The true Democrat., 1857-04-14
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The quantities of any or all may be increased or diminished as the service may hereafter requre.- The contracts will therefore be made not for spe- clhc quantities, but for such quantities as the wee may require to be delivered at those navy yards respectively.
 Contractors not residing at the places where de- Hveries required must establish agencies at such places, that delay may arise in furnishing what may be required and when contractor fails prompt ly to comply with acquisition, the Chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing shall be author ized to direct purchases to be made to supply the deficiency, under the penalty to be expressed in the contract; the record of a acquisition, or a du- phcate copy thereof at the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, or at either of the navy-yards afore- said, shall be evidence that such reGuisition has been made and received.
 Separate offers must be made for each article at each of the aforesaid navy yards and in case more than one artlce IS contained in the oer the Chief ot the Bureau will have the right to accept one or more ot the articles contained ill such offer, and reJect the remainder and bidders whose proposals are accepted (and none Others) will be forthwith notified, and early as practicable contract will De transmitted to them for execution, which con- tract must be returned to the bureau within ten days, exclusive of the time required for the regu- lar transmission of the mail.
 Two or more approved suretes in sum equal to the estimated amount of the respective contracts will be required, and twenty per centum in addition
 
 account thereof as collateral security in addi- ton, to secure its performance, and in any event to be paid until it is in all respects complied with eighty per centum of the amount of all deliveries made will be paid by the navy agent within thirty days after bills duly authenticated shall have been presented to him.
 Blank forms of proposals may be obtained on ap. plicaton to the navy agents at Portsmouth, New Hu0shre; Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Bal tlmore, " ashington, Norfolk, Pensacola, and at this bureau.
 record, or duplicate of the letter informing a bidder of the acceptance of his proposal will be deemed notification thereof within the meaning of the act of lS46, and his bid will be made and accepted in conformity with this understandings
 Every offer made must be accompanied Gas di- rected in the act of Congress making appropra- tions for the naval service for lS46-47, approved 10th August, lS46) by written guarantee, signed by one more responsible persons, to the effect that he they undertake that the bidder or bidders will. if his or their bid be accepted, enter into an obligation within five days, with good and sufficient sureties, to furnish the supplies proposed. The bu- reau will not be obligated to consider any proposal unless accompanied by the guarantee required by law; the competency of the guarantee to be certi- fled by the navy agent, district attorney, or coec- tor of the customs.
 The attention of bidders is called to the samples nd description of articles required as in the inspection or reception, just but rigid comparison ,oiH De made bd,oeen the articles offered and the sample and con tract, receiung none that fall beloo e,a and their attention is also particularly directed to the joint re- solution of the 27th Maroh, 1854, and tp Me ot of as l0h Auyia, l046
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