The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-06-10
June 3
PROPOSALS FOR BLANK BOOKS AND
BINDING.
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT,


In compliance with the seventeenth section of the
act OF Congress "legaliz ng and making appropra-
tons 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 Department and Offices
of the Governme A. and fos other purposes approved
August 26, 1872 SgALLD PRoPosaLs wi be received
at is Department until O'Clock, p. NJ, of Wed
nesday, the Doth instant, for suppl, ing such of the
following mank books, and for executing such of the
toawing binding, as the Department may require
during the year commencing LET July, 1914, and end
ing 3Uth June, lSi5, viz:
Appropriation Lcgers quire. each, medium,
III ed red and feint With printed captions, boun 4
Ia calf, spring backs, Russia bands aud ends, and
letiered, per box.
Journal quiIes medium rue Ell red aod fen,
calf, spring backs, Russia bands and ends, letter
cd and numbered per book.
l Letter b ok, 6qures DEM, full Russia, spring
backs, ruled red and feint, lettced and number
I'd, pei book.
, DRAFT Books, quires each double cap ruled red
and feinf with printed captions full Russia spring
backs and letlered, per book
Dead Letter Registers quires each double cap,
ruled red and feInt, calf, spring backs Russi,
bands and ends, with printed eopiions, per book.
Route Registers, qufes each, medium, ruled
red and flint, calf, spring backs, VITA Russia
bands and ends, and deferred per b, ok
Appendix 10 Route Registers, 4 CURES each
medium, ruled red and TENT, calf spring backs
with Russia bands and ends, and lertered, pc,
book.
l Index Book to Route Registers, 6 qore., cap,
ruled and fcint calf, spring backs, Russia bands
and ends, and Iettered, per book.
Journals, quires each my, ruled red and
ieint, calf, sprng backs, and Uttered per book.
Index 10 Journals, quires each, cap, long folio,
ruled n and feint, half bound, calf backs and
corners, and letefed, per book.
1 Repist, for ,Nscn ed contract. , 1uires medium
ruled red and ieint, with printed captions, cali
spring back, and le,tereJ, per book
- Letter Books, quires each, medium, ruled red
and flint calf spling backs. Russia bands and
eds, with indexes, leltered and numbered, per
book.
The paJet in the above books e. be of the very
best qualify hand or machine made, laid wose, as
may he preferred.
The Department retains Il e right TO increase the
number of qures in each any OF the above books
by allowing pro rata for The additional paper used.
Binding four Bond Books six to nine qures each
medium, full Russia, spring backs, leltered OF
back and both sdes, per book.
Binding two Indexes medium, long folio, u
eigh, quires EACH elf spring backs Rus-i'
bands and ends, and let,er,d, per book.
R,bindipg and repairing three old Bond Books
medium, six to twelve qurcs each, calf, Rossl'
bands and ends, spnng backs, and leuercd, pc
book
Half binding six volumes newspapers, calf back
and ends, yer vol.
Folding, stitching, and cutting 5000 ooprs "Pro
posals, about eleven sheets octave, per copy,
Specimens Of the different books now IN use ma,
be seen at the Department
In order to secure uniformity, blank forms for pro
posas will be furnished on application to the Depart
ment.
Each proposal must be signed by the individual, o
firm, making IL, and must specify the price, and bu
one price, for each and every item in the foregoing
advertisement, otherwise It will not b. considered.
Each bid must be accompanied 10y ample test'no
nias of the ability OF the bidder TO perform tn
work
Bond with security in twice the es im,ted amour
OF the work to be done will las the law demands) b
required OF tie person or persons contracting; an
IN case OF failure to per orm the work the coorao
tor and his sureties will be liable for the forfetur
specified in such bond, as liquldated damages to b
sued for IN the name Of the Unt,d States, IN an
court having jur sJlct on thereof.
The head OF the Department will, in all cas,s, de
! eide whether the terms a the contract have bee
complied with, and reserves the power to annui III
contract upon any failure to comply IN REASONABLE
/ time.
C. A. WICKLIFFE,
! june Postmas er General.