Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-13
MISCELLANEOUS.
Notice to Contractors.

lNOtkCC AZ OOllftGhDES-
TINE undersigned, Commissioners acting In virtue Of
i orders Of the County Court Of Essex will receive
Sealed Proposals. To be addressed them this place
postage paid, until the second day OF August 1877 ION
which Gay, fair, If NOT, on the next fair day crsa
ter SUNDAY excepted the contract will be certainly
let TO The lowest bidder for the erection of Court
House, with the CLERKS Office therein, for the Of
the said ccunty-to be built according 10 the annexed
lars OF the money for the payment Of the said building
will be In The hands Of tile Sheriff of this county the
LIST day Of November nex the remainder of the cost
said building will he paid our OF the county ievies Of
1913 and lS49-thai say one noety OH The Isl day
Of November in each Of said years The undertaken
viii only be required 10 execute bond with good
N.Y. IN the penalty of thirty five hundred dollars, dou
Die the amount of the payment 10 be made in November
next. WARNER LEWIS,
WILLIAM A. WRIGHT,
JAMES ROY MfcnU.
Tappahannock, Essex Co., Va, June aGth 1877.
SCHEDULE.
The above specified building to be COMPLETED hy the
LIST day of January ls49 and be the following size
dimensions and materials, Ia wit: Sixty four feet In
length and fifty feet in width, from out To out, the alls
Of said building be twenty feet hrl, from the
surface of the earth to the caves OF the building and The
pitch OF the gable ends 10 bear due and orknan-ikr
proportion to the leiglth of The side walls; the walls
be twenty-five inches thick from the first principal
floor, and the balance Of tile walls from the said oor to
the caves TO he eighteen inches Thick and the walls of
the gable ends from the the top &c said walls
thirteen inches thick; fourteen windows the lower
story, with twelve panes Of glass in twelve Of the said
windows each pane Of glass 10 lie twelve by eighteen
inches, and two Of the said windows with twenty four
panes OF class same size; fifteen windows in the upper
story, with twelve panes 0f glass each window, each
pane of glass to be twelve by fifteen inches AMI the said
glass TO be ofthe best glass made and sold in Baltm0e
the sash for the said windows one inch and three quar-
tiers thick, the windows 10 be confined when ruised
down by spring fastcnn.s the front principal door
entering into the Court room TO be folding door, will,
plain suitable square ransom tie said door; the
said door nine feet hie and four and half wide,
the whole Of The timber Of the said building To be Of
white ar yellow heart pine any other timber equally
good, subject to The approval Of said Commissioners;
doors from the passage entrance in The said build
ing, Of said doors 10 enter into each rf The
Clerks Once, and each door 10 be eight feet high and
three feet and half wide, Tie said doors be made
plain aud double, aud faced on tie outside with sheet
iron Of good quality, 10 he approved by the Commission
ers the balance Of the out doors of The said building in
the lower story 10 he six PANEL DOORS une inch and
three quarters thick the said doors be seven feet aud
4 half high and three feet aud three inches wide, the
Two inside doors leading from the front room into the
Clerks Office 10 be three feet wide and seven high aud
made in the same manner ~ the ether two doors enter
ng from the passage entrance into the Clerks Office,
with three doors up stairs, one door leading no each
Ioon four pannrls IN each door. one inch and three
rishhs Of an inch 10 be the thickness of said doors The
said doors 10 be seven feet high and three wi,,e The
doors Of said building all 10 have locks Of I'd qua
ly and the folding door also IL have iron hnlts;
the outside locks Ia the Clerks Office and n said fold
Ing doors 10 b. larger than the Others and n Tie hest
aud strongest kind; The heiphth al the Clerks Office
room not br less than twelve fret, Ia have six lire
places with iron CRATES fixed therein 10 burn coal there
in 10 be placed nj such points in the said building
the Commissioners may hereafter detrmlne. will hucs
in the brick wall and chinlneys II they shall he found
necessary by The Commissioners, with TIVE sherItf's
boxes two Witnesses stands, and criminals box to
he located where the commissioners may hereafter de-
ermine the bar for the If attorneys nd suitors to
be raised nine inches above the oor of The house. 10
consist Of three benches of eighteen feet in length EACH
with such backs will form easy seats, with sntl
bic writing desk aud drawers in front Of the lawyers
bench with sufficient number OF benChes Tor The ju
ors To be hereafter arranged III The said building, with
4 sufficient number Of benches in each jury
commodate twenty -four men, Ia be well made and
strong, ana good pine table for each Jury room; the
Clerks table 10 be- placed Immediately under the Jus
tees bench and enclosed with railing three feet and
half high, with table six feel long and four feet
wide, with such fixtures and drawers with larks, as
the Commissioners may direct the Justices bench 10
be raised such heighth from the lower oor The Conn
mssioners may direct, erected upon nine inch brick
wall, and 10 rest upon plank floor, with good wood
s.eepers, 10 he finished with bansler and rail IN front
with neat moulding or Giher suitable finish, as The
Commissioners may determine; The roof Of said build
Ing TO be covered wih plank sheelinr and slate there
on, The said plank 10 br inch Thick all the inside
wood work of said building 10 he neatly painted, and
also the tables 10 be made therefor and placed therein:
the roof of said hnildng 10 lie framed the plan of
principal roof, With lights Of Stairs leading fo,
The lower floor TO the Jury with passage or plat.
form four feet wide in front Of the jury rooms running
from jury room Ia jury room, The entifr width uf the
house, with strong square aud moulded pai,ing in
front uf said platform PASSAGE Tie floors OF said jury
10 be Of coed white or yellow heart pine, and
also 20 be inch aud quarter thick and ilr our Of
the third In lhr upper Sury b. finished rs The
SAID jury foOms. and the partition between the jury
rooru. and The third aforesaid made Of wood
-tuds and aths and pa-trIn. ilerron The 0or Of ihr
Cont house below and ihr Clerks Once, To be laid uf
good even, and hard bricks, In style the said
bricks TO be laid upon sufficient depth Of dry sand,
not be less Than four inches Deep with good strong
PANEL shutters or blinds 10 the windows in the lower
story be painted in imitation OF oak, and have all
the necessary futures and asttnngs when open or Shut
the bricks for the said floors 10 be good baltimore
paving bricks or o.irra, 10 he approved by ts said
Commiss The ccrnice II the front end of the build
Ing 10 return rs - form pediment 'front.' and be
Of such depth the Commissioners may approve; 10
have wash boards in all he upper To have
whole nacG circle ii 'hr front end o. ilr building;
all the openings IL tie val u have fiat arch turned
over thsm all tie oI:ste tfc.s Gf the wall 10 be-
ard hard and su!. salmon bricks To be worked IN
the inside Of ;ne va! a; The walls raised Two feet
above the surface D. he catA The whole building Ia be
white washed AID p.as;ei-f inside the Clerks Office
to have wooden s:IS attached IT, the inside of The nut
or wals; ,s ,a;.y e nailed these strips and The
Mastering on The .a.s; She windows In tile Clerks Or
fec 10 be secured The outside by iron CRATES, aud
window seats 10 each window in the house, and tue
jams OF the doors and windows spayed and 10 be pro-
!ecied by corner be:d the enhance passage 10 the
Court house 10 form niche each side thereof
ming back siI feet, aud Two brick pillars 10 be from
the door 20 The ronfihc inside walls n the Clerks
Off % rooms TO Lc brick and half tck-twn Of The
windows iI The lower story 10 be placed one in each
niche formed in The uiter wall of the Clerks Once
the rs six feet 0 The passage or entrance running back
said SIX To he eighteen feet wide with the
vdtion TO the said Commissioners 10 make any aera.
lion in the construction Of said building not affecting
materially the cost OF said building. and where il does
materially affect the cost of said building the said Com
mis- toner's allow fair compensation therefor.
No brick, are be laid III the said building nj any time
between the Isl of November in the present year. and
the 18th Of March in the neat year.
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