146 Ga. 657 | Ga. | 1917
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The constitution declares that the General Assembly shall provide by law for letting the public printing to the lowest responsible bidder, who shall give adequate and satisfactory security for the faithful performance thereof; and that no member of the General Assembly or any other public officer shall be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any such contract. Art. 7, sec. 17, par. 1. Obediently to this command of the organic law, the General Assembly enacted that the secretary of State, the comptroller-general, and the State treasurer were constituted commissioners of public printing, with full power to contract for and superintend the same;' and that these commissioners shall biennially advertise for bids for the public printing, and that the contracts for such public printing will be awarded to the lowest and best bidder whose bid’ is filed in compliance with law, provided it shall appear that such bidder has the capacity and ability to perform the contract in such a way
Judgment affirmed.