The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-01-21
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

December 2Oth lS32.
TN conformity with the provisions of the 18th sec
i ton of an act of Congress, entitled "An act legal
izng and making OPERATIONS for such necessary
objects as have been usually included in the general
appropriation bills without authority Of law and 10
fix and provide for certain incidental expenses Of the
Departments and Offices of the Government and for
other purposes, approved the Goth August, 1912.
PROPOSALS
Will be received by this Department until the first
day Of February next on which day the bids will be
opened for furnishing the Department with ten thou
sand six hundred and seventy blank certificates Of
gSru of The ueSses Of The United STATES, aud twenty
one thousand three hundred and forty blank lists Of
cracs, good paper, and with the same water
marks and as we'll executed, and in all respects 10
he fsc.smes of those first engraved under the act of
Sd March, 1913. Specimens Of which may be seen
at the Treasury Department. The proposals 10 state
for what sum the aiore aid numberol documents will
be furnished, including the engraved steel plates from
which the impressions are TO be taken, ts necessary
steel dies for the work and the paper mouds having
the necessary water marks. All the plates, dies
and mouds thus executed to be the property Of the
United States.
The aforesaid documents to be furnished TO the
Department, half Of each in the month Of
October next, and the remainder in the month OF
February following, at which time all the said plates
dies and paper mouds 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 necessary appropriations being provided
for by Congress TO be made from time L, time the
work is finished and delivered, twenty ye per cent.
on the whole amount being reserved by the Depart
ment until the last payment security for the faith
fu fu6ment 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 les TO the satisfaction Of the
Secretary Of the Treasury for the TAI hfu perform
snce of the contract to the execution and delivery
OF the document. 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 a forfeiture Of the contract
No proposals unaccompanied by proper teStmo-
mails Of the ability Of the bidder faithfully 10 fulfil
hi. contract, together with the names Of the suree'
ode cd or that do not ia ell 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,
Listsn-snd directed 10 the Secretary Of the Trea
sury, at Washington.
w FORWARD,
Secr'y Of the Treasury.
! To be published once week four weeks in tho
Madisonan Globe, and National Intelligencer ID. c.
Morning Post and Daily Times, Bost ., Massschu
sits STANDARD, Union and Sun, New rk; Ameri
can Sentinel and Public Ledg r, Philadelphia Penn.
! Republican and Sun, Baltimore, Nj; Southern Pa
Fri t, Charlie ton, $. c. A copy Of the advertise
mcnt from each paper to be forwa ded to this DE
! partment dec 9l-lawAw