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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.
 
                 [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.
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          ''Ninth. ''    That escorts and guards for the safety of the provisions, and for the protecting of the cattle against an enemy, shall be furnished, whenever, in the opinion of the commanding officer of the army, or of any post, to whom application may be made, the same can be done without prejudice to the service, and that the said William Colfax shall not be answerable for any deficiency of supplies, at any of the said polls or places, if it shall appear, upon satisfactory proof, that such deficiency was occasioned by the want of proper escorts and guards.
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        ''Tenth.''      That at all 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.
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      ''Eleventh.''        That the said William Colfax his executors, or administrators, shall render his or their accounts to the Accountant of the Department of War, for settlement, at least once in every three months, agreeably to such form as by the Comptroller of the Treasury may be established and made known to him or them.
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    ''Twelfth.''          That the said William Colfax when directed by the proper officer, shall provide quarters for the soldiers or recruits that may be at any time at any recruiting rendezvous where he shall be required to supply and issue rations, and also, the means of transportation for the soldiers or recruits, on their removal from the same ; and also supplies of fuel and straw, in quantities prescribed by regulations adopted by the Department of War with which he will be furnished, and it is agreed that he shall be allowed on the settlement of his accounts, the monies he shall actually pay for the quarters and transportation provided, and the supplies of fuel and straw, agreeably to the regulation mentioned, furnished by him and also a commission of two and one half per cent. on monies disbursed by him for the same.
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      "Thirteenth."        That all such advances of money as may be made to the said William Colfax for and on account of supplies to [undecipherable] furnished, pursuant [undecipherable] this [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] disbursed, in order to procure supplies, in consequence of any failure on the pat of the said William Colfax in complying with the requisitions herein contained, shall be duly accounted for by 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 of the term of this contract, together with an interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, from the time of such expiration, until the same shall actually be repaid. And that if any balance shall, on any settlement of the accounts of the said William Colfax his executors or administrators, be found to be due to him or them, or on account of the rations which shall be supplied, pursuant to this agreement, the same shall immediately be paid.  And that no unreasonable or unnecessary delay, on the part of the officers of the United States, shall be given to the settlement of the accounts of the said William Colfax his executors or administrators.
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IN WITNESS whereof, the said Secretary of War, for and on behalf of the United Staes, hath hereunto subscribed his name, and affixed the seal of the War-Office of the United States ; and the said William Colfax hath hereto set his hand and seal the day and year [undecipherable] above written.
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Signed H. Dearborn
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Wm Colfax
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Signed, sealed and delivered }
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in the presence of
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Jn<sup>o</sup> Newman
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[undecipherable] Rogers
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Wm Colfax