The southern press., 1851-08-02
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.

hEPREeENTATVEs UNITED OTATks
Clerk s office, April H. 1851.
IN pursuance Of the 18th section Of the act oi
Congress Of the 26th August, l842, entitled
+" An act legalizing aud 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 as follows gAit
I" SEC. II. find be Il Jitrller enacted That all
stationery, ofevery and nature, for the Of
the two houses of Congress, and IL stationery and
Job printing, OF every nam and nature for the use
Of the several departments Of government, an1 for
bureaus and offices in those departments at WASH
ington, including all stationery, blanks, wrapping
paper, amp twine, and mailbags furnished the post
offices and collectors Offices throughout the United
States, shall hereafter be furnished and performed
by contract, by the lowest bidder, an 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 esablishMent and such collectors in the Gus
tom house establishment the Postmaster Cen
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 s"aled pro-
posas for furnishing such articles, or the whole of
printing, or the whole or 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 o 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 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 fh 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 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 26th day
of May next, (at which time all the proposals will
be opened, for furnishing the articles of staione-
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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