New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-14
PROPOSALS FOR BMPRINTlNG IN.
TERNAL REVENUE STAMPS UPON
RANK CHECKS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, }
Office of Internal Revenue,
Washington. .Jnlv 2 1879 I

TREASURY DEPARTMENT. :,
| Office of Internal Revenue
Washington, July = 1875.
1 GEAEED PROPOSALS WILL BIZ RRCEIyED At.
| ~ this office until WEDNESDAY, August 49, 1875
TaM hs dp THE @F
NATION OF TWO CENTS upon such blank checks
hsaits; orders . or vouchers drawn upon bank.
public. ''A'0 '0' 'n"' purpose oS tn'
The printing may be by any process that vii:
afford AIDE quate protection to the government
AGAINST counterfeitlnR. provided stamp of an ar.
heretofore BEEN fe"m THIS printing has
the finest bank note engraving, or from electro.
types OF such engraving. and q character Of work
will not be accepted
The mum Der OF stamps imprinted as above Sc.
was about SO OCO 900 stamps
Bidders vii! state the price per 10 stamps de.
liverable at their places of business, packt ready
The contractor VIII be permitted to charge the
person or hrm for HON the stamps are tinted
such price as may be prescribed by the Commits.
si0rer, in addition to the amount paid BY the gov.
ernment not exceeding in any case one cent fo,
each impression containing not more than six
bach bid should be accompanied BY a specinen
OF the ST. le of engraving proposed and full ex.
nnt no o tae oy which 1t 10 proposed to
The contract win require that the dies and
and additional designs. dies and plates shall be-
made without charge at the pleasure Of the Com.
uiIeslo1e1 VI internal Revenue, and all such de-
signs dies and plates shall become the property Of
aud De delivered to, the United States at the ter.
mlnat!oD OF the COZ tract or whenever demanded by
the SAID Commissioners that the stamps shall be de.
nvered III such quantities and at such times as the
commissioner of Internal Revenue for the time
osink may direct; and that all measures and pre-.
essary TO take IN order to protect the government
against fraud or negligence or the part of the con.
tractor tractor or his employees. shall be taken at the
proper charge ard expense of the con FACTOR
no o,as VIII DO considered except from parties
ness OF engraving and printing, and provided with
all the nece ssary facilities to execute the wor.
promptly ana give the requisite protection to tha
stamps a. dles and plates in their possession.
rArtles not known to the department will fur.
nlsh proof as to these points.
The contractor VII not be permitted to prin.
any any instruments liable to stamp duty and ali
immediate personal SUPERVISION OF an agent of the
department. in building or part Of building ex.
clusively devoted to the preparation of the dies
and plates and the inprinting OF the stamps here
In provided for.
Bidders will state the time from the date of the
oontIact, II awarded, when they will be ready to
commence delivering the stamps and their daily
capacity for delivering thereaf err
Of a. least two responsible persons, thai in case
the DID IS accepted and a contract entered ;nt0
tney WI become sureties in the sum of S 100 OoD
The contract will be for the period Of one vaar
with the privilege of extension from year to
and NJ ne Of the Secretary of the Treas.
IN awarding the contract or work the Commits
soner reserves the right TO reject any or ali Dro
posae IN case it shall appear to be for the intrest
OF the government to do CO.
., proposals should be carefully sealed and mayka5
naoposss Ior lmprinting internal revenue stamps
sioner OF Internal Revsnue, Washington District
Of Columbia. DiSs1A1'
Commissioner Of Internal 3; p; PRATT Rsra.,n.
apT'roVeu: B. H. BRlSTOW
Jyl1 Secretary of the Treasury