The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-04-23

Posr OrrIcH DEpARrkaNr,
MARCH Ia. 1881.

ossi..lft nlARcH l4s lool.
TT BEING DESIRABLE to substitute locks and
i keys Of some other kind for those now in for
the mail service of the United States. specimen
locks and keys with proposals TO furnsh the same,
Departn emit until the first day Of July ncxt. Tho
different locks will DO submitted to = commission
for examination and report. Upon this report,
contracts will. as soon a. practicable, DO entered
into for furnishing such locks and keys for four
years. with the right on the part Of the Postmaster
General for the time being to extend and continue
the contract in force for additional term OF four
years, by giving to the contractor written notice
to that effect, not than nine less than six
months before the termination of the first term Of
four years. ti sls7a as klw AalsFgN
lowest price, no kind of lock is prescribed as
standard. the Department relying for selection
on the mechanical skill and ingenuity which fair
composition, now invited, may develop. i Y. how
ever, proper to state, that lock suitable for the
mail service should possess the following Quali-
ties, viz durability, uniformity, ightness, and
strength. rsl1eaa ID ig i7l48eN
the mail locks and keys now in use, about thirty
thousand new locks and twenty thousand keys
adapted thereto will he required to be furnished by
the contractor within Eeven months after tho con-
tract shall have been entered into; afterwards the
annual supply will depend the durability Of the
locks and keys adopted, as well as the increase of
the mail service but It will probably never exceed
thousand of the latter. ff ,.i ,3t ft
No lock will be considered If it be like any al
ready in general use; nor will anyone with whom
the contract may be made be allowed to mako, sell,
or furnish any lock or key similar to those con-
tracted for for any other purpose than that of
the Post Office Department. 1 aDcm sdH
The kind Of lock adopted must DO patented, and
the patentee wilbe required. on entering into
tract, to make assignment of his patent for the
exclusive md benefit of the Department. If the
Postmaster General shall deem such requirement
essential To the interests of tho service. In of
the failure of the contractor at any time to fulfil
faithfully the terms andconditions of his contract,
the Postmaster General shall have the right, be-
sides resort to the penal remedy hereinafter men-
toned to annul said contract and to contract anew
with any other party or parties as be may zee it, for
furnishing similar locks and keys.
offered, the Postmaster General may deem IL expe-
dent to select for the through mails the lock of one
bidder, and for the way mails that of another. He
reserves, therefore, the right of contracting with
different individuals for such different kinds Of
locks he may select, md also the right to reject
oil the specimens and proposals. if he shall deem
that course for the interest of the Department The
party parties contracting will DO required to
give bond, with ample security, in the sum of
thirty thousand dollars, for faithful performance
Of the contract. Tho contract IL to contain proyi-
sions for the due and proper inspection Of ths locks
and keys. and also for guarding against their pass
ing into improper hands; the terms OF these provi-
sions to be arranged between the Department and
the successful bidder, il bid should DO accepted.
No application will DO considered II not accom-
panied with satisfactory evidence OF the tru:twor-
thy character Of the bidder, and Of his ability to
luini the contract rl,i u PAP .sfr 49,
~ N. X. HALL, Postmaster General.
Mar 17-lawtjyl ta
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this complaint Also all other diseasss Of Chronic
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