The southern press., 1851-08-25
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.
HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVES, UNITED STATl
Clerk IA af,ica nriI 10 1871

UNITED
Clerk Is office, April l2, 1851 /.
IN pursuance of the l7h section Of the act OF
/ Congress of the 26th August, lS42, entitled
An act legalizng and 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
{" SEC. IL. find be 1t further enacted That all
stationery, ofeyery name and nature, for the OF
the two houses Of Congress, and Il stationery and
job printing, or every nan and nature for the
of the several departments Of government, ana for
bureaus and offices in those departments at Wash
ington, including all stationery, blanks, wrapping
paper, amp twne. and mail ilbags furnished the post
Offices and collectors Offices throughout the United
States, shall hereafter be furnished and performed
by contract, by the lowest bidder, 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 estabishn en, and such collectors in the
tom house establishment as the Postmaster Gen
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
shed in the places where such afticles are to be
furnished, or such printing done, for -aled pro-
posals for furnishing such articles, the whole of
uHy Siunn VI uIuCitS, Ut lOE uOiTR buCn
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 artcles to be furnished, and, as near
as may be, theAature, amount and kind ofprintrg
to be done. and all such proposals shall be kept
sealed until the day specified in such advertisement
for opening the same, when they shal be opened
by under the direction ofthe officer making such
advertisement, in the presence of at least two per-
sons; 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 secu-
rty 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 the lowest bidder shall fail 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 or TO perfom the work by the person
entering into such contract, he ard his sureties
shall be liable for the forfeiture specified in scuh
contract as liquidaed 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 u. M, on Monday, the 26th day
Of May next, lat which time all the proposals will
be opened, for furnishing the articles of statione-
ry hereinafter specified. for the use Of the House
OF Representatives during the Thirty Second Con-
gress--each article to be approved by the Clstk,
viz: