The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-24
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, U. S..
CLERK's OFFIcE, April ~, 1851

House OF REPREsESTATIvEs, u. s.,
CLEaK's OFFICE, April IL, 1851.
OF the l7th section of the act OF Con-
J. gress of the 26th August, 1912, entitled can act
legalizing and making appropriations for such me-
cessary objects as have been usually included in
the general appropriation bills without authority OF
law, and to fix and provide for certain incidental
expenses of the departments and officers of Gov
ernment, and for other purposes"-which said 18th
section il as follows:
"SKc. II. And be IL further enacted, That all sta
tionery, of every name and nature, for the use of
the two houses Of Congress, and all stationery and
job printing, of every name and nature for the use
of the several departments OF Government, and
for the bureaus and offices in those departments at
Washington, including all stationery, blanks,
wrapping paper, and twne, and mail bags fur
nshed the post offices and collectors offices through
out the United States, shall hereafter be furnished
and performed by contract, By the lowest bidder,
as follows: The Secretary Of the Senate, the Clerk
of the House of Representatives. the head of each
Department, and such deputy postmasters in the
Post Office establishment, and such collectors in
the custom house establishment as the Postmaster
General and the Secretary of thc Treasury shall
respectively designate for that purpose, shall re-
spectively 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 sealed
proposals for furnishing such articles, or the
whole any particular class OF articles, or
for doing such printing, or the whole or any
specified job thereof, to be done at such place,
specifying in such advertisement the amount,
quantity and description of each kind Of articles to
be furnished, and. as near as 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 persons and the
person offering to furnish any class Of such articles
or to perform any specified portion or job of said
work. and giving satisfactory security Tor the per-
formance thereof, under a forfeiture not exceeding
tLA- ,trn~t in nj
ceive contract for doing the same; and in case
the lowest bidder shall fail to enter into such con-
tract and give such security within reasonable
time to be fixed in such advertisement, then the
contract shall be given the next lowest bidder,
who shall enter into such contract and give such
security. And in case of failure to supply the
articles to perform the work by the person enter
ing into such contract he and his sureties shall be
liable for the forfeiture specified in such contract
liqudated damages, to be sued for in the name Of
the United States, in any court having Jurisdiction
thereof"
Sealed proposals will be received at this office un-
til ten O'Clock, a. m, Monday, the Goth day OF
May next, (at which time all the proposals will be
opened,) for furnishing the articles of stationery
hereinafter specified, for the use of the House Of
Representatives during the thirty second Congress-
each article to be approved by the Clerk, viz:
DESCRIPTION OF ARTICLES.
No $50 reams fine blue and white wove letter
paper, unruled
I" 300 reams fine blue and white wove letter
paper, ruled
$50 reams superdne white wove letter pa
/" 4 $50 reams extra superfne white wove let
ter paper, ruled
9" 5 100 reams extra-superine laid letter paper,
blue and white, ruled
!" so realms small French letter paper, white
and blue, unruled
| I 25 reams small French letter paper, white
and blue, ruled
| liz reams Cxt ira superfne note paDcr. gilt
white, in boxes or packages
50 reams middle cream laid note paper
! 10 80 realms laid letter paper, gilt, large and
| small size, ruled
I" ii so reams satin finish white foolscap paper,
| ruled
IL 25 reams satin finish white foolscap paper
unrued
10 400 reams brown envelope paper, IA by 81
| inches, fiat
IA 400 reams brown envelope paper, % by %
inches
Is GOO reams brown envelope paper, 90 by 25
| 16 so reams brown envelope paper, 2S by ~
| inches
II 100 dozen 4-bladc best pearl handle knives,
to be of the highest finish and best
Is SO dozen 4-blade best buck. handle knives,
to be of the highest finish and best
quality
10 100 dozen best blade, pearl handle knives,
! to be of the highest finish and best
quality; so dozen with large and
| small blade, and SO dozen with two
small blades
{" 20 900 cards Perry's 3-pointed pens
81 200 boxes Gilott's commercial barrel
/" % $50 do do eagle pens
Z" % $50 cards assorted metallic pens. elliott,
| Perry, and Hayden, makers
{" 81 % gross Winde's bullion pens
" % 200 do steel pens, in boxes, assorted
26 20 do double patent pens, on cards
81 so do Perry's double patent large bar
| rel pens, fine points
| 4" % S do walnut handle pen holders, best
| quality
30 do ivory handle holders, best
| quality
| I" 80 dozen bronze letter clips
81 do gilt letter clips
:" 30 Is do alabaster weights assorted
p" 33 800 9-inch ivory folders, 4 inch wide,
weighing about or. to the dozen
/" "a 100 9-inch ivory folders, with handles
35 IL dozen pearl folders
| .s SO 400 chcquered ivory handle letter stamps
81 200 plain face ivory handle letter stamps
/" 80 200 pounds medium-sized red waicrs' In
.-pound boxes
80 500 pounds white waters, .-inch in diam
| eter
s 40 400 dozen red tape, No. 10
| u 4l 400 do do No. %
I" ~ 100 do half pint bottles black ink
43 500 glass inkstands, various patterns
"A II dozen embossed Morocco PORTFOLIO let
ter r-size steel locke; none but those o
the best quality will be examined
I" IS dozen pieces best quality office taste
46 10000 best opaque quilts, No. 50. None but
the best quality Of No. so quilts will
| be examined
" II 1000 best clarified quills, No. so do
=" As dozen standishes, various patterns
{" 49 l00, 900 note envelopes, plain and embossed
| of different sizes
so rs, 900 letter envelopes, best quality, white
| I" 81 $4,000 do do do brown
&" 81 $4,000 official envelopes do white
" SO $4,000 do do do brown
81 gross motto waters
55 so dozen memorandum books, small and
| medium sise
/" Sc dozen ivory handle erascrs, in cases
" 81 400 fancy glass weights, various sizes
" 5S 800 pounds of black sand, best quality, in
nc-pound packages
Z" 50 25 dozen of cocoa sand-boxcs
60 Is gross OF best quality black. lead pencils
I" 81 8 do do read lead do
| 81 % mounds best black scaling wax