The Nevada journal., 1851-09-13
NOTICE.

BY order Of the Court of Sessions Of Ncva1s
County, al the August Term Of said Court, ~
the contract for building a county lail in NJ
vada City, will be let to the lowest bidder
All lids must be made in writing to the coun.
| ~ clerk, Theodore Miller on or before the l5tl
day Of September next Bond and security tc
be approved Of by said court will be required
Of tho contractor for the performance Of the
| contract. The bids must be accompanied by
reference TO the persons proposed securi-
| ties.
The building to be forty-six feet IN 'ength,
| thirty-two in width, and ten feet high.
Specification
lst Eight silis twelve inches square. aud
thrtytwo feet long, to be laid across a sub.
stantial foundation.
%. A donble f Dor Of hewn timber u inches
thick, to be laid upou the said sills and lined
with plank inches thick, nailed down with
spikes five inches long, in squares not exceed
ing three inches.
Sd. The walls 10 be made of hcwn timber
twelve inches thick, locked at the corners,
closely laid, lined with planks and nailed the
floor.
4th The walls of the room and cells of hewn
timber II inches thick, locked at The angles
and lined and spiked as the outer walls.
9th The upper floor to be oil hewn tim per
" inches thIch, lined and spiked ON lne u"uef
side as the lower floor
9th Tie gables to be of timber ot suitable
thickness and the roof OF shaved shinSle not 10
xceed fl in length.
IN The rooms and cells to BE in the centre
Of tho building, occupying a space thirty feet
long, b, twenty-two Fl wide, leaving passages
at the sides 3 II wide, in front > fl inches gua
in the rear # inches. The corner room 8 fl
8 in. long, by : # IN wide, inside measure
and four cell to be 9 Fl in. long by It wide
as nearly as muy be.
9Th rhe front door to be # high and fl
in wide. The door to each room and cell to
be # high, and # in. wide. The Jambs
oi the doors to be inches thick aUd CORES
ponding in width to the thickness of the walls:
they are to be framed on to the wall timbers
aud fastened with spikes l0in. long. The TIRES
hold and rabbits to be lined with bars oil iron
inches wide and ! inch thick
9th To be windows in front, of y lights
9xi2 glass-thrce windows on EACH side - lig's
aX 10 glass; the lambs OF the windows 10 be con
-tructed AS those of the doors The windows
to be secured hy iron grating composed oi bars
two inches wide half an inch thick the squares
not to exceed six inches in size and to be well
secured at the angles
10th. The front door to be Fl ur in. thick
made Off in. plank covered on the inside with
uon grating Of ihe sane kiui AS lie vindo Is
and fastened with rhbits The doors oi tLc
rooms and cells to be of IRON of suitable thick
ness, secured with grating like the front dsoi
with an opening in each sufficient for ventla-
ton, the whole to be finished with suitable
hinges, locks, and bolts
lth The material and workmanship of the
building TO be good and substantial and the
whole to be completed within sixty DAYS so as
TO be approved Of and received by three com
missioners to be appointed bv the court TO ex-
anime it draft Of the building may be seen
at the clerks office. Attest,
THEO. MILLER,
August Is 1851. Clerk