The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-07
PROPOSALS FOR BLANK BOOKS AND
BINDING.
Posr OFFICE DrrAarMENr, May %, Is45.

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i act Of Congress 'egalzing and making appro-
prations for such necessary objects have been
usually included in the general appropriation bills
without authority of law and to ix and provide for
certain incidental expenses of the departments and
Offices Of the government, and for other purposes"
approved August 26, 1912, SEALED PROPOSALS will be
received at this department until o'clock, p. M, Of
Saturday, the 2lst June next for supplying such of
the following blank books, and fs,s executing such
Of the following binding as the department may re-
quire during the year commencing LIST July, lS45,
and ending Goth June, 1876, viz:
3 Appropriation Legers, 8 CURES each, medium,
ruled red and feint, icih prinied captions, bound
in calf, spring backs, Russia bands and ends
and lettered, per book.
Journals, qures medium, ruled red and feint
calf, spring backs, Russia bands and ends let
tered and numbered, per book.
a Letter Books, 6 quires demi, full Russia, spring
backs, ruled red and feint, lettered and number
2 Draft Books, quires each, d.sablc cap, ruled
red and feint, with prinisd captions, full Russia,
spring backs and lettered, per book.
2 Dead Letter Registers, 6 quires each, double
cap, ruled red and feint, calf spring backs,
Russia bands and ends, with printed captions,
per book.
| Register Of Quarterly Returns, 10 quires double
cap with printed captions, ruled red and fent,
full Russia, spring back, lettered and numbered,
per book.
l Depreciation Register, quires, super royal, ex-
ira ruling, red and feint, calf, Russia bands and
ends, spring back, lettered and numbered, per
book.
| Register of Depositing Offices, quires medium,
ruled, red and feint, with printed captions, full
Russia, spring back, lettered and numbered, per
book.
I Fine book, quires royal, ruled red and feint,
with printed captions, full Russia, spring back,
lettered and numbered, per book.
Rnrta tctnr < x,,,ir laI
red and fent, calf, spring backs, with Russia
bands and ends, and letered, per book
2 Appendix to Route Registers, qures each, me-
dunn, ruled red and feint, calf, spring backs,
with Russia bands and ends, and lettered, per
book.
cap, ruled and fent calf spring backs, Russia
bands and ends, and lettered, per book.
2 Journals, qures each, demi, ruled red and fent,
calf, spring backs, and lettered, per book
Index to Journals, quires each, cap, long folio,
ruled red and feint, half bound, calf backs and
corners and lettered, per book.
l Register for executed contracts, 5 quires, me-
dunn, ruled red and feint, with printed captions,
calf, spring backs, and letered, per book
8 Letter Books, 6 quires EACH medium, ruled red
and feint, calf, spring backs, Russia bands and
ends, with indexes, letered and numbered, per
book.
The paper in the above books to be of the very
uest quullly, MANU- OF fidue, OF WOVt,
as may be preferred.
The department retains the right TO increase the
number Of quires in each any of the above books,
by allowing pro rata for the additional paper used.
Half binding six volumes newspapers, calf backs
and ends, per vol.
Folding, stitching, and cutting 5000 copies "Pro-
posals," about eleven sheets octave, per copy.
Labelling with morocco, and lettering 50 books,
(more or less, two labels EACH per volume.
Should any book or work not herein described
be ordered it is to be done at price be fixed by
the department, proportionately equal to that Of
the kind most like it.
Specimens Of the different books now in use may
be seen at the department.
In order to secure uniformity, blank forms for
proposals will be furnished on application to the
department.
Each proposal must be signed by the individual,
firm, making it, and must specify the price, and
but one price, for each and every item in the fore
going advertisement; otherwise it will not be con-
sidered.
Each bid must be accompanied by ample testi-
monials 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 Gas the law demands)
be required of the person or persons contracting;
and in case of a failure to perform the work, the
contractor and his sureties viii be liable for the for
fixture specified in such bond, as liquidated dam
az es to be sued for in the name of the United
States, in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
The head of the department will, in all cases, de-
eide whether the terms of the contract have been
complied with and reserves the power to annul the
contract upon any failure to comply in reasonable
time. =. JOHNSON,
MAY 23-law4w Postmaster General
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