The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-08
FOR ERECTING A MINT,
WITH THE NECESSARY MACHINERY,
AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
TaEAsuav DspARrmENr, October 3. Isl

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, October Q, 1852! +
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
~ Department until the Sth day of Februa ry,
1858, for the construction Of the Branch Mint at
San Francisco, California according to the plans
and specifications which will be furnished on ap-
lication to the Department, to parties disposed to
contract The said proposals to contain bids for
the entire work and also separately for each dis
tinct branch of work, the right being reserved to
the Department to contract either way, as may be
found the most advantageous and advisable. The
Department also reserves the right of declining to
make any contract ii the building and machinery
cannot be finished and completed for the sum OF
three hundred thousand dollars, to which sum the
expenditure is expressly limited by the act Of Con-
gress.
Payments will be made every sixty days on the
| amount Of the work done and materials actually
used on the building, to be ascertained by the est
mates of the superintendent and architect thereof
| reserving from each of such estimates and pay
ments twenty per cent on the first one hundred
thousand collars, and ten per cent on each subse-
quent estimate after the above sum, until the final
! completion of the building, and its approval and
acceptance by the Department, tf5'abtl4
Every proposal must be accompanied by a writ
ten guarantee, signed by two responsible persons,
to the effect that they undertake that the party or
parties making it, if his or their bid be accepted
shall and Will enter into contract and bond, with
sufhclent sureties to the satisfaction OF the Pres-
dent OF the United States and the Secretary of the
Treasury. in the sum of fifty thousand dollars for
the faithful execution of the work; and no pro-
posal will be considered unless it is accompanied
with such guarantee. ~ b97tIls
n Proposals will also be received at the same time
aad place for furnishing the needfu machinery
forssaid Branch Mint accordinglto the specifica-
tions,, whichswi likewise befurnished 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
for the faithful execution of the contract, which
will be in the sum oftwenty thousand dollars q
Proposals viii also)be received at the same time
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sale, lease, or rent of any building and machinery
suitable for the purpose, of a Branch Mint, and
upon the same terms and conditions as specified in
relation to the building Such building and ina
chineryto be equal in all respects to the plans and
speciicationsireferr 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
Ii a 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. oA -fH-l8
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 may be made
from California not be received at the Depart ent
previous the aforesaid 9Th day of February 1853,
it will reserve the right to delay opening the other
bids which may be presented. no il8t8gfrgg
A decision will be made as soon ipraoticab BILE
afterythe Department has been iofieiaiyladvisei
|tthat law mas oeen passed by the5 heglslaturc Of
TIE statsaof California cxempiing said Branch
Mint from taxation, Sc. assis required by the 9th
section OF the act of Congress fthe 3dJuly, 1852,
to establish Branch Mint of the United States in
California. li=jsgaa 3ff9s9 4 3ssi ~ 5s,, 80
70 Those persons in California who may be disposed
ITO make proposals for said building or machinery
will deliver the same to the Collector of Customs
atsan Francisco previous to the expiration of sixty
days alter the first publication yof the present adj
vertisement in two newspapers issued in San Fran
cisco, that period having been designated in the
aat Of Congress for the notice for proposals in
California The Collector at California will be
furnished with copies ofthe plans and specifca--
make bids there.a s1if,rTHOS. CORWIN,
aIfpa3 1ta as. pig Secretary of the Treasury.
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