The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-07-10
PROPOSALS FOR TIMB,GR, &C., FOR THE
NAVY.
NAVY DEPARrMsNT

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU Constructors, EQUIP'T, AND REPAIR,
June 81 1850.
S,EALED PROPOSALS, endorsed Proposals for
- Timber Lumber, as the case may be, (naning
the yard and class for which the offer is intended)
will be received by this Bureau until o'clock p.
m of the tn September next, for furnishing and
delivering, under contract at the several navy
wards hereinafter named, the timber, lumber, and
other articles embraced in this advertisement;
One fourth Of the whole quantity required at each
navy ward must be delivered on or before the first
of tuIv; one fourth on before the first of Sep
tember; one fourth on or before the first Of No
yember; and one fourth on or before the thrtieth
of December 1851. In Of failure to deliver the
articles within the times and in the proportions
specified, the bureau or the several cornmandants
to have the right to supply deficiencies by pur-
chase and the contractor and his sureties to be
sponsiblc in twice the contract price.
All the aforesaid timber, lumber, and other arti-
ces must be of the very best quality, subject to the
inspection and measurement, and in all other re-
spects in conformity to the stPuations contained
in the printed rules established for the inspection
and measurement Of timber for the navy of the
United States, (copies OF which may be seen at
either navy yard or navy agents oft1ce.) All arti-
cles delivered required to be, in all respects,
satisfactory to the commandment Of the yard or sta
ton where delivered.
Bidders particularly referred to the instruc-
tons in the 'printed rules alluded to, in framing
their offers.
The white oak timber must be rough-squared,
according TO the growth of the tree; TO have
exceeding one 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 let fine
grain Southern ytuo,c pine, to be hewed to fair
edge, and to have no more sap than one-eighth Of
the breadth of the face from each corner; the con-
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
must have grown within sixty miles of the
COAST must be stripped of the bark or hewed with
in twenty days after it it is feled, and placed clear
Of tka< hInh
be given by the contractor, by the production of
certificates signed by two respectable witnesses,
with their deposition on oath before some judge OF
the court magistrate within the township OF
county where the timber was feled.
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 Glass; The cost of each item must be
distinctly carried out, and the aggregate of each
class correctly footed up which is material TO a fair
comparison OF bids.
No extension Of time for deliveries, under any
circumstances, will be granted; and penalties for
fullment will in all be rigidly enforced;
bidders therefore requested TO offer for more
than they are sure they can furnish within the time
specified.
The price of all manufactured sawed lumber
will be estimated and determined by board measure;
the square and round timber, unless otherwise spe-
Gifted, 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 ceptum of each delivery will be
paid by the navy agent within thirty days after
the presentation of approved bills, in riplicate, by
the commandment of the yard where the deliveries
are made.
Every offer mus. be accompanied by a writer
guaranty 1.-THE responsibility of the guarantor OF
guarantors to be certified to by a navy agent OF
other official person, or by some one known TO the
Bureau) that if the offer be accepted, the bidder
bidders will, within ten days after receipt o.
the contract at the post Office designated, execute
the same with good and sufficient sureties TO fur
nish the articles proposed, agreeaby TO the terms
specified in this advertisement. or which may be
embodied in the contract. The law of 10Th Au-
gust, 1916, forbids the consideration ef all propo-
sas not accompanied by such guaranty.
Bidders particularly cautioned 10 endorse
their ofers above required, that they may be dis
tinguished from other business letters, in order
prevent their being opened before the day APP
pointed.
All offers not made in strict conformity with this
advertisement in every particular, will be consd
cred or rejected, at the option of this Bureau
Those only whose offers may be accepted will b.
notified, and contracts forwarded without delay.
Persons offering are directed TO designate tn
post-office through which they desire to be ad
dressed. and the navy agent 10 whom the contrac
shall be sent for execution.