WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 649

The said reports shall be printed on first-class book paper,
not inferior in printing or paper to volume 181 of the
Maryland reports, and shall contain not less than seven
hundred pages, exclusive of the index and tables of cases
and statutes, and shall be uniform in size, style and form
with said volume 181 Maryland reports; nor less than
twelve hundred copies of said volumes shall be printed.
The publisher shall deliver to the State library three hun-
dred copies of each volume bound in first-class buckram;
and the State shall pay therefor to the publisher the con-
tract price per volume for each of said three hundred vol-
umes. And the publisher shall keep on hand in the City
of Baltimore for sale during the period of this contract
and for five years thereafter a sufficient number of vol-
umes which shall be so published to supply the public
demand therefor, and sell the same to the public at a price
designated in his proposals for volumes bound in first-
class buckram and at the price designated for volumes in
sheets unbound. The reports shall be published promptly
from manuscript to be supplied by said reporter and under
his supervision. The said contract shall be awarded by
said reporter to the person whom he shall determine
to be the most responsible bidder, who will agree to pub-
lish the said reports in the manner aforesaid and sell the
same on terms most advantageous to the public, and at the
lowest price; and the said publisher shall also agree to
sell the advance sheets of said volume at a price fifty
cents less per volume than he shall be entitled to receive
for the bound volumes thereof. No other publication of
said reports shall be authorized by the State so long as its
copyright thereon remains in force; provided the pub-
lisher or his assigns shall supply the demand therefor at
the price stipulated in the contract.

4. The performance of the said contract by the pub-
lisher shall be secured by a bond in the penal sum of Ten
Thousand Dollars, with two or more sureties or a corpo-
rate surety satisfactory to the treasurer of the State, and
the form of the bond shall be approved by the Attorney
General. If at any time in the opinion of the Court of
Appeals the publisher shall fail to publish the reports
promptly, or otherwise fail satisfactorily to fulfill the
terms of the contract, then the Court of Appeals may
by any instrument or paper in writing, terminate the
contract in such manner as to take effect at such date as
they shall deem just and proper. Upon any such termina-
tion of the contract the State Reporter shall secure the
completion thereof at the cost and expense of the contract-
ing publisher and/or his surety or sureties.