The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-28
NAVY SUPPLIES FOR lS43

BUREAU or Con EoUIP & REPAIRS
4th December, 1912.
PROPOSALS, sealed and endorsed will be re-
Il ceived at this Bureau until o'clock, p. M, of
The 18th January next for furnishing and delivering
al the navy yards al Portsmouth,, N a.. CharIestown
Mass, Brooklyn, ~ Y, Philadelphia, Washington
~ u, and Go port, Va, 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
yalds and naval station, by the Navy Agents re-
spectively during The year hundred and for
ythree for the use Of the Navy of the United States
w:
Spermacet candles
Spermacet oil.
Linsoe1 oil an It's raw state)
Dry pants (the several articles named in
the printed offrrs)
Ii is distinctly understood however that persons
who may offer are not TO have any claim or privilege
to furnish greater quantity Of any article than may
be expressly ordered.
IL is also TO be understood that, when persons re-
side at other places than those near which they en-
gage to furnish articles they will be required to ap-
point and duly authorize some person. resident al or
near the place Of delivery TO receive and act upon the
acquisitions or orders which may I've made: and in
case the person who contracts his agent, shall neg
iect, or FAIL to comply with the acquisitions or orders
he may receive for articles under his contract pro-
per time and OF proper quality the officers agents Of
the Navy shall be authorized TO purchase the same
and the contractor shall he liable for any excess Of
cost over the contract price.
Separate proposals must be made for each class of
articles for each navy yard and for the Baltimore ma
val station, the blank offers furnished TO individuals
must hare all the blanks carefully filed up and must
be subscribed directed in The note on The face of
each form, and the offers must be unqualified and un-
conditional.
Bond~ with two approved suretes in one third the
estimated amounts OF The respective contracts will be
required, and ten per centum in addition, will be
withheld from the amount of each payment to be
made, as collateral security for the due and faithful
performance Of the respective contracts; which will
on no account be paid until the contracts complied
with in all respects unless specially authorized by the
Chief of this bureau
After dcducting ten per centum, payment will be
made by the ned 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 Comman or Commanding officers
Of the respective navy yards and naval station afore-
said according to the terms of the contracts.
The power to reject all offers from persons who have
hereto fore failed to fulfil their contracts with the Go
vernment is expressly Reserved by this bureau
Blank forms Of offers for each denomination of ar
ticIes will be furnished by the respective Command
ing officers Navy Agents. to persons applying for
them, and upon which all offers should be made,
strictly conforming 10 the directions which they
tain.
TIC. be published twice week in the Madisonisn,
Olobo, a"d Intelligence, II. C.; Hills Patriot, N.
H.. Bennington Gazette, Vermont; Morning Post
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.
us@The editors of each paper will please send TO
this bureau single copy of the par containing this
advertisement
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