828 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Ssss. III. Ras. 31, 32. 1863. And whereas it is highly important for the interest of the Government to obtain at an early day the use and possession of said property to establish and open said mint, therefore, _ _ Secretary of Resolved by the Senate and Muse of Representattves of the United States Um PMS"'! W of America in Utmgress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury bg, ¥¤;°:Q¥,i»§:’:f and he is hereby, authorized to receive and accept from said Clarke, grautorsto cer- Gruber, and Company such relinquishments and conyeyances of their
- “l¤‘°“h‘ D°“‘ right or claim to said lots and property, as he, the said Secretary, shall
V"` deem sufficient for the extinguishment of any claim, right, or title which the said Clarke, Gruber, and Company may or can have thereto. And. Lotsto be re- said lots and property shall thereafter be reserved. from public sale, prezcwm {mm ”1°· emption, or homestead settlement, and shall remain the property of the ` United States. Approved, March 3, 1863. March3 1863. , . o'n Resolution authorizi the Secret of the Na to ad'ust theE {table 4; [Ng"/gin.; di lCimtract0r.s for Naval igguppliu, undaggahzting Oonvhacls the Ngsy De. partmemt. Be it resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives q" ilw United Secretary of States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the }`{“}’Y *°f*’·‘Q:f‘* Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to adjust and settle the claims of
,-,;,1,,,,,] contractors for naval supplies, who, during the last fiscal year ending
S¤p1>li¢¤· thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, have furnished to the department more than one hundred per centum above the quantities specified in their contracts and without default therein; and for the purpose of hearing said claims may associate with the chief of the beureau with which the contract was made the chief of any other bureau, subject to an Proviso. appeal to said Secretary from their decision: Provided, That no contractor shall be allowed, except upon the excess over the stipulated quantity and one hundred per centum in addition thereto, and upon such excess not more than sufficient to make the price thereon equal to the Fair market value of the supplies at the time and place of delivery; nor shall any contractor be allowed any amount under this sect ion unless there has been an actual loss to the contractor upon the whole contract: And provided, Claims tobe_ further, That all claimants under any such contracts shall present their g:¤:_A*::€h;*'**h*¤ claims to the department within six months after the passage of this joint ' resolution, or be forever barred from any equitable claim on account of said contracts. 0;;-,,,, of p,-0. Sec. 2. And be it ji.¢rt}1c1• resolved That the chief of any bureau of vivulbdsfnplfsra the Navy Department, in contracting for naval supplies, shall be at liberty m“-V °'°J°°t° ‘ to reject the oder of any person who, as principal or surety, has been a defhulter in any previous contract with the Navy Department; nor shall parties who have failed as principals or sureties in any former contract be received as sureties on other contracts; nor shall the copartners of any firm be received as sureties for such firm or for each other; nor, in contracts with the same bureau, shall one contractor be received as surety for another; and every contract shall require the delivery of a specified quantity, and no bids having nominal or fictitious prices shall be c0n— Only one bid sidered. That if more than one bid be offered by any one party, by or mm ““Y P‘“’”°"· in the narne of his or their clerk, partner, or other person, all such bids “£goa;ocg;re· m21y be rejected; and no person shall be receivedas a contractor who is mm". not a manufacturer of, or regular dealer m, the articles which he offers to Bmw my supply, who has not a license as such manufacturer or dealer. And all be present}'?. persons offering bids shall have the right to be present when the bids are ¤1>;¤¤¤¤ay ;<i¤- opeén;1 zgndgnspegt thefamle. Z dy Th ana nes or . . n e nt urt er reso ve at the Secretar of the Na g;‘;;L';l;“:§T;l°d be, and heis hereby, authorized to release and discharge the penalties, Z
- -:};,1::2 the provisions in the nature of penalties, in certain cases of unfulfilled
