Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-10-31
DRoposALs OATS AND HAY
DEPOT QUARTERNAsTER's OFFICER,
Corner of 18th and q streets,

WASHINGTON, D. c., October 81, 1852
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this office
o'clock M. for furnishing the Government With
1900 .ocOl three hundred thousand bushels of OATS
HAY to be good merchantable TIMOTHY. put up in
bales. and delivered at (2,SOt NO Thousand pounds
The OATS to be of good merchantable quality
put up in bags of about two bushels each.
Oats will be received by weight, at 3'J thirtytwo
Sacks to he furnished without extra charge TO the
Delivery q be made in the city of Washington,
within CD twenty five days from the date of the
contract.
Proposals will be received for $500 Ave hundred
tons OF Hay and upwards and for IS, O0n fifty thou
sand bushels OF Oats and ppws rds.
The propositions for the Hay and Oats may be
distinct from. and Without reference to- each other
The full name and Post Office address of the bid
bid made in the nsme Of firm the names
OF all the parties must appear or the bid will be
considered as the individual proposal of the part
Proposals from dslOyal parties ,ciu NOT BE- eonsid-
cred. AND AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE MUST ACCOMPANY
Proposals must be addressed to Col. D. H Fucker,
should be plainly marked Proposals for Oats and
Hay"
The ability of the bidder to fill the contract
should it be awarded to him, must be guaranteed
be appended to the guarantee % ''N''
The responsibility of the euarantors must be
SHOWN Dy the Onclal certlncate OF the Clerk the
nearest District Court or of the United States Dis.
trict Attorney.
Bidders must be present in person when the bids
are opened, or their proposals will not be conSid
cred.
Bonds equal in amount to half the sum to be re.
eeiyed on the contract, signed BY the contractor
and both of his guaranors will be required of the
successful bidder upon signing the contract.
As the bond must accompany the contract. it will
be necessary for bidders to have their bondsmen
with them, or to have bonds signed in anticipation
and ready to be produced when the contract is
signed. Blanks for bonds be procured upon
application being made at this Office, either person
ally, by letter, or BY telegraph.
FORM OF GUARANTEE
We, Of the county of-,and State of,
hereby guaranty that is able to fulfill a CON
ten, and that, should his proposition be acce pied
he will at once enter into contract in accordance
Herewith.
Should the contract be awarded him, We are pre-
pared to become his securities.
ITO this guarantee must be appended the Official
certificate aforementioned
INSPECTION. DELIVERY &c
All Oats and IIav contracted for undcr this al
veItiser tnt will be rlgidly nS pccted and such as
do not prove of a good sound merchantable quality
will he rejected
Payment to be made upon me completion of the
contract, or so soon thereafter the Depot Quar-
termaser shall be in funds.
Any informality in the bid, non -confOrmance
with the terms of this advertisement. will ensure
the rejection of the proposal.
Delivery TO be made at the Railroad Dep or at
one of the Government Wharyes in the city of
Washington.
The Depot Quartermaster reserves to himself the
right to reject any or all bids that he may deem too
high. d. II. FUCKER,
&C Std Colonel and Depot Quartermaster.