The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-29
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

December Goth, 1912.
TN conformity with the provisions of the 18th Sec
J. ton of an act of Congress, entitled "An act legal
izng and making appropriations for such necessary
objects as have been usually included in the general
appropriation bills without authority of law, and to
fix and provide for certain incidental expenses of the
Departments and offices Of the Government, and for
other purposes, - approved the Goth August 1912
PROPOSALS
Will be received by this Department until the first
day Of February next on which day the bids will be
opened, for furnishing the Department with ten thou
sand six hundred and seventy blank certif caeS Of
estru of the resses Of The United STATES, and twenty
one thousand three hundred and forty blank lists of
cre,cs on as good paper, and with the same water
marks, and well executed, and in all respects 10
be facsmles of those first engraved under the act of
Sd March, 1888 Specimens of which may be seen
at the Treasury Department The proposals 10 state
for what sum the afore. aid number of documents will
be furnished including the engraved steel plates from
which the impressions to be taken, ths necessary
steel dies for the work and the paper moulds having
the necessary water marks All the plates, dies
and moulds thus executed to be the property of the
United States.
The aforesaid documents to be furnished to the
Department one half of each in the month Of
October next, and the remainder in the month of
February following, at which time all the said plates,
dies and paper moulds executed for the work, shall
likewise be delivered up as the property of the
event of the necessary appropriations being provided
for by Congress- to be made from time t. time as the
work is finished and delivered twenty-five per cent
on the whole amount being reserved by the Depart
ment until the last payment security for the faith
full fulllmen of the contract, and satisfactory COM
pleton of the work.
The work may be executed either within out Of
the limits of Washington the contractor entering into
bond with sufficient surc,ies to the satisfaction of the
Secretary of the Treasury, for the faithful perform
ance of the contract to the execution and delivery
Of the documents and all other matters and things
required by the terms of the contract, failure on
the part Of the contractor in any particular in regard
TO which the head of the Department will be the final
Judge, to cause forfeiture of the contract
No proposals unaccompanied by proper testimo-
mails of the ability of the bidder faithfully TO fulfil
his contract together with the of the sureties
oer ed or that do not in all respects conform TO the
terms of this advertisement, will be considered among
the bids for the contract.
The proposals to be sealed and endorsed "Propo-
sails for furnishing certificates Of Registry and crews
Listsn-and directed to the Secretary of the Tfea-
sury, at Washington.
w FORWARD,
Secr'y of the Treasury.
To be published once week for four weeks in tho
Madsonian, Globe, and National lntegencer, ID. c.;
Morning Post and Daily Times, Boston, Massachu-
sets STANDARD, Union and Sun, New York Ameri-
can Sentinel and Public Ledg r, Philadelphia Penn;
Republican, and Sun, Baltimore, Md; Southern Pa
rriot, Charleston, S. 9. A copy of the advertise
mept from each paper to be forwarded to this De-
partment dec 2l-law4w