The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-01

POsr OYFIcE DEPARTMENT,
May 80, lsI6.

May 80, lei6.
IN compliance with the seventeenth
Il section Of the act Of Congress "legaliEing and
making appropriations for such necessary objects aa
have been usually included in the general appro-
praton bills without authority Of law, and to Ak
and provide for certain incidental expenses Of the
departments and Offices Of the government, and for
other purposes" approved August 20, 1912, SEAL
ED PROPOSALS will be received at this department
until 3 o'clock, p. m, Of Monday, ggth June next
for supplying such Of the following blank books,
and for executing such Of the following binding as
the department may require during the year com
mencng LIST July, 1886, and ending 3OIh June, l547
viz:
Appropriation Legers, 6 quires each, medium,
ruled red and feint, Nth printed captions, bound
in calf, spring backs, Russia bands and ends,
and lettered, per book.
4 Journals, qulres medium, ruled red and fcint,
calf, spring backs. Russia bands and ends let
tered and numbered, per book.
Letter Books, 6 quires dem, full Russia, spring
backs, ruled red and feint, lettered and number
ed, per book.
l Dral Book, Squres, double cap, ruled red and
feint, with printed captions, full Russia, spring
backs, and ettered, per book.
| ditto ditto, quires ditto, per book.
Dead Letter Registers, 6 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 fent
full Russia, spring back, letered and numbered
per book.
| 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, quires medium,
ruled red and feint, with printed captions, full
Russia, spring back, lettered and numbered, per
book.
2 Fine books, quires royal, ruled rcd and feint,
with printed captions, full Russia, spring backs,
lettsred and numbered, per book.
9 Hand Books 4to size.
3 Route Registers, qures each, medium, ruled
red and feint, calf, spring backs, with Russia
bands and ends, and ettered, per book.
2 Appendix to Route Registers, quirss each, me-
dunn, ruled red and fent, 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 back, Russia
bands and ends, and lettered, per book.
3 Journals, 5 quires each, demi, ruled red and
feint, calf, spring backs, and lettered, per book.
l Index to Journals, quire,s cap, long, TO
lilo, ruled red and feint, half bound, calf backs
and corners, and lettered, per book.
l Register for executed contracts, quires, me-
dunn, ruled red and fent, with printed captions,
calf, spring backs, and lettered, per book.
Is Letter books, qurcs each medium, ruled red
and fent, calf, spring backs, Russia bands and
ends, with indexes ettered and numbered, per
Cap Index Book, ruled red and feint, qures,
full Russia, spring backs.
20 Copies Mail Proposals, double interleaved, and
J bound in Russia, 8 vo size.
Index Book, vo. size, quires, half bound in
Russia.
Binding volumes "Reports" connected with con-
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. proportionately 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 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 it will not be corr
sidered.
Each bid must be accompanied by ample testI-
monials 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 (as the law demands)
be required Of the person or persons contracting;
and in case Of a failure TO perform the work, the
contractor and his suretes will be liable for the for
fixture specified in such bond, liquidated 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 been
complied with, and reserves the power to annul the
contract upon any failure TO comply in reasonable
time. g. JOHNSON,
June l-law4w Postmaster General.