Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-30

rr,uE undersisned Commissioners, acting in virtue oil
orders OF the County Court Of Essex, WIN receive
saed PROPOSALS he addressed TO them nj this place
,,.aye paid until the second day of August, le4 ION
which day. IL fair If not, on the next fair day thereat-
sr Sunday excepedA the contract VIII be certainly
l., 10 The owes, bidder for the erection OF Court
U,lse with the Clerks Office therein, for the use OF
N. said couny--to be built according TO the annexed
schedule and specifications. Seventeen hundred dol
lara Of the money for the payment Of the said building
viii be in The hands Of the Sheriff of this county on the
Isl day Of November next the remainder OF the cost OF
said building will We paid out OF The county levies OF
~ and lSi9-that Is 10 say one moiety on the Isl day
a. November in each Of said years. The undertaken
viii only be required 10 execute bond with Rood secu-
ry the penalty Of thirty five hundred dollars uou-
be The Of the payment TO be made IN November
neu WARNER LEWIS,
JAMES Es ROY z MicoU.
Tappahannock Essex Co., Va, June o6th, lSs7.
SCHED u LIE.
The above specified building 10 be completed by the
lat day OF January, ls49 and TO be OF me following size,
d,m,n,,ons and materials, TO wit Sixty four feet IN
inoh ami ifty feet in width from out TO OUT the walls
Of said building 10 he twenty feet hig nom me
surface cf The earth 10 lhr caves OF the anu to
mich of The gable ends hear due and workmanlike
n,oportjon 10 the beehh Of the side wallis the walls 10
he TWEEN y-two inches thick from the first or principal
door ami The balance of the walls from the said moor 10
The caves 10 be eighteen inches thick, and the walls OF
Inc ysble ends from the TO the top Of said walls
thirteen inches thick fourteen windows IN the lower
story with twelve panes of glass In twelve oil tue sara
s.,
inches and two of the said windows with twenty
names OF glass sizes fifteen windows in the upper
story with twelve panes OF glass In each window eac
n,nr al glass to be twelve by fifteen inches and the SAID
,s 10 be of the best glass made and sold in Baltimore;
The sash the said windows one inch and three quar-
i.rs ,hck The windows be confined when raised or
down nv spring fastenn.s the FROM principal door
entering the Court 10 be folding door, WIN
paip suitable square transom over the said door; The
said door nine feet high and four feet and halt wide,
the whole of the timber OF the said buildine 10 De OF
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As good subject the approval of said COMMISSIONER
wo doors from the passage or entrance IN tie SAID build
Ing Of said doors to enter into each room oil the
Clerks Ufce and each door TO be eight feet nSh ana
three feet and half wide the said doors TO be made
main and double and faced the outside with sheet
iron Of good quality TO he approved by the commission
ers 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 eet ana
half high and three feet and three inches wide, the
inside doors leading from the ronl room into ts
CLERKS Office to be three feet wide and seven high and
made in the same manner The other TWO doors enter
ng from the passage entrance into the CLERK onee,
with three doors mp stairs door leading into each
nom four pannels in each door, one inch and three
,h,s OF an inch 10 be the thickness OF said DOORS the
.ia doors 10 Ne seven feet high and three wide tne
Doors Of said building all 10 have locks OF gooa qua
ly and the folding door also 10 have TWO IRON oots
The outside ks 10 the Clerks Office and the SAID old-
log doors larger than tue others. and OF the hest
and stropges. kind; the heghth OF the CierS's oMce
not 10 BIZ legs than twelve icet 10 nave SIX hfc
places with iron crates fixed therein TO burn coal there
in 10 be placed n; such points In the SAID Duone rs
the Commissioners may hereafter determine, win mes
IN The brick wall and chimneys II they sha DC lounu
necessary by The Commissioners, with two sheriifs
boxes, two witnesses stands, and a criminals box TO
he located where the commissioners may hereafter de-
ene the bar for the Use Of attorneys and suitors 10
he raised nine inches above the floor of the house, to
Of three benches Of eighteen feet In length each,
with such backs will form easy seats, with sua.
bic writing desk and drawers in front OF the lawyers
bench, with sufficient number OF benches Tor the Ju
In he the building, with
sufficient number Of benches in each jury room TO ac
eommodate twenty-four men, 10 be well made ana
strong, and good pine table for each Jury room the
Clerks table 10 be placed Immediately under the JUS.
tees BENCH and enclosed with railing three teet and
half high, with table six feet long and four ieet
wide, with such fixtures and drawers with locks, as
the Commissioners may direct; the Justices bench 10
tr raised such hechth from the lower floor az the Gem
m!ssioners may direct erected upon nine men brlch
wall, and TO rest upon plank floor, win eoou WOOD
sepers TO he finished with b1nister and ran IN front
with neat moulding or other suitable finish, as the
Commissioners may determine; The roof oil said builu
ing To be covered with plank sheetng and slate there
o. the said plank Ia be one men thek 81. sne hs,as
wood work Of said building TO DO neatly painted, ana
also the tables made therefor and placed
the roof Of said building 10 he framed on the pan OF
principal roof, with two flights OF stairs leading from
the lower floor to the Jrry with passage or plat
form four feet wide in front Of the jury rooS running
from jury jury room, the entire width OF the
house, with strong square aud moulded paIiine IN
oa of said platform passage; the fcofs o saiu jury
rooms TO he of good white or yellow heart pine, and
also be inch and qnarter Thick and The Hoor ni
The third In the upper story TO be nshed as the
aid jury rooms, and the partition between the jury
rooms and the third aforesaid 10 be made Of wood
studs, and aths and piasterng thereon the oor oil the
Court house below and the Clerks Office, to be laid 81
good even, and hard bricks, in neat STYLE, the said
bricks to be laid upon suicient depih oil uiy saha
not TO be less than four inches Deep with good strong
PANEL shutters or blinds 10 the windows IN the lower
story 10 be painted In imitation OF OAK, and to have al
The necessary fixtures and fastenngs when open or shut
lhr bricks for the said floors 10 be g0Ou baltimore
paving bricks or others, to he approved By the said
Commissioners the cornce at the front end Of The build
Ink return 10 form pedment front, ana 10 DC
Of such depth az the Commissioners may approve; IA
have wash boards in all the upper rooms; TO have q
whole moon or circle in the front end o. the buildings
al. the openincs in the wall TO have Hat arch turned
then all the outside bricks Of The wall to be neat
and hard and soft salmon bricks to he worked IN
the inside OF the wall until The walls are raised two feet
above surface Of the earth; the Whole building 10 be
white washed and plastered inside; the Clerks Office
have wooden strips attached 10 the inside oi The out
rivals the lathnc 10 be nailed on these strips ana NE
paslerng on the aths; the windows In the Clerks vi.
hee 10 be secured the outside by iron CRATES, ana
window seats To each window In The house, md the
Jams the doors and windows splaycd and to be pro-
ecled by bead; the enhance passage 10 the
Courthouse 10 form niche on each slde theTeoi run
ming back six feet and brick pillars 10 be run from
n. floor up the roofthe inside walls OF The Clerk
Office be brick and half thick-two OF the
windows in the lower story 10 be placed one IN each
niche formed in The outer wall Of the Clerks ONCE
Tue r six feet of the passage or entrance running back
said ak feet Is 10 he eighteen feet WIDE with che reser
Vation TO the said Commissioners 10 make any altera-
lion In the construction nf SAID building not affecting
materially the COS, Of said hndlng; and where II does
materially affect the cost OF said building, the sud CON-
ms-lones are to allow fair Compensation therefor
No brick, are be laid Ia the said building al any Time
between the st of November In the present year. and
Inc 18th Of March in the next year.
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