The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-20

HOUSE on REPREsEsrArivrs UNITED STATES
Clerks office, April ~. 1851.
I N pursuance of the l7lh section OF the act of
| Congress of the Goth August, 1912, entitled,
g An act IegallxIng and making appropriations
for such necessary objects as have been usually IN
rluded 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 purpose which
said i7th section is III follows
50 SEC. IL. .4ad be il further enacfsd That ali
stationery, every and nature, for the of
the two houses of Congress, and i stationery and
job printing, or every nan and nature for the use
Of the several departments of governments, a.I for
bureaus and Offices IN those departments at Wash-
ington, including all stationery, blanks, wrapping
paper, amp Irvine, and ma-bags furnished the post
Offices and collectors Offices throughout the United
States, shall hereafter be furnished and performed
by contract, by the lowest bidder, az 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 establishment, and such collectors IN the GUS
tom house establishment as the Postmaster Gen
eral and the Secretary of the Treasury shall re-
spectively designate for that purposes 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 sealed pro-
posas for furnishing such articles, the whole of
any particular class of articles, for doing such
printing, or the whole any specified job thereof,
to be done at such place, specifying in such ndver
tisement the amount, quantity, and description Of
each kind of articles to be furnished, and az near
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, to perform any specified portion
or Job Of said work. and giving satisfactory
rity for the performance thereof uider 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-
sonable time, TO be fixed in such advertisement,
then the contract shall be given the 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 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 Il. 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 of the House
of Representatives during the Thirty Second Con-
gress-each article to be approved by the Clerk,
viz: