Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
Notice of Public
Sale of Valuable
Commercial Land

feet and as hereinafter provided.
Information and
Instruction to Bidders
For the purpose of con-
venience, the Maryland-Na
tional Capital Park and
Planning Commission is
herein called the Commits
sion," and the successful
bidder for the purchase OF
the foregoing property is
herein called the Buyer"
/. INFORMATION CON-
CERNING PROPERTY: Any
information concerning the
property being proposed for
sale will be furnished by the
Office of the Planning Engi-
neer, in the Commissions
Prince. Georges County Re-
gional Office, the Calvert
Mansion, 4811 Riverdale
road, Riverdale, Maryland
Telephone, Appleton 7-2200.
2. FORM OF BID: Each
bid must be submitted in du-
plicate. Special care should
be exercised in the prepara-
ton of the bid. Erasures or
changes in the bid must be
explained or noted over the
signature of the bidder
Each bid must be complete
and must be duly executed
lin the name of the bidder by
its proper officers or other
persons authorized to exc
cute and deliver the bid.
When requested by the Com
mission, satisfactory evidence
of the authority of the off,
Ger signing on behalf of the
bidder shall be furnished
promptly.
3. WITHDR RAW AL OF
BIDS: A bid may be with
drawn on written or teleg-
Iraphic request from bidders
prior to the time fixed for
opening but not thereafter
Negligence on the part of the
bidder in preparing the bid
,conferS no right for the
withdrawal of the bid after
it has been opened.
4. BIDS RECEIVED PRIOR
TO TIME OF OPENING: Bids
received prior to the time
fixed for the receipt of bids
will be securely kept and I'M
opened, II identified as here
in required. The Secretary
Treasurer of the Commission
will decide when the time
for receipt OF bids has ar
rived, and no bid received
thereafter will be considered,
except that, when a bid ar
rives by mail after the time
for opening but before award
is made, and it is shown to
the satisfaction of the Com
mission that the non-arrival
on time was due solely to de-
lay in the mails for which
the bidder was not RESPONSE
BILE, such bid may be re-
ceived and considered. No
responsibility shall be at
tached to any officer or rep
|resentative Of the Commits
sion for the premature open
ing Of a bid. Telegraphic
bids will not be considered,
but modification by tele-
graph of bids already sub
Imitted will be considered if
received prior to the time
fixed for the receipt of bids.
S. TIME OF OPENING
IDENTIFICATION OF BIDS:
Each bid shall be incloSed in
"a sealed envelope and
marked:
bid for the purchase
OF 4.79-acre parcel of
land located in West Hy-
attSville, Prince Georges
County, Maryland"
and this envelope inclosed
in another sealed envelope
and addressed to the Secre-
Itary-Treasurer, the Mary
land-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission,
481l Riverdale road, River
dale, Maryland. Each bid
must be received before IL
noon, Eastern Standard
Time, on Wednesday, April
81, 1854. All bids will be
publicly opened and read at
g pm, Eastern Standard
Time, on said date in the
conference room of the Com
missions Prince Georges
County Regional Office, CAL
vert Mansion, 4811 Riverdale
road, Riverdale, Maryland.
6. DEPOSIT: All bids must
be accompanied by a certi-
fed check payable to the
Commission in an amount
equal to 10 per cent of the
bid.
Z. TERMS: Balance of the
purchase price, less deposit,
shall be paid in cash within
sixty 600 days from the date
Iof acceptance of the bid.
Title to the property shall be
good of record and in fact.
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