The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-22
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. UNITED Sra

Clerk = office, April IL, 1851.
I N pursuance Of the l7tl section Of the act Of
/ Congress of the 26tl August, 1912, entitled
g An act legalizing and making appropriations
for 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 tho departments and Offices
OF government, and for other purposes which
said 18th section is AZ follows
" SEC. H. find be ii further enacted That all
stationery, of every and nature, for the Of
the two houses Of Congress, and 81 stationery and
job printing, or every nan and nature. for the use
Of the several departments Of governmsn, an,. for
bureaus and offices in those departmental WASH
ingon, including all stationery, blanks, wrapping
paper, amp Irvine, and mall-bags furnished the post
offices and collectors Offices throughout the United
States, shall hereafter be furnished and performed
by contract, by the lowest bidder, ms 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 estabshn.e n, and such collectors in the
tom house establishment the Postmaster GEN
eral and the Secretary of the Treasury shall re-
spectvely designate for that purpose, shall respec
lively advertise once week, for at least four
weeks in one or more of the principal papers pub
lished in the places where such articles are to be
furnished, or such printing done, for sraled pro-
posals for furnishing such articles, or the whole of
any particular class of articles, for doing such
printing, or the WhOie or any speced Job thereof,
to be done at such place, specifying in such adver-
tiaement the amount, quantity, and description Of
each kind of articles to be furnished, and, as near
as may be, the nature, amount and kind of 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 ofthe officer making such
ADVERTISEMENT in the presence of at 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-
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 the lowest bidder shall fail enter into
such contract and give such security within rea-
sonabe time, to be fixed in such advertisement,
then the contract shall be given 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 sureties
shall be liable for the forfeiture specified in scuh
contract as lquidated 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, lat 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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