New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-22

Notice hereby given that the Controller VIII st
his office on Saturday. August q, 1863 at noon, ad
judcate to the lowest bidder or bidders the above
PAS. LABARRE, Deputy Controller.
SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for furnishing
all the lumber necessary for the use of the CITY
The lumber thall be partly Of yellow pine and
partly Of cypress OF the best quality, free from sap
impair its strength or Durability. 1t shall be Of
ySES1s sizes from q9e t9 ys inches IN
and from twenty to thirty ieet in length, being
repairs of Wharyes, stage planks etc.
The said lumber shall be delivered on duly au-
thorized acquisitions approved as required by exist
ing city ordinances, in such quantities and at such
places may be required By both the uty Surveyor
and street Wlthln the tiiae speeihea
for each neglect or noncompliance, and further
penalty OF having the lnmoer, neglected 70 be t9r-
GERS at said contractor expense, at whatever cost
The amount of the lines and of the lumber thus
purchased by said officers be deducted out of the
settlements to be made By the city to said con-
Security to an amount of five thousand dollars
shall be required TO qua antee the faithful perform
Payments in cash on the delivery to the city Of
each and every ten thousand or more feet Of lumber,
and acceptance of the same by the Street Commits.
soner and the City Surveyor respectively the city
retaining IN guarantee until the performance Of the
and every settlement to be made to said con-
The contract shall be adudioated for term Of one
year. to begin on the day of the approval Of the ad
Indication by the Common Council.
It is well understood tnat in of failure BY the
contractor to begin finish the delivery of said
lumbe or any part thereof within the periods iixea
or in case the Common Council be dissati sed with
| the quality of or the manner in which the came ia
being delivered, the Common Council shall have the
right to annu the contract without putting the
tFac in default required by article 1905 of the
tice to annultne same, and without indemnity; and
it is also well understood that in the contractor
shall, at any time, abandon the furnishing and
delivery of said lumber, or not furnish and COM
plete the in conformity tn his contract, the
said contractor shall forfeit all claims he may have
for any part of the deliveries made by him up to the
date OF his Abandonment and that the city shall be
thereby discharged and released from any and all
liability therefor and it is also well understood that
in case the contract be resold the contractor and
his securities shall be held and bound, solido TO
price at which the contractor originally contracted
to furnish and deliver the said lumber and the
price at which it may be Adudicated a. resale or
Bids to be per thousand feet board measure oil
yellow pine lumber, furnished and delivered, and
per thousand feet, board measure, cypress humber
furnished and de vered
New orleans, August IL 1868.
tSigne0 st1 =5 J.. SURGT,
City Surveyor.
Approved by the Committee on Streets and Land
ings OF both Boards OF the Common Council
tSigned H. SHlELDS,
GERALD FARpELL,
ChRirmen.
b PAS. LABARRE,
Registered Aueuatlb 1852. au2265