The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-30
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

! December Goth, 1912
TN conformity with the provisions of the 18th
ton of an act of Congress- entitled "An act legal
izing and making appropriations 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 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 Ten thou
sand six hundred and seventy blank certificates of
gsi,y of the vessels Of The United States, and twenty
one thousand three hundred and forty blank lists Of
cre,cs, good paper, and with the same water :
marks and as we'll executed and in all respects to
be acsmilcs 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 the afore aid number of documents will
be furnished including the engraved steel plates from
which the impressions to be taken, tho necessary
steel dies for the work and the paper mouds having
the necessary water marks. All the plates, dies,
and moulds thus executed 10 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, which time all the said plates
dies and paper mouds executed for the work, shall
likewise be delivered up the property Of the
United States. Payment to the contractor, in the
event OF tne necessary appropriations
for BY Congress- to be made from time to time the
work is finished and delivered, twenty-five per cent
on the whole amount being reserved by the Depart
ment until the last payment as security for the faith
full fulfment of the contract, and satisfactory COM
petion of the work.
The work may be executed either within out of
the limits of Washington the contract entering into
bond with sufficient les 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 unaccompauled by proper testimo-
mails of the ability of the bidder faithfully to fulfil
nj. contract together with the of the surees
ote ed 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 an endorsed "Propo-
sails for furnishing certificates Of Registry and crew.
Lis,s"-and directed TO the Secretary of the Trea-
sury, at Washington.
w. FORWARD,
Secry of the Treasury
To be published once a week for four weeks in the
Mad soniap Globe and National lntelligencer ID. c.;
Morning Post and Daily Times, Bostcn, Massschu-
sits Standard Union and Sun, New Y rk Ameri-
can Sentinel and Public Ledg Philadelphia Penn;
Republican and Sum- Baltimore, Md; Southern Pa
riat Charlie. ton, s. c. A copy of the advertise
mcni from each paper to be forwarded TO this De
partment dec 2l-law4w