The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-05
PROPOSALS FOR BLANK BOOKS AND
BINDING.
Posr orrrcE psrAarMENr, May %,

II N compliance win the seventeenth secton OF the
i act of Congress "legalizng 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 &c, 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 fonexecuting such
of the following binding, as the department may re-
qulre during the year commencing LIST July, IS45,
ard ending 30th June, lS46, viz:
3 Appropriation Legers, quires each, medium
ruled red and feint, ,cth printed captions, bound
in calf, spring backs, Russa bands and ends,
and lettered, per book.
a Journals, quires medium, ruled red and feint
calf, spring backs, Russia bands and ends let
tered and numbered, per book
Letter Books, quires demi, full Russia, spring
backs, ruled red and fent, lettsrsd and number
2 Draft Books, quires each douLle cap, ruled
red and feint, with printed captions, full Russia,
spring hacks and lettered, per book.
2 Dead Letter Registers s 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 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 Depositing Offices, A quires medium,
ruled, red and feint, with printed captions full
Russia, spring back, lettered and numbered, per
book
! Fine book, quires royal, ruled red and fent
with printed captions, full Russia, spring back,
letered and numbered, per book,
a Route REGISTERS. e uulres 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
2 Index Books to Route Registers, S 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,
corners, and lettered, per book,
! Register for executed contracts, quires, me-
dunn, ruled red and feint, with printed captions,
calf, spring backs, and lettered, per book.
8 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 qures in each or 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, 1t is to be done at price to be fixed by
the department, proportlonatey 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,
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 testi-
monias 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)
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 liquidated dam
ayes, 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. G. JOHNSON,
May 23--law4w Postmaster General.
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