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Printer estimates of the articles and the quantity of each

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which will be required for their several departments for the

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year following.

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Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Joint Committee

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on Public Printing shall then fix upon standards of

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paper for the different descriptions of public printing, and for

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all stationery and articles required, and the Congressional

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Printer shall, under their direction, advertise in two newspapers

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published in each of the cities of Boston, New York,

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Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Cincinnati, and in

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any other city where in their judgment it may become necessary,

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for sealed proposals to furnish the government with

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paper and all other articles of the quality and in the quantities

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specified in the advertisement, which shall specify the

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quantity and quality of all the articles required; and he shall

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furnish to the applicants samples of the standard articles

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which have been adopted.

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Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the advertisements

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for sealed proposals shall specify the minimum portion

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of each article required for either three months, six months,

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or one year, as the Joint Committee on Public Printing may

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determine; but when the minimum portion so specified exceeds

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in any case one thousand reams of paper, the advertisements

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shall state that proposals will be received for one

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thousand reams or more.

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Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all sealed proposals

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to furnish any article shall be opened in the presence

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of the Joint Committee on Printing, and the contracts shall be

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awarded by the committee to the lowest and best bidder for

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each article or class for the interest of the government; but

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they shall not consider any proposal which is not accompanied

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by satisfactory evidence that the person making it is a manufacturer

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or dealer in the articles which he proposes to furnish,

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and the said joint committee shall, in their award of each contract,

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allow and designate a reasonable time for filling it.

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