1897-8, p. 947. expenses arising under and by reason of the passage of this act and in connection with the appointments made hereunder shall be paid out of any state funds. Sec. 222 a. The governor to appoint a board of commissioners for the promotion of the uniformity of legislation in the United States.— Within thirty days after the passage of this act the governor shall appoint three commissioners, who are hereby constituted a board of commissioners by the name and style of commissioners for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States. It shall be the duty of said commission to examine the subject of marriage and divorce, insolvency, the form of notarial certificates, descent and distribution of property, acknowledgment of deeds, execution and probate of wills, and other subjects on which uniformity is desirable, to ascertain the best means to effect uniformity in the laws of the states, and to represent the state of Virginia in conventions of like commissions heretofore appointed or to be appointed by other states to consider and draft uniform laws to be submitted for approval and adoption of the several states, and to devise and recommend such other course of action as shall best accomplish the purpose of this act. The term of office of said commissioners shall be two years. The said commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services but their necessary travelling expenses in effecting the object of this act, not to exceed fifty dollars each per annum, which shall be paid out of any fund not otherwise appropriated when the account for the same has been approved by the governor. NOTE.-Act 1895-'6, p. 825, authorized the appointment of a similar board. As Amended 1891-2, p. 507. CHAPTER XVII. OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AT THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT ; MODE OF THEIR Sec. 232. Appointment of directors and surgeon of penitentiary.— There shall be annually appointed by the governor on the first Monday in January, or as soon thereafter as may be, three persons as directors of the penitentiary, and also a surgeon of the penitentiary, who shall be qualified to act as soon as they have taken the oaths prescribed by law and delivered a certificate thereof or a transcript as directed by section one hundred and seventy-five. Their terms of office shall be until the first Monday in January following, and afterwards until their successors shall be qualified. Vacancies occurring in either of said offices may be filled by the governor from time to time. Extra Session 1887, p. 88. As Amended 1895-6, p. 855. Previous Amendments 1891-2, p. 119. 1893-4, p. 316. CHAPTER XVIII. OF THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, AND CONCERNING Sec. 244 a. To certify records for use in other states.-Whenever any record of any court in this state is to be used in another state in the United States the secretary of the commonwealth be and he is authorized and directed to authenticate the same in the manner and give the certificates required by the laws of the state where said record is to be used as far as practicable. Sec. 246. Secretary to furnish the reports to reporter and judges.— He shall as soon as practicable furnish one copy of each volume of the reports of decisions of the court of appeals to the reporter, one copy to each judge of the said court, of the circuit, corporation, and county courts, one to the judge of the chancery court of the city of Richmond, and to the clerk of the United States circuit court of appeals at the city of Richmond for the use of said court, and one to the clerk of each of the circuit courts of the United States held in this state for the use of said courts and members of the bar practicing therein. Sec. 250. Donations to universities, &c., having law schools.-The As Amended general librarian shall furnish the universities and any incorporated col-1893-4, p. 78. lege of the state in which a law school is established, and the college of William and Mary for its law school, and which has not heretofore been furnished, out of any surplus copies on hand, with one copy of Hening's statutes, the journal debates and ordinances of the several state conventions, the journals of the senate and house of delegates, of the acts of assembly, and of the codes, and also eight copies of any law reports on hand or which may hereafter be on hand, and every incorporated college and academy in the state with a copy of the maps. Sec. 256. Historical works and relics.-The committee shall espe- As Amended 1889-90, p. 136. cially cause to be procured, from time to time, as opportunity may offer, a copy of any book, pamphlet, or manuscript, work of art, or relic relating to the history of Virginia not now in the general library, which can be obtained on reasonable terms, and may cause to be printed any manuscripts relating to the history of Virginia which have not been published, including such portions of the executive journals and executive letter books and of the legislative papers as the committee may deem proper to print in the calendar of state papers, and shall cause the legislative papers so to be printed to be arranged for that purpose and preserved for reference. Sec. 257. [Repealed 1889-'90, p. 136.] Sec. 258. [Repealed 1889-'90, p. 136.] Sec. 261 a. Other employees in library building; city of Richmond 1893-4, p. 934. may appoint additional clerk. That the state superintendent of grounds and buildings be instructed to employ, after completion and occupancy of the new library building, the following employees: An elevator conductor, at a salary of forty dollars per month; a practical fireman, at a salary of fifty dollars per month; one policeman, at a salary of sixty-five dollars per month. * * * * * * * * * * At the request of the city council of the city of Richmond the secretary of the commonwealth is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a suitable person, who shall be a citizen of Richmond, as an additional clerk to the secretary of the commonwealth, such person to be paid such salary by the city of Richmond as may be fixed by the council; such person so appointed to be under the supervision and control of the secretary of the commonwealth as his other clerks, but his duties shall be confined to the state library during such hours as the secretary of the commonwealth may direct. NOTE. The temporary provisions of the above act, relating to the removal of the several offices, books, documents, &c., to the library building completed in 1895, are omitted. CHAPTER XIX. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING. 1887, p. 475. Sec. 270 a. To amend and consolidate into one act the laws relating Extra Session to the public printing and binding and defining the duties of the superintendent of public printing.-1. There shall be elected every two years, in the manner now prescribed by law, a superintendent of public printing, who shall have the supervision and control of the public printing and binding of the commonwealth, whose duties shall be as herein prescribed, or as may be hereafter prescribed by law. 2. 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, and engraving 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 indirectly, violate the provisions of this section, by being interested in any 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 nor more than twelve months. 3. WHAT BOOKS HE SHALL KEEP.-He shall keep the following books: A letter book, in which shall be kept 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, and expressage, 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, and engraving received by him from any department or officer of the state, with a brief description of the work, the date at which it was received, when and to which 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 contractors, and take their receipts therefor; and a schedule book, exhibiting in detail the cost of all printing, binding, ruling, advertising, postage, drayage, expressage, lithographing, and engraving 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 of any member of the general assembly. 4. HOW CONTRACTS FOR PRINTING AWARDED; APPEAL FROM AWARD.-He shall, prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, let out to the lowest responsible bidder, experience and facilities possessed at the time of bidding 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 the said work by advertisements published every other day for two weeks in two or more newspapers published in the city of Richmond, and shall furnish all bidders, on application, with printed schedules on which to bid, specifying in detail the items required in the execution of the said work; which bids shall be opened at the time and place named in the advertisement 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. 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 printing is to be executed in a close and compact form, without unneces sary title pages or useless blank pages. And shall require the person or persons making such contract to enter into a bond with security, to be approved by the secretary of the commonwealth, 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 contract. All such contracts and bonds shall be recorded in the contract book kept for that purpose, and the original bond shall be filed in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth. Any bidder feeling himself aggrieved 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 involved in said appeal, but notice of such appeal must be given the superintendent of public printing within ten days from the date of the award appealed from. 5. How CONTRACTS FOR PAPER AWARDED; APPEAL FROM AWARD.He shall purchase from the lowest responsible bidder, after advertisement published every other day for two weeks in two or more newspapers published in the city of Richmond, 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 contractors for 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 secretary of the commonwealth, who shall certify the same 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 decisions of the superintendent of public printing shall be heard and determined as are appeals in relation to the public printing and binding. 6. TO SUPPLY OFFICERS WITH STATIONERY, &C., AND PUBLISH PROCLAMATIONS, ADVERTISEMENTS, &C.- -He shall supply the executive, the auditor of public accounts, the second auditor, treasurer, secretary of the commonwealth, attorney-general, register of the land office, and the board of public works with letter-heads, note-heads, envelopes, blanks, blank-books, and such other printing and binding as may be required by them in their several departments, and the clerks of the senate and house of delegates with blanks, and shall cause to be published in such newspapers as may be ordered proclamations and advertisements for the executive, treasurer, either auditor, register of the land office, attorney-general, board of public works, and the clerk of either house of the general assembly. No printing or binding for the general or law libraries shall be paid out of the funds appropriated for public printing, except such as is specially provided for by law All orders for printing, binding, ruling, lithographing, and engraving required by any department or officer shall be sent to the superintendent of public printing, who shall enter the same in the order-book required to be kept by section three of this act. 7. PRINTING AND BINDING DONE FOR SENATE AND HOUSE.-For all printing and binding, or either, done for or by order of the senate or house of delegates, an account certified by the superintendent of public printing to be correct and according to contract, shall, during the sessions of the general assembly, be presented to the president of the senate or the speaker of the house, as the case may be, who shall certify the same to the auditor of public accounts, who shall issue a warrant therefor on the treasury; and for all other printing, binding, ruling, lithographing, advertising, engraving, wrapping, mailing, freight, postage, or expressage, or either (or done for the senate or house of delegates when the general assembly is not in session), an account certified by the superintendent of public printing to be correct and according to contract shall be presented to the secretary of the commonwealth, who shall, if the account is found to be correct, certify the same to the auditor of public accounts, who shall issue a warrant therefor on the treasury. 8. 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 hundred 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 the journals and documents, with an index thereto, shall be bound in ordinary half binding and distributed by 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, and the remainder shall be delivered to the secretary of the commonwealth, of which fifteen copies shall be kept in the library, sixty shall be disposed of as the executive may direct, and the remainder shall be a part of the library fund. 9. HOW BILLS, JOINT RESOLUTIONS, &C., PRINTED.-He shall cause to be printed in octavo form two hundred and fifty copies of every bill, 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 bills making more than one page, there shall not be allowed on the first page thereof, between the folio line and the first line of the enacting clause, a space in excess of three inches, which shall include the heading "a bill" or resolution" or "joint resolution," the title to the same, the name of the patron, the report of the committee or committal thereto, unless the title thereto be in excess of three lines, in which case the space in excess of three inches shall be no more than is necessary to contain the additional lines contained in the title; and in all book or pamphlet printing except bills there shall not be allowed thicker leads or spaces than five to pica. 66 As Amended 10. ACTS OF ASSEMBLY; PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION.-He shall cause to 1891-2, p. 270. Previous be printed in octavo form, as soon as approved by the governor, five Amendment thousand five hundred copies of the acts and joint resolutions of the gen. 1887-8, p. 566. eral assembly, and shall distribute them as follows: Two copies to each member of the general assembly and five copies to the clerk of each house; one copy to each head of department, judge of this state, and the commonwealth's attorney and judge in this state; one to each clerk of the county, corporation and hustings courts in this state, and one to the clerk of the circuit court of each county and corporation having a separate clerk for the circuit court 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 prepared by the clerk of the house of delegates to be printed with the acts and joint resolutions of the general assembly, and as soon as practicable 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 general assembly; to every judge two copies, and one copy to each mayor, clerk of any court, attorney for |