The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-23
PROPOSALS. FOR ERECTING NIT,
WI'H THE NECESSARY M'CHINERY,
AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

| TaEAsURY DEPAaTaEsr, October ., 1852.
| SEALED PROPOSALS. will be received at this
| - Department until the Ssh day Of Fhru,ry,
| 1852 for the constru"tion Of the Branch Mint nj
San Frarcisco. California, according to the plans
and specifications which will b. furnished on APP
location TO the Department. to parties disposed to
contract The said proposals TO contain hids for
the entire work, md also reParat'Iy for each dis.
tinct branch OF work, the right heng reserved 10
he Department To contract either way, may be
found the most advanta geous and advisable. The
Department also reserves the right Of declining tn
make any contract il the buiiding and mac hnery
cannot be finished and completed for the sum II
three hundred thousand dollars, to which the
expenditure is expressly limited by the act of Con-
gress. ' .''
Payments will be made every sixty dave on the
| amount OF the work done and materials actually
used on the building, to be asceraDed by the esti-
mates Of the superintendent nd architect thereof,
| reserving from each Of such estimates and pay
| ments twenty per cent. the fret one hundred
thousand dollars, and ten per cent on each su''se-
quent estimate after the above sum, until the final
completion of the building, and its approval and
acceptance by the Department.
Every proposal must be accompanied by n writ
ten guarantee, signed by two responsible pers"ns,
to the fleet that they under take that the party
parties making II, II his or their bid be accepted,
shall and will enter into a nract and bond. with
sufficient suIeies to the satisfaction OF the Prcsi
dent OF the United States and the Secretary of the
Treasury. in the Of fifty thousand dollars, for
the faithful execution Of the work; and no pro-
posal will be considered unless il ia accompa MED
Win suCh guarantee
Proposals will also be received at the same time
and place for furnishing the needful machinery
for said Branch Mint according to the sprcifca-
tons, which will likewise be furnished by the De-
pa rtment, and upon the terms and conditions
| as specified above in relation to the building, with
the exception OF the amount of the bond required
for the faithful execution OF the contract, which
will be in the sum Of twenty thousand dollars 100
Proposals will also be received at the same time
and place. agreenby to the act Of Congre for the
sale, lease, Or rent Of any building and machinery
suitable for the purpose OF Branch Mint, and
relation to the building Such building aud ma
chncy to be equal in all to the plans and
specifications referred to above for the new build
ing, and to be capable of coming at least thirty
| milli' ms Of gold annually in fair proportion Of
pieces Of the different demon inations. from
| twenty dollars each, authorized by law
II a suitable building and machinery bought
or leased under the authority to that effect granted
by Congress, no contract will If course then be
made for the erection of a building and furnishing
the machinery. 80. ....l b. -. =
The bids will be opened md recorded in the pre-.
sence OF such bidders may think proper to at
tend; and should the bids which may be made
from California not be received at the Department
previous to the aforesaid sth day of February 1858,
1t will the right delay opening the other
bids which may be presented. -.
A decision will be made practica bio
after the Department has been officially advised
that law has been passed by the Legislature Of
the State of California expmp,ing said Branch
Mint from taxation, &C., as s required ry the 9th
section the act of Congress Of the Sd July, 1882.
to establish Branch Mint Of the United States in
California. '"'
Those persons in California who may be disposed
to make proposals for said hui ding or machinery
will deliver the same to the Collector Of Customs
at San Francsco previous to the expiration Of sixty
days after the fret publication Of the present. ad.
vertisement in two newspapers issued in San Fran
cisco, that period having been designated in II.
act of Congress for the notice for proposals. IN
California The Collector at California will be
furnished with copies Of the plans and specifics
ina Ike bids there. THOS. CORWIN,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
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