Daily national Republican., 1863-03-30
DROPOsALs FOR DESIGNS, MODELS,
L AND PRINTING OF TREASURY NOTES.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, March 23 1888.
PROPOSALS. are hereby invited for Designs for
Treasury Notes to be issued under the approved
March ., 1863.
Proposals will be received for the denomination
OF los 2Os, sos, zoos, 6oos, lOOos, and 6OOOs the
right being reserved by the Secretary of the Treas
| ury to omit any of the above denominations from
accepted offers, or to substitute the designs of
denomination for those of another, or to use them
| interchangeAbly, or to alter their legends.
The designs must be national in their character,
and preference will be given, under equal circum-
| stances, to such as have not been used, in whole
or In part, upon any currency bond, certificate or
other representative of value, and completed bills
must all be Of the uniform size oE seven inches by
Proposals must be for both the diverse and re-
verse OF the notes. The diverse must prominently
! present the words "TREAsURY NOTE" with the
following similar legend: "Two years after date
the United States will pay to bearer fifty dollars,
with interest at five per cent. per Annum, payable
semi-Annually," rs follows:
! hfty cents.
On the first day of April, 1884, one dollar and Gry
on the first day of October, 1864, one dollar and
ATTY cents.
On the first day of April 1865, one dollar and nCy
cents.
The sums denoting the accrued and accruing In.
terest must be placed near the centre of the width
OF the note aud about two inches from its right
hand end.
Space must be allowed for the seal and for the
signatures of the Treasurer and Register.
On the reverse there must be two tablets to con-
tain the following legends or such others OF about
the same number of words may be substituted
LIST. "This note will be exchanged by the Trea.
surer or any Assistant Treasurer or any specially
desiBnated depositRry Of the United States for
United States notes equal In amount TO its face
value and interest to last date Of interest pay
ment;r or, This note Is legal tender to the same
extent as United States notes for Its face value,
without interest"
ID. EVERY person making or engraving, or and
Ing 10 make Or engraVe, or passing or attempting
to pass any imitation or alteration of this note;
possession DlAtn
Impression made in imitation of II, or any paper
made in imitation OF that on which the note Ia
printed Is guilty OF felony, and subject to tine not
exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment
not exceeding fifteen years at hard labor, bo h"
Proposals will be received until the 18th day of
April, 1868, and must In all cases be accompanied
By models or illustrative drawings
Proposals may be made for designs alone, or for
completed dies or for the entire work of engrav-
ing and printing. II the proposals are for the en-
tire work the price must be separately stated for
furnishing the dies, for making the plates Onrlud.
ing all cost for re-enterngJ Tor printing per IOOO
Impressions of four notes each, and for paper per
1000 Impressions, and sample Of the paper pro-
posed to be used, with the name oil the maker
thereof, must accompany the proposals.. Propo-
sails must also state the length OF time required
after acceptance of bid before deliveries win
commence and thereafter the number of thousand
Impressions that will be delivered daily.
II the proposals. are for the entire work they
must slsO state at which Of the following pOgt
offices the Impressions will be delivered properY
packed for transmission, free of any charge for
package or delivery, NiZ' at St. Louis, Cincinnati
Chicago, Buffalo, New York, or Boston,
The Secretary reserves the right to accept de-
signs only and cause the engraving TO be done BY
other parties than those making the proposal, or
TO accept designs and dies and cause the transfer
ring and printing to be done by Others to rejeCt
part or all Of any proposal, may be for the In
tereBt of the Government.
In all cases Of accepted bids the designs and dies
together with all rolls, bedpieoes, plates or other
copies thereof must be the sole and exclusive pro-
perty Of the United States. Those rejected viii be
returned to the respective bidders.
In the selection OF designs special attention will
begyen to security against eOunterfeltng and al
teFAtiona.
Proposals and deigns must lie enclosed In sealed
envelopes and directed to the Secretary Of the Trsa
sury, and plainly endorsed Designs and Proposals
for Treasury Notes" and will be opened on the
18th day Oi April, 1853, at ~ o'clock NJ
y. r. CHASE,
secretary OF the Treasury.
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