The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-08-13

ci.o u AounS, iOF The sum Oh seven tHou-
sand dollars, which letting is supposed to
have been made in accordance with the
statute in such case made and provided.
/ also find the bond of said William
Young, in the Penal sum of Fourteen
Thousand dollars conditioned for the faith
ful performance of the contract and sign
ed by said Young, and A. McElvain, D.
Ayres, John Moirson, DanielT Tuttle and
L. Baird, as his securities.
| also ind that on the 7th day of Janu-
airy l847 William Young assigned his
contract to his securities as above named;
that on the third day of April SAT said Sc
curities sold and transferred said contract
to John W. Kennedy & John H Junkins;
and that in July l847 the said Kennedy
d Junkins entered into a contract with
the Commissioners to complete the build
ing according to the draft and speci6ca
tions set forth in Youag,s contract. and the
Commissioners on their part agreed to
pay said Kennedy & Junkins the balance
of the seven thousand dollars which they
had agreed tie pay Young after deducting
therefrom fifteen hundred dollars already
paid to Young, and any other amounts
of money the said commissioners might
have become liable for on account of la
Dor or materials furnished. Kennedy q
Junkins also gave a bond, conditioned for
the faithful performance of this contract
to wit: Thomas. Baird, Daniel Tuttle,
JohnsA. Morrison, A. McElvain, Hugh
Long, William Irvine, Daniel Cozer. Mo-
ses Dudley, W. M. Chesney, and Henry
II. Haner their securities.
On the 10th day of March 1 $40 new
contract was entered. into between the
Commissioners and John II. Junkins stat
ing that it was thought necessary to mako
important changes in the original plan,
making it more expensive &c. In which
contract the said Junkins stipulated that
he would complete the house to the en-
tire satisfaction of the Commissioners, and
the Commissioners agreed to pay him in
addition to what he had already received
the sum of thirty-one hundred and fifty
dollars, he also gave bond with John w.
Kennedy, VIM. Fl. Harris, Hugh Long
VIM. Chesney, William Irvine, Lansing
Chamberlain, Richard Lee, Thomas Baird
Enoch Thomas, Joel Straw, and Thomas
B. Hendrickson, his securities.
/ From an order made by the Commits
sioners onthe same day. it appears that
the thirty-one hundred and fifty dollars
set forth in this last contract together with
the payments which had already been
made on the building amounted to the
sum of nine thousand light hundred dol
lars.
On the 9Th day Of August 1851 the
Commissioners took an account of the ex-
penditures for the Court House at which
time an order was made as follows to wit:
| "a ~ August 9th 1851.
"Ihe county Commissioners again met
present same as yesterday and proceeded
to take an account of the payments made
to John HI. Junkins & others on account
of the contract for building Court House
in Upper sandusky, whereupon it appear
ed that there has-been paid on accounto
said contract the sum of nine thousand
nine hundred and ten dollars and seventy
eight cents. Whereupon the Commits
sioners adjourned.
Attest c., R. Mott John Welsh.
Auditor. Ethan Terry.
Also upon the Commissioners Record
appears the following orders,
Auditors Office Oct, 15f851.
"The Commissioners ofWyandot Coun-
ty, this day met, presentsJohn Welsh and
Ethan Terry. Esquires, altar an examine
tien Of the character of the work done on
the Court House by the contractor and the
consideration of the propriety of allowing
the said contractor extra compensation
for his services, the said Compensation
was held until tomorrew morning"
October 10th, 1851.
s.The Commissioners again met (pres-
ent the same as yesterday and directed
the following order to be entered upon the
Journals to wit: Whereas the Commis-
sioners are ofthe opinion that the con-
struction of the Court House in the said
county will have cost when fully compile
ted in pursuance Of the design referred to
in the within contract now subsisting be-
tween the Commissioners and the said
John A. Junkins the said contractor, for
more than the amount stipulated to be
paid by the said commissioners, and
whereas the said building in their opinion
wiflbe worth when finished, the sum Of
Twelve Thousand Dollars;
Be it therefore ordered that an addi-
tional compensation be allowed to the
said contractor of Two Thousand and two
hundred dollars, making inclusive of the
amount of the conside Iteration mentioned in
former contract the sum of twelve thou