The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-10-09
NAVY sUPPLIEs FOR THE YEAR 1874.
BUREAU OF CoNsr'N Fer. AND REPAIR.

BUREAU CoNsr'N Fer AND REPAIR.
October 4th, lS43
ROPOSALS will be received at this Bureau M
i 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
n The best qualify, 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 iorty-four, viz
Bolt and Sheet Copper, (hot)
rolled) .4|
Round, fiat, and square Iron, OF American manu-
Sperm Candles facture.
Sperm Oils,
Linseed Oil, lin its aw statc,)
Dry Paints the several articles named in the printed
oiiers.)
II is distinctly understood, however, that persons
who may offer not to have any claim or privilege
to furnish greater quantity Of any article than may
be expressly ordered
II is also to be understood that when persons re-
side at other places than those which they
gage TO furnish articles, they will be required 10 APP
point and duly authorize some person at near the
place OF delivery, to receive and act upon the requ
sions or 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 receive 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 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, and for the Baltimore
Naval Station; The blank offers furnished 10 individuals
must hare all the blanks carefully filled up must be sub
scrbed directed in the note on the face of each
form, and the offers must be unqualified and tcondi-
HonGi.
Bonds with two approved sureties in one-half tie
estimated 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 are complied
with in all respects. After deductng ten per cenum
payment will be made by the United States v thin
thirty days after the articles shall have been INSPECT
ed and received and bills for the same presented TO
the Navy Agent, approved by the Commandant or
Commanding Officers Of the respective Navy Yards
and Naval Station, according to the terms and proyi-
sions 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
tices will be furnished by the respective Navy Agents
to persons applying for them aud upon which all
offers must be made strictly conforming TO the drec-
tons they contain.
B KENYON, Chief of Bureau.
IS7To be published twice week in the Madso-
man and National Integencer, Washington, d. G.
Eastern Argus, Portland, Maine Portsmouth Ga
zette,, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Boston Morn
ing Post, Boston, Massachusetts; Journal of Com
merce and the Sun, New York American Sentinel
and Public Ledger, Philadelphia Pennsylvania Sur
and Republican, Baltimore, Maryland Beacon, Nor
folk Virginia.
Oct 5---2sw till Sd Nov.