The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-01-09
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,


IN conformity with the provisions of the 18th Sec
ton of an act Of Congress- entitled San act legal
zing and making appropriations for such necessary
objects as 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 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 thou
sand six hundred and seventy blank certificates Of re-
gistry Of the resseis Of The United States, and twenty
one thousand three hundred aud forty blank lists Of
cyocs, on good paper, and with the same water
marks, and well executed and in all respects to
be facsimes Of those first engraved under the act of
Sd March, 1873 Specimens of which may be seen
at the Treasury Department The proposals 10 state
for what sum the aforesaid number Of documents will
be furnished including the engraved steel plates from
which the impressions to be taken, th 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, one 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 moulds executed for the work, shall
likewise be delivered up as the property OF the
United States Payment TO the contractor, in the
for by Congress, TO be made from time to time the
work is finished and delivered, twenty-five per cent
the whole amount being reserved by the Depart
ment until the last payment as security for the faith
full fuflment Of the contract, and satisfactory
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 sure les TO the satisfaction of the
Secretary Of the Treasury, for the faithful perform
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 a forfeiture Of the contract
No proposals unaccompanied by proper testimo-
nials OF the ability Of the bidder faithfully to fulfil
hi contract together with the Of the suretes
oie cd that do not 10 all respects conform to the
Of this advertisement will be considered among
the bids for the contract
The proposals TO be sealed AMI endorsed Propo-
sails for furnishing certificates of Registry and crews
Lstsn-and directed TO the Secretary Of the Trea-
sury at Washington.
w FORWARD,
Secr'y of the Treasury.
To be published once week for four weeks in the
Mad sonan, Globe, and National Intelligoncer ID C
Morning Post and Daily Times, Bostn, Massschu-
sets Standard, Union and Sun, New York Amer-
can Sentinel and Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PENN
Republican and Sun, Baltimore, Md; Southern Pa
triot, Charlie ton, $. G. copy Of the advertise
ment from each paper to be forwarded TO this De
partment dec 2l-law4w