The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-22

5000 do checks, stripes, and plaids
300 dozen wooen socks
1000 yards flannels, assorted
1000 flannel shirts
900 calico do
900 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton.
CLASS No. 3.-Hwd,cme and agricultural
Implements.
1850 pounds brass kettles
276 butcher knives
%, 900 gun ilints
% gross squaw avis
1000 fish hooks
% dozen fish lines
q, 900 needles
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 do scissors, do
10 gross gun worms
1880 tin kettles
76 nests japanncd kettles 5 in nest
300 drawing lSnivcs-l0 and II inches IN length
700 augers, in equal proportions of !, Z, and
) inch
$50 pairs names
$50 do trace chains
900 wedding hoes
IT'S hand saws
40 cross-cut saws, feet in length
40 do do q do do
100 hand saw files
100 cross cut saw files
40 log chains, assorted 9 to IL feet
600 Whittemore cards, No. 10
GOO quarters socket cbisels, l. +, and inch
80 planes, fore and jack
Glass No. 4.-.4reS.
10 dozen axes, to weigh from A. to s. pounds
80 do half axes, to weigh 81 pounds
I'll do hatchets to weigh pounds
% broad axes.
CLASS No. 5.-.NorthreSt Guns.
700 northwest guns, two-thirds of which must
measure SO inches in length of barrel, and
oncthird ~ inches in length of barrel, to
be delivered in New York Philadcp hia
as may be required
New samples Of all the above articles, selected
with reference to the most recent improvements in
manufacture, are deposited in the office of the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, which, with the
contracts OF former years, are open for the nspcc
ton OF bidders.
The Department reserves the right to increase or
diminish the quantity any of the articles named
substitute others in lieu thereof or TO require at
similar prices. such goods may be wanted, for
presents or other purposes, in the administration
of the affairs of the Department, and to award the
contract to the party whose bid shall be deemed
most advantageous to the Indians and the Govern
ment. Goods of American manufacture, all other
things being equal, will be preferred; but the
samples Of blankets and cloths of foreign manu-
facturo, it will be necessary, when domestic ar
ticle of the kind is offered, that sample oft should
accompany the bid
The party proposing to furnish the articles in
any one or more Of the foregoing classes, will
make an invoice OF all theitems therein, and aifix
the prices in dollars and cents at which he they
VIII furnish them, deliverable in New York on
before the lst day OF May next, assuming, a ba-
SIS oil calculation, the quantity of each article as
therein specified, extending the cost, and showing
the aggregate amount of the whole invoice consti-
tutng the bid. The goods will be inspected in
New York, by an agent of the Department, who
will be appointed for the purpose, and it will be re.
CURED that the articles delivered under the
tracts shall conform strictly with the samples ex-
hibited, and all contracts will contain clause
authorizing the United States TO purchase of Others
and charge any increase OF price paid therefor, to
the party failing to furnish such required by
tbp Of Mo HyaI
tce of rejection shall be given him by said agent.
Bonds will be required in the amount of the bids
Tor the faithful performance OF the contracts with
two more sureties, whose sufliciency must be
certified by United States judge district attor.
ney. Payment will be made after the contract is
| completed, and the delivery of the goods as afore-
said to an agent of the Department, upon dupli-
cate invoice certified by him.
The bids will be submitted with the following
heading, and none will be received that not
made in the form and terms here prcscribed
II Cor wei propose to furnish for the service of
the Indian Department the following goods, at
the prices affixed to them respectively, viz: Here
insert the list of goods Deliverable in the
city OF New York or before the lst day of
May next; and, in of the acceptance OF
this proposal, the quantity being prescribed
by the Department, / Cor WEI will execute
contract according to this agreement, and give
satisfactory security to the ID, p,rtlnent within
ten days after the reception OF this bid and, in
case of failure 10 enter into such contract and
give such security, Tor WEI will pay to the Uni
ted States the difference between the sum hidden
by me (or us) and the which the United
States may DO obliged to pay for the same arti
cles"
Each handle every bid must also be accompanied with
guaranty in the following form, TO be signed by
one more responsible persons, whose suflciency
must be certified by some who is known to the
Department, either personally or by his official
position
81 Tor we) hereby guarantee that ----, the
above bidder will comply with the terms Of the
advertisement for Proposals for Indian Goods
dated October 10, 1851, If the contract should be
awarded to him, and enter into bond for the exc
cution Of tho same within the time prescribed"
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