The national Republican., 1861-05-21
Proposals for Furnishing Nail Locks.
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c,EAIEp PROPOSALS for furnishing mail looks and Keys
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this Department until mine o'clock the tenth day Of
n being desirable to obtain locks and keys Of new con
srucon and invented expressly for the exclusive use Of
United states malls model Is prescribed Tor bidders
The Department relying for its selection on the results o
mechanical skill and ingenuity which fair competition,
now invited, may produce II deemed necessary only
to tina, mali lock should be eoin0 and that rs
strength, durability novelty 9 eonstrsetsom, and JactQ
Two kinds Of mail locks and keysone Of brass and the
other OF iron-dnercnt In form and construction
CURED and proposals should specify separately the price
duplicate samples or patterns Of each kind Of locks pro
posed, required to be submitted with the proposals
each kind OF sample locks te rvecd up and an
shed and another TO be or unrve,ted 50 that s In
Ss p"nv may s ss Sds
The locks offered should not be patented nor should their
internal construction be Otherwise publicly Known 81 s
warranted not in any way toinrnge Or interfere with any
patented invention. ..
submitted 70 board Of examiners " be commissioned BY
the Postmaster General Tor the purpose OF examining and
reporting them and the Postmaster General shall
for the interest the Department TO reject all
the proposals and specimens submitted under this adver
,semsn contracts will upon the report Si as enamnsTs
bidder whose locks adopted for furnishing similar locks
aud keys for four years they may be required and or
raj for the time being " extend and continue the contract
in force for additional term Of four years on giving no
tice in writing TO the contractor not less than six months
before tho termination tho first Of four years
at the expiration Of the s term OF four years To contract
with any other party for furnishing similar or different
locks and Keys the General may determine
The contractor must agree and be able 70 FURNISH re-
quc and orderod brass locks and 600 brass keys,
within three months from the time Of entering into con
tract and 1000 iron locks and 30 900 IRON keys within
eight months from such time But the Postmaster General
will tho right increase dimnh rs the wants
interests Of tho service may demand, the quantities Of
the locks and keys above specified with proportonate
Ali the locks furnished by the contractor must be war
ranted keep good working order for two years In the
ordinary Of tho service whom not subjected 70 obvious
violence such become detective during that TIME to
be replaced with perfect locks without charge.
The contractor will be required " deliver tho locks at his
expense at tho Post Once Department, Washington,
d. c. put up sticks, forming separate bundles OF i've
locks each and securely packed in wooden boxes contain
ing than two hundred locks each The keys are
to be delivered TO agent Of the DEPARTMENT. duly and
specially authorized In each ako charge Of and con
vey the from the contractors factory TO the Depart
ment where both locks and keys be inspected and
approved before they shall be paid for
The contractor will be required to give bond with ample
security the OF weDty five thousand dollars for the
faithful performance Of the contract his part both as TO
furnishing the supplies ordered and guarding the manuac
turc OF tho mail locks and keys with due privacy integrity
and No proposal will therefore be considered not
accompanied with written guarantee from tho proposed
suretes, (whose responsibility be certified by the
postmaster the place OF their resdencc that they will
become responsible the required bond for the fuhmen
of the contract by the bidder in case such proposals be &C
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In deciding the proposals specimens tho Posmas
General may expodent select tho brass Ioct
Of bidder and the iron lock Of another He therefore
reserves the right contracting with Inherent individual.
| for such different kinds Of locks he may select
Proposals should DO carefully sealed addressed to the
Postmaster General and endorsed tho envelope, Pro
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apr 27-wsw Postmaster General.