The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-04-22
FuRrrsa1se MAIL LOCKS AND KEYS.
z Posr OFrIcE DEpARrMENr,
IS $3.50 MARCH ID. 1851.

fs3 hedt2F iea PosT OrrICE DEPARTMENT,
ea3tt3 ,ssle&eR MARCH ID, 1851.
TT BEING DESIRABLE to substitute locks and
keys of come other kind for those now in use for
the mail service Of the United States. specimen
locks and keys with proposals. to furnish the same,
will be received and considered at tho Post Office
Departnen until the first day of July next The
different locks will be submitted to commission
for examination and report. Upon this report,
contracts will. as soon as practicable, be entered
into for furnishing such locks and keys for four
years, with the right the part Of the Postmaster
General for the time being 70 extend and continue
the contract in force for additional term of four
years, by giving to the contractor awrtten notice
TO that effect, not more than nine nor iessthan six
months before the termination of the first term Of
With view Of procuring the best lock at the
lowest price, no kind of lock 10 prescribed as .
standard. the Department. relying for 'clection
on the mechanical skill and ingenuity "hach FAIR
competition, now invited, may deveSp. Ills. how
ever proper to state. that lock suitable Tor the
mail service should possess tne following quail
ties, viz: durability, uniformity. hghtness, and
strength. 7'glN riAtN III z ~ ttha
For the purpose Of displacing simultaneously all
the mail locks and keys now in use, about thirty
thousand new locks and twenty thousand keys
adapted theseto will be required to be furnished by
the FACTOR within seven months after the con-
tract shall have been entered into; afterwards the
apnual supply will depend on the durability Of the
focks and keys adopted, as we'll ~ the increase of
the mail service; but twill probably never exceed
in amount three thousand of the former and one
thousand of the latter sAsAss5tea4ia s.3ia@
No lock will be considered if it be like any al
the contract may be made be allowed to make, sell.
or furnish any lock or key similar to those con-
tracted for for any other purpose or than that Of
the Post Office Department. ID. sa.lsahe8
The kind of lock adopted must be patented, and
the patentee will be required. entering into
tract, to ma Ike assignment of his patent for the
exclusive and benefit of the Department, if the
Postmaster General shall deem such requirement
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the failure of the contractor at any time to fulfil
faithfully the terms and conditions of his contract,
the Postmaster General shall have the right, be-
sides resort to the penal remedy hereinafter men,
toned annul said contract, and to contract anew
with any other party or parties as he may fit for
furnishing similar locks and keys aga
In deciding upon the proposals and specimens
offered, the Postmaster General may deem il cxpc-
dent to select for the through mails the lock of
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 as he may select, and also the right 70 reject
all the specimens and proposals, If he shall deem
that for the interest of tho Department The
party or parties contracting will BE- required TO
give bond, with ample security, in tho sum Of
thirty thousand dollars, for faithful performance
of the contract The contract II to contain provi-
sions for the due and proper inspection of the locks
and keys, and also for guarding against their pass.
sions TO BIO arranged between the Department and
the successful bidder, If bid ehould be accepted.
~ No application will be considered III not accom-
panied with satisfactory evidence Of the rustwor-
thy character of the bidder, and OF his ability to
fulfil the contract. ss 51 81 saass satar4
,ri-i N. X. HALL, Postmaster General.
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