The southern press., 1851-08-06
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY. Z
HOUSE OF RErREsENrArtvss UNITED SrATI


Clerk's office, April ~, 1851 &.
IN pursuance of the 18th section Of the act o
i Congress of the 10Th August, I842, entitled
. An act egalizng and making appropriation,
for such necessary objects as have been usually in
'iuded in the general appropriation bills withou
incidental expenses of the departments and Offices
ofgovernment, and for other purposes which
said i7th section is as follows
" SEC. II. .4nd be IL further enacted That al
stationery, ofevery name 1Etnaure, for the use Of
the two houses of Congress-, and II stationery and
job printing, OF every nan and naturt for the use
Of the several departments of government, au1 for
bureaus and Offices in those departments at 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 estabishm ent, 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 purpsse, shall respec-
lively advertise once week, for ut least four
weeks, in one or more OF the principal papers pub
shed in the places where such articles are TO be
furnished. or such printing done, for sealed pro-
posals for furnishing such articles or the whole of
any particular class of articles, or 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 Of the 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-
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 case 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 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 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 ofice
until 10 o'clock a.. M, on Monday, the 26th day
of May next, (at 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 Clerk
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