractor shall bind and deliver such volumes of reports as prescribed in this act. The commissioners of state contracts shall designate what reports shall comprise a volume, and the size of each volume of the reports herein required to be bound.

35. DELIVERY TO BINDER.] § 35. The contractor for printing shall deliver all book and pamphlet work to the contractor for public binding, in sheets containing not less than sixteen pages each: Provided, that if any document make less than sixteen pages, or if the last form of any document is not a full form of sixteen pages, then such smaller sheets shall be delivered to the contractor for binding as printed.

36. ORDERS FOR PRINTING.] § 36. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state and the printer expert, in ordering printing, by combining orders, or otherwise, as far as possible to prevent charges for constructive or double composi tion, and the public printer shall follow such directions.

BINDING.

37. CLASSES OF BINDING.] 8 37. The binding for the state shall be and hereby is divided into five classes, as follows:

First-The folding, sewing with two twines, and trimming of the laws, journals and volumes of reports, and the binding thereof in leather backs and substantial pasteboard sides, covered with blue paper, and title stamped in gold on back, shall constitute the first class.

Second-The folding, sewing with two twines, and trimming of the laws and journals, and the binding thereof in law-sheep backs and corners and No. 20 tarboard sides, covered with good American comb-marble paper, and title stamped in gold on the backs, shall constitute the second class.

Third-The folding, sewing with two twines, and trimming of the reports of the executive departments and of public institutions, and the binding thereof in English cloth and binder's or cloth board sides, with title and any required ornament embossed in gold on the backs and blank fillets on the sides, shall constitute the third class.

Fourth-The folding, stitching with three holes and trimming of reports to the general assembly, or either house thereof, and other documents, and the binding of said reports in paper covers, with the title page printed thereon, shall constitute the fourth class.

Fifth-The folding, stitching and trimming of bills shall constitute the fifth

class.

38. MAXIMUM.] § 38. The highest prices that may be paid for binding under this act, are as follows:

For the first class, per volume, twenty-five cents.

For the second class, per volume, fifty cents.

For the third class, per volume, thirty cents.

For the fourth class, per one hundred pages, three and one-half cents.

For the fifth class, per one hundred pages, five cents.

39. MANNER OF BINDING.] § 39. Of the number of laws, journals and volumes of reports required to be printed, six hundred copies of the laws and three hundred copies of the journals and volumes of reports shall be bound in the second class of binding, as described in section 37 of this act; and of the number of reports required to be printed, three thousand copies each of that of the superintendent of public instruction, and railroad and warehouse commissioners; two thousand copies each of the state board of public charities and industrial university; five hundred copies each of the auditor of state, secretary of state and other state officers, and insurance report; and ten thousand [copies] of the report of the state board of agriculture, shall be bound in the third class of binding, as described in section 37 of this act. The laws, journals and volumes of reports, except as herein before provided in this section, shall be bound in the first class of binding as described in section 37 of this act; the reports, except as herein before provided in this section, shall be bound in the fourth class of binding, as described in section 37 of this act.

40. SAMPLES FURNISHED.] § 40. The commissioners of state contracts shall furnish bidders with samples of the first, second, third and fourth classes of binding, and duplicates of such samples shall be preserved by the commissioners until final settlement is made between the contractors and the state for such binding.

41. BINDING NOT PROVIDED FOR.] § 41. In case it shall be necessary for the commissioners of state contracts to order the binding of any volume or other work not provided for in this act, the compensation therefor shall be proportionate to the contract prices under which similar work is being executed by the contractor for binding.

42. FORM OF BIDS FOR BINDING.] § 42. Each bid for folding, stitching or sewing, trimming and binding shall specify the price at which the bidder will do each kind of work, as specified in sections 37 and 38, and no contract shall be let for the doing of any such work at a higher rate than is specified in said sections.

43. How WORK TO BE EXECUTED.] § 43. The binder shall fold, stitch or sew, and bind all work required of him by his contract, in a workmanlike manner and promptly, so that the public business may not be delayed, and shall deliver the same to the secretary of state, taking his receipt therefor.

44. RECEIPT FOR WORK DONE.] § 44. The secretary of state, when he receives binding, shall ascertain whether it has been executed as required by contract, and if thus executed shall give to the binder his receipt therefor. If the binding is not executed as required by contract, the secretary may, with the ap proval of the commissioners of state contracts, receive the same, giving his receipt therefor, in which receipt he shall state the defects in the work, and the amount to be deducted from the contractor's bill for such defects-which deductions shall be determined by the commissioners, and charged against said contractors by the secretary of state.

COPYING, ETC.

45. MAXIMUM.] § 45. No contract for the copying of the laws, joint resolutions and journals shall be made for a greater sum or rate than five cents per one hundred words, actual count.

46. DUTY OF CONTRACTOR.] § 46. It shall be the duty of the contractor for copying the laws, joint resolutions and journals, to copy the same as fast as they shall be required by the public printer; and in case such contractor shall neglect or fail, from any cause, to copy the laws, joint resolutions or journals as fast as the same shall be required by the public printer, it shall be the duty of the public printer to at once notify the secretary of state, in writing, of such neglect or failure; and the want of copy shall be no excuse for the printer not performing his contract, unless he shall give notice, in writing, as aforesaid, and then only for the length of time such printer is actually delayed for want of copy.