Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-03-28
10 be offered for.

Ine quAnuues OF any or all may be increased or
diminished as the service may hereafter require.
The contracts will therefore bo made not for spec
&c qusnttis, but for such quantities as the serv ce
may require to be delivered at thoee navyyards
spectively.
Contractors not residing at the places where de.
veres are required must establish agencies at such
places, that no delay may ariss in furnishing what
may be required; and VIII n . contractor fails
the Bureau Of Provisions and Clothing shall be au-
thorized to direct purchases to be made to supply
the de6ceDcy, under the penalty to be expressed In
the contract; the record Of rquEitisn, or dsplt
cafe copy thereof ct the Bureau Of Provisions and
Clothing, or at either Of the nsvyysrds aforesaid
shall be evid-nce that such requisition has been
made and received.
Separate offers must be made for each article at
each OF the sforsfail nsvyyards; and in care more
than one article IL contain in the OFFER the Chief
OF the Bureau Will have the right to arcspt one or
more Of the articles contained In such OFFER and re
ject the remainder; and bidders whose proposals.
are accepted land none others) Win be forthwith
notnsd, and as Early "a practicable Q contract will
Be transmitted to them for execution; which con.
tract must be returned to the Bureau within ZEN
days exclusive Of the time required for the regular
transmb don Of the mail
Two or more approved sureties, in q sum equal to
the estimated amount Of the respective contracts,
Will Do required, and ten per oentum in addition
VIII be withheld from the amount of all payment
on account thereof lateral security In addition
TO secure its Performance and not in any event TO
be paid until I is In all respects complied wi :,
ninety Per Inn Of the amount Of al deliveries
made will be p&ld BY the navy agent within thirty
days AFTER bills duly authenticated shall have been
presented to him.
Blank forms Of proposals. may b obtained on Al
plication to the navy agents at Portsme u.h New
Hampshire; Boston, New York, PHILADELPHIA Bslti.
bureau. ~
A record, or duplicate Of the letter Informing
1dder OF the acceptance Of his proposal, win be
deemed notification thereof within the meaning of
tne act OF 1870 and bis bid viii be made and accept
soan conformity with this understanding.
Every oner msde must Be accompanied (ss d.
rected In the act Of Congress making sppropria,
Tons for the naval service for l84s 'l7, approved
iotn August, l846o BY Q written guarantee sisned
py one or more responsible persons to the effect that
ne or they undertake that the bidder ea bidders WIN
his or their bid be accepted enter into an obli-
CATION within ten days, with rood and sucient sure.
oee to furnish the article proposed The bureau vi
NOT De obligated to proposal consider unless accom-
panied by the guarantee required by law; tie oom.
psesntency OF the guarantee TO by the certified by
navyagent district attorney, or some officer Of
tho general government known tothe bureau.
The attention Of bidders Is called to the samples
ana description Of articles required, as in the in
specuon FOR reception, just but rigid comparist n
VIII Be &c ade between the articles offered and The
sample aod contract, receiving none that fall below
rected 10 the annexed eint resolution In addition TO
the oct Of the 10th August, 1876:
Kstraa from The act Of Coreress approved A,xxt
1886.
"sEc Ind be f~tAer ENACTED, That f-c,, ana
Gftsr the passage Of this cot every ptoyoesi nr M
val supplies invited By tss Secretary of thu NJ
unosr tos prosio 70 tns general appropriation biii
deed and fortythrss shall be aeeomesossd hun
written susrsnt9, hgnsd BY one or nor. rs.,o w
bic persons, 70 The sdSot that be or thSr PSCS