The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-18
PROPOSALS FOR ERECTING A MINT,
wIrH THE NECESSARY MACHINERY,
AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

.1. TREAsuRv DEpARrMEsr, October 2, 1852.
StEALED PROPOSALS will be received Mt this
- Department until the Sth day OF Fehrunry
1853, for the construction OF the Branch Mint Mt
Sa n Francisco. California according To the plans
and specifications which will be furnished on ap
LEGATION to the Department. to parties disposed 10
contract The said proposals to contain bids for
the entire work, md also separately for each dis
tinct branc h 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 II the building and machinery
en- mot be finished and completed for the sum of
three hundred thoUsand dollars, to which sum the
expenditure lie 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 est
mates of the superintendent and architect thereof,
reserving from each of such estimates and pay
ments twenty per cent the fret one hundred
thousand dollars, and ten per cent. on each sul'se-
quent esma te after the above sum, until the final
completion of the building, and its 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
pa rites making it, if his their bid be accepted,
shall and will enter into a contract and bond, with
sufficient sureies to the satisfaction OF the Prrsi-
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 1t is accompanied
with such guarantee. ..
Proposals will also be received at the came time
and place for furnishing the nced!ul machinery
for said Branch Mint according to the specifca-
tons, which will likewise be furnished by the De-
partment, and upon the same tesms and conditions
specified above in relation to the building, with
the exception Of the amoGnt of the bond required
for the faithful execution of the contract, which
will be in the snm of twenty thousand dollars
Proposals will ALEC be received at the same time
and place agreeably to the act Of Congress- for the
sale, lease, rent of any building and machinery
suitable for the purpose OF Branch Mint. and
upon the terms aud conditions as specified in
relation to the building Such building and ma
chnery to be equal in al, respects to the plans and
specifications referred TO above for the new build
ing, and to be capable of coming at least thirty
milf Of gold annually in q fair proportion OF
pieces of the different denominations. from one to
twenty dollars each, as now authorized by law
If suitable building and machinery arc bought
leased under the bority To that effect granted
by Conerrss, no contract will Of course then be
made for the erection OF a building and furnishing
the machinery. ~
The bids will be opened and recorded III the pre-
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 the aforesaid Sth day of February, 1853,
j, will the right to delay opening the other
bids which may be presented
decision will be IN .Ge az soon as practira BILE
aiicr the Department has been officially advised
that law has been passed by the Legislature of
the State Of California exemptiRg said Branch
MINT rom TAXATION, &c, az ID ~ 'po WV
section :. the act of Congress of the Sd July, 1852
to establish Branch Mint of the United States in
California. -~.-,r.. .......' a, ..... .. .....
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
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 plane and specihci-
tons for the information Of those who may wish to
make bids there. THOS. CORWIN,
Secretary of the Treasury.