The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-06-20
PROPOSALS FOR BLANK BOOKS AND
BINDING.
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, June Sd, 1874

PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, June Sd, 1874.
T N compliance with the seventeenth section of the
i act OF Congress "legslizng and making appfopfs-
tons 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 Department and Offices
of the 0overnmen and for other purposes" approved
August &c, 1912, SEALLs PROPOSALS wi be received
at Ills Department until o'clock, p NJ, of We'd
nesday the Doth instant, for supply ing such OF the
following blank books, and for executing such of the
following binding as the Department may require
during the year commencing ist July 1874, and end
ing 3Oth June, loi5, viz:
3 Appropriation Legers quires each, medium,
ruled red and ieinti nth printed captions, bound
10 calf spring backs, Russia bands snd ends, and
letered per book.
Journal, 8 quires medium ruled red and feint,
calf spring backs, Russia bands and ends letter
ed and numbered, per book.
| Letter BOX, quires demi, full Russia, spring
backs, ruled red and ieint, leIlcred and number
ed pet book.
DRAFT Books quires each, double cap, ruled red
and feioi with printed capiions full Russia spring
backs and lctiercd, per book.
Dead Letter Registers, qures each, double cap,
ruled red and feint, calf, spring backs, Russia
bands and ends with printed captions per book
Route Registers, quifes each, medium, ruled
red and feint, calf, spring backs, with Russia
bands and ends and leitered, per book
Appendix TO Route Registers, 4 CURES each,
with Russia bands and ends, and le,tered, per
book.
Index Book TO Route Registers, 6 qures, cap,
ruled and feint, cali, spring backs, Russia bands
and ends and lettered per book.
2JUUrnals, quires each, DENY, ruled red and
feint, calf spring backs, and lettereJ, per book.
lndeI TO Journals quires each, cap, long folio,
ruled red and feint, half bound, calf backs and
corners and leltefed per book.
Register for executed contracts, quires, medium,
,i.I .nH tcf utth .d py,out .lf
spring back and le,tered, per book
| ~ Letter Books, quIres each, medium, ruled red
ard flint, calf sping backs, Russia bands and
ends, with indexes leltered and numbered, per
book.
The paper in the above books TO be Of the very
pee, quality hand machine made, laid or wove, as
may be preferred.
The Department retsins the 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 Bond Books SIX TO nine quiros each,
medium, full Russia, spring backs, is,sred on
back and both sides, per book.
Binding two Indexes medium, long folio, SIX TO
eight quires EACH calf spring backs, Russia
band. and ends and letiered per book.
Rtbinding and repairing three old Bond Books.
medium, SIX 10 Twelve quires each, calf, Russia
bands and ends, spring backs, and let,efed per
book.
Half binding sir volumes newspapers, calf backs
and ends, Ier vol.
possls, about eleven sheets octave, per copy.
Specimens Of the different books now 10 use may
be seen at the Department
In order to secure uniformity, blank forms for pro-
posaIs will be furnished application to the Depart
ment.
Each proposal must be signed by the individual, or
firm making it, and must specify the price, and but
one price for each and every item in the foregoing
advertisement, otherwise IL will not be considered.
Zach bid mus, be accompanied by ample tes,imo-
mails Of the ability Of the bidder TO perform the
work
Bond with security in twice the estimated amount
Of the work 10 be done will "a the law demands) be
required Of tie person or persons contractiog and
IN case Of failure TO perform the work, the conrsc
tor and his sureties will be liable for the forfeiture
specified in such bond, as liqudsted damages to be
sued for in the name Of the United States, in any
court having jur sdict on thereof
The head Of the Department will, in all cases, de-
eide whether the terms a the contract have been
complied with, and reserves the power to annul the
contrac, upon any failure to comply IN reasonable
| time.
\ C. A. WICKLIrFE,
I June Postmaster General,