The republic., 1851-09-10
Post once Department, August 8. 1851.

CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
~ Department until the 10Th day OF Sept mber
next, az ~ o'clock at noon, for furnishing paper
for and printing, binding, and enveloping In
printed envelopes, 25.G0 copies of the laws aud
regulations for the government Of the POst Othce
Department, with postage tables and such other
matters as the Postmaster Generalshall direct, ac
cordng To the copy 20 be furnished by this Depa rt-
ment. The book Will contain say 800 page octave,
O the size Of the pages Of the edition Oi the laws
and regulations publishet by the Department in
lS4I, with marginal notes ana references, as ia nat
edition, and with decisions and lndices 10 be
nexed, in the type similar tC that used in that edi
ton, and the pages shall average many ems 10
the page that edition. Twenty-tOur thousand
five hundred copies must be delivered well sewed
AMI trimmed, with suf paper covers and morocco
backs. Specimens Of the manner III which the
binding is required TO be done be at the
Department The remaining $40 copies must be
delivered in sheets, bound like the Others as the
Department may direct
Proposals will state the price for the work at the
number Of pages above stated, and the deduction
per page which will be made, should it contain
less number of pages; il being understood and
agreed that corresponding pro rata increase for
an excess shall be allowed. No additional com
pens1tion will be allowed for rule and figure work
OF postage or other tables, for any other real or
alleged extra labor or expense connected with the
furnishing of the work contracted for. The "a 500
copies must be printed clear white paper of
good quality, and the 500 copies upon paper Of
superior quality. specimen OF the paper must
and revises must be from time to time furnished to
the Department, where the proof will be read and
corrections made and all tabular and other work
must be arranged in the form and style directed
by the Postmaster General.
The whole number of copies above required must
be delivered at the Post Office Department on or
before the termination of ten weeks after the De-
partment shall commence the delivery 10 the con-
tractor Of the manuscript, (deducting, however,
such delay, If any, as may be occasioned by the
non delivery Of the manuscript as rapidly as the
printer requires, and such other delay as the De-
partment may for any reason require under for
eiture of ten per day for the delay in the de-
livery of each copy not 80 delivered within the time
aforesaid.
The work will not be required to be performed
in Washington city, but bids will be received from
places which can be reached in forty eight hours
by the due course of the mail, provided that the
publication, when completed, be delivered at the
Post Office Department in Washington within the
time limited, free of charge.
No bid will be considered unless the Department
is furnished with satisfactory evidence OF the abi
ity of the bidder to comply with the contract within
the time allowed, and the Department reserves to
itself the right to reject all the BIDS If it shall dc
terminc that the interest OF the Department
quires such rejection.
The contract will contain substantially such of
the provisions contained in this advertisement as
the Postmaster General shall see proper to insert.
II will also contain provision that the book shall
be delivered in complete order, and that if, in con-
sequence of any defect in the terms thereof, the
contractor ID not Dounu 10 lurnlsn oook periect
in all it's parts, thatt shall be furnished fully com
peted and finished, and in paper and binding
equal to the samples, and that in every other re-
spect not specially provided for it shall be at least
equal to the book of laws and regulations published
in lS47, as aforesaid.
The contractor will be required to enter into the
contract within ten days after his bid is accepted,
and to give two sufficient sureties for the pertorn
OF his contract.
Bids should be addressed to the Second Assistant
Postmaster General, under al, endorsed '.Propo
sails for Printing Laws and Regulations
Aug % N X. HALL Postmaster General
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
ENHAT, at the expiration Of six weeks from this
a. date, will demand from the Commissioned OF
Pensions duplicate of Bounty Land Warrant
Certificate No. u 1894 for 100 acres, issued to me,
the subscriber, September 10. lS49, the same
fraudulently obtained from the post office,
Washington city. JOHN Glow,
Late Private Company &c -