The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-14
PROposAIs FOR ERrcT1nd 4 MINT.
AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.


TasAsuas DsrAarMsHr. October q, 1852
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received "a Gil.
~ department until the 9th day Of Fehftaf9;
1850, for the construction Of the Branch Mini al
san Francisco, California, according to the plane
and specifications which will be furnished on al
ncatlon % the Department, to parties disposed TO
contract The said proposaIs to contain bids for
the entire work, and also separately for each dis
unct branch of work, the right being reserved 10
the department to contract either way al NAV Be-
,ouno the most advantageous and advisable. The
department also reserves the right Of decihifr Is
make any Contract il the building and machinery
cannot Be finished and Completed for tie sum II
three hundred thousand dollars, to which sum The
expenditures ia expressly limited By the act Of Con-
{. vss. Ss,' rs IS
Payments win be made every sixty days on the
amount OF the work done and materials actually
used on the building, TO be asceftained BY the es
mates OF the superintendent and architect thereof
reservlng from each of such estimates and pay
mehts twenty per cent. on the fret one hundred
thousand dollars. and ten per centson each subse,
cotnpletioh Of the building, and its approval and
acceptance BY the Departinsnel Ire s.S
Every PROPOSAL must be accompanied BY aswrit-
ten guarantee, signedsby two responsible persons,
parties making it, 1t his their bid be accepted,
shall and will enter into contract and bond. with
sufficient suretiesto the satisfaction Of the Presi-
dent Of the United States and the Secretary of the
treasury, sum OF tuOubhuQ dO1t6re, Tor
the faithful execution of athe work; and no pro-
posal viii be considered unless it is accompanied
Proposals. vii also be received al Tie lafe time
and place for furnishing the needfol machinery
for said Branch Mint according to- the specifics
tions, which will likewise be furnished by the De-
partment, and upon the same terms and conditions
az 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 he IN fhp
Proposals will also be received at the same time
and place. agreeably to the act of Congress for the
sale leases 1r feht Dfany Building And fachinefy
suitableg for the purpose Of Branch Mint and
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 a fair proportion of
pieces of the different dehominatiohs from one to
twenty dollars each, cs now authorized BY law
If 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-.
ceiof such bidders as may think proper. to at
tend; and should the bids which may be made
from California not be resolved at the Departmsnt
pretbus the aforesaid 9Th day of February, 1885,
it will reserve the right to delay opening the other
bids which may be presented.
"A decision will be made as soon as practicable
after the Department has been officially advise
thata law has been passed by the Legislatur d
the State of California texemptng said Branch
Mint from taxation, &C., as is required by the 9Th
section Of the act OF Congress of the Sd July, 1852.
70 establish Branch Mint of the United States in
California. ~ 49, 81. B
Those persOna 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
yertisement In tro heAspap ets 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 specifca-
tions for the Information Of those who may wish to
make bids there. THOS. CORWIN,
8 Secretary d the Treasury.
Oct S-1awtFeb