Daily national Republican., 1863-03-09
PROPOSALS FOR HAY, OATS. AND
CORN.
CHIEF QUARTERMAsER'a OFFICE,
DEPOT or WAsHINoToSr
Corner EiThtssnth and o streets,


Washington, d. c., March 7, 1855.
SEALED PROPOSALS. will be received At tbs
office until FRIDAY, the 2Oth day Of March, at ~
NJ for furnishing the Government with q OOO thrSs
thousand tons OF HAY 1900 OOOl three hundred thou
sand bushels Of oATa, and uoOo 900 one hundred
Hay to be good merehAntAble TIMoTHY, Put up
in bales, aud delivered at t2Ooo) two thousand
The Oats 10 be ofA good msrchantAble quality,
put up In bags Of about two bushels each.
Oats will be received by weight, tts2) thirtytwO
B Sacks to be furnished without extra charge TO
the Government.
The Corn to be Of good merehantable quality,
put up In bags Of about two bushels each.
Corn will be receivsd BY weight at (S5J hhy-5ix
pounds to the buSheL
Sacks to be furnished without extra charge 10
Delivery to be be made in tho city OF washing-
ton within l25l twenty-five days from the date 0t
PROPOSALS.
Proposals will be received Tor 5000 hve hulirCt
thousand bushels Of oats and upwards, and ioir
100 OOO) fty thousand bushels Of Corn and upward
The propositions Tor the Hay, Oats and Cora
must be on separate papers, and entirely distT,'
from and Independent Of each other.
The fun name and post ONCE address Of the bidder
must appear in the proposal
II fthe6id Is made In the name OF arm, the namrB
of all the parties must appear, or the bid will be
considered as the individual proposal OF thoplrty
Proposals from disloyAl parties will not be couad-
cred, AND AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE MUsT ACC OIL
PANy EACH PROPOSITION.
Proposals must be addressed TO Colonel D. H
Rueker, QuaFtermAster U. s. Army, WAshingtoE,
d. c., and should be plainly marked PTopo4hs
for Hay" coats" or |ScSnlT az the case may be.
The ability OF the bidder to I'LL the contract should
1t be awarded to him, must eguEranieeiby two re-
sponsible persons, whose siynaures must bo N-
P'i'S The responsibility OF the gIarantOrs must h.
shown by the official certificate Of the clerk OF the
nearest District t0urt or Of the United States d.
tFict Attorney
bidders must be present in person when the tids
are opened, or their proposals will not he consd-
Bonds equal in amount to half the sum to be
received the contract, signed BY the eontE0:lo.
and both Of his guarantorsi will be required OI the
successful bidder upon signing the contract
As the bond must accompany the contract II Will
tS Ss 5sS tss% OF rO 10 have bonds SSneS in SaISpa
ton and ready to be produced when the contract t.
signed: -,,.-
tion being made at this otiSe, etherPersonaly, BY
' Form Of Guarantss.
We, - the county OF "a SDS STATE e, Of q,
hereby guaranty that is able to iulhl a con
tract In accordance with the terms OF his propo-
sition and that, should his proposition be accept
ed, he will at once enter into contract In accord
should the contract be awarded him, we are
prepared to become his sureties.
ITO this guarantee must be appended the official
certificate above mentioned.l
INSPECTION, DELIVERY, &c.
All Hay, Oats and Corn contracted for under this
advertisement will be rigidiy inspected, and such
as doss not prove OF a good suund merchantnbIe
quality will be rejected,
Payment to be made upon the completion OF ca h
contract, or so soon thereafter as the chief QUAR-
termAster shall be In funds.
Any infOTmAllty In the bid, non-cOniOFmince
with the terms OF this advertise meat, will cnsuir
the reieetioI OF the proposal.
Delivery to be mAde at the Railroad Depot, or ~
one Of the Government whHrves In the e'b "'
Washington.
The Chief QuArteFmasteF reserves 10 himself The
right to reject any all bids that he may deem too
high. -
D. n. RUCKER
Colonel and Chief QuRrteTmastrrr
mar Ibid Depot OF Washington.