The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-28
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

December 10Th, lS42.
TN conformity with the provisions of the 18th sec
i ton of an act of Congress, entitled "An act legal
izing and making OPERATIONS for such necessary
objects as have leen 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, y approved the 26th August, 1912
PROPOSALS
Will be received by this Department until the first
day of February next, which day the bids will be
opened for furnishing the Department with tenthou-
sand six hundred and seventy blank certificates Of
gistyu of the pessels of The United States, and twenty
one thousand three hundred and forty blank lists Of
cretcs, on as good paper, and with the same water
marks and as well executed and in all respects to
be facsimile of those first engraved under the act of
Sd March, 1883. Specimens Of which may be seen
a, the Treasury Department The proposals TO state
for what sum the aiore aid numberof documents Will
be furnished including the engraved steel plates from
which the impressions to be taken, ~ 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 10, the
Department. one half of each in the month of
October next and the remainder in the month of
February follow wing which time all the said plates,
dies and paper moulds executed for the work, shall
likewise be delivered up as the property OF the
United States. Payment to the contractor, in the
event OF the
for by Congress to be made from time H. time the
work is finished and delivered, tweny-iy per cent.
on the whole amount being reserved by the Depart
me Mt until the last payment security for the faith
full fument of the contract, and satisfactory COM
pletion of the work.
| The work may be executed either within or out Of
the limits of Washington, the contractor entering into
bond with sufficient sureie TO the satisfaction of the
Secretary of the Treasury for the fai hfu 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 10 cause forfeiture of the contract
No proposals unaccompanied by proper testImo-
mails of the ability Of the bidder faithfully to fulfil
his together with the names OF the suretes
oe ed or that do not in al 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-
calls for furnishing certificates Of Registry and crews
Iissu-and directed TO the Secretary of the Tres.
sury, at Washington.
w FORWARD,
Secr'y of the Treasury.
To be published once week for four weeks in tho
Madsonian Globe and National Intelligencer, ID. c.
Morning Post and Daily Times, Boston, Massachu
| sets STANDARD, Union and Sun, New York Amer
can Sentinel and Public Ledger, Philadelphia Penn.
Republic and Sun, Baltimore, Md, Southern Pa
,rit, Charlie ton, s c. copy Of the advertise
ment from each paper TO be forwarded to this DE
partment dec 81 -law4v