The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-07-02
Form Of Offer,

Here date the offer.l
composing the firm who bid. of name the town } in
the state of name the State hereby offer furnish
under your advertisement dated ldae of advertise
mentl and subject to all the requirements of the
same and of the printed schedule to which il REFERS
all the articles embraced in Class No. name the class
or cassesl for the navyyard at name the yardl ac
cording to said schedule, viz there paste on the
printed class from the schedule and opposite each
article set the price and carry out the amount in the
columns for dollars and cents and foot up the az
gregate amount of the bid for the class) amounting
to there write the amount in words)
should my Tor our offer be accepted Tor wei re-
quest the contract may be prepared and sent to the
navy agent at name the agency) for signature and
certificate. And Tor wei herewith declare that the
ticuar with the law approved March 3D. 1863 section
I'd, herein quoted.
Extracts from tacs Of the United States.
Sec. IA. lind be IL further enacted, That no con-
tract or order any interest therein shall be trans
ferred by the party parties to whom such contract
or order may be given to any other party parties
and that any such transfer shall the annulment
OF the contract order transferred so far as the
United States are concerned: Prorided, That all the
rights of action are hereby reserved to the United
States for any breach of such contract by the con-
tracing party or parties.
Sec. ID. 4nd be IL further enacted That wheney-
any contractor for subsistence clothing arms am
munition munitions of war, and for every descrip-
ton of supplies for the Army Navy of the United
States shall be found guilty by a court-martal of
fraud or wiul neglect of duty he shall be punished
by fine, imprisonment or such other punishment "a
the shall adjudge; and any person who
scripton for the Army or Navy. he shall be deemed
and taken part of the land naval forces of the
United States forwhich he shall contract to furnish
said supplies and be subject to the rules and regula-
tons for the government of the land and naval forces
of the United States.
Approved July IL. 1862.
Sec. 2. And be it further resoiced That the chief
of any bureau Of the Navy Department, in contract
ing for naval supplies shall be at liberty reject the
offer of any person who as principal surety, has
been defaulter in any previous contract with the
Navy Department; nor shall parties who have failed
principals sureiies in any former be re-
ceiyed as surces other contracts; nor shall the
copartners off any firm be received surctes for such
firm or for each other; nor, in contracts with the
same bureau, shall one contractor be received SUI
rety for another and every contract shall require
the delivery of a specified quantity and bids hav-
ing nominal or fictitious prices shall be considered
That if more than bid be offered by any par
ty by or in the name of his their clerk. partner,
other person, all such bids may be rejccted and
person shall be received contractor who is not
a manufacturer of, regular dealer in, the articles
which he offers to supply. who has not license as
such manufacturer or dealer. And all persons Offer
ing bids shall have the right to be present when the
bids opened and inspect the same.
Approved. March Sd, 1853.
There the bidder or bidders and each member OF
the firm to sgn.l