The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-08

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/ lhEAsoRv DEPARTMENT, October 2, 1852.
EALED PROPOSALS will be received At this
~ department until the 9Th day Of Febrnary
sooo; sof me construction of the Branch Mint at
san FrancIsco California, according to the nj. ~
and specifications which will be furnished on an'
hcatlon to the Department, to parties disnosed -
contract The said proposals to contain BIDS for
tns ehuIe TorK, ana also separately for each dis
unct branch OF work, the right being reserved To
the Department to contract either way, as NAV he
found the most advantageous and advisable. The
department also reserves the right of declining 10
make any contract if the building and rnach;SS.r
| cannot be finished and completed FIR the 's,,ra
| three hundred thousand dollars, to which sum the
expenditure is expressly limited by the act of Con-
| gress. ~ VI ooii-
Payments will be made every sixty do vs ON Tho
amount Of the work done and materials ac,',.II
USED on the building, to be ascertaned nv The est
mates OF the superintendent and architect tberaof
reservlng from each of such estimates and nav,
lilen's twenty per cent on the first one hundred
thousand ooiiars and ten per cent. on each subse
quent estimate after the above sum- until the final
completion of the building, and its apnroyal 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 1t, if his their bid be accepted
shall and will enter into contract and bond, with
suncient suretes to the satisfaction OF the Preei
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-
posat Will be considered unless il is accompanied
with such guarantee.
and place for furnishing the needful machinery
Tor SAID Branch Mint according to the speciica-
tions, which will likewise be furnished by the De-
par.Men'' ana upon the same terms and conditions
as specned above In relation to the building with
the exception OF the amount of the bond required
10Y the faithful execution of the contract which
VIII De 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 me same terms and conditions 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
mlilions OF gold annually in a fair proportion Of
pieces of the different denominations from one 20
twenty dollars each, as now authorized by law
Ii suitable building and machinery are bought
or leased under the authority to that effect granted
py congress, no contract will of course then be
made Tor the erection of building and furnishing
the machinery.
The bids will be opened and recorded in the pre-.
sence OF such bidders as may think proper to at
tend; and should the bids which NAV be made
from California not be received at the Department
previous to the aforesaid 8th day of February 1883
VIII reserve the right to delay opening the other
bids which may be presented.
decision will be made as soon as practica ble
after the Department has been officially advised
tnat law has been passed by the Legislator of :
the the state of California e1emptng said Branch
mint from taxation, &C., 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
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 specifica-
tons for the information of those who may wish to
make bids there. THOS. CORWIN,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
Oct S-IawtFeb