The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-06
PROPOSALS FOR MAIL LOCKS.

Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON,
October Ii. 1860.
SEALED PROPOSALS for furnishing Mail Locks and
Keys of new kinds to be substituted for the Locks and
Keys used on the United States Mails, will be re-
ceivcd ut this Department until O'Clock. the 3D.
day of FEBRUARY, 1870. 1t is desirabl" to obtain
Locks and Keys of new construction for the exclusive
OF the United States Nails and if practicable in
vented expressly for that purpose As the exposure of
model Lock and Key to public examination would
hr, II not destroy. It's utlii! for the mails. the Do
partnent prcscrbes model To- bidders, but relies for
its selection on til" specimens Of mechanical skill and
ingenuity which fair competition :tmuug inventors.
hereby invited. may develop. 1t is sufficient describe
the principal requisites of Mail Lock- follows Self
LocEt"g atorniG. Sccuritp HghcSs. strength. o'ura-
bh'H HOrcitV Of construction ana facility Of use. Two
kinds Of Locks and Keys one Of brass and the other of
different in exterior form and interior. struc-
ton or arrangement are required and Proposals should
specify separately the price of each brass lock- each key
for same each iron lock and each key for Dupli-
cate samples Of each kind Of locks and Keys proposed
required to lie submitted with the proposals one of
another 10 he open unriyitrl. that its Internal
structure and arrangement may easily be examined
Every sample should be- plainly marked with the bidder
name anil the sam" any part Of it he covered by
pat ut. the iac Of such patent and the name the
rarnt"" must also he alta. he'd thereto
The internal plan nf tllc locks vfcred
ma t.r particular .'li" of the key rciuoit" t. open
tl-ri mast MT b" like any HOW heretofore
!irN mast he warranted not To infringe upon
lic with any patented invention If which, the bidder il
the i'aicutcr Pref Will lie given Ia "A lock
tn" key If which has not ben exlr, To- general ul.s,r-
decision the various specimens and proposals Will
lie made on or before the Sd day of March, 1870, and,
unless the Postmaster General shall deem be for
interests Of the Department to reject all the Proposals
and Specimens submitted under this advertisement ia
right hereby expressly reserved for him. will
be entered into as soon thereafter practicable with
the ersfu bidder whose locks shall be adopted for
furnish u similar locks and four wears as they
be required and ordered If mutually agreed to in
writing by the contractor and the Postmaster General
for the time being, not less than six months before its
expiration the contract may be extended and continued
for an additional t"rn of four years. But on al
the expiration Of either es Of the contract on and
ifier It's rghttul auleIi at time the Postmaster
General shall have the right To contract with employ
any other party 10 furnish the same other kind
of locks and keys and if he shall deem proper to de-
md and receive from the late IL .;uliing contractor
all finished unin he'd KEYS n, the Internal uarts of
the locks contracted for. and Al! die. gauges AMI de
signs. (which would enable others make rye such
locks or keys III the possession ii such who
after their surrender to tn. Department shall h paid
the same" at such price as may he ascrItanc by fair
appraisement.
The contractor must agree and be able To- furnish if
required and ordered 10 600 Brass Locks and 1900
Keys within three months from the time of entering into
contract and 10000 Iron Locks and COCOA Iron Keys
within months from such time But the Postmaster
General will reserve the right to incrcas. diminish,
the wants or interests Of tho service may demand the
quantities Of the Locks and Keys above specified with
rropurti"nate allowance of time 10 fu; n-h them.
All the Locks furnished 10y the contractor must be
warranted I" keep in good working years
in the ordinary of the service when subjected
obvious Violence; such Us become defective within that
time to be replaced with perfect Locks without charge.
All the Locks furnished under contract are o,c each
distinctly marked T. :. Mail, in either sunk raised
letters and all the Keys he numbered in the nat
ural order each Key having its appropriate number
tinctly stamped upon side If the bow and L. S
Mail - on the opposite side
The contractor will he required to deliver tho Locks at
his own expense at the Post Office Department WASH
nston D. C.. put upon sticks forming separate bund.
Of five locks cch and securely packed in wooden boxes
containing not more than two hundred locks each. The
keys TO he delivered to agent Of the Department
duly and 81 "iay authorized in each to take charge
Of and cow. the same from the coptracars naIuc-
tory to the Department where both locks keys are
to lie inspected aid approved before they shall lie paid
for.
The contractor will be required to give bond witt, am
pie security in the sum Ut Fifty Thousand Dollars bc
forfeited 10 the United States lil,ated damages in
case of his failure TO faithfully perform the contract
either AS to furnishing the supplies ordered within
reasonable time or as to guarding the manufacture Of
the Mail Locks and Keys with due privacy, integrity, and
No Proposal will therefore be accepted if not accom-
panied with bond oi the penal of Twenty Thous
and Dollars duly executed by tho proposed srcties
whose responsibility must be certified by Judge of
Court of Record To their place Of residence
tested by the Clerk such Court under the seal thereof
and conditioned for their becoming responsible as sure
ties the required bond for the imcut Of the con
tract in case such Proposals shall he accepted Th,
anufacture of Mail Locks and Keys is. of necessity
highly important and delicate trust which thu Depart
nrnt will cuniidc To bidder whose Proposals are hot
also accompanied with testimonials # good character
In deciding the Proposals and Specimens, the Post
Brass Lock of one bidder anil the Iron Lock If APPETIZER
He. therefore, the right Of ting with diff
frrent individuals For slc difi=r"Ht kinds OF Locks us lie
select
the Second Assistant Postmaster General and endorsed
On the envelope Proposals fol Mail Locks
JOHN A. j. CRESwELL,
oct 81. IS63-Sw Postmaster General.