The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-23
PROPOSALS FOR BLANK BOOKS AND
BINDING.
Posr orr,cr DEPARTMENT, May %, is45.


Posr OrFicE DEPARTMENT, May %, lS45.
TN compliance with the seventeenth section of the
i act of Congress 'legalizing and making appro.
priatons 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 o'clock, p m of
Saturday, the 2lst June next for supplying such of
the following blank books, and for executing such
Of the following binding, as the department may re-
quire during the year commencing LIST July, ls45,
ard ending 30th June, l846, viz
3 Appropriation Legers, quires each, medium,
ruled red and feint, Nth printed captions, bound
in calf, spring backs, Russia bands and ends,
and deferred, per book.
Journals, 6 quires medium, ruled red and fein,,
calf, spring backs, Russia bands and ends let
tered and numbered, per book.
Letter Books, quires demi, full Russia, spring
backs, ruled red and feint, lettered and number
ed, per book.
Draft Books, quires each, double cap, ruled
red and feint, with printed captions, full Russia,
spring hacks and leuered, 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. esft.3
Register of Quarterly Returns, 10 quires dou,sEy
cap with printed captions, ruled red and feinls
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 Deposting Offices, A quires medium
ruled, red and feint, with printed captions, full
Russia, spring back lettered and numbered, per
book
Fine book, qures royal, ruled red and fein,,
with printed captions, full Russia spring back,
lettered and numbered, per book
Route Registers, 5 quires each, medium ruled
red and feint, calf, spring backs, with Russia
bands and ends, and letered, per book.
2 Appendix to Route Registers, qures each, me.
dunn, ruled red and fent calf, spring backs
with Russia bands and ends, and letteed, per
book.
Index Books to Route Registers, S quires each
cap, ruled and feint calf, spring backs, Russia
bands and ends, and lettered, per book.
Journals, qures EACH dem ruled red and fent
calf, spring backs, and lettered, per book.
2 Index to Journals, 3 quires each, cap, long folio
ruled red and feint, half bound, calf backs and
corners, and lettered, per book.
| Register for executed contracts, quires, mex
dium, ruled red and feint, with printed caption, q
calf, spring backs, and lettered, per book
Letter Books, quires each, medium ruled red&
and feint, calf, spring backs, Russia bands and1
ends, with indexes, lettered and numbered, pedl
book.
The paper in the above books to be of the verx
best quality, hand or machine made, laid or wov,n
as may be preferred.
The department retains the right to increase thA
number of qires in each any of the above booksS
by allowing pro rata for the additional paper used
Half binding six volumes newspapers, calf back
and ends, per vol.
Folding, stitching, and cutting 5000 copies "Pp&
posals," about eleven sheets octave, per copy. /
Labelling with morocco, and lettering so books
(more or less, y two labels each, per volume /
Should any book or work not herein describe
be ordered It is to be done at price to be fixed III
the department, proportionately equal to that
the kind most like it.
Specimens of the different books now in use ma
be seen at the department.
In order to secure uniformity, blank forms al
proposals will be furnished on application to ID
department.
Each proposal must be signed by the individu&
or firm, making it, and must specify the price, al
but one price, for each and every item in the foN
going advertisement; otherwise it will not be col
sidered
Each bid must be accompanied by ample tes<
monials Of the ability of the bidder to perform d
work.
Bond, with security in twice the estimated amouk
of the work to be done, will Gas the law demand
be required of the person or persons contracti&
and in case of failure to perform the work, H
contractor and his sureties will be liable for the
fixture specified in such bond as liquidated da
ages, to be sued for in the name Of the UnI%
States, in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
The head of the department will, in all cases,
eide whether the terms Of the contract have N
complied with, and reserves the power to annul
contract upon any failure to comply in reasona
time. C.. JOHNSON,
May % Postmaster General
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