The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-07-29
BUREAU OF Constructors, EQUIPMENT AND REpAlRs
July Is, 1874.

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS.
July Is, 1874.
ITO carry into e1ec, that part Of the act of Con-
L gress, making appropriations for the naval ser
vice Tor the fiscal year, ending June 80 loi5, which
relates 10 The purchase OF American watet-rotted
Hemp
Proposals will be received at this Bureau, until 3
O'Clock, T. M, of the ooh DAY of August next, Tor
delivering at the Navy Yard Charles own Mass,
two hundred tons OF American water-rotted Hemp
This hemp must be equal 10 quality To the Riga
Rein Hemp heretofore purchased for The Navy,
samples of which in the said navy
yard-lnust BE- delivered free of all expense to
the United States, and he subject the
inspection and approval Of persons who Will be APP
pointed by, and act under instructions from the Navy
Department.
Persons making offers mu It state the price asked
per ton Of 22i0 pounos, delivered at the Navy Yard
and must forward with them the Offers of persons OF
sufficient properly to become sureties third the
amount of the contract, for It's performance if the
offer should be accepted
s sparate proposals will be received for quantities of
not less than thirty tons, nor more than two hundred
tons To diminish the heard to contractors of for
wardIng hemp from the w estern States, which may
not be OF proper quality or sufficiently well pre-
pared the Secretary of the Navy has appointed two
agents, who will, when requ, s,ed inspect hemp that
may be prepared to fulfil Contracts to be made under
his advertisement. One of these agents will in
spect the Hemp that may be sent to Louisville, Ken
lucky and the other that which may be sent TO ST.
LOUIS, IN Missouri. These agents wall be furnished
with samples of Riga Rem Hemp and with the mea ms
of testing the strength of Hemp, and will be ready
10 give all information in their power to enable con
tractors TO have their hemp properly prepared and
certain the strength and character Of IT, before the
expense of sending II TO the navy yard is incurred.
1t must be distinctly understood, however that the
inspection and opinion Of these agents is merely to
diminish the risk TO contractors, by furnishing useful
information. The only inspection by which the
hemp can be finally received and paid for, will be
that at the navy yard where it's TO be delivered
/ The whole quantity Of the hemp embraced in any
contract mus, be delivered the navy yard Charles
town, Mas, on before the frat day of August
/ ls45.
In addition TO the bonds which will be required
| for the faithful performance of contracts ten pei
cenum will be deducted from all bills for deliveries
and retained until he completion of the contract as
additional security for It's Performance The remain
ing ninety PER cenlum will be paid within thirty days
after the hills, duly approved shall be presented to
the Navy Agent at Boston.
To be published three times a week I'LL the 29lh
! August next, In the MadIsonan and Spectator
Washington, ID. c Eastern Argus, Portland, Me
! Augusta Age, Augusta, Name; Hi!l's Patriot New
Hampshire; Morning Post aud Daily Times, Bos
! ton, Massachusetts,; Journal of Commerce and Au.
rofa, New York; National Enquirer and Demo
cratic sigma Harrisburg, Pennsy wanna Sur
aud Republican, Baltimore; Enquirer, Richmond
Virginia; Old Dominion and Beacon, Norfolk
| Virginia; kenuckian at Louisville, Gazette, al
Lexington, and Maysyile Advocate, Kentucky; Ole
School Republican, Statesman, and Cincinnati Re
publican Ohio; Register and Chicago Democrat, H.
llnois Old School Democrat AMI Reporter Missouri
New Orleans Republican, Louisiana Detroit Ere,
Press, Michigan; Morning Gazette Buffalo, n. Y.
American Sentinel and Public Ledger, Philadelphia
Daily Morning Post, PIttsburg. Pennsylvania Co
lunban Register, New Haven, Connecticut, an,
State lntelIgebcsr, Geneva, New York
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