The Sierra citizen., 1854-03-18
MisttIIaneous.

O EALED PROPOSALS Will be received
- by the undersigned committee up to 3
O'Clock T. NJ, on Tuesday, April 18th, 1854,
| for the erection of Court House and Jail
in the town of Downleville, California
Bids must be made in conformity to the fol-
| lowing specifications, and security will he
required for the faithful performance of the
contract and the execution of the work in
workmanlike manner.
Specification for building Court House.
The dimensions and finishing to CORES
pond with plan drawn numbered l. The
size on ground floor to be 35x5 feet: length
OF posts from ground floor {aboye jaiD 20
feet; first story between floor and ceiling
feet inches; second story, between floor
and ceiling, S feet; Court room. between
floor and ceiling. l6 feet; two Jury ROOMS,
between foors Il feet; gallery, between
floors, S feet s inches; the length of CO.
| lumns, size and height of windows. and finish.
shown upon plan of front elevation: style
OF columns shown by Nos. /, and 3. cho ce
to be made by the Court; side and back end
windows to be cased on both sides; inside
| casing to be moulded-size and finish shown
upon the plan. The sides and back end of
building to be covered with good seasoned
siding ! an inch thick. we'll dressed and
nalled-one nail every two feet: the cove
ing and back gable to correspond with rake
above the pediment finish. The front to be
j finished between windows and doors with
/ panel work well moulded. Floors to be of
good seasoned lumber clear OF rotten knots.
/ pianed, tongued and grooved together
boards inches wide, and nailed with two
nails to each ioist: base from to II inches
wide. with top mouldings in proportion to
Its width, to run throughout the entire
rooms; doors to be four panels, moulded
outside and in; one pair OF doors in front
= inches thick, to ill a space 8 feet inches
by feet, to be hung with inch patent
hinges, with a mortice lock, and knobs; in
side doors to be two inches thick and hung
with 4 inch broad butts, mortce locks and
/ knobs: one flight of front stairs and rail as
per plan; two ghts of inside stairs. pointed
on plan; gallery to be finished with two
rows OF seats and corresponding raid in
front; the roof to be laid with pine shin
| giles l6X5 inches to the weather. and sheeted
ed underneath solid inside walls and cell
ing OF all the rooms to be shectcd with
| inch boards, { inches wide. we'll seasoned
and dressed: posts and sills inches square.
posts on each side. 2 on each end ex-
elusive of corner posts; studding 2xS inch:
braces 4x4 inches. Floor .ioist-frst floor
2aXl0 inches; second do. 2XS inches: third
do. ks inches; two ties to run across the
building 1oxl0inches, one to be placed under
the court room and one to pass through the
centre Of the building 4 feet below the
top Of the plate; rafters to be inches at
one end and at the other, 3 inches thick.
with sufficient bracing to sustain the roof
and upper floor; window sash to be inches
thick; basement sills and posts one foot
square: studding 3xl2 inches: floor joist
ZXl0 inches; the outside Of the basement
story to be covered with seasoned siding
ax6 inches, to correspond with the siding
above: doors and windows to be cased and
finished according to plan; basement AID
court house to be divided in appearance by
water table 2xl2 inches, with projecting
cap; all the timbers to be feet from cen
tire to centre, and the entire building to be
| pat up in a substantial ana workmanlike
/ manner