New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-17
MAYoRALrY OF NEW ORLEANS.
City Hall, May 10, 1870.

No. 62-AdmlnlstratlOn Series.
RESOLVED, That the Administrator of
Police be and he is hereby authorized to
receive sealed proposals for aud adjuaicate,
after ~ five days notice 10 the official jour
nal, a contract for furnishing fresh beef for
one Q) year to the City Workhouse Boys
and Girls Houses of Refuge under the fol-
lowing specifications:
The contract shall be adjudicated for the
term of one ~ year from the twenty-ffth
day of May. 1870, or from the date OF ap.
prevail by the Council.
The contractor shall be bound to deliver,
every morning, between the hours OF five
and six o'clock, to the Warden of the Work
house, the superintendent of the Boys
House of Refuge, and Matron of Girls House
of Refuge, ali fresh beef which may be re-
quired by these institutions, and which will
be of the best quality.
The officers above named shall be the sole
judges of the quality of the meat furnished
by the contractor, and they shall have the
right to reject all the meat that may not, in
their judgment, be acceptable for the use OF
said institutions.
The officers above named shall cause the
meat 70 be weighed and give 10 the con-
tractor or his agent receipt tor the amount
of meat received By them. The receipts
shall be kept by the contractor as his vOuch.
ere, and shall accompany his demands on
the city for payment, and said demands
shall also be certified correct by the officers
above named before payment shall be made
by the city; payments to be made monthly
on vouchers approved by the Administrator
of Police.
Security to the amount ST two thousand
dollars (s2000) shall be required to guaran-
tee the faithful performance OF the contract.
It is we'll understood that in case of fail
ure or neglect by the contractor to deliver
,naf ohnVyn 0r in "a
Council be dissatisfied with the quality of
said meat, the Council shall have the right
to annul the contract, without putting the
contractor in default, as required by article
1911 of the Revised Civil Code, and without
applying to court of justice to annul the
same, and without indemnity; and it is,
also. well understood that in case the con-
tractor shall at any time abandon
the furnishing and delivery of said meat, or
not finish aud complete the same in con :
formity with his contract, the said coLtrac.
tor shall forfeit all claims he may have
against the city for any part of the delIve-
ries made by him up to the date OF his aban-
donment, and that the city shall be thereby
discharged from any and all liability there.
for; and it is also well understood that IN
case the contract be resold, the contractor
and his securities shall be held and bound,
IN solido, to pay unto the city all loss or DIFF
ference between the price Ct which the con-
tractor originally contracted to perform the
said deliveries of meat, and the price at
which the same may be adjudicAted at re-
sale or REHABILITATION. Bids to be per
pound of beef all around.
And be it further resolved, That the Ad-
ministrator of Police is hereby authorized
to reject any and all proposals which are
not tor the interests of the city; and that to
each proposal there shall be appended Il
guarantee as follows: We, the undersigned,
do hereby guarantee that in case the con-
tract for furnishing fresh beef to the City
Workhouse, Houses Of Refuge, should be
awarded to ---, he will faithfully per-
form his contract; and we hereby bind our
selves in the sum of five hundred dollars
$4,000 to sign bonds to that effect.
Adopted by the Council Of the city OF
New Orleans, May 10, 1870. the following
members being present and voting:
Yeas: West, Shaw, Delassize, Enley,
Pierce, Walton, Bonzano.
Nays: None.
BENZ. F. FLANDERS, Mayor.
A true copy:
FL. CONQUEST CLARKE, Secretary.