The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-22

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, October 2,

| TREAsuRv DErARrMENr, October 2, 1852. b.
| CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
| y Department until the 9Th day Of Fsbruary,
| 1853, for the construction of the Branch Mint at
San Francisco, California, according 70 the plans
| and specifications which will be furnished on APP
Iicaon 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
he Department to contract either way. as may be
found the most advanta geouS and advisable. Tho
Department also the right Of declining to
make any contract il the building and machinery
cannot be finished and pieted for the sum OF
three hundred thousand dollars, to which sum the
expenditure is expressly limited by the act Of Con-
gress. sEEtAfl.3Es alGduA .9a&
| amount Of the work done and materials actually
used the buiIding to be sscertained by the csti
mates of the superintendent and architect thereof
rescrving from each OF such estimates and pay.
mcnts twenty per cent on the first one hundred
thousand dollars. and ten per cent ON each suhse.
quent estimate after the above sum, until the mai
| completion Of the buiidng. and its approval and
acceptance by the Department.. s4s arr4 n3
"a Every proposal must be accompanied by writ
ten qua rnntee, signed by two responsible persons,
to the effect that they undertake. that the party or
parties making It, If his or their bid be accepted,
shall and will enter into contract and bond. with
sufficient suretss to the satisfaction OF the Pr"si
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 it ia accompanied
| with such guarantee.
Proposals. Will also De received at Tue same Tune
and place for furnishing the needful machinery
for said Branch Mint according to the speciflca
tons, which will likewise be Furnished by the De-
partment, and upon the same terms and conditions
as specified above in relation to the building, with
the exception Of the amount Of the bond required
for tho faithful execution of tho contract. which
will be in the sum Of twenty thousand dollars
Proposals will also be received at the same time
and place. agreeaby 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 a. specified in
relation to the building Such building and ina
chney 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
| ml ms of gold annually in fair proportion Of
pieces of the different denominations. from one to
| twenty dollars each, as now authorized by law.
| II suitable building and machinery are Bought
or leased under the authority to that effect granted
| by Congress, contract will Of course then be
made for the erection OF building and furnishing
The bids Viii be opened a nd recorded in the pre-
sence Of such Bidders may think proper to at
tend; and should the bids which may he made
from California not be received at the Depart nent
previous to the aforesaid Sth day Of February 1862
will the right to delay opening the other
| bids which may be presented.
decision will be made as soon as practicable
after the Department has been officially advised
| that la has been passed by the Legislature of
the State Of California exemp,ing said Branch
Mint from taxation &c, as fs required the 9th
section If the act Of Congress Of the Sd july 1882
| TO establish Branch Mint Of the United States in
= Those persons in California who may be disposed
to make proposas for said bui ding or machinery
| will deliver the same TO the Collector of Customs
al San Frarcsco previous to the expiration Of six'y
days aft'r the fret 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 pr"posas in
| California The Collector at California will be
furnished with copies of the plans and specifcA-
tions for the information of those who may wish to
| make bids there. bog. THOS. CORWIN,
1000 -....-. Secretary of the Treasury.
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