The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-21

PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, U. s.,
CLERKS OFFICE, April II, 1851

HOUSE OF REPREsENTATIvEs, u. s.,
Clerks OFFICE, April II, 1851.
TN pursuance Of the I7th section of the act OF Con-
l. gress of the 26th August, 1912, entitled ''An act
legalizing and making appropriations for such ne
cessary objects as have been usually included in
the general appropriation bills without authority Of
law and to fix and provide for certain incidents
expenses of the departments and officers of Gov
ernment, and for other purposes" said l7th
section is as follows:
"SEc. II. And be il further enacted, That all sta
tionery, of every name and nature, for the use 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 the bureaus and offices in those departments at
Washington, including all stationery, blanks,
wrapping paper, and twine; and mail bags fur
nished the post offices and collectors offices through
out 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
Department, and such deputy postmasters in the
Post Office establishment, and such collectors in
the custom house establishment as the Postmaster
General and the Secretary of the Treasury shall
respectively designate for that purpose, shall re-
spectivey advertise once a week for at least four
weeks, in One or more of the principal papers pub
lished in the places where such articles to
be furnished, or such printing done, for scaled
proposals for furnishing such articles, or the
whole any particular class Of articles, or
for doing such printing, or the whole or any
specified Job thereof, to be done at such place,
quantity, and description of each kind of articles to
be furnished, and, near may be, the nature.
amount, and kind Of printing to be done; and all
such proposals shall be kept scaled until the day
specified in such advertisement for opening the
same, when they shall be opened by or under the
direction of the officer making such advertisement,
in the presence OF at least two persons; 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 security for the per-
formance thereof, under forfeiture not exceeding
twice the contract price in case OF failure, shall re-
ceivc contract for doing the same and in case
the lowest bidder shall fail to enter into such
tract and give such security within reasonable
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 to perform the work by the person enter
ing into such contract, he and his sureties shall be
liable for the forfeiture specified in such contract
lquidated damages, TO be sued for in the name Of
the United States in any court having jurisdiction
thereof"
Sealed proposals will be received at this Office un-
til ten O'Clock, "a. m, on Monday, the Goth day OF
May next, (at which time all the proposals will be
opened.) for furnishing the articles Of stationery
hereinafter specified, for the of the House of
Represe during the thirty second Congress-
each article to be approved by the Clerk, viz:
DESCRIPTION OF ARTICLES.
No. / $50 reams fine blue and white wove letter
I" 2 300 reams fine blue and white wove letter
paper, ruled
I" $50 reams superfne white wove letter pa
per, ruled
" 4 $50 reams extra supertinc white wove let
ter paper, ruled
Z" l50 reams extra -superfine laid letter paper,
blue and white, ruled
4" SO reams small French letter paper, white
and blue, unruled
I" % reams small French letter paper. white
and blue, ruled
!" It's reams extra superfne note paper, gilt,
white, in boxes or packages
" 9 SO renms middle cream laid note paper
Z" 10 80 reams laid letter paper, gilt, large and
small size, ruled
" ii so reams satin finish white foolscap paper
" IL 25 reams satin finish white fooiscap paper,
/" 13 400 reams brown envelope paper, Ii by 81
inches, fiat
" IA 400 reams brown envelope paper, % by %
inches
" Is 600 reams brown envelope paper, 30 by 25
" l6 SO reams brown envelope paper, % by 4S
inches
90 II 100 dozen 4-blade best pearl handle knives,
to be of the highest finish and best
!" Is SO dozen 4-blade best buck handle knives,
to be of the highest finish and best
quality
l9 IGO dozen best q blade, pearl handle knives,
to be of the highest finish and best
quality; so dozen with large and
small blade, and so dozen with two
small blades
" 20 200 cards Perry's s-pointcd pens
" 2l 200 boxes Gillott's commercial barrel
&c % $50 do do eagle pens
% $50 cards assorted metallic pens. elliott,
Perry, and Hayden, makers
/" "a % gross Windlc's bullion pens
25 200 do steel pens, in boxes, assorted
." 26 30 do double patent pens, on cards
" 81 SO do Perrys double patent large bar
rel pens, fine points
" % do walnut handle pen holders, best
quality
" 29 2 do ivory handle pen holders, best
quality
80 dozen bronze letter clips
81 do gilt letter clips
ss 80 Is do aabaster weights, assorted
:" 33 800 9-inch ivory folders, / ! inch wide,
weighing about Z oz. to the dozen
"a 100 s-inch ivory folders, with handles
" 35 IL dozen pearl folders
{" &c 400 chequered ivory handle letter stamps
81 200 plain. face ivory handle letter stamps
'' 80 200 pounds mediums sized red waters, in
spound boxes
80 800 pounds white waters, s-inch in diam
" 40 400 dozen red tape, No. 10
Al 400 do do No. Is
" AZ 100 do halfpint bottles black ink
43 500 glass inkstands, various patterns
IA IL dozen embossed Morocco portfolio let
ter size steel locks none but those Of
the best quality will be examined
45 dozen pieces best quality Office taste
" 46 10000 best opaque quilts, No. 80. None but
the best quality Of No. so quills will
be examined.
~ 1000 best clarified quilts, Ndf60 do
" As 2 dozen standishcs, various patterns
40 100000 note envelopes, plain and embossed,
of different sizes
so $4,000 letter envelopes, best quality, white
/" 81 $4,000 do do do brown
s 81 $4,000 official envelopes do white
.' SO $4,000 do do do brown
81 gross motto waters
" So so dozen memorandum books, small and
medium size
Sc dozen ivory handle erasers, in cases
:" 81 400 fancy glass weights, various sizes