National Republican., 1876-12-20
pRoPosALs FOR MAIL BAG TAGS.

Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT,l
November 10 1875. 4
Sealed proposals will be received at this De-
partment until noon on the 2lst day of Decem-
ber, 1879, for furnishing, by contract, Printed
Wooden Tags in such quantities and at such
times as may be required and ordered during one
year from the first day of January, 1877; the
quantity of such Tags to be furnished being two
hundred thousand, more or less, as shall be re-
quired and ordered during that period.
wide. :
The narrow Tags are to be made of suitably
hard wood, seasoned, and Of light color in rect
angular strips. each six and a half inches long,
one inch wide, ard half inch thick, and having
circular hole three eights of an inch in diane
ter bored through 1t, at point one inch from one
end. Each of these Tagsis to have printed and
slightly indented thereon in suitably large let
tiers, the name Of such post office and State or Of
such railway post office, or of such route agency,
as may be specified on schedules which Will &C
company each order, and also have printed there
on, In small letters, direction for its return to
such office as will be specifod on such schedules
The printed sideof each Tag is TO have smooth
surface.
in all respects excepting the width, which must
be two inches instead of one, and excepting the
printing, which will consist Of such brief direc-
tiUn, in larger letters as will be required, ana
particularly specified in the schedules tor mails
sent to foreign countries. Samples Of the Tags
hereby advertised for can be obtained on spplica-
tion, by letter, TO the Second Assistant POstmas-
ter General
An the Tags contracted for are to be delivered
tied in bupdies Of fty of each inscription, and al
the risk and expense Of the contractor and they
must be inspected and found to conform to the
samples and the orders ofthe Department before
they will be accepted or paid for.
= Every proposal must specify Internationally
the price of each Tag offered to be furnished.
The proposals received will be opened, read
and verified in this Department at noon the 2lst
day of December, 1875; and q decision thereon
will be made within three days thereafter.
right to reject any or all of the proposals received
under this advertisement, IL, in his Judgment, the
interests Of the service may thereby be pro-
moted.
The accepted bidder must enter into contract,
and with two sureties. satisfactory to the Post
master General be bound in the penalty of four
thousand dollars for the faithful performance Of
the contract; and for failure on the part Of the
contractor to comply will the contract he and his
sureties shall be liable for the forfeiture of the
full sum of four thousand dollars as iquid:ted
damages. to be sued for in the name of the Uni
ted States in an action Of debt in any court hav-
ing jurisdiction thereof. This contract and 0bli-
CATION must be duly signed and executed within
ten days after the receipt thereof from this De-
partment.
Every proposal must be accompanied with a
bond in the penalty Of two thousand dollars, ex-
ecuted by the bidder and two sureties, Certified
to be sufficient by the postmaster where they re-
side,j conditioned for the bidders entering into
contract, as herenbefors specihed, in case his
proposal be accepted by the Postmaster General.
Blank forms Of proposal and bond will be fur
Postmaster General; and ell bidders are required
to conform thereto in submitting their bids under
this advertisement.
Every proposal should be inclosed in n sealed
envelope, Endorsed Proposals for Mail Bag
Tags, and be addressed 10 the '.Second Assist
ant Postmaster General, Washington, d. G."
Jas. N. TYNER.
noy2+F4w Postmaster General.