The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-06

viz:
Blue pilot cloth pea jackets. wooi-dyed..... 1900
Do cloth round jackets do........ 900
Do do trowsers do........ 4, 0OO
Blue aanl over shirts twlled & wool. dyed. 10 200
Do Do DO do %nds,sh''' DO DO de- so ooS
Do flannel do do yds. Is 200
Barusey sheeting frocks.. 1000
Canvas duck trowsers .................... 4, 600
| Barnsey sheeting for do...... yards. ,0O0
Canvas duck for do. do. 600
Dungaree. .....'........... 40 loOOO
Cafskin shoes. pairs. 5000
Kipskn do high cut. ............. do. 5000
Calfskin pumps. do. 10 ,0OU
Wo0ilen stocklnge. do. III OOU
Wooleu socks. ...................do do. 10 0OO
Mattresses with two covers to each) ...... 800
Black silk handkerchiefs. ..........-......l200 C
biankets.. ............. SUN
The schedule of sizes of April TO- lS4s. has been
modified by throwing out altogether size No. g. OF
all articles of clothing, and changing the average
number Of sizes Nos. and 2, for each one hundred
pieces; aud all proposals must have refereace to
this change. new schedule of sizes will be found
with the samples, at the respective navy yards.
The clothing and clothing materials will be di-
vided into nine classes, for each Of which separate
proposals will be received, and separate contract
made, viz:
Fret Class-All the woollen articles made up,
viz blue cloth pea jackets, blue cloth monkey
jackets, blue cloth round jackets blue cloth trow
sers, blue flannel over-sbrts, blue flannel under
Shirts and blue flannel drawers.
Second Glass; All the flannel that NAV be re
CURED for making garments similar to those speci.
lied in the first class. fa.t s}
Third Class-Ail the linen articles made up,
viz Barnsley sheeting frocks and canvas duck
trousers.
Fourth Class.-All the Barnsley sheeting and
canvas duck that may be required for making
garments similar to those specified in the third
class, and the Dungaree.
Fifth Class ALI the shoes and pumps
Sizth Closs.-All the stockings ano socks.
Ina thor
covers to each mattress.
Eighth Class. ALI the black silk handkerchief
Ninth CLass.-All the blankets.
The shoes and pumps to be stamped with the
contractors name, number OF shoe and pump, and
year when made; the sizes to be in the following
proportion for each 100 pairs, unless otherwise
dered, viz:
Two of No IL, four of No IL. twelve of No. 10.
fifteen OF No. 8. fifteen of No 81. twenty of No.
s. fifteen of No. u. ten of No. 7, five of No. s., two
of No. s.
The kipskin shoes, the calfskin shoes, and the
calfskin pumps must be packed and delivered in
separate boxes.
All the above articles to be fully equal in the
quality, texture, and finish of material. pattern,
and workmanship, TO the samples which are de-
posted ut the Aforesaid Navy Yards; the pea Jack
cts, monkey kets, round jackets cloth trow
shirts, under shirts, drawers, and blue flannel
to be of American manufactured cloths and fan
nels, made of clean wool and indigo-dyed, and
dyed in the wool.
The number or quantity which will be required
oil each OF the foregoing articles cannot be pre-
cisely stated; it Ia even possible that of some
none may be required. contract will there
lore be made, not for specific number or guam.
tity OF any article but only for such number or
quantity OF each as the service may require to be
delivered at those navy yards respectively. The
prices must be uniform at all the stations.
All the above articles must be subject to such
inspection at the place of delivery the chief of
this bureau may direct; and no article will be
received that ia not fully equal to the sample or
pattern, both in material and workma ship, and
which does not conform in all other respects to
the stpulations and provisions of the contract to
be made.
The whole must be delivered at the risk and
expense OF the contractor, in good, tight, sub
stantial, and dry packing boxes or bales; each
box and bale to be marked with the contractors
name, and the year and month when manufac-
tured or put up; the whole to be in good shipping
order, free OF all charges to the United States.
and to the entire satisfaction Of the inspecting
officers, said officers to be appointed by the Navy
Department
The offers must distin guish the prices for each
article mentioned. and must be calculated to cover
every expense attending the ful6lment of the con
tract, including the necessary metal and navy
buttons.
In case of failure on the part of the contractors
to furnish and deliver the several articles which
may be ordered from them in proper time aud of
proper quality, the Chief of the Bureau of Provisions
and Clothing shall be authorized to purchase or
direct purchases to be made Of what may be re-
quired to supply the deficiency, under the penalty
to be expressed in the contract; the record of
requsition, or duplicate copy thereof, at the
the navy yards aforesaid, shall be evidence that
such reduisition has been made and received
Two or more approved sureties in a sum equal
to the estimated amount of the respective contracts
will be required, and ten per centum will be with
held from the amount of all payments on account
thereof collateral security and not in any event
to be paid until it ia in all respects complied With
and ninety per centum Of the amount of all delve-
do ha krvxk
thirty days after triplicae bills, duly authenti.
Gated, shall have been presented to him.
Bidders whose proposals are accepted (and none
others) will be forthwith notified and az early "a
practicable contract will be transmitted to them
for execution, which contract must be returned to
the Bureau within five days, exclusive Of the time
required for the regular transmission of the mail
A record, or duplicate of the letter informing
bidder of the acceptance of his proposal, will be
deemed notification thereof, within the meaning
of the act of 1886, and bis bid will be made and
accepted in conformity with this understanding.
Every offer made must be accompa MED "a dj.
rected in the act of Congress making appropri.
atoms for the naval service for l846-41, approved
10th August, 1867 BY written guarantee, signed
by one or more responsible persons, to the effect
that he or they undertake that the bidder or bid
ders will, if his their bid be accepted enterinto
an obligation within FIVE days, with good and suf.
fcient sureties, to furnish the supplies proposed
The Bureau will not be obligated to consider any
proposal unless accompanied BY the guara ntee re-
quired by law; the competency of the guarantee to
be certified by the Navy Agent, District Attorney,
or some officer of the General Government known
to the Bureau. 1
Extract from, the act Of Congysss approved August
10, l846
$50. 6. Aad be it further enacted, That, from
and after the passage of this act, every proposal for
naval supplies invited by the Secretary of the
Navy, under the proviso to the General Appropria-
ton bill for the navy, approved March third ,eigh-
teen hundod and forty three, shall be accompa
MED by written guarantee, signed by one more
responsible persons, to the effect that be they
undertake that the bidder bidders will, If his or
their bid be accepted. enter into an obligation in
such time as may be prescribed by the Secretary
of the Navy, with good and sufficient sureties. to
furnish the supplies proposed. No proposal shall
be considered unless accompanied by ouch guar
antee. If. after the acceptance of proposal and
notification thereof to the bidder bidders, he
they sha fail to enter into obligation withinthe
time prescribed by the Secretary o the Navy, With
good and sufficient suretes for furnishing the sup
plies, then the Secretary of the Navy shall proceed
to contract with some other person or persons for
furnishing the said supplies; and shall forthwith
cause the difference between the amount con-
tanned in the proposal guaranteed and the
appoint for which be may have contracted for fur
nishing the said supplies for the whole period of the
proposal to be charged up against said bidder or
bidders. and bis or their gnaTaptor guar antors;
and the same may be Immediately recoyered bv