The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-10
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.

OFFICE THE SECRETARY OF THE Senate u. s.
September 26, 1912.
TN pursuance ofthe act legalizing and making APP
i preparations for such necessary objects 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 of August lS42, sealed proposals
will be received AT this Office until o'clock Mon
day the Oath of October next, for furnishing the fol-
lowing articles of stationery for the of the Sena'e
each article TO be of the best quality, and to be a-
proved by the Secretary, viz:
800 sheets of prepared parchments l6 by % inches
(Terry's, or other of equal quali,y0 prepared
on both sides
2 reams white engrossing paper, to be 26 by 10
inches when trimmed
40 reams white quadruple cap paper, for envelopes
so reams white Hat single cap paper, for envelopes
10 reams white wove cap paper handmade, satin
finish
10 reams white wove cap paper, handmade, satin
80 reams blue wove Alto post, handmade, satin
finish
20 reams blue wove 4to post, handmade, satin
finish, fent lined on three sides
1000 Opaque quilts, No. 80
2000 clear quils, No. 80
g doz cards Haydens combination steel pens
doz. cards Hayden's ladies' steel pens
gross Winde's thristle steel pens
5 doz. cards Winde's bullion pens
doz. Rosewood PEN handles for barrel steel pens
doz. Rosewood handles, for other steel pens
doz. four-badsd Congress knives, pearl handles,
silver tipped, (of Rogers and Sons, or others
of equal quality
doz. quart jugs of black ink
90 doz. haf.pnt jugs of black ink
/ doz. ounce bottles Of ed ink
20 gross red tape, No. 10
20 gross red tape, No. 10
100 lbs. black sand
3 lbs. India rubber, 40 pieces to the lb.
gross black lead pencils, soft
dozen glass nkstands
dozen japanned sand boxes
10 dozen japanned wafer boxes
l gross silk taste blue
dozen cap Portfolios
100 lbs. red sealing wax, 90 sticks to the h..
lbs. black sealing wax, 20 sticks TO the ID.
lbs cooted (various colors) sealing wax, not
less than 20 sticks to the 10.
so lbs red waters, in cannsters
dozen ivory handle wafer stamps, chequered
dozen ivory handle wafer stamps, plain
IL dozen ivory folders, 9 inches long and inch
wide
The articles are TO be delivered at the office of the
Secretary of the Senate at Washington, free of any
charge for carriage, before the 18th of Novem-
Der next and will be paid for delivery.
Specimens Of the articles required may be seen at
the office of the Secretary of the Senate sufiic
specimen Of each article proposed for is TO accom-
pany the proposal, and to be marked with the name Of
the proposer The whole of each article specified in
the foregoing list will be deemed class and the per-
offering to furnish any such class at the lowest
price equality considered) will receive contract for
the same, executing bond with two or more sure
ties satisfactory to the Secretary of the Senate for the
performance thereof, under forfeiture Of twice the
contract price in of failure which bond is to be
filed in the Office Of the said Secretary, within ten
days after the proposals have been accepted.
Proposals must be endorsed Proposals for sta
onery for the Senate" and be directed to the Secre-
tsry of the Senate, at Washington.
ASBURY DICKENS,
sep 26-law4w Secretary of the Senate.