Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1863-02-06
FOR OATS AND HAY.
DEPOT o6ARTERhIAsTER's OFFICE,
Corner Eighteenth and @ streets

DEPoT QbARTERdASrERs OFFICE,
Corner Eighteenth and @ streets,
Washington, d. c., Jan. u, 1853.
Sealed pEoPosals will be received At this once
until moNDAh, FeprusFy YIN, Ioos, AZ ~ O'clock
two hundred thousand bushels Of OATS and 10000
Ave thousand tons Of HAY.
HAY to be good meFchAntAble TIMOTHY, put up
In bales, and delivered at (9,OoO) two thousand
pounds to the ton,
The OATS to he Of good mershanta6le quality,
put up In bags of about two bushels each,
Oats will be received by weight at ts9) thirty.two
pounds TO the bushel
Delivery to be made in the city OF Washington
within (SO) thirty days from the date OF the con-
tract.
Proposals..
Proposals will be received for 900 ave hundred
tons Of hay and upwards, and for 100000 my
The propositions for the hay and oats may be
upon the same paper, but must be made entirely
The full name and post ONCE address Of the bid
der must appear In the proposal.
II q bid IL made In the name OF firm, the names
of all the parties must appear or the BID will be
considered as the individual proposal Of the party
signing It,
Proposals from dtaOyai pari'i ,o not BE- considered
and an oath OF allegiance must accompany each
Proposals must be addressed to Colonel D. H.
RUcEER, QuartermRster, U: 8. Army, Warrington,
D. C., and should be plainly marked Proposals.
for Oats and Hay"
Guarantee.
The ability of the bidder to MI the contract,
should 1t be awarded to him, must be GUARANTEED
by two responsible persons, whose signatures must
be appended to the guarantee.
The responsibility Of the guaTantors must be
shown by the official 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. will not'be eonsld-
cred
Bonds equal In amount to half the sum to be re-
ceived on the contract, signed by the contractor
and both Of his guarantors will be required Of the
| successful bidder upon signing the contract.
As the bond must Aooo mpanY the contract, It will
| be necessary for bidders to have their bondsmsn
with them, or to have bonds signed In anticipation
and ready to be produced when the contract IL
signed. Blanks for bonds can be procured upon
application being made this office, either person
ally, by letter, or by telegraph.
Form Of Guarantee.
We, -, Of the county Of -, and State Of -,
and :, OF the county OF -, and State II, do
hereby guaranty that --iS able TO fulhl the con-
tract In accordance with the terms Of his PROPOSE
ton, and that should his proposition be accepted,
should the contract be awarded him we are pre-
pared to become his securities.
Ito this guarantee must be appended the ofiicia
certificate above mentioned.)
INSPECTION, DELIVERY, &c,
All Oats and Hay contracted for under this ad-
yertisement will be rigdly inspected, and such as
do not prove Of good, sound, merchantAble quail
| ity will be rejected.
| Payment to be made upon the completion Of the
contract, or so soon thereafter as the Depot Quar-
termAster shall be in funds.
Any iniormAllty n the bid, or non.conf0FmAnoe
with the terms Of this advertisement, will insure
Delivery to be made at the Railroad Depot, or at
one Of the Government WhSrvss, In the city Of
Washington.
the right to reject any or all bids that he may deem
| too high. ID. II. RUCkER,
jan 5l-dtd Col. and Depot ouGrtsrmSSter.