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PROPOSALS FOR AMERICAN WATER3
RETTED HEMP.
NAVY DEPARTMENT

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BuREAu OF CoNsrRucrIoN, EoulPMEsT, &c.
+ 4th October, lS45.
CEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed proposals
- for hemp" will be received at this bureau until
the 18th December next, for delivering one hundred
and fifty of .fneyican tcaier-retted hemp at such
storehouse in each Of the cities Of Louisville Ken
lucky, and st. Louis, in Missouri as may be desig-
mated by the United States hemp agent at those
places; the deliveries TO be made between the first
day of March and the first day Of July, 1916, and
accompanied by satisfactory evidence that it has
been ,oater-retted in the usual manner.
The hemp must be thoroughly dressed, cleaned,
free from shivers, and must not lose more than
sixteen per cent. Of tow and waste when hatcheled,
to the satisfaction of the inspectors, ready for spn
ming. Its strength must be SUCH, that rope Of
one and three-fourths Of inch in circumference,
made from twcnty-one yarns, asprepared and tested
by the inspectors, or by their direction, will bearat
least four thousand two hundred pounds; and its
LENGTH color, and other properties, must be entirely
satisfactory to the inspectors, or the chief Of this
bureau, or it will not be received. 1t will be in
spected and tested at the respective places Of de-
livery.
received by the agent he and the inspector will certi-
fy bills for not less than one thousand dollars, the
last bill accepted according to the provisions of the
contract; ninety per cent. of which to be payable
within thirty days after the presentation of Lie bills
70 such navy agent as may be agreed upon by the
Persons offering, must offer for at least thirty
tons, and must state the price (writen in words at
lengthy csked per ton Of 2,240 pounds when deliv-
cred, inspected, tested, approved, and received by
the agent and inspector, and payable as above
specified, and must forward with their offer obi
CATION, duly executed by two persons Of known
responsibility, binding themselves for the perform
ance Of the offers, il they should be accepted.
Bonds to one-half the amount Of the contracts
which may be made, with two good and sufficient
suretes, will be required for their faithful execu-
ton, in addition 10 deduction of ten per cent.
from all bills which may be approved and paid be-
fore the completion of the contracts, which will be
retained until they are fully completed, in all re-
spects, according 10 their terms.
Offers must be made in strict conformity with the
terms of this advertisement
If contracts are not executed within five days
after they have been received by the persons whose
itself liberty to offer to the next lowest RESPONSE
BILE bidder.
To be published once week until LIST December,
in the following papers, viz: The Union, Intelli-
gencer, and Constitution, Washington, d. -
Statesman, Columbus; Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio--
Union, Nashville; Appeal, Memphis; Tennessee
Democrat Columbia, Tennessee State Sentinel,
Indianapolis; Courier, Madison, lndiana;--Argus,
Quincy; ST. Clair Banner, Bellville; Democrat,
Chicago; Register, Springfield, Ilnois; Missourian,
st. Louis; Inquirer, Jefferson city Platte Eagle,
Platte city, Missouri eoman, Frankfort; Demo-
crat, Louisville; Gazette, Lexington, Kentucky
Territorial Gazette and Advertiser, Burlington,
Iowa;-Courer, Milwaukee, wisconsin, Banner,
Little Rock, Arkansas