seat as practicable, and the secretary of state shall notify the county auditor, in writing of the delivery of the same at such points, and the county auditor shall contract with some person to convey the same to the county seat.
§ 68. Document fund, appropriation for. For the purpose of defraying the expenses incident to the provisions of the four precoding sections there is hereby annually appropriated the sum of two hundred dollars to be designated “Document Fund," upon which the secretary of state can draw at such times and for such amounts as may be necessary in the discharge of the duties imposed by such sections.
§ 69. County auditors, when to deliver documents, etc. The county auditor shall deliver the laws, journals and documents to such persons and institutions as are entitled to receive them, when requested so to do, and shall take receipts therefor and file the same in his office subject to inspection.
§ 70. When documents officially printed. Faith and credit given. All laws, journals and documents printed and published by any contractor under the provisions of this article, and duly certified by the secretary of state as provided herein, shall be deemed to be officially printed and published, and full faith and credit shall be given to them as such.
§ 71. Where laws, journals and documents preserved. All copies of the journals, executive documents and laws which are not distributed under the provisions of this article shall be preserved in the office of the secretary of state, subject to distribution by law.
§ 72. When official reports to be made. All county, township, city and village officers, and all officers and boards of state institutions and all officers connected with the public works of the state, and all corporations, except such as are required to make their reports at some other specified time, which are required by law to make annual reports for any purpose to any state officer, shall make out and transmit the same on or before the fifteenth day of August of each year to the proper officer. For the purpose of making out such report the year shall begin on the first day of July of each year and end on the last day of June of the succeeding year.
§ 73. Reports to governor and legislative assembly. When to be made. All officers and boards required to make reports to the governor or to the legislative assembly shall make such reports on or before the fifteenth day of September, and all such reports, whether required annually or biennially, shall be made to and include the thirtieth day of June preceding. The governor upon receiving such report shall deliver the same to the commissioners of public printing to be printed, and he shall lay such printed reports before the legislative assembly at its next session together with his biennial
§ 74. Bids, when received. No bids shall be received after the hour specified in the published notice, and no bid shall be changed after the same is received.
§ 75. Penalty for violation. Any member of such board who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof is punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars.
§ 76. Printing accounts to be approved. Appropriation for. All accounts for printing and binding required by the governor
