Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-28
PROPOSALS.
DROPOsALs FOR MAIL BAG TAGS.

Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
SEALED Proposals will be received at this be-
partmeur mn tics-r re cO"k, noon, the tCsHty FIRST
dGy Of OcUJ.v, ISIS for furnishing. by C5ntT act .
such times a. may be re,nirci AMI ordreJ Sn I
one year from the tTst day Of December, 1875; the
quantity Of such Tags TO be Furnished bein., Two
hundred thousand more or less, shall be required
and ordered during that period.
wide ""1
The narrow Tags are 10 be made Of suitable hard
six aud a half inches long, one inch vide, and a
half inch thick, and having circular hole three
point one inch from one end Each Of these Tags is
to have printed aud slightly indented thereon, in
and State, Of such railway post office, or of such
route agency, may be specified in sched ules which
will accompany eacn order, and also have printed
thereon ia smaller letters direction for it,
t. such iice will be specified in such schedules
The wide TaEs are 10 BE- similar to the others in
all respects, excepting the width, which must bs
two inches, in-tead Of one and excepting the print
larger letters, viii be required iaId particularly
specified IN the scheduesJ for ais sent to foreign
Samples Of the Tags hereby a'vertispd for can be
Gltain'd, on application TO !he Second Assistant
All the Tags contracted for are to be delivered at
this DePar AT ts risk aud en- pense OF the con
trBC'or, and must be inspected and be found con
form 10 the sample and orders Of the Department,
before they shall be accepted or paid for.
Every proposal must specify Internationally, the
price OF each Tag offered to be furnished.
= he propOsels received will be opened, read and
verh,d in ihis Department. ar noon he tcgafy frst
d0y 81 OcetsT lS1ji aud decision thereon Will be
mad within five days thereafter.
The Postmaster General hereby reserves the right
10 REJECT any all Of tho prop Iss received under
thi- adv eIt, If, in his judgment, the inter
ests Of the De par iment may thereby be PROMPTED
The accepted bidder must enter into contract,
aud, with two suretes, satisfactory 70 the Post
master General, be bound in the penalty of four
thousand dollars for the faithful and proper per
Torrance of the contract; and for faiiure the
part OF the contractor comply with the contract,
he and his surees shall De liable for the forfeiture
Of the fun Of four thousand HAIRS hquiiated
dan ages. 20 rs sued for in the of the United
! States, IN action of debt i'll any court having
| jurisdiction thereof
This contract and obligation must be Only signed
and executed within twerty days after the receipt
thereof from this De partment
Every proposal must be accompanied with bond
in the penalty Of two thousand dollars executed by
by the postmaster where they re-de,l cOuditio
for the bidders entering into contract, as herein
before specihed IN case his proposal be accepted by
/ the Postmaster G. General.
Blank forms Of proposal and bond will be furnished
on application To tn. Second Assist ant Postmaster
c. nei al; and all bidders required To conform
thereto, in submitting their bids under this adyer
tIs6ment.
| Every proposal should be inc'osed in a sealed
envelope il Gotsed Proposals for Mail Bag Tags,
i and be addressed t. the Second Assistant Post
| master General, Washington, ID. O."
| MARSHALL JEWELL,
| sepl4 -tuAw POstma5 General