Dixon-Paul Printing Co. v. Board of Public Contracts

Citations

• 117 Miss. 83
• 77 So. 908

Syllabus

<p>1. Constitutional Law. Due process of law. Qualifications of bidders for public contracts.</p> <p>Section 1, chapter 135, Laws-1916, prohibiting the board of public contracts from accepting bids for public printing by persons not bona-fide residents of and actually engaged in the printing business within the state, does not violate any of the provisions of the Constitution of the United States.</p> <p>2. Same.</p> <p>Section 1, chapter 135, Laws 1916, defining “responsible bidder” as excluding non-residents without a printing plant in the State, is not violative of section 107, Constitution 1890, providing that contracts for printing be let to the lowest “responsible bidder” and giving the legislature power to regulate the letting of contracts. The bidder thus excluded having no vested right in such contracts and the regulation prescribed by the statute being entirely reasonable.</p>