The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-08-22
sloLs, SWORDS, AND COPPER POWDER
FLASkS.
BUREAU OF ORDNANCE AND HYpRoGnArHY,
July Ia, 1874

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE AND HYDRoGEArHY,
July Ia, 1874
! PROPOSALS. will be received at this Bureau I'M
! i Ill 3 O'Clock p NJ of MONDAY the LIST day OF
September next, for furnishing and delivering the fol-
! lowing Pistols, Swords, aud Copper Powder Flasks
foe the naval service of the United States, viz
900 Pistols
| 300 Swords, and
1000 copper Powder Flasks.
An the above arms must be made of materials OF
the best quality and all (arms and materially 10 be
subject to such proof test, and inspection as Is now
applied to similar arms and materials in the army Of
/ the United States.
l be materials and the forms and dimensions of all
the parts must conform 10 those Of the established
/ patterns the workmanship and finish must be equal
to those OF The model arms, and the several parts
must be Drowned, blued, csse-ha dened OF polished,
| as IN the standard models.
The forms and dimensions Of the parts to be veri-
! fed by verifying guages already established.
Patterns Of the aforegoing pistols, swords, and cop
per powder TASKS may DC seen on application to the
| Commandments OF the several Navy Yards or TO this
Bureau. All to be delivered or before the lst day
of October lS45, one third at the Navy Yard pear
Boston, and two third; 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.
Proposal. Tor all or either of the above named ar
ticles will be received, to be sealed and endorsed
/ PRO osas for furnishing Pistols" Swords" &c,
/ as the case may be.
Bonds with two approved sureties in one half the
amount Of contract, will be required, to be entered
iato within hlteen days after the time limited for re-
coying bids and ten per cent. OF the amount OF all
bills vii be retained collateral security for the
hful pei Torrance Of the contract, which VIII be
paid only on the satisfactory completion OF II and
ninet, per cent Of all deliveries made will be paid on
all bills properly authenticated, according to the pro-
visions OF the contract within thirty days after their
presentation TO the Navy Agent
Iy-To DO published twice a week in the Nadiso.
MAN, National Intelligencer, and Globe, Washing
ton Union and Morning Post, New York Morning
Post and Daily Times, Boston American Sentinel
and Mercury, Philadelphia sun and Republican
Baltimore July l9-siwtd
BUREAu OF Construction, Equipment AND kErnR
l4,h August ls44
! & EPARATE OFFERS will be received and con.
- sidered under the advertisement from this Bureau
Of the 18th July, 1874, for American water-rotted
Hemp for quantities not less than ten TONS instead
! of thirty tons, as therein specified.
TO be published three times week TIL the 29th
| August next in the Madisonan and Spectator,
Washington, ID c.; Eastern Argus, Portland, Me;
/ Augusta Age Augusta Maine iIill's Patriot, New
/ Hampshire; Morning pvst and Daily Tme., Bos-
| ton, Massachusetts Journal OF Commerce and Au-
rora, New York; National Enquirer and Demo
cratic Signal Harrisburg. Pennsylvania; Sun and
/ Republican, Balhmore Enquirer, Richmond, Vlr-
GINA Old Dominion, and Beacon, Norfolk, Vir-
glua Kentuckian, at Louisville, Gazctts, at Lex
/ ington, and Maysville Advocate, kentucky Old
School Republican, Statesman and Cincinnati Re
publican Ohio Register and Chicago Democrat,
/ illinois 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 lntelgencer, Geneva, New York
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