The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-19
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.
OFFICE or THE SEcRRrARv on THE SENATE u.


OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE U. 5.
April %, lS45.
N pursuance of the "Act legalizing and making
appropriations for such necessary objects as have
'een usually included in the general appropriation
nils without authority Of law, and to fix and pro-
Ide for certain incidental expenses OF the DEPART
nents and Offices of the government, and for other
approved the Goth of August, 1912,
eaed proposals will be received at this Office until
10 o'clock, a. m, on Monday, the Goth of May
,ext for furnishing the following articles of sta
ionery for the Of the Senate, each article to be
Il the very best quality, and to be approved by the
viz:
$50 reams cartridge paper
so do white quadruple cap paper, smooth
surface, for envelopes
$50 do white single flat cap paper smooth
surface, for envelopes
~ DO white vellum cap paper, satin finish
plain
20 do white vellum cap paper, satin finish,
feint lined :
lOO do white vellum quarto post paper, satin
finish, feint lined
81 do white vellum quarto post paper, satin
finish, plain
25 do white note paper, satin finish
10 do fancy tinted note paper
2 do blotting paper
IL dozen cap portfolios
2 do post portfolio
3gross back-lead pencils
3 dozen red-lead pencils
do four-olade penknives, pearl handles,
3 do four-blade penknives, Of a smaller size
do do do buck handles
5000 clear quilts, No. 80
1000 opaque quilts, No. 80
~ wafer rs stamps ehsskered
IL do ivory folders, 9 inches long and ! inch
wide
IN oroas In roe I'm rel staal mans
10 do small barrel do
10 do Windle's bullion pens
100 cards Perry's three-point pens
"a do do fat-spring do
5gross.Gillot's Peruvian pens
l do small pen handles
! do largo do
2 do halfpnt jugs black ink
dozen ounce bottles red ink
rs pounds red waters, in canisters
4 dozen boxes transparent waters
100 pounds red sealing-wax, ten sticks to the
pound
100 pounds red sealing-wax, twenty to the
10 pounds black sealing-wax
10 do colored wax, various colors, in
boxes
6 dozen ebony standishes, inches long and
and wide, fifteen with cut-glass inks and
sands Il inch square. with division
for waters, and a top for the same, and
division for pens
dozen cut-glass inkstands
SO gross red tape, No. Is
pounds India rubber, 40 pieces to the
pound
u dozen japanned wafer boxes
do do sand sifters
6 ivory-handed erasers
BY the act approved June IL, 1874, the Secretary
the Senate is "directed to confne his purchases
xcusively TO articles the growth and manufacture
the United States, provided the same can be pro-
ured Of such growth and manufacture of suitable
uality, and at reasonable prices, upon as good
srms as to quality and price as can be obtained of
oreign growth and manufacture" A preference
will therefore be given to the productions of Amer
AN industry; and all persons making proposals to
upply any article will state whether the same is of
he growth and manufacture of the United States.
The articles will be delivered at the office of the
secretary of the Senate at Washington, free Of any
barge for carriage or before the 9th OF August
ext, and will be paid for on delivery.
Specimens Of the articles required may be seen at
ne Office Of the Secretary Of the Senate. Every
rticle must be Of the very best quality.
A sufficient specimen of each article proposed for
Of paper half quire) is to accompany the pro-
osal, and to be- marked with the name of the pro-
Oser. The whole of each article specified in the
,regong list will be deemed class, and the per-
On offering to furnish any such class at the lowest
rice equality considered) will receive contract for
he same, on executing bond, with two more
lreties satisfactory to the Secretary Of the Senate
n the performance thereof, under forfeiture Of
vice the contract price in case of failure, which
Dnd is to be filed in the office of the said Sec
tary within ten days after the proposals have been
,cepted
Proposals should be endorsed proposals for
tationery for the Senate" and be directed to the
ecretary of the Senate at Washington.
ASBURY DICKINS,
Secretary of the Senate.
April Q6-1awAw