The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-17
BUREAU OF Cossr'S, EauIeM'r ARD RErA's,

April 10, l645.
CEALED PROPOSALS endorsed proposals for
- hemp) will be received at this Bureau until the
3lst day of May next, for furnishing and delivering
at the navy-yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, on
or before the first day OF July, l646, four hundred
tons Of water-rotted hemp. t
This hemp must be equal to the Riga Rein hemp
now at the nayy-yard, Charlestown. In deciding
upon offers. preference viii! be gwen to American
hemp if offered at equal or lower price than may be
asked for foreign hemp. The hemp must be sub
ject to inspection and approval at the navy-yard,
Charlestown, Massachusetts,, by persons to be ap-
pointed, by and under instructions from this Bu-
reau, and none will be received which shall not
pass such inspection.
Persons who may wish to furnish hemp perfectly
free from tow and ready for spinning, can forward
separate proposals for such hemp; which hemp, If
the proposals should be accepted must like the 9th.
er, be subject to inspection and approval at said
navy-yard before it will be received, at8J n
Persons making offers must state The price asked
per ton Of 2,240 pounds, delivered at said navy
yard, and must forward with them an obligation
from two persons of sufficient property to become
sureties for the fuflmen Of the contract TO be en-
tered into, IN oDethrd the amount Of said contract.
To diminish the hazard to contractors of forward
ing hemp from the western States, which may not
be of proper quality, or sufficiently well prepared,
the Secretary of the Navy has appointed two agents,
who will, when requested, inspect hemp that may
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under this advertisement. One Of these agents will
inspect the hemp that may be sent to Louisville,
Kentucky, and the other that which may be sen
to st. Louis, in Missouri. These agents will be
furnished with samples of the Riga Rein hemp, ex-
ceptng for hemp fully prepared for spinning, and
with the Of testing the strength of hemp, and
will be ready to give all information in their power,
to enable contractors to have their hemp properly
prepared and to ascertain the strength and charac
ter of it before the expense Of sending it 70 the ma
vy-yard is incurred. 1t must be distinctly under
Stood however, that the inspection and opinion of
these agents is merely to diminish the risk to con-
tractors, by furnishing useful information. The on
y inspection by which the hemp can be finally re-
ceved and paid for will be that at the navy-yard
where it is to be delivered.
In addition to the bonds which will be required
for the faithful performance of the contract ten per
centum will be deducted from the amount of all bills
for deliveries, and retained until the completion Of
the contract additional security for its perform
ance. The remaining ninety per centum will be
paid within thirty days after bills, duly approved,
shall be presented to the navy agent at Boston,
Massachusetts. A 1#.
the following newspapers, viz: The Globe and In
teligencer, Washington, d. c.. Morning Post and
Daily Times, Boston, Mass Hampden Post,
Springfield, Mass; Hartford Times, Hartford,
Conn; Journal of Commerce, Morning News, Eve
ming Post, New York, Ny; Pennsylvania, Pub
TIC Ledger, Fhnaaepnla, ra.; morning Post, fltts-
burgh, Pa; Union, Harrisburg, Pa; Republican,
Baltimore, Md; Enquirer, Richmond, Va; Chron-
icle and Old Dominian, Porthmouth, Va; Jefferso-
nian, New Orleans, La; Union, Nashville, Tenn;
Appeal, Memphis, Tenn; Gazette, Lexington, KY;
Democrat Louisville, KY; Statesman, Columbus,
o.; Enquirer, Cincinnati o.; State Sentinel, In
dianapos, Indiana; Register, Springfield, ILL.,; Demo
crat, Chicago, H.; Free Press, Detroit, Mich Mis-
souran, ST. Louis, Mo.
| The above papers, containing the advertisement,
will be forwarded to the Bureau evidence of pub.
LEGATION. April 18--law4w