Evening star., 1867-06-05
A NTHRACITE COAL FOR THE NAVY.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.

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Sealed PROPOSALS for furnishing Anthracite Coal
for the Navy to be delivered during the fiscal year
% reau Until till 10 ann M @ 24fh Jun June Df 5S '' o"
These proposals must be endorsed Proposals for
distinguished from other business letters
The offer must be for the delivery of 20 900 tons,
The coal must be of the best Buck Mountain or
Black Heath; or of kind equal to them in all re
will he determined by Board appointed by the
Secretary of the Navy after the reception of the
The name Of the coal proposed to be furnished
must he e stated ia d, IA the offer ..,.-,,
1t Is to be delivered III Jumps OF suitable size for
naval steamers, clean of uniform quality, selected
free from impurities: upmixed, of which the, con
tractor will be required to furnish such evidence
a. will be satisfactory. and be subject to such in
NAV a. dreg T The S coal nst 2 al all e be-
satisfactory to the inspector inspectors be ap
pointed by the Bureau, who will have the right of
The coal is to be delivered on board vessels at
designated by the Bureau and in such quantities
and at such times as in the opinion of the Bureau,
ceiye cargo; furnishing if demanded, not less than
Proposals viii likewise be- received for the de
vssss as at RS Ne" YORK. On 0'''o
4nanttS or & the proper quality and at the proper
tractors risk and expense. that which may seem
necessary to supply the deficiency
Any demurrage other charges to which the
Navy Department may be subjected from delay in
the prompt delyery OF the coal by the contractors
The price must be for the coal delivered on board
vessels the terms and conditions above stated,
at the contractors risk and expense, and without
| extra charge Of any kind.
The offer. as required by law. must be accompan-
led by written guarantee signed by one or more
pefsGns to ths effect that they under
obligation.
| time may be prescribed by the Bureau, with good
| and sufficient securities, to furnish the supplies
No proposition will be considered unless accom-
serves the right to reject ali the offers # considered
to be to the Interest of the service to do so.
Two or more sureties each in a equal to the
| amount specified to be paid, will he required to
sign the contract ana their responsibility Will he
certified by the Assessor OF Internal Revenue of the
District.
As additional and collateral security twenty per
cent: will be withheld from the amount of all pay
ments, which reservation is not TO be paid except
the contract shall have been in all respects com
Piled with; and the remaining eighty per cent.
will when proper certificate is furnished by the
inspector. and the bill approved by the Bureau,
name. within ten days after the warrants for the
same shall have been passed by the Secretary of the
Ii will be stipulated in the contract that if default
be made in the delivery of the coal in the quantity
| by the Bureau, then, and in that case, the con
tractor and his sureties will forfeit and pay the
|
money not exceeding twice the contract price,
| which may be recovered from time to time accord
ID the act OF acts OF Congress in tina" case pro-
Bidders whose proposals shall be accented. and
none other. will be notified and, early practi-
cable, contract will be transmitted to them which
after its receipt al the post Office named by them
| The form of offer, guarantee, and certificate is
herewith given:
FORM OF OFFER
| I.(or WEI of -, State of -. hereby agree
| to furnish and deliver = thousand tons Of -
l Ifp tarS ST. 1t,sa 4 th..
rate Of w per per ton Of 22to pounds, amounting to
nd rhs OF the IN Th if bs the
day of May 1857 from the Navy Department, and
should my Cor ourp offer be accepted Cor we re-
| may be forwarded to = for signatures and Ger.
place. (SignedD A. B.
FORM OF GUARANTEE.
s. We the undersigned residents Of l.. -. in the
sever sRs stnse With sf the
United States and guarantee that in case the fore
ten H days after the receipt Of the contract
execute the same, with good and sufficient sureties
compliance with the terms of the advertisement Of
the 9th May, 1851, hereto appended, and under
fail to enter the contract aforesaid we guaran-
tee to make good the difference between the offer of
Witness. (Signedl' '' "'''p'eG%D CD.
Piase;> tPh,s E.F.
TORS
OFFICE OF THE Assessor INTERNAL REVE-)
FOR THE - DISTRICT OF THE STaTES
or l"A S'A'A{
Be it known, That on this - day of "a D.
1s-, at my Off &C above named - and - the
guarantors named in the foregoing guarantee and
known TO me as such, seyeray appeared and made
oat that they worth respectively, above all
Indebtedness: the sums set against their several
names as follows, viz.
==.s=;
And hereby certify that by the books and records
in this off it appears that said parties at the last
annual assessment of internal in this reve
nue. district TO wit, the - day of A D.