Mode of Selecting Jurors prescribed. said Court fails to draw such jurors at any regular term of said Court; and the jurors so drawn shall be summoned and shall serve at the next term of said Court whether grand jurors and traverse jurors have been drawn under existing laws at the last regular term of said Court held in the year 1878 or not. when Judge fails SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That whenever the presiding How drawn Judge of the Superior Court shall fail to draw juries at any regular Presiding term of said Court, the Jury Commissioners may draw traverse to select. jurors at the same time, and in the same manner as grand jurors are drawn in such cases under existing laws. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved December 16, 1878. MODE OF SELECTING JURORS PRESCRIBED. No. 28. An Act to carry into effect Paragraph 2, Section 18, Article 6 of the Constitution of 1877, so as to provide for the selection of the most experienced, intelligent and upright men to serve as grand jurors, and of intelligent and upright men to serve as traverse jurors, and for the drawing of juries in all City Courts whose Judges are commissioned by the Governor of this State, and whose civil jurisdiction does not extend beyond the limits of the city where such Court is held. -Liste, SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Grand and of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted traverse by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk city courts of any City Court, the Judge of which is commissioned by the Governor of this State, and the civil jurisdiction of which does not extend beyond the limits of the city where such court is held, to select from the grand jury list and the traverse jury list of the Superior Court of the county in which such City Court is located, the names of all grand jurors and traverse jurors who reside within the corporate limits of the city where such court is held, and to make separate lists of the same, which lists shall be kept in a conspicuous place in his office, and the persons whose names are on such lists, respectively, shall be the grand jurors and traverse how made. jurors of such City Courts. That the Clerk of such City Court shall write on separate cards, or tickets, the name of each grand, Juror, and shall place the same in a box containing two apartments jury box. numbers "1" and "2," from which the grand jurors shall be drawn as now required by law; that said Clerk shall write on sep Grand Jurors for Act of December 16, 1878, providing for selection of Jurors, amended. arate cards, or tickets, the name of each traverse juror, and shall place the same in the jury box, or other similar box now in use, from which the traverse jurors shall be drawn, as now required by law; and for the services rendered under this act, the Clerk shall have a reasonable compensation to be allowed by the Judge. SEC. II. And it is further enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws with reference to the drawing or selecting of jurors in the Superior Courts of this State shall be held to apply, so far as they are applicable, to the said City Courts. But no general law now of force, or hereafter framed, prescribing the compensation of Jurors in this State, or the manner of fixing the same, shall apply to said City Courts, unless said City Courts are especially referred city courts. to and included in said Act. city courts drawn as jurors for Superior courts. Compensation of jnrors in SEC. III. And it is further enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws or parts of laws conflicting with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved December 17, 1878. where the jury lists have not been revised as re AMENDATORY OF ACT OF DECEMBER 16, 1878, PROVIDING FOR No. 78. An Act to amend an Act to carry into effect paragraph 2, section 18, of article 6 of the Constitution of 1877, so as to provide for the selection of the most experienced, intelligent and upright men to serve as grand jurors, and of intelligent and upright men to serve as traverse jurors, and for drawing juries. Approved December 16, 1878. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of In counties Georgia, That in all counties of this State in which there has been no revision of the jury lists, as required by the provisions of the above recited Act, it shall be the duty of the Jury Commissioners to meet at the court house on the first Monday in September in quired by law the the year 1879, or, on failure to do so at that time, within thirty same may days thereafter, and revise the jury lists in the manner provided by said Act, and carry out all other requirements of the same in relation to the arrangement of the boxes and the drawing of juries. be done as herein pro vided. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved August 28, 1879. Mode of Letting Public Printing Prescribed. MODE OF LETTING PUBLIC PRINTING PRESCRIBED. No. 60. An Act to prescribe the manner, terms, and specifications for letting the public printing to the lowest bidder in accordance with article 7, section 17, paragraph 1, of the Constitution. to the low. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the office of Public Printer shall expire with the printing term of the present incumbent, and the public printing shall be let est bidder. to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders, who shall give adequate and satisfactory security in a sum not less than twenty thou sand dollars for the faithful performance of the contract, and no member of the General Assembly, or other public officer, shall be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any such contract. printing. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the Secretary of State, the CommissComptroller-General, and the Treasurer of the State be, and they sioners of are hereby, appointed Commissioners of Public Printing, with full powers to contract for and superintend the same under this Act, as hereinafter provided, and any two of them shall be sufficient to act. bids, when given, SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That said Commissioners, on or Notice of by the first week in June, 1880, and every two years there-receiving after, shall give notice by advertisement in one of the newspapers and where published in each of the Congressional districts of this State, that sealed proposals to do the public printing for the State will be received by them at the office of the Secretary of State, in Atlanta, when for thirty days. That on the first Tuesday of August following, awarded. the public printing will be awarded to the lowest bidder whose bid is filed in compliance with law. specifica SEC. IV Be it further enacted, That when bids are made to do Stipulations the public printing, such bids must be based on the following stip- tions, etc. ulations, specifications and requirements, to-wit: That the Laws shall be completed and delivered in the office of the Librarian of the State, at the Capitol, within thirty days from the adjournment of each session of the Legislature. The Journals shall be printed and delivered in the office of the Librarian within thirty days from the adjournment of each session of the Legislature. The paper on which the Laws and Journals are printed shall be No. 1 sized and super-calendered white book. That for the Laws size 26 by 40 inches, and weighing fifty pounds to the ream. The paper for the Journals, size 24 by 38; weighing fifty pounds to the ream. The paper used in printing the messages of the Governor, the reports of heads of departments of State government, the reports of committees of the Legislature, and all other documents of similar character, must be the same as that used on the Journals. specifica Mode of Letting Public Printing Prescribed. All blenk books made for the use of the State shall be manufacStipulations tured of the best ledger writing-paper of Byron Weston's, or other tions, etc. equally good make, and the binding full, with extra Russia ends and bands. The Tax and Wild Land Digests shall be ruled, printed and bound in the same style as the Digests of 1878. The paper for the Tax Digests shall be on thirty-six pound double flat-cap of Whiting's, or other equally good make. The Wild Land Digests of the same paper, twenty-eight pound demy. The bills printed for the two Houses of the General Assembly while in session shall be on Whiting's, or other equally good make, thirty-six pound double flat-cap, in the same type (small pica) and the same size sheet as bills of 1878. All blanks for the use of the State shall be on the same paper as that used for the bills of the Legislature, unless otherwise directed by those competent to do so under the law. The type used in printing the Laws shall be new small pica, and for the head and side-notes new nonpareil, to be set in the same style and measure as the laws of 1877. The type for the Journals shall be new small pica, set in the same style and measure as the Journals of the Legislature of 1877. The type used on the reports of heads of departments, reports of committees of the Legislature, the messages of the Governor, and other similar documents, shall be in new small pica type, and table work in new nonpareil, or other suitable type. The bids for public printing shall be submitted in writing, under seal, and directed to the Commissioners of Public Printing with the following specifications, to-wit: On the Laws. For composition, cents per 1,000 ems. For paper of No. 1 white, sized and super-calendered, book size 24x 40 inches, and weighing sixty pounds to the ream, - cents per pound. For proof-reading, make-up and putting to press for each form of 16 pages, cents. For press-work on book press, with No. 1 book ink, costing not less than 75 cents per pound, cents per token of 250 impressions for forms of 16 pages. On the Journals. -For composition, small pica type, per 1,000 cents. For paper No. 1, sized and super-calendered, book size, 24x36 and weighing 50 pounds to the ream, per pound, -cents. For proof-reading, make-up and putting to press each form of 16 pages, cents. For press work per token of 250 impressions on book, 75 cents book ink, 16 page forms, For folding 16 page forms, per thousand sheets, For stitching Pamphlets.........1 section, 2 holes, per 100, 2 66 3 66 ems, cents. 66 100, "100, 66 100, For stitching Journals-From 30 to 60 sections, per 100, Mode of Letting Public Printing Prescribed. For gathering Journals and Laws-For 30 to 60 sections, per J00, For pressing the Laws and Journals-From 30 to 60 sections of Stipulations 16 pages, per 100, For stabbing Journals, Reports or Pamphlets-From 4 to 8 sections, per 100, For stabbing from 20 to 50 sections, 5 holes, per 100, For trimming Journals-From 30 to 50 sections, per 100 copies, For covering Pamphlets-From 1 to 5 sections, per 100, 66 7 to 9 46 100, For sewing Laws-From 20 to 30 sections, per book, For making Cases for Laws-No. 30 Dary's tarboard, sheep back and corners; sides best tea cover, 35th 20x25 flat paper, per case For rounding and casing the Laws, per copy, For composition, each form.. copies, For compo For make-up and putting to press. For Blank Books, extra Russia ends and bands, cap books, 20 sheets to the quire, per quire, For Demy Books, 20 sheets to the quire, per quire, Medium Books, 20 sheets to the quire, per quire, For Double Cap Books, 20 sheets to quire, per quire, For Imperial books, 20 sheets to the quire, per quire, For printed headings on all books, from one line to six lines, SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That in case the contractors fail to do the work according to contract, or fail to furnish materials according to contract, then the contractors and their securities shall be liable on their bond, and the Commissioners may, for any such failure, declare the bond forfeited, and may award the contract to the next lowest bidder, or re-let the work at once, in the same manner as hereinbefore set forth, as to them may seem best. Specifications, etc. SEC. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That sureties. each of the securities on the bond of the person, or persons, to whom said contract may be awarded shall, at the time of signing the same, verify and state distinctly for what amount he becomes liable by reason of signing said bond. |