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To be offered for

The quantities Of any or all may be increased or
diminished, as the service may hereafter require
The contracts will therefore be made not Tor spe-
cifc quantities but for such quantities az the SER
vice may require TO be delivered thosn navy yards
respectively.
Contractors not residing at the places where de-
liveries are required must establish agencies at
such places that no delay may arise in furnishing
what may be required; and when contractor faiis
promptly TO comply with rcqusition, the CHIEF oil
the Bureau Of Provisions and Clothing shall De au
tborized 10 direct purchases TO be made TO supply
the deficiency, under the penalty to be expressed
in the contract; the record OF requlslton, or
duplicate copy thereof at the Bureau OF PROVISIONS
and Clothing or at either OF the navy yards aiore
aaid shal be evidence that such requisition has
been made and received.
Separate offers must be made for each article lex
cept Soap) at each Of the aforesaid navy yards and
in case more than one article is contained In the
offer the Chief Of the Bureau will have the rght 70
accept one or more Of the articles contained in such
offer and reject the remainder, and bidders whose
proposals are accepted (and none others) will be
forthwith notified, and as early as practicable
contract will be transmitted TO them for execution;
which contract must be returned 10 the Bureau
within FIVE days, exclusive OF the time required Tor
the regular transmission Of the mail.
Two or more approved suretics in sum equal
10 the estimated amount Of the respective con
tracts will be required, and ten per centum In ad-
dition will be withheld from the amount oil all pay
ments on account thereof as collateral security, IN
addition to secure It's performance, and not IN any
event TO be paid until Il is in all respects complied
witb ninety per centum Of the amount oil All deiv-
cries made will be paid by the Navy Agent within
thirty days after bills duly authenticated shall have
been presented 10 him.
Blank forms Of proposals may be obtained on ap-
pcation TO the Navy Agents at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire; Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Bal
timore, Washington, Norfolk, Pensacola, and at
this Bureau.
Every offer made must be accompanied (as di-
reced In the act of Congress making appropriations
for the naval service for 1896 al, approved 10th Au-
gust, 1s46) by written guarantee, signed by one
or moro responsible persons TO the effect that he or
they undertake that the bidder bidders will, il
his or their bid be accepted, enter into obligation
within five days, with good and sufficient suroties,
10 furnish the supplies proposed. The Bureau will
not be obligated to consider any proposal unless
accompanied by the guarantee required BY law;
the competency OF the guarantee to be certified by
the Navy Agent, District Attorney, or some officer
of the General Government known TO the Bureau
record, or duplicate Of the letter informing a
bidder of the acceptance Of bis proposal, will be
deemed notification thereof, within the meaning
of the act of 1896 and his bid will be made and sc-
cepted in conformity with this understanding
Ertract from the act Of Congress, Appvoved August
10, 1876.
ssSec 8. dnd BE- f further enacted, That from and
after the passage Of this act, every proposal ior ma
val supplies invited by the Secretary OF the Navy,
under the proviso TO the general appropriation bill
tor the navy, approved March third, eighteen hun