The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-04
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
oQth Iuna 1910

C,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, lS43, 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 the Executive Depart
ments shall, until otherwise directed by law, be fur
nshed by contract proposals for which shall be reg
uary advertised form the public prints-the classes,
character and description Of the printing being spec
fed in each advertisement as far that be done,
and il being made a 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 far the pro-
posas 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 abili-
ty of the bidder to fulfil his contract"
Proposals unaccompanied by such testimonials will
not be considered and the bidders must distinctly
derstand that the contracts will embrace, amongst
others, the following requirements the faithful fulfil
ment of which will, in every case, be rigdly exact
ed
All the articles Of stationery must be at least fully
equal in all respects, to the samples which must
company the offers Bidders will state whether the
article they propose TO furnish be of American or
foreign manu- fnctuTe.
The blank books and binding must be equal in
teria STYLE and finish, to the samples which may be
seen in the different Offices Of the Department and
lor 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
nish the articles to execute the work in every par
,cuar, as required by the contracts and within
sonabe time OF all which the head of he Department
will be the final judge, will cause a forfeiture of the
contracts.
"The classes, character, and descriptions" of the
articles and work designated, nearly can
be ascertaned in the subjoined lists with which
the proposals mus in FORM precisely correspond. =
There must be but price specified in the proposals
for each article; and any thing not embraced the
lists, which be needed the contracts will be made
to require at 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 atsfaction
the Secretary of the Treasury will be required for
the iuiiment of any contract which may be entered
into
The proposals for printing to state the price for
which the work will be done, inclusive and erciasipe
of paper the paper in all to be of The best qua
lily. Specimens of The different kinds Of work requir
ed may be at the several offices of the Depart
ment.