The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-12

The quantities Of any or all may be increased or
diminished, as the service may hereafter require.
The contracts v i'll therefore be made not for spe
cihc quantities, but for such quantities the
vice aay require to be delivered at those navy yards
respectively a..f
Contractors not residing at the places where de-
liveries are required must esta lish agencies at
such places, that no delay may ar Sc in furnishng
what may be required; and when contractor fails
promptly to comply with requsition, the Chief
Of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing shall be
authorized to direct purchases to be made to sup
ply the deficiency, under the penalty to be ex-
pressed in the contract the record OF reputation,
or duplicate copy thereof at the Bureau of Pro
visions and Clothing, at either of the navy yards
aforesaid, shall be violence that such requisition
has been made and received. tr
Separate oilers must be made for each article
Except soap) each Of the aforesaid navy yards;
and in case more than one article is contained in
the offer, the Chief OF the Bureau will have the
right to accept one more of the articles
In such otter, and reject the renal nder; and bid
ders whose proposals are accepted (aud none
others) will be forthwith notified, and early as
practicable a contract will be transmitted TO them
for execution; which contract must be returned to
the Bureau within five days, exclusive of the time
required for the regular transmission OF the mail.
Two or more approved sureties, in a sum equal
to the estimated amount of the respective con-
tracts. will be required, and ten per centum in adj
dition will be withheld from the amount of all
payments on account thereof collateral security
in addition, to secure it's performance, and not in
any event 70 De pdl0 until 1t 10 In all respects COM
Piled withi ninety per centpm of the amount Of
all deliveries made will be paid by the Navy Agent
within thirty days after bills duly authenticated
shall have been presented to him. gasd
Blank forms of proposals. may be obtained on ap.
pication to the Navy Agents at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire; Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington, Norfolk, Pensacola, and
ut this Bureau. -.
record, or duplicate of the letter informing a
bidder OF the acceptance Of bis proposal, will be
deemed . notification thereof, within the meaning
Of the act of 1916, and bis bid will be made and
accepted in conformity with this understa nding.
Every offer made must be accompanied as direct
ed In the act Of Congress making appropriations for
the naval service for l846-47, approved 10th Au-
gust, lS4S) BY written guarantee, signed by
one or moro responsible persops, to the effect
that be or they undertake. that the bidder or
bidders will, II bis or their bid be accepted, en-
ter into an obligation within Ave days, with good
and sufdciept sureties. to furnish the supplies
proposed. The Bureau will not be obligated to
consider any proposal unless accompanied by the
EpaTsptee required BY law; the competency Of
the Gosr!nts4 70 he certified BY the Navy Agent
District Attorney, or SOME otfter Qf the General
oovsrnment known 10 the Bureau. -
Extract fro" he oct & Censv.a. approved August
"SRc. s. and BE- 4 fwytksy enacted, That from
and after the Ee Of this act every proposal os
naval supplies invited BY the Secretary of the
Navy, under the pfoviso to the general ppropria.
tfen OH Tor the navy. approved March third
eighteen hundred and forty three shan BE- accom-
pasied By 8 written guarantee, signed by one OF