The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-28

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sGEALED PHOpoSAIS win BID received sc I'm ti
- D6pkf t<1asat 6ntN the 9th day ~ H9hsrAf1,
1881, fof TIL f6nl Of the BraIch Mint "a
and speoiHe tioHa which will be fuFdished %
lication tothe D1bAt tment, to parties disposed 80
contract. Tho aid proposals. TO cnntain bids 10s
the entire wofk, and also separately Tor each din.
tinct branch q work. the right being reserved to
The Department e eon.ract eithe. wsy. snaay be
found the most advantageous and advisable. Thu
Department Aiso reserves the right Of declining To
make any cpptkA II the building and machinery
cahnot b 6nfshed and completed for the sum s1l
three hundred thpusand dollars. to which sum the
expenditure is expressly limited BY the act Of Con-
gress. tesa j. s
Payments will be made every sixty days on che
amount Of the work done and materials aetually
used ON the building, to be ascertained by the est
mates Of tho superintendent and architect thereof
reserving from each of such estimates and pay.
ments twenty per cent: ON the first one hundred
thousand dollars, and ten per cent on each suhse-
quent estimate after the above sum- untilthe final
completion of the. building, and its approval and
acceptance by the Department
Every proposal must be accompanied by writ
ten guarantee, signed by two responsible persons,
to the effect that they undertake that the party or
parties making it, his or their bid be accepted,
shall and will enter into contract and bond, with
suheient sureties to the satisfaction OF the Pres-
dentof the United States and the Secretary of the
Treasury in theesum of fifty thousand dollars for
the faithful execution of the work; and no pro-
posal wilf be considered unless it ia accompanied
Proposals will also be received at the same time
and place for furnishing the sneedful machinery
for said Branch Mint according to the specifica-
tons, which will likewise be furnished by the De-
partment, and upon the same terms and conditions
as specified above in relation to the building with
the exception of the amount of the bond required
tor the faithful execution of the contract, which
will be in the sum of twenty thousand dollars.
Proposals will also be received at the same time
and place. agreeably to the act of Congress- for the
saie lease, or rent of any building and machinery
suitable for the purpose Of Branch Mint and
upon the same terms and conditions az specified in
relation to the building Such building and ma
chinery to be equal in all respects to the plans and
specifications referred to above for the new build
ing, and to be capable of coming at least thirty
millions of gold annually in fair proportion Of
pieces of the different denominations from one to
twenty dollars each, as now authorized by law
1t suitable building and machinery are bought
or leased under the authority to that effect granted
by Congress, no contract will of course then be
made for the erection of building and furnishing
the machinery. -
The bids will be opened and recorded in the pre-.
sence OF such bidders as may think proper to at
tend; and should the bids which NAV be made
from California not be received at the Department
previous to the aforesaid 9th day of February 1853
it will reserve the right to delay opening the other
bids which may be presented.
A decision will be made soon as practicable
after the Department has been officially advised
that q law has been passed by the Legislature Of
the State of California exempting said Branch
Mint from taxation, &C., as isTequired by the 9th
section Of the act of Congress of the Sd july 1852
70 establish Branch Mint Of the United States in
California.
Those persons in California who may be disposed
to make proposals. for said building or machinery
will deliver the same to the Collector of.Customs
at San Francisco previous to the expiration of sixty
days after the first publication of the present adj
vertisement in two newspapers issued in San Fran
cisco, that period having been designated in the
act Of Congress for the notice for proposals in
California The Collector at California will be
furnished with copies of the plans and specifica.
tons for the information of those who may wish to
make bids there. THOS. CORWIN,
Secretary of the Treasury.