The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-09
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.
Posr Orr,cr DrpaRrmrx,

-, a, May 70, Io4o.
TN compliance with the seventeenth section of the
Il act Of Congress, 'legalizng and making appro-
priations for such necessary objects az 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 %, 1912, SEALED PROPOSALS will
be received at this department until 3oclock, D. m, of
Saturday, the 2lst June next, for supplying such of
the following stationery as the department may order
during the year commencing LIST July, ls45, and
ending 30th June, 1886, viz:
20 reams Southworth's Congress extra superfne
quarto post paper, blue or white, feini
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 ream
l2 reams Palmer, Smith, & Co. extra sup. blue
wove qusrto post paper, fent lined; weight
81 pounds per ream
Is do do do white do do per ream
l2 do do do unruled do do per ream
10 do Owen and Hurlbert's superior blue laid
foolscap, feint lined per ream
do Southworth's extra superior white wove
fooscap, feint lined, per rcam
2 do do do white folio post, to weigh not
less than Is pounds, per ream
do do do feint lined do per ream
10 reams bank folio post, blue, untrimmed, 1871
by % inches, per ream
10 do do white do do perream
W gut uotc pdpcT, ny d lnCneS, per Fedm
100 do best machine or handmade cap, weight
IL pounds per ream
50 reams small royal writing paper for blanks,
% by Ia inches weight 20 pounds, per
ream
10 do royal do do rs by 10 inches, weight
"a pounds, per ream
llO do best machine or handmade quartO post,
weight pounds, per Ieam
do best yellow or buff enveloping paper,
20 by &c inches, per ream
SO do best yellow or buff enveloping paper, 81
by "a inches, per ream
do white enveloping paper, 90 by IS inches,
$50 do double cap paper for blank post bills,
per ream
do extra superfne cap, hand made, for post
masters bonds, per ream
lOo do royal printing paper, per ream
4quires best drawing paper, 81 BY 40 inches,
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
do other steel pens in boxes, with one
dozen holders to each gross, per gross
2dozen Alden's patent elastic penholders, per
1000 opaque quilts, No. 80, per 1000
Sc dozen Monroe's black lead pencils, graduated,
per dozen
do Cohen's red lead do do per
dozen
do 9-inch ivory folders, per dozen
100 do red tape, No. l6, per dozen
l do pieces silk taste, per dozen
| do cocoa sand boxes per dozen
l do do wafer stands, per dozen
do quart bottles Maynard & Noyess black
| do DO do Hover's do per dozen
7 do gill bottles do Arnold's red ink, per
Is pounds red waters, best, per pound
3 do pea do do per pound
do best scarlet sealing wax, per pound
2 DO prepared India rubber, per pound
pillared or plain, per dozen
9 dozen letter stamps, ivory handles, per dozen
dozen penknives, Rodgerss best, 4 blades
/ do erasers, Rodgerss, 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.
lift be required, each bidder must furnish, with
his proposals, a sample, and but one sample, Of
each article bid for.
Each article must be bid for, and 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 persons con-
tracing; and in case of failure fully to comply
with the terms of the contract the contractor and
his sureties will be liable for the forfeiture specified
in such bond, liqudatea 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