The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-05

Posr OvSlcE DErARTnEsr,
Nav 30, 1886.

Posr OrsrcE DErAHrnEsr,
nRa b. May 30, 1886
IN compliance with the seventeenth
j. section Of the act Of Congress ''legalizing and
making appropriations for such necessary objects as
have been usually included in the general appro-
pration bills without authority Of law, and TO hx
and provide for certain incidental expenses OF the
departments and Offices Of the government, and Tor
other purposes" approved August 20, l6f2, SEAL
I'D pRoposALs will be received al this department
until 3o'cock, p. m, Of Monday, 18th June nehI
for supplying such OF the following oiank DOCKS,
and for executing such Of the following binding as
the department may require during the year com
nencag Is, July, is46, and ending 3Olh June, is4T,
3 Appropriation Legers. quires each, medium,
ruled red and feint Nth printed captions, bound
in calf, spring backs, Russia bands and ends,
and Iettered, 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, 6 quires demi, full Russia, spring
backs, ruled rcd and feint, lettered and number
ed, per book. ....
l Draft Book, quires, double cap, ruled red and
feint, with prinisd captions, full Russia, spring
backs, and lettered, per book
4 ditto ditto, 4 quires ditto, per book.
Dead Letter Registers, quires each, double
cap, ruled red and feint calf, spring backs,
Russia bands and ends, with printed captions,
per book. ...a ...
l 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, 8 quires, super royal, ex-
ira ruling, red and feint, calf, Russia bands
and ends, spring back lettered and numbered
1 Register Of Depositng Offices, quires medium,
ruled red and feint, with printed captions, full
Russia, spring back, lettered and numbered, per
book.
Fine books, 7 quires royal, ruled red and feint,
with printed captions, full Russia, spring backs,
lettered and numbered, per book.
2 Hand Books 4to size.
Route Registers, quires each, medium, ruled
red and feint, calf spring backs, with Russia
bands and ends, and letered, per book.
2 Appendix TO Route Registers, !qurss each, me-
dunn, ruled red and feint, calf, spring backs
with Russia bands and ends, and ettered, per
book.
2 Index Books to Route Registers, S quires each
cap, ruled and feint, calf, spring back, Russia
bands and ends, and lettered, per book.
3 Journals, quires each, demi, ruled red and
feint, calf, spring backs, and lettered, per book
] Index to Journals, 4 quire,s cap, long, TO
lio ruled red and fent half bound, calf backs
and corners, and lettered, per book.
l Register for executed contracts, quires, me-
dum, ruled red and feint, with PRINTED captions,
calf, spring backs, and lettered, per book.
Is Letter books, quires each, medium, ruled red
and feint, calf, spring backs, Russia bands and
ends, with indexes, lettered and numbered, per
book.
| Cap Index Book, ruled red and feint, qures,
full Russia, spring backs.
20 Copies Mail Proposals, double interviewed, and
bound in Russia, 8 vo. size.
Index Book, 8 vo. size, quircs, half bound in
Russia.
Binding 2 volumes "Reports" connected with con-
tracts.
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 or any Of the above books
by allowing pro raid for the additional paper used.
Half binding six volumes newspapers, calf backs
and ends, per vol.
Folding, stitching, and cutting 1000 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, proporhonate'y equal to that Of the
| Specimens of the different books now in use may
be seen at the department.
| In order to secure uniformity, blank forms fol-
proposals. will be furnished on application to the de
| partment.
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 il will not be con
| sidered. '..'. ..
Each bid must be accompanied by ample test
monials Of the ability Of the bidder to perform thu
| work. p.
Bond, with security in twice the estimated amoun
| Of the work to be DONE will las the law demands
| be required Of the person persons contracting
and in case of a failure to perform the work, the
contractor and his sureties will be liable for the for
| fixture specified in such bond as liGuidated dam
| ages, 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 beer
complied with, and reserves the power to annul thu
contract upon any failure to comply in reasonable
| time. C. JOHNSON,
| June l-law4w Postmaster General.