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 BUREAU OF CoNsTBCcTIoN, EQUIPMENT, Sc.

 4th October, i5tj. GEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed ..Ploposais lJ for hemp," will be received at this bureau until tue lath December next. for delivering one hundred and fifty tons of 4meicaR 7eaer-roied heap al such storehouse in each of the cities of Louisville Ken lucky, and St ous, in Missouri as may be desig- natcd by the United States hemp agent at those pa- ees tie deliveries to be mae between the iifst day ol March and the day of July, l346 and accom- panied by satisfactory evidence that il has been 1ea'erfotted in tie usual maauer.

 The hsmp must be thoroughly dressed, cleaned free from shvers, and must not ose more than if teen per cent of tow and waste when hatchelled to the satisfaction oi the inspectors ready for spinning It's strength must be such, that rope of one and three-ourths of an inch in circumference, made rom twenty-one yarns, as prepared and tested by the inspectors or by their direction, will bear at least four thousand two hundred pounds and its length, color, and other properties, must be entirely satisfactory to the inspectors or the chief oi this bu reau, or 1t will not be received. II will be inspect ed and tested at the respective places of delivery. Tor the hemp which may pass inspection and be received by the agent, he and the inspector will cer iy bills tor not less than one thousand dollars the last blil excepted,) according 10 the provisions of the contract, ninety per cent of which to be pay able within thirty days after the presentation oi the bills to such navy agent as may be agreed upon by the ehlel Of this bureau and the contractors.

 istoOilS oIsFlfE hist aai ledsf Illlftf tons, and must state the price, (written in words at ngth) asked per ton of 2,240 pounds when delivered, in- spected tested, approved, and received by the agent and inspector, and payable as above specified, and must forward with theifo all obligation, duly ex- eeuted by two persons oi known responsibility binding themselves for tbe performance of the oders Ii they should be accepted.

 Bonds to one-half the amount of the contracts which may be made, with two good and sufficient suretes, will be required for their faithful eecu- ton, in addition to deduction of ten Der cent. from all bills which may be approved and paid before the completion of the contracts, which will be retained until they fully completed, in all respects, ac- cording to their terms.

 Offers must be made in strict conformity with the terms of this advertisement.

 IF contracts are not executed within five days af- ter they have been received by the persons whose offers have been accepted, the bureau will consider itself al liberty to offer it to the next lowest respon- sbe bidder.

 To be published once a week until IstDecember in the following papers, viz: The Union, lntelli- gncer, and Consultation, Washington D. C.; States man. Columbus; Enquirer Cincinnati, Ohio; Union Nashville; Appeal, Memphis; Tennessee Democrat Columbia, Tennessee; State Sentinel, Indianapolis: Courier, Madison, Indiana; Argus, Quincy; St. Clair Banner Belleyille Democrat, Chicago; Spring field, Illinois Mssourian. St. Louis; Inquirer, Jef erson city; Platte Eagle Platte city, Missouri; feo- man, Franklord; Democrat, Louisville; Gazette, Lexington, Kentucky; Territorial Gazette and Ad- vertseI, Burlington. Iowa; Courier, miiwaukie, Wisconsin; Banner, Little Rock, Arkansas.

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