The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-08-16
COMMISSIONER Of the General Land Office
NOTICE no PRESUMPTION CLAIMANTS.
RED RIVER RAFT.

TINE PERSON to whom the contract was award
i ed under former advertisements for proposals
having failed give the bond with suretes as re-
CURED proposals for the work are againin
as follows. 5ssg.
Proposals will be received until the goth day OF
next September for the removal of distractions to
the navigation OF Red river Lousiana) accustomed
by the raft, and for keeping the said navigation
free from tho same for the longest period.
s. The amount of these proposals united is not to
exceed the sum of 100000. li# Ele.q ~ sF
Each bidder will propose to remove said raft,
thoroughlyD and to keep the navigation free
specifying in his bid the time In which he propo-
SEES to complete the removal of the raft, the said
time not to be later than the lst day Of June 1856
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
for $50 900, with two good suretles, each Tor the
sum of 10000, conditioned for the faithful execu.
ton of the contract. Each bidder will transmit, at
the same time with his proposals, the names Of the
persons whom he offers sureties, and decara-
lion signed by them thatthey will sign his bond as
suretics above mentioned; and aiao tho certifi-
cate of district Judge Of the United States for the
State in which he resides, that said securities are
respectable cirizens, and that he considers them
worth 10, 600 over and above all their debts and
liabilities No bid will be examined unless these
conditions shall be complied with. r -
Terms of payment. F.s
:
above object, S so 900 shall be paid as the work
of removing the raft advances, as folows--to wit:
Whenever the contractor shall report that a por-
tion 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 ayment ehall be made for less than one
tenth part of the whole work. The remaining
S sc, 600 will be paid in equal annual instalments
corresponding in number with the number OF years
during which the 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 10
for the removal of the raft, and for keeping the
river open for specified period No separate pro-
posals Tor portions of il 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 its own
Judgment OF the most favorable bid and the most
responsible bidder
TO be inaerted in the Union, Republic, and Ma
tional InteIgencer, Washington, d. c.; Cincin-
natl Gazette, Cincinnati Ohio; Louisville journal,
Louisville, Kentucky; 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 ALERT,
Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers.
July Ia d20t&tawt2OSep 1890 ~. h