Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-18
PROPOSALS FOR OATS AND HAY.
DEPOT QuAaTEaMAsIER's orrIcE,

DEPOT QuARTERMAsTER's OFFICE,
Corner Eighteenth and G streets,
Washington, d. c., Dec. Is, lSGc.
Sealed proposals will be received at this office
until TUESDAY, the e3d day of December, at 10
,OOO) four hundred thousand bushels Of Oats
and % OO0) three thousand tons Of Hay.
Hay to be good merchantable TIMOTHY, put up
In bales, and delivered at $1,000 two thousand
DAT, to be q good nerchsntatle quality, put
O. be rseeye Tq by wei1 AZ
pounds TO the bushel.
sacks to be furnished without extra charge to
Delivery TO be made in the city OF Washington
within tea) twenty-five days from the date OF the
Proposals.
Proposals will be received for 1000 FIVE hundred
tons Of hay and upwards, and for 10000 nifty
thousand bushels Of oats and upwards.
upon te paper or but ms Sn Gy be
distinct from, and without reference to, each other
The full name and post Office address OF the bid.
der must appear In the proposal.
II bid 10 made In the name OF firm, the names
Of all the parties must appear, the bid will be
considered as the Individual proposal of the party
Proposals from didoya parties pi rot be considered
and an oath OF allegiance must accompany each
Proposals must be addressed to Colonel D. II.
RucEER, Quartermsster, U. s. Army, Washington,
.. G., and should d be plainly marked Proposals
Guarantee.
The ability of the bidder to I'll the contract,
should 1t be awarded TO him, must he guaranteed
BY two responsible persons, whose signatures must
be appended to the guarantee.
The responsibility OF the guarantors must be
shown by the oDcial certificate OF the Clerk OF the
nearest District Court or OF the United States Dis
bidders must be present In person when the bids
are opened or their proposals viii not be consid-
cred.
Bonds equal In amount to half the sum to be re-
ceiyed on the contract, signed BY the contractor
and both Of his gusrantors, will be required Of the
successful bidder upon signing the contract.
As the bond must accompany the contract 1t will
be necessary for bidders to have their bondsmen
with them, or to have bonds signed In anticipation
signed, blanks for bonds can 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
-, and -, ofthe county OF -, and - -,
do hereby guaranty that - 10 able to fulfil a
contract In accordance with the terms of his propo-
siton, and that should his proposition be accepted
he viii at once enter into contract In accordance
should the contract be awarded to him we are
prepared 10 become his securities.
ITO this guarantee must be appended the official
certificate above mentioned.)
INSPECTION, DELIVERY, &c.
All Oats and Hay contracted for under this ad-
yertisement will be rigidly inspected, and such as
DO not prove Of good, sound, merehantAble quail
Payment to be made upon the completion of the
contract, or so soon thereafter as the Depot Quar-
Any iniormaiity In the bid, or non.conformance
with the terms OF this advertisement, will insure
the rejection OF the proposal
Delivery to be made NJ the Railroad Depot, or At
one Of the Government Wharves, In the city Of
The Depot Qusrtermsster reserves to himself
the sight to reject any or a" G,ds that he may deem
de i3-dtd Col and Depot Quartermaster