The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-01-06
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
D.cemher Otltb IL


TN conformity with the provisions of the 18th
ton Of an act of Congress- entitled Gan act legal
izng 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
idru of The utssels Of The United States, and twenty
one thousand three hundred and forty blank lists Of
ere,cs, good paper, and with the same water :
marks and well executed, and in all respects 10
be facsmes of those first engraved under the act of
Sd March, 1913. Specimens of which may be seen
at the Treasury Department The proposals TO state
for what sum the Aforesaid number of 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 to the
Department, one half of each in the month of
October next, and the remainder in the month of
February follow ing 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
event Of the necessary appropriations being provided
for by Congress TO be made from time h. 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
fuI fulfllment of the contract, and satisfactory com
pleton Of the work.
The work may be executed either within or out Of
the limits of Washington, the contractor entering into
bond with sufficient suree to the satisfaction Of the
Secretary Of the Treasury, for the faithful perform
snce 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 upaccompaned by proper testmo-
mails OF the ability of the bidder faithfully 10 fulfil
hi. contract together with the names OF the surctlcs
ote ed or that do not 10 ell respects conform to the
terms of this advertisement will be considered among
i the bids for the contract
The proposals TO be sealed AMI endorsed "Propo-
sails for furnishing certificates of Registry and
Iis,sn-and directed TO the Secretary Of the Trca-
,ury, at Washington -
w. FORWARD,
secr'y Of the Treasury.
| To be published once week for four weeks in the
Mad, sonn, Globe, and National lnelligoncer, ID C.i
/ Morning Post and Daily Times, Bost'n, Massachti-
| sits; STANDARD, Union and Sun, New York Ameri-
can Sentinel and Public Ledger, Philadelphia, Penn;
| Republicap and Sun, Baltimore, Md; Southern Pa
! riot Charleston, s. G.. a copy of the advertise
ment from each paper to be forwarded to this De
nartment dec 2l--law4w