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| − | ''Sixth.'' | + | ''Sixth.'' That the commanding general, or person appointed by him, at each post or place, in case of absolute failure, or deficiency, in the quantity of provisions contracted to be delivered and issued, shall have power to supply the deficiency by purchase, at the risque and on account of the said William Colfax. |
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| + | ''Seventh''. That whenever any articles constituting the whole, or any part of the ration, shall be withheld from the officers and soldiers, due bills shall be given therefor, payable within two months by delivery of the articles withheld. If, at the expiration of the said two months, the contractor or his agent, shall not deliver the articles expressed in the said due bills, within ten days after demand being made therefor, payment for the articles so withheld shall be made by the contractor or his agent at the contract price. | ||
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| + | [undecipherable] [undecipherable] sustained by the depredations of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States, in [undecipherable] ntended to compose rations, to be issued under this contract, being the property of the contractor, as well as in other property necessarily used in transporting the same, shall be paid for at the contract price of the rations, or the component parts, and at an appraised value of the other articles, on the deposition of one or more creditable characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, when the same can be obtained, ascertaining the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation is claimed. | ||