The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-08


do beat handmade super royal paper
plain. per ream ,'-l 4 e. 80 -.
do best hand made royal paper, plain,
per ream
do best handmade, demi paper. plain.
do best handmade medium paper. plain.
per rcam $500 SGD 81 Be ri18l
do best handmade, double cap paper,
plain, per ream SMASHED l7n
10 do blotting paper, royal, per ream
OF, 900 pocket envelopes, of white yellow paper
of the following sizes, viz: 81 by 80 inches,
per thousand li.. HI t.ir ffi3
20 600 pocket envelopes, letter size per thousand
bushels black sand
GOO cards steel pens. Department to have the
liberty Of selecting from all the different
kinds manufactured, foreign or domestic,
in the market, per card n1a
10 gross Damascus pens in boxes, with one
dozen holders 70 each gross, per gross
100 gross other steel pens in boxes. with one
dozen holders to each gross. Department
to have the liberty Of selecting from all
the different kinds manufactured, foreign
or domestic, in the market, per gross
II dozen gold pens, Browne or equal, with sill
cases, per dozen
5000 opaque quilts, No 80, per thousand
$50 dozen Monroes, or other manufacture black
y siqtft lead pencils, per dozen s.f gni-
- do Cohen's red lead pencils, per dozen
10 do best red lead pencils, do
Is do s-inch ivory folders. do
a5s do red tape, (nen,) assorted sizes, per
% do silk taste, assorted colors and Widths,
in hanks, per dozen
8 do cocoa sand boxes, per dozen
do wafer stands or boxes, do
% do bottles Maynard & Noyes's, or equal
black ink, per quart bottle ~
30 do bottles Arnold's or equal red ink, per
halfpint bottle
$50 pounds red waters, best, per pound
so do red pea wafers, best. per pound
Is do best scarlet sealing wax, do
do prepared India-rubber do
dozen pump China inkstands. per dozen
do letter stamps, ivory handles, per dozen
80 do penknives, Rodgers & Sons. blades,
buck handles, genuine, per dozen
do erasers, Rodgers X Sons, blade, ivo-
,ry handle, genuine
do best paper shears, 6-inch blades, per
dozen
do best paper shears, 9.inch blades, per
a do beat scissors. 4-inch blade. per dozen
100 pounds linen tvine, assorted sizes, per pound
Each proposal must be signed by the individual
but ons price f.f each and every description Of work
and article required. Should any articles be re-
CURED which are not enumerated, they are 70 be
furnished st the lowest market prices. if the De
tractor having the contract for similar articles and
if the contractor and the Department do not agree,
then the Department may have the article furnished
at price lower than that demanded by the con-
tractor. Blank forms for proposals will be fur
nished at the Department to persons applying for
them and without uniformity therein the De-
partment would find it difficult to make decision,
none will be taken into consideration unless SUBJ
stantially agreeing Herewith.
The Department reserves to itself the right OF or
dering greater or less quantity of each, and every
article or description of work contracted for, the
public service may require.
The head of the Department will in all cases de-
eide whether the terms of the contract have been
complied with, and reserves the power to annul the
contract upon any failure to comply in reasona-
BILE time. 3l t tHH
Bonds. with approved security, are to be given
by the person or persons contracting; and, in
OF failure to supply the articles, the contractor and
his suretes shall be liable for the forfeiture speci
fed in such bond as liquidated damages.
The contract will be awarded to the lowest and best
bidder for each of the three classes above cnume-
rated, the best bid to be determined after careful
examination for the purpose of ascertaining which
bid will in its practical results be most advantage
Gus to the Department
The Department reserves to itself the right to
ject any bid where it is apparent that part of the
articles work s bid for at very low and part at
very high rates. without proper regard to the cost
Of each, for the purpose of affecting the aggregate
of the bids under the estimate contained in the ad-
vertisement. N. X. HALL,
April 9-lawtd Postmaster General.