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''Tenth.'' That escorts and guards for the safety of the provisions, and for the protecting of the cattle against the enemy, that be furnished, whenever, in opinion of the commanding general of the army, or of any post, to whom application may be made, the same [obscured] prejudice to the service, and that the said Charles Wilkins shall not be [obscured] for any deficiency of supplies, at any of the said posts or places, if it shall appear upon satisfactory proof that such deficiency was occasioned by the want of proper escorts and guards. | ''Tenth.'' That escorts and guards for the safety of the provisions, and for the protecting of the cattle against the enemy, that be furnished, whenever, in opinion of the commanding general of the army, or of any post, to whom application may be made, the same [obscured] prejudice to the service, and that the said Charles Wilkins shall not be [obscured] for any deficiency of supplies, at any of the said posts or places, if it shall appear upon satisfactory proof that such deficiency was occasioned by the want of proper escorts and guards. | ||
| − | ''Eleventh.'' That at all the stationary posts proper store-houses shall be provided on behalf of the public for the reception and safe keeping of the provisions deposited from time to time, at such posts respectively; and the contractor shall suffer no loss for such stores. | + | ''Eleventh.'' That at all the stationary posts proper store-houses shall be provided on behalf of the public for the reception and safe keeping of the provisions deposited from time to time, at such posts respectively; and the contractor shall suffer no loss for want of such stores. |
''Twelfth.'' That the said Charles Wilkins his executors, or administrators, had render his accounts to the proper officer for settlement, at least once in every six months, agreeably to such form as by the Comptroller of the Treasury may be established and made known to him. | ''Twelfth.'' That the said Charles Wilkins his executors, or administrators, had render his accounts to the proper officer for settlement, at least once in every six months, agreeably to such form as by the Comptroller of the Treasury may be established and made known to him. | ||
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''Thirteenth.'' That whenever the Secretary of War shall in pursuance of this contract and on account thereof make advances or payments to the said Charles Wilkins the said Charles Wilkins shall receive as cash, if requested by the said Secretary drafts from the Secretary of the Treasury in his favour, on the collectors of the revenue or other persons holding public [undecipherable] in the vicinity of any of the above mentioned posts. | ''Thirteenth.'' That whenever the Secretary of War shall in pursuance of this contract and on account thereof make advances or payments to the said Charles Wilkins the said Charles Wilkins shall receive as cash, if requested by the said Secretary drafts from the Secretary of the Treasury in his favour, on the collectors of the revenue or other persons holding public [undecipherable] in the vicinity of any of the above mentioned posts. | ||
| − | ''Fourteenth.'' That all such advances of money as may be made to the said Charles Wilkins towards the supplies to be furnished, pursuant to this contract, and such sums of money as the commander in chief may be obliged to disburse, in order to procure supplies, in consequence of any failure on the part of the said Charles Wilkins in complying with the stipulations herein contained, shall be duly accounted for him by way of set off, against the amount of such supplies, and the surplus, if any, repaid to the United States immediately after the expiration, until the same shall be actually paid. And that if the balance shall, on any settlement of the accounts of the said Charles Wilkins his executors and administrators, be found to be due to him or them, for or by reason of the rations which shall be supplied, pursuant to this agreement, the same shall immediately be paid. And that no unnecessary or unreasonable delay on the part of the officers of the United States, shall be given to the settlement of the accounts of the said Charles Wilkins his executors or administrators. | + | ''Fourteenth.'' That all such advances of money as may be made to the said Charles Wilkins towards the supplies to be furnished, pursuant to this contract, and such sums of money as the commander in chief may be obliged to disburse, in order to procure supplies, in consequence of any failure on the part of the said Charles Wilkins in complying with the stipulations herein contained, shall be duly accounted for him, by way of set off, against the amount of such supplies, and the surplus, if any, repaid to the United States immediately after the expiration, until the same shall be actually paid. And that if the balance shall, on any settlement of the accounts of the said Charles Wilkins his executors and administrators, be found to be due to him or them, for or by reason of the rations which shall be supplied, pursuant to this agreement, the same shall immediately be paid. And that no unnecessary or unreasonable delay on the part of the officers of the United States, shall be given to the settlement of the accounts of the said Charles Wilkins his executors or administrators. |
| − | AND WHEREAS, by a certain agreement made on the fifteenth day of August, 1800, between Samuel Dexter, | + | AND WHEREAS, by a certain agreement made on the fifteenth day of August, 1800, between Samuel Dexter, <s>James McHenry</s>, then Secretary of War, and Alexander Dalrymple Orr of the State of Kentucky it was stipulated that the party of the second part should deposit three months supplies of rations at certain of the posts and places herein before mentioned |
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