The daily republic., 1853-08-25
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO pRE-EMpTloN CLAIMANTS.
RED RIVER RAFT.

yTNHE PERSON to whom the contract was award
l. ed under former advertisemsnts for proposals
having failed TO give the bond with sureties re-
quired, proposals. for the work are again invited
as follows: a WI. -.fs . U. t, i. .
Proposals will be received until the goth day Of
next September for the removal OF obstructions TO
by the raft. and for keeping the said navigation
free from the same for the longest period. H
The amount of these proposals united is not to
exceed the sum of 100000.
(thoroughly,) and TO keep the navigation free
from. obstruction thereby for q specified period;
specifying in his bid the time in which he propo-
ses to complete the removal of the raft, the said
time not to be later than the 1st day of june, 1866
and also the number Of years, counting from said
removal, during which time he binds himself to
keep the said navigation free from raft obstruction
The contractor will be required to give his bond
sam .o ~H for 'ass the faithful @
ton of the contract. Each bidder will Transmits at
the came time with hts proposals., the names Of the
persons whom he offers sureties, and declara-
lion signed by them that they will sign bis bond ss
sureties above mentioned; and also the certih-
cate of district judge of the United States for the
State in which he resdes that said securities are
respectable citizens, aud that he considers them
liabilities. No bid will be examined unless these
conditions shall be complied with. ih
Terms of payment.
Of the sum Of $l0O,00O appropriated for the
above object, S SO, 600 shall be paid as the work
Of removing the raft advances, as follows-to wit:
Whenever the contractor shall report that a por-
ton of the raft has been removed, the same shall
be inspected by an officer appointed BY the War
Department.; and if it shall appear that such
is the fact, the Department will pay such proper
ton of the said sum Of $4,000 as the portion re-
moved shall bear to the entire raft, provided no
partial payment shall be made for lees than one
tenth part of the whole work. The remaining
S So 900 will he paid in equal annual instalments
corresponding in number with the number OF years
during which tho contractor shall bind himself to
keep the navigation open, Of which fact the De
partment is to be the sole judge. ,;
Each bid must be for the whole work-that is,
for the removal of the raft, and for keeping the
river open for specified period. No separate pro-
posais ior portions of ii will be considered.
The proposals will be addressed to the under
signed, marked on the envelope, proposals for
removing Red River Raft"
The War Department reserves to itself the right
of awarding the contract according to it's own
Judgment Of the most favorable bid and the most
responsible bidder. Jsil l
TO be in serted in the Union, Republic, and Ma
tional Intelligcnccr, Washington, D. G.; Cincin-
natl Gazette, Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville Journal,
Louisville, Keptucky; ST. Louis Republican, st.
Louis Missouri; Shreveport Herald, Shreveport,
Louisiana; New Orleans Commercial Bulletin; New
Orleans Bee; New Orleans Republican,; Gazette
and Democrat, Little Rock, Arkansas; Telegraph,
Washington, Arkansas. j. j AbEkT,
.ltll Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers.
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