The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-03
FOR ERECTING A MINT,
WITH THE NECESSARY MACHINERY,
AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, October 2, 1852.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at thii
- Department until the Sth day of February
1853, for the construction Of the Branch Mint at
San Francisco, California, according to the plans
and specifications which will be furnished on ,ap
LEGATION to the Department, to parties disposed to
contract. The said proposals TO contain bids for
the entire work, and also separately for each dis
tinct branch of work, the right being reserved to
the Department to contract either way. as may be
found the most advantageous and advisable The
Department also reserves the right Of declining to
make any contract if the building and machinery
cannot be finished and completed for the sum of
three hundred thousand dollars, to which sum the
expenditure is expressly limited by the act of Con-
gress.
Payments will be made every sixty days on the
amount Of the work done and materials actually
used on the building, to be ascertained by the esti
mates of the superinte ndent and architect thereof,
reserving from each of such estimates and pay
ments twenty per cent on the first one hundred
thousand dollars, and ten per cent. on each subse-
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 a writ
ten guarantee, signed by two responsible persons,
to the effect that they undertake that the party
parties making it, if his or their bid be accepted,
shall and will enter into a contract and bond, with
sufficient sureies to the satisfaction oil the Presi
dent of the United States and the Secretary of the
Treasury, in the sum Of fifty thousand dollars, for
the faithful execution of the work. and no pro-
posal will be considered unless 1t ia accompanied
with such guarantee.
Proposals will also be received at the same time
and place for furnishing the necdful machinery
for said Branch Mint according to the specifca-
tions which will likewise be furnished by the De.
partmept, and upon the same terms and conditions
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.
Proposals will also be received at the same time
plaCc. a0rceablv q act mr.
sale, lease, rent of any building and machinery
suitable for the purpose OF Branch Mint, and
upon the same terms and conditions as specified in
relation to the building Such building and ma
chnety to be equal in all respects to the plans and
specifications referred to above for the new build
ing, and to be capable of coming at least thirty
millions of gold annually in a fair proportion of
pieces Of the different denominations, from one to
twenty dollars each, now authorized by law.
If suitable building and machinery are bought
or leased under the authority to that effect granted
by Congress, no contract will of course then be
made for the erection OF building and furnishing
the machinery.
The bids will be opened and 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 9Th day of February. 1853,
will reserve the right to delay opening the other
bids which may be presented.
A decision will be made as soon rs practicable
after the Department has been officially advised
that law has been passed by the Legislature Of
the State Of California exempting said Branch
Mint from taxation, &C., as is required by the 9th
section nt the act of Congress Of the Sd July, 1852.
to establish Branch Mint of the United States in
California.
Those persons in California who may be disposed
to make proposals for said building machinery
will deliver the same to the Collector Of Customs
at San Francisco previous to the expiration of sixty
days after the first publication of the present ad-
vertisemcnt in two newspapers issued in San Fran
cisco, that period having been designated in the
act of Congress for the notice for proposals in
California The Collector at California will be
furnished with copies of the plans and specfca-
tions for the information of those who may wish to
make bids there. THOS. CORWIN,
Secretary Of the Treasury.