The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-12
Treasury DEPARTMENT,
29th June, 1912.


- EPARATE PROPOSALS for executing print
~ ing for furnishing stationery, and for executing
binding and furnishing blank books for this Depart
ment, until the first day of July, l043 will be rece-
we'd until the fifteenth day of July next, in conformity
with the provision in the act making appropriations
for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Govern
ment, which provides That the job printing station
cry and binding of each of tue Executive Depart
ments SHALL until otherwise directed by law be fur
nished by contract proposals for which shall be reg
ulary advertised for in the public Prnts-the classes,
character and description of the printing being speci-
fed in each advertisement as far that be done,
and it being made condition in all cases, unless
otherwise specifically stated in the advertisement that
the work shall be done in the city of Washington
and the contract shall in each case SO far as the pro-
posals and acceptance shall enable the contract to be
made be given to the lowest bidder, whose bid shall
be accompanied with proper testimonials OF the ablll-
ty Of the bidder to fulfil his contract"
Proposals unaccompanied by such testimonials will
not be considered and the bidders must distinctly UNI
derstand that the contracts will embrace, amongst
Others the following requirements the faithful fulfil
ment OF which WILL in every case, be rigidy exacted
All the articles of stationery must be at least fully
equal in all respects, to the samples which must ac-
company the offers. Bidders will state whether the
article they propose to furnish be OF American or
foreign manna cuTe.
The blank books and binding must be equal in ma
teraI, style and finish, to The samples which may be
the different offices of the Department, and
superior in every instance where those samples may
have been found not be of the best quality. The
printing must be executed with new and perfect type,
and the best paper used for the different descrp-
tons of printing required. The articles and work
will be required from time TO time they wanted
and they will be paid for quarterly; failure to fur
nsh the articles to execute the work In every par
lcuIar required by the contracts and within
sonable time all which the head of the Department
will be the final judge, will cause forfeiture of the
contracts.
"The classes, character, and descriptions of the
articles and work are designated, as nearly as can
now be ascertaned, in The suboined lists, with which
the proposals must, in form, precisely correspond
There must be but price specified in the proposals
for each article; and any thing not embraced IN the
lists which NAV be needed the contracts will be made
to require corresponding Iates with those specified
The proposals must be sealed, endorsed Proposals
for Furnishing -" and directed to the Secretary Of
the Treasury.
A bond with sufficient sureties to the satisfaction
the Secretary of the Treasury, will be required fol-
the ulfIment Of maybe entered into
The proposals for printing to state the price for
which the work will be done, inclusive and erctnsive
of paper the paper in all cases to be of the best qua
lity Specimens fhe different kind, of work requir-
ed may be seen at the several Offices othe Department
STATIONERY,