Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-20
Notice 20 COnfrocfors

Notice 10 Contractors
THE undersigned, Commissioners, acting in yirtue
orders OF The County Court of ESSEX, win recri,
Sealed Proposals. to be addressed 10 them at this pac
panGgs pdif untii The second day Of August ls47 N
1nh day, ii fair if not, on the next fair dav tb.1sa
ter, Sunday exceptedO the contract will be certainI
q u The lowest biddet) for the erection Of Cour
house, WIN Inc .ierk,s Once therein, for the use
he said county-to be built according to the annoxe
schedule and specifications Seventeen hundred ID,
as oil The money for the payment Of the said bui,dn
s DC N me hands OF the Sheriff Of this county on hi
lS day OF November next the remainder of the coaf
.id building viii be paid out OF the county levjes nj
s and isiethat is to say moieiy on ihs Isl dan
d November in each of said years. The undertake,
VIII oay be required 70 execute bond with good seen
my, IN The penalty Of thirty Ave hundred dollars don
BE The AMOUNT Of the payment be made in November
nen. WARNER LEWIS,
WILLIAM A. WRIGHT,
Iappahannock, Essex Co., Va, June Goth, ls47.
sGHED LIE corn,.,.d h. ,bs
m dsv Of January .o.S and to be the following Size
Dimensions and Materials TO- wit Sixty four feet in
enr,h and hy in width, from ont TO out; the walls
~ ,s,a hnud,ne 10 be twen;yeght feet high from the
,r,ee Of The earth the caves OF the building, and the
pitch Of the gable ends TO bear que ana Wo,kmanr.e
nyonoron 10 the heighth OF the side wallis the walls 10
he wen y-two inches thick from the first or principal
door, and the balance OF the walls from the sad moor 70
The caves be eighteen inches Thick and the walls OF
N, gable ends from the TO the top of said walls
,hrt,en inches thick; fourteen windows IN the lower
story with twelve panes Of class in twelve OF the said
windows each pane Of glass TO be twelve by eighteen
inches and TWO of the said windows with twenty
nanes OF glass size; fifteen windows In the upper
s,orv with twelve panes of glass IN each window, each
,,ns of glass be twelve by fifteen inches, and the said
r, 10 be The best glass made and sold in Baltimore;
The sash for the said windows inch and three quar-
,,rs thick the windows 10 he confined when raised or
down b. spring fastennss the front principal door
entering Into the Court 10 be folding door, with
olaia suitable square transonl The said door; the
said door nine feet high, and four feet and half wide,
The whole Of the timber of the said building TO be Of
white or yellow heart pine any other timber equally
good subiec, to the approval of said Commissioners;
Two doors from the passage or entrance IN the said build
Ing one Of said doors enter into each room ol the
three feet and half wide the said doors 10 be made
palm and double and faced on the outside with sheet
iron good quality, TO be approved by the Commission
e the balance Of the out doors OF the said building In
the lower story TO be six PANEL doors, one inch and
three quarters thick the said doors to be seven feet and
half high and three feet and three inches wide, the
inside doors leading from the front room into the
Clerks Oce 10 be three feet wide and seven high, and
made In the same the other two doors enter
ns from the passage entrance into the Clerks Once
with three doors up sairs, one door leading into each
roln four pannels in each door, inch and three
eghh inch 10 be the thickness OF said doors; the
sad doors 10 he seven feet high and three wide the
Ssr; -, e h. folding door Zoe asS g
Tho outside locks TO the Clerks Office and the SAID iold
log be larger than the Others ana OF inc scs
and s,ropgss kind; The heighth Of the CLERKS omcc
room moi 10 be less than twelve feet, TO have SIX nre
places with CRATES fixed therein 10 burn coal there
IN 10 be placed a, such points in the said building as
The Commissioners may hereafter determine. WIN nues
in the brick wall and chimneys II they shall be found
necessary by The Commissioners, win TWO snefins
boxes Two witnesses stands, and criminals box 70
he located where the commissioners may herealtet oe-
e,mne the bar for the Of attorneys and sutors 10
be raised nine inches above the iloor oil the mouse, u
consist Of three benches Of eighteen feet IN enelh each
with such backs as will form easy seats, with a suta.
be writing desk and drawers in front OF the lawyers
bench with sufficient number Of benches for the Ju
oIs be hereafter arranged in The said building, win
sufficient number Of benches in each Jury room 10 ac
commodaie twrnty-four men, 10 be well made ana
strong, and good pine table for each jury room the
Clerks table be placed Immediately under the JUS,
ices bench, and enclosed with railing three ieet ana
half high, with table six feet long and fonr feet
wide with such futures and drawers, with locks, as
the commissioners may direct the Justices bench 10
be raised such heghth from the lower floor as the Gem
nssoners may direct, erected upon nine incn BRICK
wall, and 10 rest upon plank foor with good wood
feepers be finished with hanster and rail- 10 front,
with neat moulding or other suitable lnish az the
Commissioners may determine; The roof OF sad ouiio-
Ing be covered with plank sheetng and slaie there
the said plank To be one inch thick; oil Inc INSIDE
wood work Of said building TO be neatly painted, and
the roof Of said building be framed the plan of
prncpl roof with two aghts OF stairs leading from
the lower floor the Jury with passage or plat
form four eet wide In front Of The Jury rooms running
from jury room jury room, the entire width OIL Inc
house, with strong square and moulded pairing In
front Of said platform or passage; The ocrs OF sad jury
rooms 10 he Of good white or yeaw heait plh1' anu
Also be one inch and quarter timex, ana tne moor ol
The third In The upper story 10 be finished as the
said jury and the partition hctween inc jury
rooms and the third aforesaid 10 he mano OF WOOD
studs and lahs aud pisering herson Inc moor OF lne
Court houso below, aud the erss Office, TO be laid OF
GOOD even, and hard bricks, In neat style, The said
bricks TO be laid upon sufficient depth of dry sand,
be less Than four inches deep, with good strong
PANEL shutters blinds III. windows IN the lower
story be painted In imitation # oak and 10 have all
The necessary fixtures and fasts nngs when chut
the bncsy for the said floors TO bs good Baltimore
pavng bricks. Others, Ia he approved b. the said
COMMISSIONERS The eornce al the front end Of The build
Ink 10 return 20 form pedmen front, and to be
Of such depth a, the Comm ssioners may approve 10
have wash boards in all The upper rooms; to have
whole circle in the front end o: The building;
all the ope nngs In the wall have fat arch turned
over them; al the outside bricks If wall he neat
and hard, and no so or salmon bricks to he worked
The inside the wall until the walls are raised two feet
above The surface Of the EARTH the whole building to be
white washed and plastered inside; the Clerks Once
10 have wooden strips attached Ia The Inside nj the out
e. was the alhng be nailed these strips and the
plaserlns the lahS; the windows In The Clerks of
nee to be secured the outside by iron CRATES, and
window seats TO each window In the house, and The
Jams Of the doors and windows Rpiayed and to be pro-
lecied by corner bead the enhance passage TO the
Cou house form niche each side thereof run
ming back six feet and two brick pillars TO be run from
me hoor the roofthe inside walls oil inc CLERKS
Otlce rooms to be brick and half thick-two oil the
windows in the lower story To be placed one IN each
niche formed in the outer wall Of the Clerks Omce-
we hrst SIX feet Of the passage or entrance running PACK
a SIT feet is 10 he eighteen feet wide, with tne ieser
vaton 10 the said Commissioners 10 make any ntefa'
lion in the construction Of said hnlding not affecting
materially the cost OF said building; and where u does
materially affect the cost Of said building the said Com
nus toner's ARE TO allow fair compensation thefeior-
40 bricks be laid in the said building al any time
between The Isl of November in the present year, and
'he 18th OF March in the next year.
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