The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-12-31

PROPOSALS. FOR ERECTING A MIMI
AT SAN FRAsCmCO. cALIroasix.
TREAsuay DsPAarmsHr, October 2, 1852.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at thi
- Department until the 9Th day Of February
San Francisco, California. according to the plan
and specifications which viii be Furnished on sp
LEGATION to the Department to parties disposed /
s,,o e bids
tinct branch of work, the right being reserved Il
the Department to contract either way, as may b
found the most advantageous and advisable. Tn
Department also reserves the right Of declining
cannot be finished and completed for the sum o
three hundred thousand dollars. 10 which sum Tho
expenditure s expressly limited by the act of Con
gress.
Payments will be made every sixty DAYS on In,
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 such 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 fna
completion of the building, and its approval anc
acceptance by the Department. 49, "a
Every proposal must be accompanied by a writ
ten guarantee, signed by two responsible persons
to the effect that they undertake that the party
parties making it, if his or 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
posal will be considered unless it is accompanied
with such guarantee. .. ...s o.
Proposals will also be received ut the same time
and place for furnishing the needful machinery
for said Branch Mint according to the specified
tions, 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 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, 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 as 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
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, as now authorized by law
II 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. |"
The bids will be opened and recorded in the pre-
sence OF such bidders may think proper to at
tendj and should the bids which may be made
from California not be received at the Department
previous to the aforesaid 9Th day of February 1853
1t will reserve the right to delay opening the other
bids which may be presented. -,
A decision will be made as soon as practica BILE
after the Department has been officially advise
that law has been passed by the Legislator, of
the State of California exempting said Branch
Mint from taxation, SC, as is required by the 9th
section Of 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 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 alter 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 specifica-
lions for the Information Of those who may wish to
make bids there. THOS. CORWIN,
Secretary of the Treasury.
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