The southern press., 1851-08-30
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIONS UNITED STAT
Clerk ~ ofiice nrlI Id lAG

Clerk 3 office, prI l2, 1851. /.
| N pursuance Of the l7th section OF the act OF
i Congress ofthe Goth August, Ie42, entitled
AN act Iegaizing and making appropriations
for such necessary objects have been usually in.
cluded in the general appropriation bills without
authority of law, and to x and provide for certain
incidental expenses Of tho departments and Offices
Of government, and for other purposes (which
said l7th section is as follows
" SEC. IT, .4nd be il further enacted That all
stationery, every name and nature for the use OF
the two houses Of Congress, and Il stationery aud
job printing, or every nau and nutur. for the use
OF the several departments Of government, anI for
bureaus and Offices in those departmeotsat Wash
ngton, including all stationery, blanks, wrapping
paper, amp twine, and mail-bags furnished the post
offices and collectors Offices throughout the United
States, shall hereafter be furnished and performed
by contract, by the lowest bidder, as follows :
The Secretary Of the Senate, the Clerk of the
House Of Representatives, the head Of each depart
ment, and such deputy postmasters in the Post
Office esablishm ent, and such collectors in the Gus
tom house establishment as the Postmaster Gen
eral and the Secretary of the Treasury shall re-
spectivey designate for that purpose shall respec-
lively advertise once week, for at least four
weeks. in one or more Of the principal papers pub
lished in the places where such articles are to be
furnished, or such printing done, for aled pro-
posas for furnishing such articles or the whole Of
any particular class of articles, or for doing such
printing, or the whole any specified Job thereof
to be done at such place, specifying in such adver-
tisement the amount, quantity, and description OF
each kind OF articles to be furnished, and as near
as may be, the nature, amount and kind Of printing
to be done. and all such proposals shall be kept
sealed until the day specified in such advertisement
for opening the same, when they shall be opened
by or under the direction ofthe officer making such
advertisement, in the presence of at least two per-
sons; and the person offering to furnish any class
of such articles, to perform any specified portion
or job Of said work, and giving satisfactory secu-
rity for the performance thereof under forfeiture
not exceeding twice the contract price in case of
failure, shall receive contract for doing the same,
and in the lowest bidder shall fail to enter into
such contract and give such security within rea-
sonabe time, to be fixed in such advertisement.
then the contract shall be given to the next lowest
odder who shall enter into such cont, act and give
such security. And in case Of failure to supply
the articles or to perfom the work by the person
entering into such contract, he and his sureties
shall be liable for the forfeiture specified in scuh
contract as liquidated damages, to be sued for in
the name ofthe United Stntes, in any court having
jurisdiction thereof
Sealed proposals will be received at this Office
until 10 o'clock a. M, on Monday, the 26th day
Of May next, (at which time all the proposals will
be opened, for furnishing the articles of statione-
ry hereinafter specified. for the use of the House
of Representatives during the Thirty Second Con-
gress-each article to be approved by the Clsek
viz: r.