The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-07
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.
POsr QrprcE DErAarmEsr,

TN compliance with the seventeenth section Of the
i act Of Congress, "legalizng and making appro-
prations 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 PRsPosALs win
be received at this department until 3oclock p 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, l645, and
ending 30th June, l846, viz:
90 reams Southworth's Congress- extra superfnc
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
70 reams Platner, Smith, & Co. extra sup blue
wove quarto post paper ,feint lined; weight
81 pounds per ream
Is do do do white do do per ream
~ do do do unruled do do per ream
10 do Owen and Hurlber's superior blue laid
foolscap, feint lined, per ream
S do Southworth's extra superior white wove
fooscap, feint lined, per ream
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 20 inches, per ream
10 do do white do do per ream
2 do gilt note paper, by inches, per ream
100 do best machine or handmade cap, weight
IL pounds per ream
so reams small royal writing paper for blanks,
% by la inches; weight % pounds, per
ream
10 do royal do do IS by 10 inches, weight
"a pounds, per ream
ITO do best machine or handmade quarto post,
weight pounds, per Ieam
do best yellow or buff enveloping paper,
20 by 26 inches, per ream y
SO do best yellow or buff enveloping paper, 81
by ~ inches, per ream
l do white enveoping paper, 90 by 25 inches,
$50 do double cap paper for blank post bills
per ream
6 do extra superfne cap, hand made, for post
masters bonds, per ream
100 do royal printing paper, per ream
quIres best drawing paper, 81 by 40 inches,
do best tracing paper, 81 by 40 inches, per
quire
50 dozen cards steel pens, (the 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 Aden's patent elastic penholders, per
dozen
1000 opaque quilts, No So per 1000
36 dozen Monroes 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
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
do gill bottles do Arnold's red ink, per
25pounds 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
2 dozen cut glass ink stands, 81 inches square,
pilared or plain, per dozen
2 dozen letter stamps, ivory handles, per dozen
dozen penknives, Rodgers's best, blades
l do erasers, Rodgers's, ivory handles, in
cases, per dozen
/ do best paper shears or scissors, six inches,
per dozen
will be furnished, on application to the
department.
lift 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 testmo-
ny Of the ability of the bidder to comply with his
Bond, with security in twice the estimated amount
Of the articles to be furnished, will LAS 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 sureties will be liable for the forfeiture specified
in such bond, liquidate1 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,
May 23-1aw4w Postmaster General.