Penalty.

Repeal.

Emergency.

this act to report to the fish commissioner, shall be treated by said commissioner as confidential and shall not be open to public inspection, nor shall they be published in any way by the commissioner or communicated to any person unless their publication shall be necessary in some civil or criminal proceeding against said person or persons for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this act: Provided, That the fish commissioner may utilize any and all statistics furnished him in any annual, biennial or other report made by him where the use of said statistics or information will not disclose to the public the condition of business of any person: And provided further, That if the fish commissioner or any one in his employ shall willfully publish the said information or statistics disclosing the condition of business of any individual in violation of this section, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of any amount not exceeding one thousand dollars.

SEC. 20. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act, whether or not such violation is otherwise specifically declared to be a misdemeanor, either by neglecting to observe the requirements of this act or violating any of the provisions thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction therefor for each and every offense, be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars.

SEC. 21. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed: Provided, That all licenses now existing under the laws heretofore in force shall be continued for the time such licenses may have to run or for the unexpired portion thereof, the same as if this act had not taken effect, and such licenses shall be renewed upon application upon the payment of the license fees as provided by this act. SEC. 22. An emergency exists, and this act shall be in effect immediately.

Passed the House February 21, 1899.

Passed the Senate March 8, 1899.

Approved March 13, 1899.

CHAPTER CXVIII.

[H. B. No. 332.]

RELATING TO PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.

AN ACT to provide for the state printing and binding, fixing the methods and rules to govern the same; creating commissioners of public printing and a state printing expert; also repealing the following acts: An act entitled "An act to provide for the state printing and binding, fixing the compensation of the state printer, etc.," approved February 19, 1890; also an act entitled "An act to create the office of state printer, to provide for the election, etc.," approved February 19, 1890; also an act entitled "An act to amend sections 1 and 5 of "An act to provide for the state printing and binding etc.," approved March 9, 1893; also sections 3, 4 and 5 of an act entitled "An act providing for uniform systems of public blanks for use in the counties of the State of Washington, and regulating the manufacture and sale thereof by the state,” approved March 6, 1897.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington:

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SECTION 1. The governor, secretary of state, and Commissionstate auditor shall be ex officio commissioners of public printing. printing during their terms of office respectively and shall have full power to prescribe such rules and regulations for the government and control of the department of printing, as it may deem necessary for the proper and economical administration of such department, not in conflict with the provisions of this act.

SEC. 2. The printing of the state is divided into Classification. classes, to be let in separate contracts, as follows: The printing and binding of all bills for either or both First class. houses of the legislature together with such resolutions and other matters as may be ordered by the two houses, or either of them, or the officers thereof, other than in pamphlet form, constitute the first class, and be let in one contract; the printing and binding of the journals Second class. of the senate and house of representatives and of such reports, communications and other documents as enter into and make a part of the journals, constitute the second class, and shall be let in one contract; the printing and binding of all reports, communications and Third class. other documents ordered by the legislature, or either

branch thereof, or by the executive departments, to be printed in pamphlet form, together with the volumes of executive documents, and the legislative manual, constitute the third class, and shall be let in one contract; the printing and binding of the general and Fourth class. special laws, and joint resolutions, constitute the fourth class, and shall be let in one contract; the printing of all blanks, circulars, and other work necessary for the use of the executive departments, other than such as are printed in pamphlet form, and all printing not included in the foregoing classes, constitute the fifth class, and shall be let in one contract.

Fifth class.

Advertisement for proposals.

Maximum price.

SEC. 3. The commissioners of printing shall, during the first week in May, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and one, and every year thereafter, give notice in one newspaper printed in the city of Seattle, one newspaper printed in the city of Tacoma, one newspaper printed in the city of Spokane, and one newspaper printed in the city of Olympia, once a week for four successive weeks, that sealed proposals will be received. at the office of the secretary of state, until a day and hour specified in the said notice, for the execution of the several classes of the state printing, in separate contracts, as specified in section two of this act, for the term of one year from the first day of August next ensuing; said advertisement shall contain the maximum list of prices established by law, and such other information as the said commissioners may deem necessary. The following prices are hereby established as the maximum prices for doing said work:

Composition. First class, fifty cents per one thousand ems; second, third and fourth class, seventy-five cents per one thousand ems for plain matter; fifth class, one dollar per one thousand ems: Provided, For composition of more than one and less than three justifications, the price shall be not to exceed price and one-half; for three or more justifications, not to exceed double price.

Presswork. For the first one hundred impressions of a form, one dollar; for each additional one hundred

impressions of the same form, twenty-five cents. In bookwork the form is hereby determined to consist of eight pages octavo, or twelve pages duodecimo, or fraction thereof, whenever said fraction is made necessary. In all other work the form shall consist of one side of the sheet upon which the job is printed and delivered.

Folding.-When no charge is made for binding, per one hundred sheets of eight pages or fraction thereof, eight cents.

Stitching, including collating, stabbing and cutting, per one hundred copies, one dollar.

Binding, including folding, collating, stabbing, stitching, sawing, sewing and trimming brochure covering, for books of eight pages or less, for one hundred copies, one dollar and fifty cents; brochure covering, for each additional eight pages or fraction thereof, per one hundred copies, twenty cents. Quarter binding, per one hundred copies, forty-five dollars; half binding, per one hundred copies, seventy-five dollars; full cloth binding cut flush, per one hundred copies, fifty-five dollars; full cloth binding, with squares, per one hundred copies, sixty dollars; full roan leather, with squares, per one hundred copies, eighty dollars; full law, per one hundred copies, one hundred and fifty dollars.

Each proposal shall be in writing, sealed and ad- Proposals. dressed to the secretary of state, and it shall be accompanied by a bond executed in due form by the bidders. and a surety company authorized to do business within. this state or with at least two good and sufficient sure- Bond. ties, satisfactory to the commissioners, in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance, pursuant to this chapter, of such class or classes of the state printing as may be adjudged to him, and for the payment as liquidated damages by such bidder to the state of any excess of cost over the bid or bids of such bidders which the state may be obliged to pay for such work by reason of the failure of such bidder to complete his contract; said bond to be null and void if no contract is awarded to him. No

Opening bids.

Awarding contract.

Notice to suecessful bidder

Execution contract.

bid unaccompanied by such bond shall be entertained by the commissioners of printing. The contract shall be let to the person who shall bid to execute the work at the greatest per centum of discount from the maximum prices established by law, such per centum of discount to be uniform on every item of work: Provided further, That all printing and binding for which provision is made in this act shall be performed within the State of Washington.

SEC. 4. The commissioners of printing, or any two of them, shall at the time of the expiration of the term for receiving proposals, as aforesaid, proceed to open in public all such proposals by them received, and they shall award the contract for each class of printing to the party making the lowest and best bid therefor: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to prevent the same person from becoming contractor for two or more classes of the printing if he shall be the party making the lowest and best bid therefor. If two or more persons bid the same, and the lowest for any class or classes of the printing, the commissioners shall award the contract to such one or more of them as, in their opinion, will best subserve the interests of the state; having reference, however, to a division of the work, as far as practicable, among the several bidders aforesaid. If any of the aforesaid printing shall be executed without the city of Olympia all transportation of paper, copy, proof, or printed sheets shall be at the expense of the contractor or contractors for such printing.

SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to give prompt notice to each successful bidder that his proposals are accepted. If from death, or any unforseen cause, there be a failure on the part of any successful bidder to execute his contract the commissioners of printing, or a majority of them, may enter into a contract with the next lowest bidder. If any contractor, after commencing upon his contract, fails to execute the work embraced therein with reasonable expedition an[d] in a suitable manner the commission