Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1846-05-16


Rested HemPs
sAsM Navy .Dx1Aaraunr,
BustAu Of Ceas6uetion,s Hqcipmens md Re-l
- zps'' = a, ~ ,..ss
Cealed Preposais, ENDORSED 1 i' ao asa'i 70,
y hemp Nos ~ viii Be received At this bu-
reau until the lst June next, for furnishing and
delivering s the navy-yard CharlestoWn, Mass.
Or 1t Louisville, Ky, Or st. Louis, IL Mis-
souri,, in such store-house a. may be directed
BY this buEsan, eeven hundred And City tons,
(Of z, 24O pounds each,) Of sCGter-rotted s1mer-
icaS hemp; OF which onesthifd must be deliv-
cred ON or before the LIST day of June, l647,
lS48, and one-third on or before the ist day
Of June. l649 These offers must be made for
oil the periods Of delivery, and may be for any
quantity not less than ten tons for each pc
Rod. ssssaS2ss* NANSf EatsA saEss
Offers will also be received to be marked
ssoffers for hemp No ~ for other seven hum
dred and fifty tons of water-rotted American
hemp, to be delivered in the same proportions,
and within the same places a above iaenticn-
latter quantity must be for the whole quantity
of seven hundred and fifty tons So n.
The hemp must Be thoroughly dressed |,
cleaned, free from shivers, and must not lose
more than sixteen per cent. of tow aud waste,
when hatchelled to the satisfaction of the in
spectors ready for spinning. Its strength
must be such that rope Of one and three
fourths of an inch in circumference, made from
twenty-one yarns, as prepared and tested by
at least four thousand two hundred rounds; and
its length, color, and other properties and the
proof that it has been properly scater-rotted,
must be entirely satisfactory to the inspectors,
or the ehiefof this bureau, or it will not be 70.
ceived. No dew-Totteds snow-rotted, or steam
prepared hemp will be received. The inspec-
tons and tests will be madd at the respective
places of delivery. se se ~
i The inspectors, and commandant Of ward
or hemp agent, as the case may require, will
certify bills for the hemp, which NAV pas
inspection, and be received by the hemp agent
or commandant of the navy-yard, accordin,
to the provisions Of the contracts which maj
be entered into; ninety per cent. Of which bill
to be payable within thirty days after their pre
lsentation to such nary agent as may be agreed up
on by the chief of this bureau and the contract
lors.
| Persons offering must state the price, writer
in words at length, asked perton Of 2,240 pound
when delivered, inspected, tested, approved, an,
received by the agent and inspector, and paya
bic as above specified, and must be careful 4
forward, with their offer, an obligation, dul
executed by two persons Of known respon
sibility, binding themselves for the Performance
Of the offers if they should be accepted.
Bonds to one-half the amount Of the contract
? which may be made, with two good and sui
: 6cient securities, will be required for thei
faithful execution, in addition to the deductio
OF ten per cent. from all bills paid before tn
lcompietien of the contracts, which deduction.
will be retained until the contracts are fall
. completed in all respects according to thei
terms, unless otherwise specially directed b
the Secretary Of the Navy. ssssfs
Offers must be made in strict conformity wit
the terms of this advertisement; persons offer
ing must state by what ndry agent they wis
their bills paid, if their offer is accepted; and
what hemp or navy agency they wish to hav
contracts and bonds sent for their signature
and fthey should not be executed within I'll
teen days after they IRE received by the agent;
they will be returned, and the department wi
). consider itself at liberty to accept other oil
! fers in place of those thus neglected. q, sess
. To be published once . week for six week.
i in the following papers, viz: Union and Intel
: igencer, Washington, D.. c.; Statesman, ca
iuu'bus, Ohio; Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio; Tn
ion, Nashville, Tennessee; Appeal, Memphis
Tennessee; Democrat, Columbus, Tennessee.
\ Madison, Intiana; Argus, Quincy, Illinois; s.
j Clair Banner, Belleville, Illinois; Democra
Chicsgo, Illinois; Register. Springfield, Illinois
Missourian, st Louis, Missouri; Inquirer, Je1
ferson City. Missouri; Platte Eag e, Plat
Gits, Missouri; Yeoman, Frankfort, Kentuck,
Democrat, Louisville, Kentucky. Gazette. Len
ington, Kentucky; Territorial Gazette and Ad
vertiser, Burlington, Iowa; Courier, Milwar
kie Wisconsin; Banner, Little Rock, Arkar
sas; Richmond Enquirer, Richmond, Virgini;
Democratic Union, Harrisburg, Pa.
!. The papers containing the above advertise
ment will be forwarded to the bureau as ev
dence of publication. M +N soils
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