The southern press., 1851-09-02
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.



Clerks office, April IL, 1851.
IN pursuance of the l7th section OF the act of
i Congress OF the 26lh August, 1912, entitled /,
" An act egalizng and making appropriations
for such necessary objects as have been usually in
cluded in the general appropriation bills without
authority of law, and to fix and provide for certain
incidental expenses of the departments and Offices
OF government, and for other purposes (which
said l7th section is az follows:
90 SIC. IL. find be il further enacted That all
stationery, ofevery name and nature, for the Of
the two houses of Congress, and i stationery and
job printing, OF every nan and nature for the
of the several departments of government, auI for
bureaus and Offices in those departments al WASH
ington, including all stationery, blanks wrapping
paper, amp twine, and mal-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 establishments 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 prncipalpapers pub
lished in the places where such articles are to be
furnished, or such printing done, for sealed pro-
posas for furnishing such articles or the whole of
any particular class Of articles, or for doing such
printing, 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
az may be, the nature, amount and kind fprintrg
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-
rty 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-
sonable time. to be fixed in such advertisement
then the contract shall be given to the next lowest
bidder, who shall enter into such contract 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 ard his sureties
shall be liable for the forfeiture specified in scuh
contract as lquidated damages, to be sued for in
the name ofthe United States, 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 staone-
ry hereinafter specified. for the use Of the House
of Representatives during the Thirty Second Con
gress-each article to be approved by the Clerk
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