The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-15
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.


HouyE ov EXPERIMENTATION UAi1xD SsArEs
Clerk 8 office, Aprll 10, 1851.
N pursuance Of the l7th section OF the act of
Congress OF the Goth August, iS42, entitled,
. An act sgallxing and making appropriations
for such necessary objects as have been usually In
cluded IA the general appropriation balls without
authority OF law, and TO IA and provide for certain
incidental expenses of the departments and offices
OF government, and for other purpose which
said 18th section is as follows
g Sac. H. find be IL J,rther enacted That all
stationery ofeyery name and nature, for the of
the TWO houses OF Congress- and all stationery and
job printing, OF every and nature, for the use
of the several departments OF government, and for
bureaus and Offices in those departments at Wash
ngton, including all stationery, blanks wrapping
paper, anp Irvine, and mail bags furnished iii 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 iae 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 ia the
tom house establishment the Postmaster Gen
eral and the Secretary Of the Treasury shall re-
spectively designate for that purpose, shall respec
lively advertise once week, for at least four
weeks, in one or more Of the principal papers pub
lshed in the places where such articles are to be
furnished, or such printing done, for aled pro-
pOsals for furnishing such articles, the whole of
any particular class of articles, or for doing euch
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
10 be done, and all such proposals shalt be kept
sealed until the day specified in such advertisement
for opening the same, when they shall be opened
by under the direction the officer making such
auversement in the presence OF at least two per-
| sons; and the person offering to furnish any class
of such articles, to perform any specfed portion
or job Of said work, and giving satisfactory secu-
ry for the performance thereof, under forfeiture
not exceeding twice the contract price ia 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-
sonabIe 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 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
contraci az liquidated 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 M, on Monday, the 26,h day
Of May next, (at which time all the proposals will
be opened, for furnishing the articles of satone-
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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