The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-27

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100. 900; Specifying inshh hid the dine withiu
1hinhs he Rreposes f. oomplete tbes renewal. fth<
Slid time not 10 later than the ffst dag OF Jan
/ uhry. l6661 as also the number Of years (count.
ing rpm sid renovai} during witch De bindl
from obstruction for the said sum; and the cons
tract shall be awarded to the bidder (previded ths
Department Be aatisfed with his responsibility
and with the security offered By him) who sshaf
flee fro obstruction thereby FOR the ldagest period
OF time. -s:s s., 50, - IS -
The contractor will be required to give his bond
fer SIC, 600, with two good sureties, each for the
spm Of $l0 O00y Conditioned for the faithful axe.
chiffon of the CONTRACTS. Each bidder will transmit
at the same time with his proposals. the names Of
the persona whom he offers as sureties, and q de-
claratior signed by them, that they will sigh his
upnu as euteC1oe d9 ABOVE. mentroneds ana also the
certidcate of district judge Of the United States
for the State in which heFesides, that said securi
ties respectable citizens and that be considers
them worth $4,000 over and above all their debts
and liabilities. No bid will be examined unless
these conditions shall be complied with. II s 8
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Of the sum of $780, GOO appropriated for the
above object, s so 900 shall be paid, as the work
OF removing theraft advances as follows to wit:
Whenever the contractor shall report that a pof-
ton OF the raft has been removed, the same shall
be inspected by an officer appointed by the War
Department, andsf it shall appear that such il the
fact, the Department will pay such q pronertion
Of the said sum of $4,000 as the portion removed
shall bear to the entire raft, provided no partial
payment shall be made for less than one.tenth
part of the whole work. The remaining 8 so OOO
will be paid IN equal annual instalments CORE.
spending in number with the number of wears
during which the Contractor shall bind himself 70
Keep the navigation open, Of which fact the De-
partment is to be the sole Judge. IS
/ Each bid must be for theEwhole work, that is for
the removal Of the raft, and for keeping the river
open fol-. aspecified period No separate proposals
for portions Of 1T will be considered. e
/, The proposals will be addressed to the under.
signed, marked on the envelope, Proposals for
removing Red River Raft
Ia a J. J.. ALERT,
Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers.
Jan 7-20td 8 2tawtApr1
All papers which have published the former ad
versements on thfssbject are Hereby authorized
TO publish this, and in addition, The Gazette and
Democrat, of Little Rock. and the Telegraph, ol
Washington, Arkansas, twenty times daily, md
qhen twice week until Let April. & Vsas9f I
Each paper advertising will send copy of the
paper containing the advertisement. esnll