The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-06
PROPOSALS FOR BLANK BOOKS AND
BINDING.
Posr opyIoE DEPARTMENT, May %, Is

N 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 O'Clock, p. m, of
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, lS46, viz:
3 Appropriation Legers, 6 quires each, medium,
ruled red and feint, wih printed captions, bound
in calf, spring backs, Russia bands and ends,
and ettered, per book
A Journals, 6 quires medium, ruled red and feint,
calf, spring backs, Russia bands and ends, let
tered and numbered, per book.
4 Letter Books, qurcs dem full Russia, spring
backs, ruled red and feint, lettered and number
ed, per book.
Draft Books, quircs each, double cap, rpled
red and feint, with printed captions, fall Rlssin,
spring hacks and ettered, per book.
2 Dead Letter Registers, 6 quires each, double
cap, ruled red and ieint, 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 feint,
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 Depostng Offices, quires medium,
ruled, red and fent, with printed captions full
Russia, spring back, lettered and numbered, per
! Fine book, qures royal, ruled red and feint,
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 lettered, per book.
2 Appendix to Route Registers, quires each, me-
dunn, ruled red and feint, calf, spring backs,
with Russia bands and ends, and lettered, per
book.
9 Index Books to Route Registers, quires each,
cap, ruled and feint, calf, spring backs, Russia
bands and ends, and lettered, per book
Journals, quires each, demi, ruled red and feint
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.
/ Register for executed contracts, CURES, me-
dunn, ruled red and feint, with printed captions,
calf, spring backs, and lettered, per book.
Letter Books, quires each, medium, ruled red
and feint, calf, spring backs, Russia bands and
ends, with indexes, lettered and numbered, per
book.
The paper in the above books to be of the very
best quality, hand or machine made, laid or wove,
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 SO 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 to be fixed by
the department, proportonntey 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 70 secure uniformity, blank forms for
proposals will be furnished on application to the
department.
Each proposal must be signed by the individual,
or 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 testl-
monals 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 las the law demands)
be required of the person or persons contracting;
and ia case Of failure to perform the work, the
contractor and his suretes will be liable for the for
fixture specified in such bond, as quidated dam
ases, 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
contract upon any failure to comply in reasonable
time. g. JOHNSON, s
May 23-law4w Postmaster General.