Daily national Republican., 1863-11-21
PROPOSALS FOR LUMBER.

CI,Er ASSISTANT QuAnIESM.sTER,so OFFICE,
WAsHIsoTos, d. C., November 10, 1868. !
Sealed Proposals will be received at this office
until MONDAY, November %, 1863, at 70 o'clock,
NJ, for delivering In the city of Washington, at
sTpep uSa oae million ccoa feet Of La@Ser OF R tss
following kind nnd description, viz:
SIX hundted and hfty thousand 1850 OO0) feet Of
~ or one ~ inch white pine common cullings.
Twenty thousand 10000 feet 81 or two (2j inch
white pine common cullings.
SiSty-sx thousand t66,0OO) feet scantling, by I,
twelve ieet long, themloekJ
sxty-six Thousand tss, ,Ooo) feet scantling, by L.
fourteen feet long, (hcmIock)
sixty-six thousand tes ooo) feet scantIing, by l.
sixteen feet long, (hcmlock
sixty-six thousand (e6 ooO) feet scantling, by T.
Sixty-six Thousand tee,ooo) ieet scsntiing, by j.
twenty feet long, themock)
All the Ab We described to be good merchantabie
Lumber, subject to the inspection of an agent APP
pointed on the part Of the Government.
All the Lumber to be delivered on or before the
iith day OF December, 1859
The illi name and post-otiice address of the bid
II y bid 10 made in the name of firm, the names
OF all tie parties must appear, or the bid will be
considered as the individual proposal Of the party
Proposal. from disloyal parties will not be con-
sidered, and an oath OF allegiance must accompany
Proposals must be addressed to Captain Edward
l.. HAITI, Assistant Quartermsster, United States
Army, Washington, y. e., and should be plainly
marked Propos.nls, 4, icr = Lum6sr:" I,.
shown by the official certificate of the Clerk OF the
nearest District Court, OF the United States Dis.
trict Attorney.
The ability OF the bidder to MI the contract,
should 1t be awarded to him, must be guaranteed
by two responsible persons, whose sts natures are
to be appended TO the guarantee, and said gudrdn-
Tee niun accompany the Did.
Bidders must be present In person when the bids
are opened, or their proposals will not be consd-
Bonds in the sum Of nve thousand dollars, signed
by the contractor and both OF his guarantors will
be required Of the successful bidder or bidders
upon signing the contract.
-, and -, Of the county Of -, and state
Of -", do hereby guarantee that - 10 able
to fuhl the contract IN accordance with the terms
Of his proportion, and that, should his PROPOSE
tion be accepted he win at once enter into con-
tract in accordance Herewith.
Should the contract be awarded him we are pre-
pared to become his securities.
(Te this guarantee must be appended the official
certificate above mentioned
The right to reject any all bids that may be
deemed too high is reserved by the Depot Quarter
master, as well as the right 10 select from each
bid such Lumber, at the price therein named,
as is required BY the Government; and In case
OF the failure OF the bidder whose proposal Is ac
cepted, to furnish within the time prescribed, in
quality or quantity, the lumber stipulated TO be
deliveied, then the Assistant Quarterma to
have the rigl to supply such deficiency by pur-
chase, and such bidder to be charged with the
difference of cost.
Informal proposals will be rejected.
EDW'D L. HARTZ,
noi4-ot Captain, A. q. NJ, U. S. Army.