The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-06-17
PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING.
Posi- OFFIeE DEPARrtiIsf,
JURE 8, 1874.

n compliance with the seventeenth section Of th
act OF Congress "legalizng and making approprl
atoms Tor such necessary objects have been usual
included in the general appropriation bills wthou
authority Of law and To fix and provide for certain
inc idental expenses OF the Department, and officer
Of the Government and for other purposes, !" APP
proved August 26, lS42 SEALED PRorosaLs will b.
received at this Department until p. M. of Wed
nesday, the 26th instant for executing the follown
descriptions OF Printing, when ordered at any tim.
between July |, 1874, and June 80, l845, Gin guam
titles as stated, more or less,) viz:
80 reams blanks and circulars, of one page, OF
quarto post paper, per ream
40 do do OF two pages, do do
do do OF three pages, do do
do do OF four pages, do do
10 do blanks and circulars on foolseap paper o
one page, per ream
III do do do OF two pages, do do
do do do OF three pages, do do
do do do OF four pages do do
do mail contracts, of three pages, on folio pos
paper, per ream
6 do do Of four pages, do do
S do postmasters' bonds, on foolscap, two on {
sheet, per rsam
do oaths for postmasters, assistants, and mail
carriers, on foolscap, on sheet, per ream
do poslmasters' commissions on foio post, two
on sheet, per ream
80 do monthly mail registers, two on sheet, cross
ruled, on ioolscap, per ream
10 do mails sent by mail agents, on small roya
paper, at least % by III inches, printed or
both sides, and cross ruled, per ream
10 do post bills, on foolscap, six on a sheet, with
captions and signatures, per ream
$50 do do do nine on sheet, do do do
100 do do do IL a sheet, do do do
These post bills will be required in quantities OF
from one ream to twenty, Offices may need them.
All book or pamphlet printing the Department may
require, per ,U0O ems for composition, and per TO
ken for press work.
Specimens Of each kind of blanks may be seen a
the Messengers room in the Department.
Paper will, in all cases, be furnished by the De
parment, TO be receipted for and accounted for b,
the printer, on demand.
The work must be executed in the best manner
with new and perfect type
The Department reserves the right to prescribe
the letter on which its printing shall be executed
In order to secure uniformity blank forms for pTopo
sails will be furnished application to the Department
Each proposal must be signed by the individual or
firm making it, and must specify the price, and bu
one price, for each and every item in the foregoing
advertisement, otherwise it will not be considered
Each bid must be accompanied by ample testimon,
of the ability of the bidder to perform the work.
Bond with security in twice the estimated amount
of the work to be done, will (as the law demands
be required Of the person or persons contracting
and in case of failure to perform the work, the con
tractor and his suretes will be liable for the forfeit
ure specified in the bond liquidated damages, t(
be sued for in the of the United States, in any
court having jurisdiction thereof.
The head OF the Department will in all cases decd,
whether the terms of the contract have been npe,
with, and reserves the power TO annu the coutrac
upon any failure to comply in reasonable lime.
G. A. WlCKLIFFE,
June 3 p W. General