The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-10-21
NAVY sUrPLlEs FOR THE YEAR 1914

! BrREAu OF CoNsT'N For AND RErAR.
October ith, lSi3
/ u ROPOSAI.S will be received at this Bureau I'M
/ i til 3 O'Clock Z. NJ. of The Sd day of November
next, for furnishing and delivering the Navy Yards
at Portsmouth,, n, H., Charlestown, Mass, Brooklyn,
n. Y, Philadelphia, Washington, ID. c., and Cos
port, Va and also, al the Baltimore Naval Station,
respectively such quantities Ol the following articles,
Of The best quality, that may be ordered required
fl om the contractors by the respective Commandants
| or Commanding Officers, or by the respective Navy
! Agents during the year thousand eight hundred
and iorty-iour, viz
Boil, aud Sheet Copper, lhot
! rolled,)
Round, Hat, aud square Iron, or American manu-.
! Sperm Candles, iaCtme
| Sperm Oils,
Lnseed Oh, Gin its state, }
Dry Pa nts, the several articles named the printed
ofers)
1t 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 rerSons re.
side at other places than those ielr which they en-
gage TO furnish articles, they will be required APP
point and duly authorize some person at the
place of delivery To receive and act upon the requ.
sous or orders which may be made and in case
the person who contracts or his agent shall neglect
or fail to comply with the acquisitions, orders he
may for articles under his contract in proper
time and of proper quality, the officers agents Of
the Navy shall be authorized To purchase the same,
aid the contractor shall be liable for any excess of
cost over the contract price.
Separate proposals must be made for each class of
| article for ch Navy Yard, aud for the Baltimore
Naval station the bank o6ers Furnished 10 indriduais
must hare all me blanks carefully hHcd mp, must be sub
scrbed directed in the note on the face of each
form, AMI the offers must be unqualified and uncoadi-
/ u0ndi.
Bonds with two approved suretics in one half the
estimated amount Of the respective contracts, will be
required and ten per cenum in addition viii be with
| held from the amount Of each payment to be- made
as collateral security for the due and faithful per.
! Torrance of the respective contracts; which viii on
no account be paid until the contracts are complied
with in all respects After deducting ten per cenum
| payment will be made by the United States thin
thirty DAYS after the articles shall have been inspect
ed and received, and bills for the same presented to
! the Navy Agent approved 10y tie Commandlut or
/ Commanding Officers Of the respective Navy Yard,
and Naval Station, according to the terms and pro,i-
sions of the contract
! The power to re ect all offers from persons who
have heretofore failed to fulfil their contracts with
the Government j, expressly reserved by this Bureau.
Blank forms of offers for each denomination Of ar
tclcs will be furnished 10y the cspcctiyc Navy Agents
to persons applying for them aud upon which all
offers must be made strictly conforming to the diroc-
tons they contain.
b KENNON, Caitqr Bwcua
T5-'ro be published twice a week in the Madiso-
MAN and National lnelli -cncer, Washington d. G. ;
Eastern Argus, Portland, Maine; Portsmouth Ga.
zettc, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Boston Morn
| ing Post Boston, Massachusetts Journal of Com
merce and the Sun, New York American Sentinel
and Public Ledger, Philadelphia Penns, lvania Sun
and Republican, Baltimore, Mary land Beacon, Nor.
/ folk, Virginia.
/ Oct j-.2aw till Sd Nov.