The republic., 1851-09-04
Pos. omc. Depar.nisnt, Aasu., 0. 1851.

- EALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
~ Department until the IUlh day of September
next, at 2 O'Clock al peen, for Furnishing paper
for, and printing, bnlng, and snvsoPlng IN
printed envelopes, 25 900 copies Of the laws sird
regulations for the government OF the Post once
Department, with postage tables and such other
matters the Postmaster General shall direct ac
cording to the copy TO be furnished by this Depart
ment The book will contain say 300 page octave,
OF the size Of the pages of the edition oi the law"
and regulations published by the Department in
1871 with marginal notes and references as IN that
edition, and with decisions and ndices to be an
nexed in the type similar To that used In that edi-
ton, and the pages shall average as many ems TO
the page as that edition. Twenty thousand
five hundred copies must be delivered well sewed
and trimmed with stiff paper covers and morocco
backs Specimens of the manner in which the
binding is required to be done can be seen at the
Department The remaining $40 copies must be
delivered in sheets, bound like the others, as the
Depa artment 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 il contain a
less number of pages; it being understood and
agreed that corresponding pro rata increase for
an excess shall be allowed, No additional com
pensaton will be allowed for rule and figure work
of postage 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 on clear white paper OF a
good quality, and the 900 copies upon paper OF d
superior quality A specimen Of the paper must
| accompany each bid The necessary proof. sheets
and revses 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 to the con-
tractor OF the manuscript, (deducting, however,
| such delay, if any, az may be occasioned by the
| OQ-de
printer requires, and such other delay as the De-
partment may for any reason require,) under for
eture OF ten cents per day for the delay in the de-
livery OF each copy not 50 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 maui, provided that the
publication, when completed, be delivered at the
Post Otice Department in Washington within the
time limited, free Of fcharge.
No bid will be considered unless the Department
is furnished with satisfactory evidence OF the abii
ity of the bidder comply with the contract within
the time allowed, and the Department reserves to
itself the right to reject all the bids, If 1t shall de
termine that the interest OF the Department re-
quire5 such rejection.
The contract will contain substantially such of
the provisions contained in this advertisement as
the Postmaster General shall proper to insert.
Ii will also contain provision that the book shall
be delivered In complete order, and that II, IN con-
sequence of any defect in the terms thereof, the
contractor is not bound to furnish book perfect
in all its parts, thati shall be furnished fully
pleted 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 enst
equal to the book of laws and regulations published
in lS47, as aforesaid.
The contractor will be required 10 enter into the
contract within ten days after his bid is accepted,
and to give two sufficient sureties for the perform
ance OF his contract.
| Bids should be addressed to the Second Assistant
Postmaster General, under SEAL endorsed ''Propo-
sails for Printing Laws and Regulations"
Aug % N K. HALL, Postmaster General