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PROPOsALs VOR TIMBER, &C., FOR THE


PHQPOsAL6 VOH TIMBER, &C., FOR THE
NAVY.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
BuHRAu CossTRuorIos, EaUIP'T, AND RErAn,
June %, 1850. {
SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed "Pyoposal. for
- Iynbv or Lumber, as the case may be, (namine
tho yard and class for which the offer ia intended
VIII 30 received by this Bureau until O'Clock D.
M Of the 18th September next, for furnishing and
delivering, under contract, at the several navy
yards hereinafter named, the timber, lumber, and
other articles embraced in this advertisements:
Ope-io0rth OF the whole quantity required at each
navy yard must be delivered on or before the first
OF July; one fourth before the first Of Sep
tember; one fourth on or before the first Of No
vember; and one-f fourth on or before the thrtieth
OF December, 1851. In of failure to deliver the
articles within the times and in the proportions
specifed, the bureau or the several commandants
~ have the right to supply deficiencies by pur-
chase and the contractor and his sureties to be
sponsible in twice the contract price.
All the aforesaid timber, lumber, and other ari-
Giles must be of the very best quality subject to the
inspection and measurement, and in all other
spects In conformity to the stipulations contained
IN the printed rules established for the inspection
and measurement of timber for the navy of the
United States, (copes of which may be seen at
either navy yard or navy agents office) All art-
Giles delivered are required to be, in all respects,
satisfactory to the commandant of the yard or sta
ton where delivered.
Bidders particularly referred to the instruc-
tons in the "prnted rules" alluded to, in framing
their offers.
The white oak timber must be rough squared,
according to the growth of the tree; to have no
wane exceeding fourth of the width of the face
OF the side squared. All the yellow pine timber
must be OF the very best quality of long Leaf fine
;rdin Southern yelioio pine, to be hewed to fair
edge, and to have more sap than one-eighth of
The breadth of the face from each corner the
tents OF all sap to be excluded in the measurement
OF the timber The oak must be felled between
the first Of October and the first of March, and
inuat have within iyt, ,uiloo IF
coast; must be stripped of the bark hewed with
in twenty days after it it is clled, and placed clear
of the ground, of which satisfactory evidence must
be given by the contractor, by the production of
certificates signed by two respectable witnesses,
with their deposition on oath before judge of
the court or. magistrate within the township
county where the timber was felled.
Persons Offering for more than one yard or class
must make separate and distinct proposals for the
supply Of EACH keeping the classes of articles sepa-
rate, and embracing the whole quantity of all the
articles IN the class. The cost of each item must be
distinctly carried out, and the aggregate of each
class correctly footed up which is material to fair
comparison OF bids.
No extension of time for deliveries, under any
circumstances, will be granted; and penalties for
non -fulflment will in all cases be rigidly enforced;
bidders therefore requested to offer for no
than they are sure they can furnish within the time
specified
The price of all manufactured or sawed lumber
will be estimated and determined by board measure;
the square and round timber unless otherwise spe-
cited, by the cubic foot.
Approved sureties, in twice the estimated amount,
will be required in the manner set forth in the
tract, and ten per centum in addition will be with
held from the amount of each payment collate-
raj security for the faithful performance OF the
tract. Ninety per centum of each delivery will be
paid by the navy agent within thirty days after
the presentation ofapproved bills, in trpcate, by
the commandment of the yard where the deliveries
are made.
Every offer must be accompanied by written
guaranty (the responsibility Of the guarantor
guarantors to be certified to by navy agent
other official person, or by some one known to the
Bureau) that if the offer be accepted, the bidder
or bidders will, within ten days after receipt of
the contract at the post office designated, execute
the same with good and sufficient sureties to fur
nish the articles proposed, agrceably to the terms
specified ia this advertisement, or which may be
embodied in the contract. The law of 10th Au-
gust 1916, forbids the consideration Of all propo-
sails not accompanied by such guaranty.
Bidders particularly cautioned 10 endorse
their offers above required that they may be dis
inguished from other business letters, in order to
prevent their being opened before the day APP
pointed.
All offers not made in strict conformity with this
advertisement in every particular, will be consid
er.d or rejected, at the option of this Bureau.
Those only whose offers may be accepted will be
notified, and contracts forwarded without delay.
Persons Offering directed to designate the
Post-offc through which they desire to be ad-
dressed, and the navy agent to whom the contract
shall be sent for execution.