The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-31
NAVY SUPPLIES FOR ls43.


BUREAU or Con, EaUip, & REpAiss,
18th December, I642.
PROPOSALS, sealed end endorsed, will be re-
Il csived at this Bureau until o'clock, p. NJ, of
the 18th January next for furnishing and delivering
at the navy yards al Portsmouth, N H., Charlestown
Mass, Brooklyn, n T., Philadelphia, Washinston,
ID C., and Go-pori, W., and also at the Baltimore
naval station respectively, such quantities Of the fol-
lowing articles, of the best quality that may he order
ed or required from the contractors by the respective
Commanders or Commanding officers at said navy
yslds and naval station, by the Navy Agents re-
sectively, during The year eighteen hundred and for
'ythree for the of the Navy Of the ni,sd Staes
w:
Spermaceti candies.
Spermaceti OIL
Linsesd oil lin ITS raw state)
Dry paints (the several articles named in
the printed offers
II is distinctly understood, however, that persons
who may offer not 10 have any claim or privilege
to furnish greater quantity Of any article than may
be EXPRESSLY ordered.
1t is also to be understood that when persons ne.
side at other places than those which they en-
gage to furnish articles, they will be required to ap
point and duly au' horze person, resident At or
the place Of delivery receive and act upon the
acquisitions orders which Ucay be ynade and in
the person who contracts his agent shall neg
lect or fail TO comply with the rsquistons or orders
he may receive for articles under his contract pro-
per time and OF proper quality the officers agents Of
the Navy shall he authorized 10 purchase the same,
and the contractor shall he Liable for any excess Of
cost over the contract price.
Separate proposals mus, be made for each class Of
articles for each navy yard and for the Baltimore ma
val station the blank offers furnished 10 indirid~ais
must hare all the blanks carefully filled up. and must
be subscribed directed in the note on the face Of
each FORM and The offers must be unqualified and I'M
conditional
Bonds, with two approved suretes in one-third the
estimated amounts OF The respective contracts will bs
required and ten per centum, 10 addition will be
withheld from the amount Of each payment to be
made, collateral security for the due and faithful
performance Of the respective contracts which will
account be paid until the contracts complied
with in all respects unless specially authorized by the
Chief of this bureau.
After deductIng ten per centum, payment will be
made by the United States within thirty DAYS after the
said articles shall have been inspected and received
and bills for the presented to the Navy Agent,
approved by the Commanders Command ng officers
of the respective navy yards and naval station aore
said according to the terms of the contracts.
The power to reject all offers from persons who have
heretofore failed to fulfil their contracts with the Go.
vernment, is expressly Reserved by this bureau.
Blank forms Of offers for each denomination Of ar
cles will be furnished by the respective Command
ing officers or Navy Agents TO persons applying for
them and upon which all offers should be made,
strictly conforming 10 the directions which they
tain.
To be published twice week in the Madisonan,
Globe and ln.elligenceI D; C.; Hills Patriot, N.
and Daily Times, Boston, Mass. Journal Of Com
merce, Standard and Sun, New York American
Sentinel and Public Ledger, Philadelphia, Pa. Sun
and Republican, Baltimore; Enquirer Richmond,
Virginia; Beacon, Norfolk, Virginia.
The editors Of each paper will please send TO
this bureau single copy of the PAL containing this
advertisement.
Dec. I5-2awtl5Jan