The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-06-06
PROPOSALS FOR BLANK BOOKS AND
BIN DING.
P0sT OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
June 3

1890 'N'
r N compliance with the seventeenth section of the
act OF Congress "legsliz ng and making appropra-
tons for such necessary objects have been usually
included in the general appropriation bills without
authority of law, and to Tx and provide for certain
incidental expense of the Department and offices
OF the Governme Mt and for other PURPOSES approved
August PC, 1912 SEALLs Proposals wi be received
at lis Department until O'Clock, p. NJ, Of w ed
nesday, the Goth instant, for supplying such Of the
following blank books and for executing such of the
following binding, as the Depaltn may require
during the year commencing Let July, 1874, and end
ing 30th June, loi5, viz:
3 Appropriation Legers 6 quires each, medium,
III ed red and ieint, uih printed captions, boun 4
in calf spring backs, Russia bands and ends, and
lettered, per book.
l Journal, quires medium, ed red aud fenI
calf spring backs, Russia bands and ends letter
ed and numbered, per book.
| Letter b. ok, guIres demi, full Russia, spring
backs ruled red and feint, leltcred and number
cd, pei book.
Draft Books, qures each, double cap, ruled red
and fent, with PRINTED captions foil Russia spring
backs and letlefvd per book.
Dead Letter Registers, quires each double cap
ruled red and feInt, calf spring backs Russil
bands and ends, with printed captions per book.
Route Registers, quires each, medium, ruled
red and ieint, calf, spring backs, with Russia
bands and ends, and etieIed, per book
Appendix to Route Register, 4 quires each
medium, ruled red and eint, calf spring backs
with Russia bands and ends, and lettered, per
book.
Index Book to Route Registers, 6 qures, CAP,
ruled and feint, calf spring backs, Russia bands
and ends and le,tered, per book
Journals, quires each denny, ruled red ana
feint, calf, spnng backs and lettered per book
Index TO Journals, quires each, cap, long folio,
ruled red and frint, half bound, calf backs and
corners, and lettered, per book.
Register for executed contract, quires, medium
ruled red and feint, with printed captions, cali
spring backs, and leltereJ, per book
~ Letter Books, quires each, medium, ruled red
ard flint calf spIing backs, Russia bands and
erds, with indexes, leltered and numbered, per
book
The paTer 10 the above books 10 he Of the very
best quality hand or machine made, laid woye, as
mey be preferred.
Tho Department, retains Il right to increase the
number Of qures 10 each any of the above books
by allowing pro rata for the additional paper used
Binding four Bond Books six to nine quires each
medium, foil Russia, spring backs, letlered on
back aud both sides, per book
Binding two Indexes, medium, long folio sx "a
eight qures each, calf spring backs, Russia
bands and ends, and lettered per book.
REMINDING and repairing three old Bond B joks
mrdIum, SIX to Twelve quires each, calf, Russia
bands and ends, spring backs, and letieted, pei
book.
Half binding sir volumes newspapers, calf back,
and ends Ter vol
Folding, stitching, and cutting 1000 copies Pro
posals, about eleven sheets octave, per copy.
Specimens Of the different books now in use may
be 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, OF
firm, making 1t, and must specify the price, and bu
one price for each and every item in the foregoing
advertisement otherwise 1t will not be considered
Each BID must be accompanied by ample testino
nals 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) b,
required OF tie person persons contracting; anC
IN case OF failure to per the work, the conirac
tor and his suretes will be liable for the forieitur,
specified in such bond liquidated damages, TO b
sued for IN the name Of the Unit, States, in any
court having lur sdct on thereof.
The head of the Department will, in all cases, dc
eide whether the terms II the contract have beer
complied with, and reserves the power to annul th'
contract upon any failure to comply in reasonable
time.
G. A. WICKLIFFE,
June Postmaster General.