Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-06-20
PROPOSALS.
A NTHRkcITE COAL FoR TIE HAvT


fol the hsys be dsiissred during the hss.l yea
resu until o 8. m, 2ath june, 1871.
Ihsse Propo. ., mus. be endorsed "ProposIs fE
distinguished from other business letters.
hc offer must be for the delivery Of 30 200 tons.
The coal must he of the best Buck Mountsip or
Black Heath, of "a kind equal to them in all re-
viii be determined by Board appointed b. tbs
Secretary of the Navy after the reception OF the
The name of the coal proposed to be Furnished
II is to be delivered in humps of suitable size for
naval steamers, clean, OF uniform quality seieetei
tractor will he required 10 furnish such evidence
spection as to quality and quantity as the Depart
ment may direct. The coal must in all respects bs
pointed by the bureau who will have the right OF
persmrtory reIection
such place in the port OF Philadelp as may be
the eNigencies of the service may require, com
ceive cargo; furnishing if demanded not less than
co. tons day to be distributed 10 each vessel
Proposals will likewise be received for the de
livery of 70 oo tons of the quality of coal, :,
PERI OF New York on
In the OF failure to deliver the coal in props
quantity or the proper quality, aud at the proper
time and place, the Bureau viii reserve in the
s and nd t whn MAN ne
necessary to supply the deficiency.
Navy Department may be subjected from della, ia
the PROMPT delivery of the s9ni by the contractors
The price must be for the coal delivered on board
vessels, on the terms and conditions above stated,
at the contractors risk and expense and without
extra charge of any kind.
led by a.written guarantee, signed by one or more
responsible persons, to the effect that they under
| id be accepted, enter into obligation, at such
time may be prescribed by the Bureau with good
and sufficient securities, to furnish the supplies
proposed. 80 go $500
panied by such guarantee; and the Department re
the right TO reject all the offers il considered
| Two more sureties each in a sum equal to the
amount specified to be paid, will be required to
certified by the Assessor of Internal Revenue OF the
| As additional and collateral security twenty per
| cent will be withheld from the amount of all pay
which Of ser not to f be paid EXCEPT
| the contract shall have been in all respects coma
or other amount that may be due upon each bill,
VIII, when proper certificate is furnished by the
be paid by, such navy agents the contractor may
| name, within ten days after the warrants for the
same shall have been passed by the Secretary of the
II viii be stipulated in the contract that if default
be made in the delivery of the coal in the quantity
or the quality and at the place and time directed
tractor and his sureties viii forfeit and pay to the
| United States, as hQuidated damages, sum of
| which may be recovered from time to time accord
ing to the act acts of Congress in that case pro-
| Bidders whose proposals shall be accepted and
none other, will be notified, and, early as praci-
| they will be required to execute within ten days
after It's receipt at the post once named by them
| herewith given:
| FORM OF OFFER
Sfayh and State 6sre6T
Anthracite Coal for steamers use, at =, ct the
rate Of he tSP IF ss S %G f to
| Visions and terms OF the advertisement of the 9th
day OF MAY. 1851, from the Navy Department and
should my Cer our offer be accepted / Cor welre.
may be forwarded to = for signatures and Ger
tifcates.
| place. (Signed) A. B.
| FORM OF GUARANTEE.
We, the undersigned residents Of -. - in tho
RsfsbS Jointly and severa Owe SntS With the
alted states and guarantee that IN case the lore
ten days after the receipt Of the contract at -,
for the delivery Of the Anthracite Coal proposed in
compliance with the terms of the advertise of
s made and in case he said ana
fail to enter into the contract aforesaid, guaran
Witness tSignedj CD.
date
FORM OF CERTIFICATE E6HS AS TO GUARAN
OFFICE OF THE ASSESSOR OF INTERNAL REvE-)
| NUE. FOR THE - DISTRICT THE STArEf
Be it known, That on this = day of---,A d.
| IS at my OH ce above named. - and - the
| guarantors named in the foregoing guarantee and
| known to me such seyerally appeared and made
oath that they are worth, respectively. above ali
| Indebtedness, the sums set against their several
| names as follows, viz:
s.;
| y"
And hereby certify that by the books and records
In this office it appears that said parties at the last
annual assessment of internal revenue in this
nue. district. to wit, the day of -, A. ID.
| Is were assessed upon property and income of the
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| the said --, s..
Witness my hand: G. H, Assessor.