The Arkansas advocate., 1833-09-04
PROPOSALS
For Al, ,64O Indian Rations,

E AVE &SS EA. A6 For Al, ,64O Indian RatiOns. GEPARATE Proposals, in writing, and psealed, will be received by the subscri- Der, until 1 o'clock, P. M, of Thursday the 9th day of September next, 1883, for furnishing and delivering at the several Issuing Depots, in the New Choctaw coun- try west of the Territory of Arkansas, the following Indian Rations, viz:
 At the Depot near Fort Towson, Red River,
 115,9OO RatiOns.
 At the Depot on the Mountain Fork of Little river, forty miles northeast from Fort Tows0n,
 92. RatiOns.
 At the Depot at Horse Prairie, twenty miles west from Fort Towson,
 39.65O RatiOns.
 At the Depot near old Miller Court house, forty miles southeast from Fort Towson,
 20, 30 RatiOns.
 At the Depot at the New Choctaw Agen- cy, near the Arkansas, twenty-five miles south-eastwardly fiom Fort Smith,
 IOO.65O Rati0ns.
 At the Depot at Pleasant Bluff, on the Arkansas, thirty-fve miles above Fort Smith,
 3O,5OO Rations.
 At the Depot on the Potcau river, about forty miles south-w estwardly from Fort Smith,
 42.7OO Rati0ns.
 Tine privilege of increasing or diminish ,po. @I,o x,,r, hov oF R tiopc aboVa ! ted, one-third, or any number less than one-third, at all the Depots, is reserved.- Twenty days notice being given, prior to the date of such increase or dimunition, specifying place and quantity.
 The first delivery of Rations will be re- quired to be made, and at all the Depots, on or about the first dug of November neat. Subsequent deliveries will be required, from time to time, until the whole is called for. Ten days notice previous to the date of each delivery will be given.
 The Ration, as above named, must con- sist Of one and quarter pounds of Fresh Beef, three fonrths of quart of Corn, and at the rate of four quarts of Salt, to each one hundred Rations. The Beef, Corn and Salt, comprising the Ration, must be of good quality, and delivered in good or def.
 The quality, as wei as the weight of the Beef, and the measure of the Corn and Salt, comprising the Ration, will be in- spected by an Agent of the Government, on delivery; and that Proposals may not be made under wrong impressions, 1t is here made known, that the Corn and Salt must be delivered by measure, at the rate of thirty-two quarts to the bushel, dry measure; all risk, and every expense at tending the delivery and distribution ofthe Rations, must be borne by contractors.
 Issues of the meat part of the Ration, may be varied, from time to time, so as to make deliveries of one and fourth pounds of fresh, or three-foufths of pound of saited Pork, instead of Beef So, also, may portion of the meat part of the Ra- tion be delivered in Cattte and Hogs, upon estimates, on the hoof, prouided such shall be acceptable to the Indians; but in DO case must such changes of issues increase the cost of the Ration, or any Of the com ponent parts thereof, as above designated, and to which bidders are referred for cal culating prices at which they will furnish the Ration for.
 The delivery of Cattle and Hogs. or foot, as above noted, may be made for one or two months at a time, should the same oO oOCAHOH CA APSuieut y tue ESCelVlDR "A gent; so, also, may the other parts of the Ration, Corn and Salt, be delivered for periods corresponding thereto.
 Contractors will be required to give bonds, in surety with two responsible sig natures, to the amount of one half of the sum of their contracts. Payments for all furnishing, under said contracts, will be made at this place-Little Rock, A. T.
 ihe privilege of rejecting bids, deemed too high, is reserved.
 No contract or bid, can be transferred, without the consent, in writing, of the un- dersigned, or such Agent as may be au- thorized to open and declare the b1ds, and make the contracts. Persons making bids, not known to the subscriber, will accompany them with sat- isfactory recommendations, as to their ca pacities to furnish. They will be pleased to write on the envelope of their commu nications, the word "PRoposALs,'' and will attend at this place, on the last day of receiving bids, 18th September, for the purpose of closing contracts.
 J. BROWN, Capt. U. s. fl.
 Prini. Dist'g. .Agt. Ind. Rensoval. Little Rock, A. T., June 2S, 1883.