The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-21

noon adjudicste to the lowest bidder or bidders
the above contract as per specification.
PAS. LABARRs, Deputy Controller.
ING ALL THE LUMBER NECESSARY FOR tbs USE
OF THE CITY FOR ONE YEAR.
The lumber shall be partly of yellow pine and
partly Of cypress, of the best quality, free from
cap, splits, bad knots and other defects calcu-
lated to impair It's strength durability. II shall
be of various sizes, varying from one to five
inches In thickness, from twelve to eighteen
inches In width and from twenty to thirty feet in
length, being mostly wanted for the construction
of street bridges repairs Of wharves stage planks,
etc. ..
The said lumber shall be delivered on duly
authorized requsitions, approved as required by
existing city ordinances, In such quantities and at
such places as may be required by both the city
surveyor and street commissioner, within the time
specified in said officers orders. under penalty
Of ten dollars for each neglect non compliance,
and a further penalty of having the lumber
neglected to be furnished by the contractor. pur-
chased by the said officers at said contractors
expense, at whatever cost the said officers might
be able to procure the same. The amount of the
fines and of the lumber thus purchased by said
officers, TO be deducted out of the settlements to
be made by the city TO said contractor.
Security to an amount Of five thousand dollars
shall be required to guarantee the faithful per-
torrance of the contract.
Payments in cash on the delivery TO the city of
ehcn ana every Ten tnOueanQ or more feet OF lum-
Der, and acceptance of the same by the street
commissioner and the city surveyor respectively
the city retaining in guarantee, until the per-
Torrance of the whole contract ten per cent. Of
the amount Of each and every settlement to be
made 10 said contractor.
The contract shall be adjudicated for a term of
one year. to begin on the day of the approval Of
the adjudication by the Common Council.
IL 10 well understood, that in case Of failure by
the contractor 10 begin finish the delivery Of
said lumber, or any part thereof, within the pc.
RODS fixed, or In case the Common Council be
dissatisfied with the quality of or the manner
IN which the same is being delivered, the Common
Council shall have the right to annul the con-
tract without putting the contractor in default
rs required BY article 1905 Of the Civil Code and
without applying TO court of justice to annul the
same, and without indemnity; and il is also well
understood that in case the contractor shall At
any time, abandon the furnishing and delivery
of said lumber, OF not furnish and complete
the same in conformity with his contract the
said contractor shall forfeit all claims he NAV have
for any part Of the deliveries made by him up 10
the date Of bis abandonment. and that the city
shall be thereby discharged and released from any
AND all liability therefor and il Ia also well under.
stood, that in the contract be resold, the
tractor and his securities shall be held and bound
IN soido, TO pay unto the city all loss or difference
between The price at which the contractor ORR.
sinaliy contracted to farnish and deliver the said
lumber, and the price at which Ii may be sdjadi-
Gated at o resale or readjudicstien. 1900
Bids to be per thousand feet board measurel
o. yellow pine lumber, furnished and delivered,