The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-06-11
PROPOSALS FOR BLANK BOOKS AND
BIN DlNG.
June 3
Il. VI. General
PosT OFFIcE DEPARTMENT,
June Sd, 1874.

Posi- OFFIcE DEPARTMENT,
June Sd, 1874.
N compliance with the seventeenth section of the
act OF Congress "legalizng and making appropria-
tons for such necessary objects have been usually
included in the general appropriation bills without
authority of law, and to 1 and provide for certain
Incidental expenses of the DEPARTING and Off res
of the Governme nj, and for other purposes owed
August ri, 1912, SEALLp PRoPosALs viii be received
is Department until O'Clock, p. NJ, of Wed
nesday, The Both instant for supplying such of he
following ank books and for executing such OF the
following binding, the Depa tment may require
during the year commencing LIT July 1874 and end
,ng 3Oth June, 1915, viz
Appropriation Legers, 6 quires each, medium,
rued red and TENT icih printed captions bound
il calf, spring backs, Russia lands and ends, and
lottercd, per book
Journal, quiIes medium, ru,ed red and feint
calf spring backs, Russia bands and ends letter
ed and numbered, per book.
| Letter b Ok 6quIres demi, full Russia, spring
backs, ruled red and feIn,, lettered and number
I'd, pei book.
DRAFT Books, CURES each, double cap ruled red
aud fcni with printed captions, full Russia spring
backs and letlered, per book.
Dead Letter Registers, qures each, double cap,
ruled red and ieint calf, spring backs, RussIl
bands and ends, with printed captions, per book.
Route Registers 5qui'es each, medium, ruled
red and fent calf, spring backs, with Russia
bands and ends, and leIeIed, per book.
Appendix 10 X ute Regis,ers 4 quires each,
medium, ruled red and feni calf spring backs
with Russia bands and ends aud leltered per
book.
! Ind Book to Route Registers 6 quire. cap
ruled and feint calf, spring backs, Russia bands
and ends, and lettered, per book
Journals, quires each, d,my, ruled red
fent, calf spring backs, aud lcttered, per book
Index to Journals, quires esch, cap, long folio
ruled red and fcint, half bound calf backs and
corners, and lettered per book.
Register for executed contract, D quiics medium
ruled RID and ieint, with printed captions, calf
spring back and lcltered, per book
- Letter Books, qulres each, medium, ruled red
AID Flint, calf ,pling backs, Russia bands aud
eds, with indexes, lettered and numbered per
book
The paIer in the above books 10 be Of the very
bes, quality hand ~ machine made, laid or wove,
may be preferred
The Department retoins 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 tour Bond Books six To nine quifes each,
medium, fol Russia, spring backs, letlcrcd on
back aud both sides, per book.
Binding two Indexes, medium long folio, 81 TO
eight qures each, calf, spring backs, Russia
bands ADD ends, and etter,d, per book.
r. binding aud repairing three oil Bond Books.
medium, SIX to twelve quircs each, ALI, RUSSIA
bands and ends, spring backs, and let,cfcd, per
book.
Half binding six volumes newspapers, calf backs
anu thus Ter Vol.
Folding, stitching and cutting 5000 copies Pro
posals, about eleven sheets octave per copy.
Specimens Of the different books now in use may
be at tie Department
In order to uniformity blank forms for pro-
posals will be furnished application to the Depart
mcnt.
Each proposal must be signed by the individual, or
firm, making It, and must seciiy the price, aud but
one price, tor each and every item in the foregoing
advertisement otherwise It will not be considered.
Each bid must be accompanied by ample testtno-
mails 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 (ss the law demands) be
required OF c person or persons contractingi and
IN case OF failure TO per the work the conrac
tor and his suretcs will be liable for the forfeiture
specified in such bond, as qudaed damages, to be
sued for IN the name Of the United States, 10 any
court having jur sdct on thereof
The head Of the Department will, in all cases. de
eide whether the terms { the contract have been
complied with, and reserves the power to annul the
contract upon any failure to comply in reasonable
time
G. A wlCkLIFFE,
june Postmaster General