Proposals for American water-rotted


hemp. .-..
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NAvr DEPARTMENT,


Bureau Of Construction, Equipment, and Repair,
CEALED PRoPOsA Is, endorsed 9ofers
- Zoe hemp No )" will be received al ths
bureau Untl the lst June next, for furnishing and
dsliSering al the nayy-yard Charlestown, Mas
aschussis, or at Louisville Kentucky, or 81
L0uts, IN Missouri, In such storehouse as may be
directed ey nas bureau, seven hundred ana hily
tons, lot 2,1tO pounds eaeh,) Of DaisrTotted inner
saa hemp, oi which one third must be delivered on
90 before the LAT day Of June, l547, one.third on
bose the hrst day Of June ls4s and one-third on
% before the let day Of June, ls49. These offers
masi bs made for all the periods Of delivery, and
nay h. for any quantity not less than ten tons for
eash psried.


Oa.Fs sill also BE- received 10 be marked .'offers
foF hemp No. q" for other seven hundred and fhy
,oas ~ ustsr-totted American hemp TO be delivered
in ne same proportions, and within the same Pc
rtsds and st the sane places shove mentioned
ioT ths Sasr 80, .. Bot the offers for this latter
4asntiiY mus, bs for the whole quantity Of seven
handr.a and fhy tons.


TAs hemp most he thoroughly dressed, cleaned,
ffes from shivsFs, and must not oss more Than six
len p~f osRt. 0f TOW and waste, when haeheued 30
ne satisfaction q the inspectors, ready for spin
niag IT, strength must ~ such that a rope OF one
snd thscs fsurths - insh n circumference, made
fr's, tsSEsy-oss yafns, ss prepared and tested by
~ ttAfANNataa " " NlfiN NNNNhNNt VIII NFoi ~
isasi four tksu.ani two hundred pounds; and its
sngth, ooluF, snd other properties, and the proof


si hes ten Pyspsfty uais'Tofisd must be eniife-
IN satisfactory 10 ths inspecors the chief Of tins
bafssa, or wil not be renewed. No dew-rotted,
snoS-foued, oF siesm-prepored hemp will be 70
csiSed, Tue mspsCuoss and tests Siil be made nj
Ne rs.PsStss plaos. ol delivery.


The inspsctuTa, and e0mmandant Of yard, or
hemp agent, a. the oass may require, viii certify
balls fof The hemp, ~hioh may pass inspection, and
b. reserved BY the hemp agent, oommandant Of
ths naty-yafd, scroTding 10 the provisions Of the
oontraCis Nhieh may be- sntsrrd into, ninety pei
cent ~ which halls 10 ~ paysbls within thirty
days afsT thsH presentation 20 such Asgy aSsni a,
may 10 Sgresd upon BY the chef Of this bOresu
And the contractors.


Persons offering must state the pf,os, written IN
words at length, asked per ton Of 2 240 pounds
when delivered Inspeotud, tested, apPrsysd, and re
osiyed by the agent and insPsoloT, and payable a.
above speoiksd and mus, bc careful 10 forward with
| their offer, obligation duly executed by two per
sons q known responsibility, binding themselves
tor the performsnos Of the Oilers n they should b,
accepted.


| Bonds 20 one-half the amount Of the contracts
which may he made with two good and sufhelen
sureiies, will be required for their faithful NeoutioD
IA addiuon IN the deduction Of ten per cent from al
bills PAID Lelore the complexion Of the contracts
which deductions will be retained until the contracts
fully completed in all respects according TO their
terms, unless otherwise specially directed by tn,
| Secretary Of the Navy.


! Offers must be made in strict conformity with III,
i terms uf this advertisement Persons offering mus
state by what navy agent they wish their bills paid
II their offer Is accepted; and at what hemp navy
agency they wish 20 have contracts and bonds sen
for their signature, and II they should not be ex'
ecuted within fifteen days aher they are received by
the agents, they will be returned, and the depart
ment Will consider itself at liberty to accept othel
offers IN place OF those thus neglected


To be published once week for six weeks
in the following papers, viz Union and Inteisen
Ger, Washington, ID. CT Statesman, Columbus
Ohio; Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio; Union, Nash.
vile, Tennessee; Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee
Democrat, Columbia, Tennessee; State Sentinel
Indianapolis, Indiana; Courier, Madison, Indiana
Argus, Quincy, Illinois; ST. Clair Banner, Bel
leyllle, Illinois; Democrat Chicago, illinois;
Register, Springfield, Illinois; Missourian, St
LOUIS, Missouri Inquirer Jefferson City, Mis-
sour; Platte Eagle, Paue City, Missouri; Woman
Frankfort, Kentucky; Democrat, Louisville, Ken
lucky; Gazette, Lexington, Kentucky Territoria
Gazette and Advertiser, Burlington, Iowa; Courier
/ Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Banner, Little Rock, Ar
kansas; Richmond Enquirer, Richmond, Virginia.


The papers containing the above advertisement
will be forwarded to the bureau evidence Of pub
i lication


April 7-law6w