The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-12
proposals for. blank books and binding
Posr oFTIoE DEPARTMENT,
May 80, l546
~ cn..,.,I.auo. 18th tba saxeuIeenth


In compliance with the seventeenth,
Il section of the act Of Congress "legaliLing ana
making appropriations for such necessary ooIees as
have been usually included in the general aPpreo-
priation bills without authority Of law, ana 10 nA
and provide for certain incidental expenses OF inc
departments and Offices Of the government, anu io'
other purposes" approved August 70 lot~, SEA-
I'D PROPOSALS will be received al inns dePaIupen'
until 3 O'Clock, D. m, OF Monday, 18th 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
mencing LIST July, 1916, and ending 3Oth june lo4I
viz:
2 Appropriation Legers, 6 quires each, medium,
ruled red and feinl, nth printed captions, bound
in calf, spring backs, Russia bands and ends,
and ettered, per book.
4 Journals, 6 quires medium, ruled red and felHt
calf, spring backs Russia bands and ends, let
tered and numbered, per book.
4 Letter Books, quires demi, full Russia, spring
backs ruled red and feint, lettered and number
ed, per book.
| Draft Book, 8quires, double cap, ruled red and
fent, with printed captions, full Russia, spring
backs and lettered, per book.
ditto ditto, 4 quires ditto, per book.
2 Dead Letter Registers, 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 eGptcns, ruled red and fen
full Russia, spring back, lettered and numbered
per book.
| Depreciation Register, quires, super royal e1'
ira ruling, red and fent calf, Russia bands
and ends, spring back, ettered and numbered
per book
| Register of Deposting Offices, quires medium
ruled red and feint, with printed captions, full
Russia, spring back, lettered and numbered, pei
book
9 Fine books, qures royal, ruled red and fent
with printed captions, full Russia, spring backs
lettered and numbered, per book.
2 Hand Books Alto size.
3 Route Registers, 5 quires each, medium, ruled
red and feint, calf, spring backs, with Russia
bands and ends, and lettered, per book.
2 Appendix to Route Registers, qurss 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, 5 quires each
cap, ruled and fent, calf, spring bach. Russia
bands and ends, and lettered, per book
; Journals, quires each, demi, ruled red and
| Index to Journals, quire,s cap, long, TO-
Ito, ruled red and feint, half bound, calf backs
and corners and lettered, per book.
| Register for executed contracts, ) qulres, me-
dunn, ruled red and fent, with printed captions,
calf, spring backs, and lettered, per book.
Is Letter books, 6 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, quires,
full Russia, spring backs.
20 Copies Mail Proposals, double interviewed and
bound in Russia, vo. size.
| Index Book, 8 vo. size, qures, half bound in
Russia.
Binding 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 qures in each any of the above books,
by allowing pro raia for the additional paper used.
Half binding six volumes newspapers, calf backs
and ends, per vol.
Folding, stitching, and cutting 1900 copies "Pro-
posas, a." 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 il 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 application to the de.
pertinent.
Each proposal must be signed by the individual,
or hrm, making II, and must specify the price, and
but 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 testl-
monlas 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 Gas the law demands)
be requne ed Of the person or persons contracting;
and in 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
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. c. JOHNSON
June l-law4w Postmaster General.