Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-06-21
PROPOSALS FOR FURNISHING MAIL
LOCKS.
PosT OPPICE DEPARTMENT,
DEPARTMENT,


sKAIrp Proposals for furnishing mail locks and
Key, OF new kSPds, to be substtIt, for the locks
be rece sed ct this Department until MAE O'clock a.
~; the tenth Gay Of July 1851.
eIousivs use ofthe United States siis. no modSi
for It's selection the re.u to Of neoks iicsi siI
and INGENUITY which fair competitioI now 10 !.
% stste Gst mail look should te ,s !oei.ns, aps
thH f,s ether principal Lssuisi.ef sc snteTInilI
een,trsesos, ond 5ae,liiv efx;:
Two kinds Of mail look and keys-ons Of brass
struotiu9. rec uired d pfoposa should spec
ny. separately the price Of each lock each KEY
same.
Duplicate samples or patterns Of each Kind Of
the proposals one of each lind OF am Die lock, 10 be
rive ted Up and finished and another % be open OF
me sS,SST Y,,S ,. Sys5y samps should be plainly
he looks offered hOula not be patented, por
should their internal construction bs Otherwise
Rnbiey tnown or I've slg lar to an, looks hereto
vsy 70 infringe or Interfere with any patented in
The va7ors sample looks presented b, bidder.
Will BE- submitted GO q board Of examiners TO he
commissi2ned By the Postmaster Isreral, for the
snsss the Postms sha deem d t. sr 5:
for the interest of the Department reject al ule
veriisenent, contracts viii, upon the report Of the
%!s me be into ss socn e
Cd for furnishing similar looks and keys for four
yess; {. the; I'm may Dc ressired and orasred: With
foI the tine eeirs, to sHtend an. o.ntiUg, the CON
on giving notice, in STtinS, to The ooprscto, No;
less han ak months before the torn Of the
fst term o. four ysaTs 70 oora ts sn, o a,S ses
party for iurni shinG similar or ifsrent looks and
mu. sna
Il required and ordered, 8 roo brass looks and so
entering into oontrs Of. and 5000 IRON locks and
100 i Ron keys; SshIn e,sh. mp.tis from .os
night TO Increase or dIminish as lie wants or IN
terests OF the service may demaTd the quantities
por.iepSts low Of m. q f furnish T tssn
AL the locks nrplshed py the contractor must be
yss the ordnsT, nee Of the service nee vSsp ot
subjected 20 OBVIOUS violence sueh az becom, ie-
feo,iye durlns that tue 20 be rep .acsd with per
:, The Oog,I.otsr will Sc required 70 deliver the
iSSr n wsSisSton the Post Hhos De
forming Sud.. sut oS e on s.c ;s'
. .S
70 be delivered TO an agent IF the Department duly
charge Of and convey the sau from the ooDtrsote
or's factory to the Department, where both looks
40 xs she :. DC Inspected and approved before
Re oohirsctor VIII be required % give bond,
sa pasisT Ui the sas ty
the contract on has part both 20 nishinS the
mai looks Keys With an ss1 sIx Has asss
y, and care. No PROPOSAL will therefore Be ON
sidered, n not accompanied with o written eusr-
ed,e from the proposed sureties, Whose respon-
sibillty must be oefahed By the posfnsstsr 81 tSe
paoe Of thar rssldence, that they vii become re-
sRonsible on the required bond for the fuIklneut
sails be accepted.
: In dsoidi 6 on the proposals and rpecunens, the
Postmaster General mag deem It ex peolent 10 Sc
leot the brass lock OF bidder and the iron look
OF another. He ihereforo reserves the night of oo-
emit kinds of lock. as he NAV select.
Proposals should be carefully sesled, addressed
envelope, Proposals for Mail Loeks."
M.BLAIR,
ap n rsw POSTMASTER Genera.