The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-26
PROPOSALS FOR ERECTING MINT,
WITH THE NECESSARY MACHINERY,
AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

Treasury DEpARrMENT, October 2, 1882.
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
- Department until the 9Th day Of February,
1853, for the construction of the Branch Mint at
San Francisco California, according to the plans
aud specifications which will be furnished on ap
LEGATION to the Department, to parties disposed to
contract The said proposals 10 contain bids for
the entire work, and also separately for each dls-
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 superintendent 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 sub5e-
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 or
parties making it, if his their bid be accepted,
shall and will enter into a 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 will also be received at the same time
and place for furnishing the needful machinery
for said Branch Mint according to the specihca-
tons, which will likewise be furnished by the De-
PAL tment 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 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 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
chnery 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 fair proportion OF
pieces of the different denominations from one to
twenty dollars each, rs now authorized BY law.
If a 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 machinery.
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 bruary, 1852
it 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 California exempting said Branch
Mint from taxation, &C., is required by the 9th
section of the 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
at San Francisco previous to the expiration OF sixty
days after the first publication Of the present adj
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
tions for the information of those who may wish &c
make bids there THOS. CORWIN,
Secretary of the Treasury.
| Oct S-Jawt Feb