The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-05
NAVY Aerrr,s Orr

NAVY AesrT's OFFICE,
WAsHIEeroN, d. c., November is, 1852.
SEALED PROPOSALS in duplicate will be re-
~ ceived at this Office until 10 O'Clock m on the
seventeenth day of January next for removing the
coping on the brick wall enclosing the grounds Of
the Observatory on the east, south, and west side;
for raising this wall four bricks higher (except
twenty eight panels, which are to Be raised two
ieet nlgher,J beginning At the hip in the west wall
and going around by the south t. the northern end
OF the east wall.
patterns at the Navy Agents office, from the north
end OF the west wall, by way of south wall, to
north end of east wall.
Al the brick, including the coping. TO be the best
mortar made with best hydraulic cement, lime in
equal parts and proper proportion of clean sharp
sand; the work to be finished in a workmnnlike
Bids for the work must be made ner the rpnn;ro,
loot Tor coping the west wall from north end 10 hin
per running loot for raising the wall four bricks
higner ana coping IT. and per running foot for rails
same.
The work not to be commenced before the Isl of
April 1858, and to be finished on or before the slst
May, 1858.
All the materials and workmanship to be to the
entire satisfaction of the Superintendent of the OBJ
servatory before bills will be approved.
Upon the completion of the contract according
to Its provisions payment will be made by the Navy
Agent at Washington within thirty DAYS after
presenting the bills duly approved by the Supern-
tendent of the Observatory.
Each offer must be signed by the person or per.
sons making it, and by the guarantors. according
to the form annexed and their residence n naming
the town and STATED must be distinctly stated.
The person whose offer shall be accepted will be
notified personally or by letter through the post
ofhce. which notice shall be considered sufficient;
and if he do not appear and enter into contract for
the work specified within fifteen days from the
date OF the notice, a contract will be made with
some other person, and the guarantors OF such de-
faulting bidder will be held responsible for all
dehnquencies.
All offers not made in strict conformity with this
advertisement, in every particular, will, at the
option of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrogra-
ply, be rejected.
The bids will be opened in the presence of two
or more witnesses, and also in the presence of the
bidders, If they or any one Of them should be pres
ent; and only the person whose offer has been ae-
cepted will be notified.
And the Department reserves to itself the right
to decline any or all the offers which may be re-
ceIved, if the sum asked should be greater than
can be paid for from existing appropriations
FORM OF OFFER.
To the Navy. Agent at Washington, D, c.
!, - OF . in the State of --. hereby
work required for the Observatory wall, under
your advertisement dated 10th day of November,
1852, and subject to all the requirements of the
same.
For --, [write the aggregate in words
Signed by person making offer.
The undersigned --, of -, in the State
of F., and - Of in the State of -
as guarantors, hereby undertake that the above
named -- will, if -- offer be accepted. en-
ter into contract. before required, with the
United States, within fifteen days after the date of
notice, through the post office, of the acceptance
of bid as before mentioned.
[Signatures.
certify that the above named - and 49,
are known to me to be good and responsible guar
antors in this case.
ITO be signed by a Navy Agent, Collector, or
District Attorney, some person known to the
contracting agent to be creditable.1
j. II. LAFHROP, Navy Agent.
Nov 1S-1awSt