The southern press., 1851-09-04
PROPOSALS ron STATIONERY.
HOUSE OF KErREsrNTArvEs UNITED STATE
Clerk - ofi,se A nriI 10 1871

AioueE UNITED
Clerks office, April IL, 1851.
| N pursuance of the l7lh section of the act of
i Congress OF the 26h August, lS42, entitled
. An act legaiizlng and making appropriations
Tor such necessary objects as have been usually in
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 l7th section rs as follows
" SEC. II. .4,id be il further enacied That all
stationery, ofevery name and nature, for the of
the two houses of Congress-, and al stationery and
job printing, or every na0 and nature. for the
Of the several departments of government, a.I for
bureaus and Offices in those departments at Wash
ngton, 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 esabllshnent and such collectors in the GUS
tom house establishment the Postmaster Gen
eral and the Secretary of the Treasury shall re-
spectlvey designate for that purpose, shall respec
lively advertise once week, for at least four
weeks. in one or more OF the principal papers pub
llshed IN the places where such articles to be
furnlshed or such printing done, for s,aIed 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
as may be, the nature, amount and kind 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 least two per-
sons; and the person offering TO furnish any class
of such articles or to perform any specified portion
or job of said work, and giving satisfactory secu-
rlty 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-
sonable 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 work by the person
entering into such contract, he and his sureiies
shall be liable for the forfeiture specified in scuh
contract 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 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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