The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-25
ron EuEcTING A MIsT.
wGfH THE NECESSARILY MACHINERY.
Ar San FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
TanAsrar pErAsrnExr, October .. lsS2

TREAspAy DEPAHrnEST, October 2. ls52.
- EALED PROPOSALS win be received al this
~ Department until the sth day Of February
is55. for the construction Of the Branch Mint o.
kNan Francisco, California, according 20 the plans
aud specifications which will be furnished on ap
gcaiion ~ the Department, 10 parties disposed 10
coatrsct. The said proposals. TO coniaia bids for
thS sntire work, and also separately for each dis
iinct branch 0f work, the right being reserved TO
be Department To contract either way. az may be
: i1usd the most advantageous and advisable. The
Department also reserves the right of declining TO
make any contract u the building and machinery
<tbFSa hundred thousand dollars, TO which sum the
Expenditure 10 expressly limited by the act Of Con
fgfrss, -.
y Payments xill be made every sixty days ON the
amount Of the work done and materials actually
used the building. To be asecrtained by the es
mates VI the superintendent and architect thereof,
sreserying from each Of such estimates and pay
gments twenty per cent on the first one hundred
thousand dollars and ten per cent. ON each Subsc-
uuen estimate after the above sum, until the final
scompietion Of the building, and its approval and
acceptance by the Department. Il
Every proposal must be accompanied by writ
ten guarantee, signed by two responsible persons,
10 the effect that they undertake that the party or
parties making IT, II his or their bid be accepted,
shali and will enter into contract and bond. with
sufficient sureties TO the satisfaction OF the Presi
dent OF the United States and the Secretary Of the
Treasury, in tho sum Of fifty thousand dollars, for
4 the faithful execution Of the work; and no pro-
with such guarantee.
Proposals will niso be received ut the time
and place for furnishing the needful machinery
for said Branch Mint according TO the specifca-
tons, which will likewise be furnished by the De-
partment and upon the same terms and conditional
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
and place. agreeaby to the act OF Congress- for thel
sale, lease, or rent Of any building and machinery,
suitable for the purpose OF Branch Mint, and
upon the terms and conditions AZ specified inI
relation TO the building. Such building and ma.
chinery 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 !hirty'
pieces Of the different denominations, from one to-
twenty dollars each as now authorized by law
IF suitable building and machinery are bought
leased under the authority to that effect granted
by Congress, no contract will of course then bel
made for the erection OF building and furnishngI
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.
1previous to the aforesaid Sth day OF February
will reserve the right to delay opening the other
bids which may be presented. "A
1 decision will be made as soon IA 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 10 required by the 9th
section Of 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 or machinery
will deliver the same to the Collector of Customs
San Francisco previous to the expiration of sixty
sdays after the first publication Of the present adj
9vertisement in two newspapers issued in San Fran
cisco. that period having been designated in the,
act of Congress for the notice for proposals I'M
california The Collector at California will be-
Furnished with copies Of the plans and specifca-
tons for the information of those who may wish to-
make bids there. THOS. CORWIN,
Secretary Of the Treasury.