The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-23
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.

IloUsE or RErREsENrArivEs UNITED STATES
Clerk . Office, April l2, 1851.
| N pursuance of the 18th section OF the act OF
Congress of the 26th August, 1912, entitled
. An act legazing and making appropriations
for such necessary objects AZ have been usually in
cluded in the general appropriation bills without
authority of law and TO fl and provide for certain
incidental expenses of the departments and Offices
of government, and for other purpose which
said l7th section is follows
{" SEC. IL. find be IL further enacted That all
stationery, ofevery name and nature, for the of
the two houses of Congress, and Il stationery and
job printing, OF every and nature for the use
Of the several departments of government, a..a for
bureaus and offices IN those Departmental ut Wash
ington, including all stationery, blanks, wrapping
paper, amp twine, and mail bags furnished the post
offices and collectors Offices throughout 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 depart
ment, and such deputy postmasters in the Post
Office establishment, and such collectors in the Gus
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
ished IN the places where such articles are to be
furnished, or such printing done, for SEALED Or O.
posas for furnishing such articles, the whole of
any particular class OF articles, for doing such
printing, or the whole any specified Job thereof,
to be done at such place, specifying in such adver-
usement 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 under the direction of the officer making such
ADVERTISEMENT in the presence of al least two per-
sons; and the person offering to furnish any class
of such articles, to perform any specified portion
or job CT said work, and giving satisfactory secl-
rity 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-
sonabe 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 DIRK by the person
entering into such contract, he and his sureties
shall be liable for the forfeiture specified in scuh
contract iquidated damages, to be sued for in |
the name ofthe United States, in any court having
jurisdiction thereof ,- nr
Sealed proposals will be received at this offic
until 10 o clock M, on Monday, the Goth day
of May next, lat which time allthe proposals will
be opened, for furnishing the articles of statione-
ry hereinafter specified for the use of the House
ofRepresentatives during the Thirty Second Con-
gress--each article TO be approved by TIE Clerk,
viz: