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is roLs, SWORDS, AND COPPER POWDER
FL.AShS.

Pts Tolls, SWORDS, AND COPPER POWDER
FLASkS.
Bureau OF ORDSANcE AND HYDRoeRApHr
July ls, 1874.
PROPOSALS will be received at this Bureau I'M
l. til O'Clock p. NJ. of Monday, the lst day of
September next for furnishing and delivering the fol-
lowing Pistols Swords, aud Copper Powder Flasks
for the naval service Of the United States, viz;
200 Pistols
ZOO Swords and
600 copper Powder Flasks.
All the above arms must be made Of materials of
the best quality and all farms and materially to be
subject to such proof test, and inspection as is
applied to similar and materials in the, army Of
the United States.
The materials and the forms and dimensions of all
the parts must conform TO those of the established
patterns; the orsmanship and finish must be equal
to those Of the model arms, and the several parts
must be Drowned, blued, case-ha dened, polished
IN the standard models.
The forms and dimensions Of the parts to be yeri-
fed by verifying gusges already established.
Patterns OF the aforegoing pistols, swords, and cop
per powder TASKS may De seen application to the
Commandants Of the several Navy Yards to this
Bureau. All TO be delivered or before the lst day
of October, lS45 one third at the Navy Yard near
Boston, and two thirds at the Navy Yard near New
York; TO be delivered free Of charges, except as to
packing boxes for these fair allowance will be
made.
Proposals for all or either Of the above named ar
ucles will be received, 10 be sealed and endorsed
"Pro osals for furnishing Pistols" Swords" &c,
az the case may be.
Bonds, with two approved suretes in one half the
amount Of contract, will be required, 10 be entered
to within fifteen days after the time limited for
celying bids and ten per cent Of the amount Of all
bills vii be retained as collateral security for the
faithful performance of the contract, which will be
paid only on the satisfactory completion of and
ninety per cent q all deliveries made will be paid
al bills properly authenticated, according to the pro
visions Of the contract within thirty days after their
presentation TO the Navy Agent
I;-To be published twice week in the Madiso-
man, National lntelhgencer, and Globe, Washing
too Union and Morning Post, New York Morning
Post and Daily Times, Boston, American Sentinel
AID Mercury, Philadelphia sun and Republican
Baltimore. july l9-2awtd
BUREAu OF CoSs1RUcrIoS, EeuPsssr AND RrrhI
14ih August, ls44.
CEPARATE OFFERS will be received and con
y sldered under the advertisement from this Bureau
Of the 18th July, 1914, for American vater-rotted
Hemp for quantities not less than ten tons, instead
Of thirty tons, therein specified.
To be published three times a week till the 29th
August next, in the Madsonisn and Spectator,
Washington, C.; Eastern Argus, Portland, Me;
Augusta Age, Augusta, Maine Hills Patriot, New
Hampshire Morning Post and Daily Time, Bos-
ton, Massachusetts; Journal Of Commerce and Au-
rora, Nes Yoik, National Enquirer and Demo
cratic Signal, Harrisburg Pennsylvania Sun and
Republican, Baltimore; Enquirer, Richmond, Vir-
gina Old Dominion, and Beacon, Norfolk, VIr-
gina Kentuckian, al Louisvillei Gazet-, at Lex
iugtou, and Msysville Advocate, Kentucky Old
School Republican, Statesman, and Cincinnati Re
publican, Ohio; Register and Chicago Democrat,
nlino. Old School Democrat and Reporter Mis-
souri, New Orleans Republican, louisiana Detroit
Free Press, Michigan; Morning Gazette, Buffalo,
New York; American Sentinel, and Public Ledger,
Philadelphia; Daily Morning Post, PIttsburg, Penn
Columbian Register, New Haven, Connecticut, and
State Intelligenoer, Geneva, New York.
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