The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-29

TREASURY DEPARTmE MT, October 2, 1852.
I CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at thi'
4 - Department until the 9Th day of February
1853, for the construction of the Branch Mint at
and specifications which viii Be Furnished on ap
LEGATION to the Department, to parties disposed to
contract. The said proposals to contain bids fpr
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 il the building and machinery
| cannot be finished and completed for The sum of
tar hundred thousand dollars, to which sum the
expenditure is expressly limited by the act of Con-
gress.
Payments will be mads 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 tho superintendent and architect Thereof.
reserving from each of such estimates and pay
ments twenty per cent. on the fret 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 it's approval and
acceptance by the Department.
Every proposal must be accompanied by writ
ten guarantee, signed by two responsible persons,
to the effect that they undertake That the party
parties making il, 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 sum of fifty thousand dollars, for
the faithful execution of the work; and no pro-
with such guarantee.
Proposals WI! ALSO be received at the came time
and place for furnishing the needful machinery
for said Branch Mint according to the specifica-
purtmept, and upon the same terms and conditions
specified nhoye 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 sans 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 az 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
millions NIL Of gold annualiy in a faf proportion Of
pieces Of the different denominations, from one to
twenty dollars each, as now authorized BY lay.
If a suitable building and machinery are bought
OF leased under the authority to that effect granted
by Con tess, no contract will Of course then be
made for the erection Of building and furnishing
the machinery. ...s
The bids viii 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 Sh day of February 1858,
1t will reserve the right to delay opening the other
bids which may be presented.
A decision will be made as soon as practicable
after the Department has been officially advised
that law has been passed by the Legislature OF
the STATE OF CaEIOfnla exenpunR salu
Mint from taxati6nj SC, as is required by the 9th
section of the act of Congtesd of the Sd July, 1884,
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
at San Francisco previous to the expiration Of sixty
days after the first publication Of the present ad-
vertisement 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.