The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-06-24


Said beef and pork be delivered, one-haf between
the day January, ls49, and the first day of April
lsa9 and the other half between the 18th day OF April
IS9 the 10Th day of June, lSi9 unless earlier delve
should be required by the chief Of this bureau Offers
be made for each half separately and Of n~a na
LIST of April and the half deliverable between The 10Th
of April and 10Th OF June ls4s Payment for the first hall
second half in thirty days after the 10th Of June, lS9
The beef must be from welatteset cattle, slaughtered
between the s day of November s4s and the LIST day Of
ponds weight each The legs and Ley rands of the
eight pounds from the neck end of each tore quarter the
parts marked Nos q and 3, the drawing delinea
attached to and form part the contract, must be wholly
excluded from each barrel and half barrel and the remain
der of the be in pieces Of not less than
eight pounds each
The pork must be packed from con-ied, well -fatened
and the first day of February, lsas and weighing not less
than TWO hundred pounds each excluding the heads oles
pieces and be IN pieces weighing less than
| Six pounds each.
Both the beef and pork must be sailed with
salt he beef must have five ounces OF fine pulverzed
sapetre each barrel EXCLUSIVE Of pickle to be made
from fresh water, as strong as salt VIII make II.
One fourth the quantity OF beef and fourth the guam
ty pork must Be packed in halfbares and contain
hundred pounds nett weight of each as the case may De
and estimating the price, half barrels are to be con-
sidered as one barrel.
white oak or white ash and heading; if of
the former be less than three fonrths of an inch
barrels fourths of inch for half barrels and
hoped at least treeourths with the best white
Each barrel and half barrel be branded head
"Navy Beef "Navy Pork" the case may be, with
The beef and pork WILL unless otherwise directed by the
chief of this bureau be Inspected by the inspecting officers
inspector of sailed who win be selected by the
respective commanding officers but their charges for such
inspection be paid by the respective tors, who
likewise have the barrels put in good shipping order
the satisfaction OF the commandments Of the respective
la nfa rinapR af
pense.
bidders specify their prices separately and distinctly
in offers the beef and for the pork and for each
of the places OF delivery covering all expenses and all
charges
will be required, and ten per centum in addition viii be
withheld from the amount ofeach payment to be made, as
their respective contracts which will account be
paid until the contracts complied with in all respects
failure to so@pisss the dsve1es Within the pc
s 70 deliver the Aforesaid beef and pork within
specified chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Cloth
supply deficiencies, and any excess Of cost shall be
charged to and paid by the contractors Payment wiz pe
sy s the s p ID be-
com OF the contracts as before staed after the said
bills for shall have been presented to the navy
agents respectively duly approved by the commandments OF
contracts.
The parts of the beef to be excluded will be particularly
the engraving be attached to the contracts
Persons interested can obtain them on application al TINS
iofice.
Bidders whose proposals accepted (and ohers)
will be forthwith notified, and early practicable
tract bond will be transmitted to them Tor execution
which and bond must be returned to the bureau
within days. exclusive of the time required Tor the reg
ular transmission OF the mail.
Every offer made accompanied Gas directed in
the section of the act of Congress making appropriations
for naval service for 1867, approved 10th August
1886 copy of which is suboined) by written guaranty,
signed responsible PERSONS to the effect that
he or they undertake that the bidder bidders will his
their bid be accepted enter into an obligation within
days, with good and sufficient sureties, to furnish the
This guaranty must be accompanied by the certificate of
the United States district judge United States district aor-
ney navy agent officer of the general government
or individual known the bureau the guarantors
able to make good their guaranty.
| No proposal will be considered unless accompanied by
The bidders name and residence, and the Of each
member of firm where company offers, should be DIS
tinctly stated.
Extract from Congress approved August TO- 1886
'sEo 6. And be it further enacted That, from and after
the passage of this act every proposal for naval supplies
the general appropriation bill for navy approved March
third eighteen hundred and fortyhree, shall be
sponsbe persons to the effect that he or they undertake
that the bidder bidders will if his their bid be
cepted enter obligation in such time may be
prescribed by Secretary of the Navy with good and
sufficient surees, to furnish the supplies proposed No
guaranty IT, after the acceptance of proposal and a
notification thereof the bidder bidders he or they
shall fail to enter into an obligation within The time pre-
cen for furnishing the supplies then the Secre-
ay Navy shall proceed to contract with some other
person or persons for furnishing the said supplies and
shall forthwith the difference between the amount
the proposal guaranteed and the amount for
plies for whole period of the proposal to be charged up
against said bidder bidders, and his their guaranor
erved by the United ate the of the Navy Depart
action of debt against either or all Of said per-
sons"
| June s-law4w