The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-06
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.
Posr orYlcE DEPARrmENr,


May %, lS45.
TN compliance with the seventeenth section OF the
i act of Congress, "legalizing and making appro-
priations 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 departments, and
Offices of the government and for other purposes.
approved August 26, 1912, SEALED Proposals will
be received at this department until 3oclock p. m of
the 2lst June next for supplying such Of
the following stationery Us the department may order
during the year commencing LIST July, l645, and
ending 30th June, 1886, viz,
. 90 reams Southworth's Congress extra superfne
quarto post paper, blue or white, feint
lined, weight pounds per ream
SO reams Jesup's first class quarto post wove or
laid, blue or white, feint lined; weight 81
pounds per rean
l2 reams Patner, Smith, & Co. extra sup blue
wove quarto post paper, feint lined; weight
81 pounds per ream
- do do do nnruled. do do Der r ea1
10 do Owen and Hurlber's superior blue laid
foolscap, feint lined, per ream
do Southworth's extra superior white woye
foolscap, feint lined, per ream
2 do do do white folio post, to weigh not
less than Is pounds, per reanl
9 do do do feint lined do per ream
10 reams bank folio post, blue, untrimmed, 49,
by % inches, per ream
10 do do white do do per ream
2 do gilt note paper, by 5inches, per ream
100 do best machine or handmade cap, weight
IL pounds per ream n.
so reams small royal writing paper for blanks,
% by lit inches; weight % pounds, per
ream
10 do royal do do IS by 10 inches, weight
"a pounds, per ream a#
ITO do best machine or handmade quarto post
weight 8 pounds, per ream
5 do best yellow or buff enveloping paper,
20 by rs inches, per ream
so do best yellow or buff enveloping paper, 81
by q inches per ream
do white enveloping paper, 20 by Is inches,
fiat, per ream
$50 do double cap paper for blank post bills,
per ream
6 do extra superine cap, hand made, for post
masters bonds, per ream
100 do royal printing paper, per ream
4qures best drawing paper, 81 by 40 inches,
per quire
4 do best tracing paper, 81 by, 40 inches, per
quire
so dozen cards steel pens, (he department to have
the liberty of selecting from all the diff
ferent kinds manufactured, English or
American, in the market,) per dozen
cards
gross Damascus pens, in boxes, with one
dozen holders, per gross
4 do other steel pens in boxes, with one
dozen holders to each gross, per gross
2dozen Aldens patent elastic penholders, per
1000 opaque quilts, No. so, per 1000
36 dozen Monroe's black lead pencils, graduated,
per dozen
do Cohen's red lead do do per
8 do 9-inch ivory folders, per dozen
100 do red tape, No. l6, per dozen
do pieces silk taste, per dozen
| do cocoa sand boxes, per dozen
/ do do wafer stands, per dozen
do quart bottles Maynard & Noyes's black
ink, per dozen
do do do Hover's do per dozen
Z do gill bottles do Arnold's red ink, per
IS pounds red waters, best, per pound
do best scarlet sealing wax, per pound
do prepared India rubber, per pound
2 dozen cut glass ink stands, 81 inches square,
pillared or plain, per dozen
dozen letter stamps, ivory handles, per dozen
5 dozen penknives, Rodgers's best, 4 blades
do cruisers, Rodgers's, ivory handles, in
cases, per dozen
! do best paper shears or scissors, six inches,
per dozen
In order to secure uniformity, blank forms for
proposals will be furnished on application to the
department.
If it be required, each bidder must furnish with
his proposals, sample, and but one sample, of
each article bid for.
Each article must be bid for, and no more than
one price named for any one article.
Bids not fully conforming to the advertisement
will not be considered.
Each bid must be accompanied by ample testimo-
NY of the ability of the bidder to comply with his
proposal.
Bond, with security in twice the estimated amount
of the articles to be furnished, will Gas the law de-
mands) be required of the person or persons con-
tracing; and in case of failure fully to comply
with the terms of the contract, the contractor and
his suretes will be liable for the forfeiture specified
in such bond, as lquidatea damages, to be sued for
in the name of the United States, in any court hav-
ing 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.
c. JOHNSON,
Nav 23--1aw4w Postmaster General.
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