The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-12

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HOUSE or RErRE aEArATIvks UNITED SIAIls
Clerk . office, April IL, 1851.
/ N pursuance Of the 18th section OF the act OF
i Congress of the Goth August, 1912. entitled.
g An act legalizing and making appropriations
for such necessary objects have been usually
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 18th section is as follows
90 SEC. IL. -4,d be it further enacted That all
stationery, OF every and nature, for the of
the two houses of Congress, and all stationery and
job printing, OF every name and nature, for the
OF the several departments of government, and for
bureaus and Offices in those department at Wash
ngton, including all stationery, blanks. wrapping
paper amp Irvine, 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, 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 establshn ent, and such collectors in the
tom house establishment as the Postmaster Gen
eral and the Secretary Of the Treasury shall re-
spectvely designate for that purposes shall respec
lively advertise once a week, for at least four
weeks, in Of the principal papers pub
lished IN the places where such articles TO be
furnished, or such printing done, for aled pro-
posals for furnishing such articles or 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-
tisement the amount, quantity, and description OF
each kind of articles to be furnished, and as near
may be, the nature, amount and kind o 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 fthe officer making such
advertisement, in the presence of at least two per-
sons; and the person offering to furnish any class
Of such articles, 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-
sonabe time, TO be fixed in such advertisement,
then the contract shall be given to the next lowest
| bidder, who shall enter into such cont act and give
such security. And in case Of failure to supply
the articles or to perfom the ork by the person
entering into such contract, he ard his sureties
shall be liable for the forfeiture specified in scuh
contract as liqudated damages, to be sued for in
the name ofthe United States, in any court having
| Jurisdiction thereof
| Sealed proposals will be received at this oflic e
until 10 o clock a. M, on Monday, the Goth day
of May next, Cat which time all the proposals will
be opened, for furnishing the articles of statone-
ry hereinafter specified. for the Of the House
Of Representatives during the Thirty Second Con-
gress-each article to be approved by the Clerk,
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