The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-06-21
PROPOSALS FOR BLANK BOOKS AND
BINDING.
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, June 81

PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, June Sd, 1874
I n compliance with the seventeenth section OF the
act OF Congress 'egaliz ng and making appropria-
tions for such necessary have been usually
included in the general appropriation bills without
authority of law and 10 Tx and provide for certain
incidental expenses of the Department. and Offices
of the Government and for other purposes, approved
August 20, 1912, SEALLp PROPOSALS wi be received
at tits Department until O'Clock, p. NJ, Of Wed
nesday the Doth instant, for supplying such Of the
follow ing blank books and for executing such of The
following binding the Department may require
during the year commencing let July, 1874, and end
ing 30th June, lS45, viz:
3 Appropriation Legers quires each, medium,
rueJ red and feinl, ,cih printed captions, bound
in calf spring backs, Russia bands aud ends, and
let,ered per book.
Journal, quires medium ruled red and feini,
calf, spring backs Russia bands and ends, letter
ed and numbered, per book.
Letter ok, CURES demi, full Russia, spring
backs, ruled red and feini, letteIed and number
ed, pei book.
2 DRAFT Books 6 qures each, double cap, ruled red
aud fein', with printed oapiions full Russia, spring
backs and leuereJ per book.
Dead Letter Registers, quires each, double cap,
ruled red and fent, calf spring backs Russia
bands and ends, with printed captions, per book.
Route Registers, quires esoh, medium, ruled
red and teint, cali, spring backs, with Russia
bands and ends, and ettereJ, per book.
Appendix to Route Registers, 4 quires each,
medium, ruled red and TENT, calf spring backs
with Russia bands and ends, and leitered, per
Index Book to Route Registers, qoire,, cap
ruled and feint, calf, spring backs, Russia bands
and ends, and lettered per book.
Journals, quires each, deny, ruled red anu
ieint calf spring backs, and lettered, per book.
Index 10 Journals, quires EACH CAP long folio,
ruled red and feint, half bound, calf backs and
corners and let,ered, per book.
! Register for executed contracts, quires, medium
ruled red and ien with printed captions, calf
spring backs, and leteTed, per book.
- Letter Books, quires each, medium, ruled red
and flint, calf, spiing backs, Russia bands and
cads, with indexes, letered and numbered, per
book.
The psTer in the above books to be Of the very
best qualify, hand or machine made laid or woye, as
may be preferred.
The Department rcthins TIE right to increase the
number Of quires in each any of the above books
by allowing pro rata for The additional paper used.
Binding four BOod Books Fix to nine CURES each,
medium, full Russia, spring backs, lettercd on
back aud both sides, per book.
Binding two Indexes, medium, long folio, SIX to
eigh, quIres each, calf spring backs, Russia
bands and ends, and ietrertd per book.
Rtbnd'ng and repairing three old Bond Books.
medium, six to Twelve qulres each, calf, Russis
bands and ends, spring backs, and leuered per
Half binding six volumes newspapers, calf backs
and ends, fer vol
Folding, stitching, and cutting 5000 copies "Pro-
posals b" about eleven sheets octave, per copy.
Specimens of the dideren, books now in use may
be seen at the Department.
10 order TO uniformity, blank forms for pro-
Posss will be furnished on application TO the Depart
ment.
Each proposal must be signed by the individual, or
firm, making it, and must ecify the price and but
price for each and every item in the foregoing
advertisement otherwise It will not be considered
Each bad must be accompanied by ample iestmo-
mails Of the ability Of the bidder 10 perform the
work
Bond with security in twice the estimated amount
Of the work TO be done viii (as the law demsnds) be
required Of tie person or persons contracting and
in Of a failure TO per iorm the work the coptrac
tor and his sureties will be liable for the forfeiture
specified in such bond, as bquidstcd damages, to be
sued for the name Of the UnIt.d States, 10 any
court having jur sd,ct on thereof.
The bead of the Department viii, IN all cases, de.
eide whether the terms II the contract have been
complied with, AMI reserves the power 10 spnu the
contrsc, upon any failure to comply IN a ,asopabIs
time.
G. a. WICKLIFFE,
jus> Postmaster General