The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-10-14
NAVY SUPPLIES FOR THE YEAR 1874.

BUREAU OF CoNsrN Ee'r. AND REPAIR
October 4th, lS43
DROPOSALS will be received at this Bureau I'M
Il til o'clock p. NJ, Of the Sd day OF November
next for furnishing and delivering at the Navy Yards
at Portsmouth, N. H.; Charlestown, Mass, Brooklyn
N. Y, Philadelphia, Washington, ID. c., and Cos
port, Va and also, at the Baltimore Naval Station,
respectively such quantities Of the following articles
Of the best quality, that may be ordered required
from the contractors by the respective Commandments
or Commanding Officers, or by the respective Navy
Agents, during the year thousand eight hundred
and forty-four, viz
Bolt and Sheet Copper, (hot)
rolled,)
Round, fiat, and square Iron, or American manu-
Sperm Candles, facture.
Sperm Oils,
Linseed Oil, Tin its raw state,)
Dry Paints, (bc several articles named in the printed
ofers.)
Ii is distinctly understood, however, that persons
who may offer are not to have any claim or privilege
furnish greater quantity of any article than may
be expressly ordered
II is also to be understood that, when persons
side at other places than those which they
gage 10 furnish articles they will be required to APP
point and duly authorize some person at the
place of delivery, to receive and act upon the requ
siiions orders which may be made and in
the person who contracts, 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
and the contractor shall he liable for any excess of
cost over the contract price.
Separate proposals mus. be made for each class Of
article for G oh Navy Yard, and for the Baltimore
Naval Station the bank oilers furnished 10 indridu0is
mrta hare all the blanks carefully filled up, must be sub
scribed as directed in the note the face of each
FORM md the offers must be unqualified and unoondi-
houdi.
Bonds with two approved sureties in ope-half the
est mated amount of the respective contracts, will be
required and ten per centum in addition will 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 will on
no account be paid until the contracts complied
with in all respects. After dcducting ten per centum,
na,ment will be made by the United States within
thirty DAYS after the articles shall have been inspect
ed and received aud bills for the presented 10
the Navy Agent, approved by the Commapdant or
Commanding Officers Of the respective Navy Yards
and Naval Station, according to the terms and provi
sious Of the contract
| The power to reject all offers from persons who
have heretofore failed to fulfil their contracts with
the Government Is expressly reserved by this Bureau
Blank forms Of offers for each denomination OF ar
,icles will be furnished by the respective Navy Agent.
| TO persons applying for them; aud upon which all
offers must be made strictly conforming TO the direc
tons they contain.
b KENNON, Chief Of Bueru.
| uTTo be published twice a week in the Madiso
Man and National Intclg cncer, Washington, ID. G..
Eastern Argus Portland Maine; Portsmouth G.,
zette, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Boston Morn
! ing Post, Boston, Massachusetts; Journal of Com
| merce and the SUM- New York American Sentno
and Public Ledger, Philadelphia, Pennsy lyania SUI
and Republican, Baltimore, Maryland Beacon, Nor
! folk, Virginia.
Oct PAW till Sd Nov.