The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-21

HOUSE, or RErREsESrArIvxs UNITED STATEs,
Clerk = Office, April IL, 1851.
N pursuance of the 18th section OF the act OF
j Congress Of the Goth August, 1912, entitled,
. An act IesaIixing and making appropriations
for such necessary objects as have been usually M
authority Of law. and TO nix aud provide for certain
Incidental expenses OF tho departments and offices
Of government, and for other purposes which
said 18th section Ia as follows
% Sac. IT, find be Il further enacted That all
stationery, of every aud nature, for the use Of
the two houses of Congress, and all stationery and
job printing, Of every and nature, for the use
of the several departments of government, and for
bureaus and Offices IN those departments at WASH
ington, including all stationery. blanks, wrapping
paper amp Irvine, 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 or the Senate, the Clerk OF the
House of Representatives, the head Of each depart
ment, and such deputy postmasters in the Post
Office establishment, and such collectors 10 the GUS
tom house establishment the Postmaster Cen
eral and the Secretary of the Treasury shall re-
spectvely 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 to be
furnished, or such printing done, for sealed pro-
posals for furnishing such articles, or the whole of
any particular class of articles, 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
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 of the 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 case 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
| bidder, who shall enter into such contract and give
| such security. And in 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 States, in any court having
jurisdiction thereof
Sealed proposals will be received at this Office
until 10 O'Clock a. M, on Monday the Goth day
of May next lat which time all the proposals will
be opened for furnishing the articles Of statone-
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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