The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-17
PROPOSALS. FOR ERECTING A MINT,
WITH THE NECESSARY MACHINERY,
AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. .-
TRKAsuRy DspARrnEsT, October 2,

! 70 .is TREASURY DEPARTnENT, October 2, 1852.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
- Department until the Sth day Of February
1853, for the construction of the Branch Mint at
San Francisco California, according 70 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. 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. "a. Me- low .....g. ...... ..}a. .....
| Payments will be made every sixty days on the
amount OF the work done and materials actually
used the building, to be ascertained by the est
mates OF the superintendent and architect thereof,
/ reserving from each OF euch 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. .rr.
4 Every proposal must be accompanied by writ
ten guarantee, signed by two responsible persors,
to the effect that they undertake that the party
parties making it, If his their bid be accepted,
shall and will enter into contract and bond, with
sufficient sureties to the satisfaction oil the Presi-
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 it is accompanied
with such guarantee Fl" .#". ...' .'0
Proposals will also be received at the came time
and place for furnishing the needful machinery
tions, which will likewise be furnished by the De-
pa tment and upon the terms nd conditions
as specified ahove in relation to tho 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 aiso be received at the same time
and place. agreeably to the act of Congress- for the
SALE lease, or rent of any building and machinery
suitable for the purpose OF Branch Mint, and
upon the same terms and conditions specified in
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 q
ing, and to be capable of coming at least thirty
millions of gold annually in fair proportion Of
pieces of the different denominations, from to
twenty dollars each, as now authorized by law
If a 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. r,n, E JOB -aH-..... .'A =.
The bids will be opened and recorded in the pre-.
sence of such bidders as 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 1862
il will the right to delay opening the other
bids which may be presented. II. 10
A decision will be made practica ble
after the Department has been officially advised
that a law has been passed by the Legislature of
the State OF California exempting said Branch
Mint from taxation, SC, as is required by the 9th
section 1T the act of Congress of the Sd July, 1884,
to establish Branch Mint of the United States in
California. ''.'. Pod ."'|' 49,
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
at San Francisco previous to the expiration of sixty
days after the first publication Of the present ad
verlisement 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 specifca-
tons for the information of those who may wish to
make bids there. THOS. CORWIN,
Secretary of the Treasury
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