The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-19

p The Judges and clerks stands, the lawyers
table the platform for the jury seats, the deputy |
sherin's stand, the witness benches and raiins; |
shall be SINH or TO those now used N the fhrd
District Court, and placed in conformity win
plans. --- -.
old tie, beams shall be completed, ieveled,
strengthened, cramped and b0lted throughout.
The ioists for the new floor shall be OF the best
yellow pine BY 8. supported oy ulmmers ~ y:
The upper joists fer ceiling shall be OF similar
The studding forming wall all round the man
sard roof and for the partitions shall be Of BY
placed foot from center and resting on plates
8 by above and below.
The door posts shall be 4 by 4. The chimney
fines now existing shall be pulled down wherever
found in bad condition, and rebuilt from the level
of the Old floor to the top, above the roof.
The flooring shall be of narrow, yellow pine, &,
tongued and grooved, of good quality and Tree oil
bad defects =,
The partition doors, with transom lights, shall
be double pannel, IL thick, hanged with 4-inca
butt hinges. and good American rim ieck.
The transom lights in the partitions shall be OF
the same dimensions as those above the doors.
The present door of the law library shall be
used in the new room.
The skirtings all round the rooms and passage
shall be of Il cypress, IL inches high, with j.
| inch moulding. -
The walls, ceilings, partitions, throughout the
third story, shall be lathed and pIastered three
| coats, hard finished.
Four new dofmants, similar to those already
existing shall be placed as marked on the plan.
The main stairs, leading from the second story
TO the third shall be made as per plan, with It
| inch risers, Ii inch treads, with mouldDgs aud
return nosng walnut railing, with turned oallus-
ters dove tailed in the treads, and fancy-turneo
| newell, also of black walnut.
| Two water closets, as per plan, with porcelain
basins. and lead pipes, two inches IN diameter,
4 T. rho ~
shall be raised above the flooring OF the passage,
| and shall be covered with zinc, mo. IL having
fall sufficient to carry off the water into the pipes
| leading to the yard.
each side; one partition six feet high to divide
the two closets. and one lattice door to each
| closet
The stairs leading to the cupola shall be re-
| paired.
9he cupols and the outside Of the dormant win
! dows shall receive three coats of the best white
lead and shall be ssnded. The wood work. usually
painted and the IRON shall receive three coats OF
paint of the color designated.
The roof stating shall be Overhauled and thor
ouphy repaired and the ridges and chimneys
pointed all round with good mortar OF lime and
white sharp sand.
The valleys. hanging cutters and leaders shall
be thoroughly repaired all round the main build
ing, and those missing or decayed shall be re
placed.
The gas pipes now existing shall be repaired,
and new ones placed wherever designated on the
| plans, with ordinary fixtures and burners.
The fixtures of the Seventh District Court shall
be similar to those of the Third.
The new glazing shall be Of the best quality OF
American glass. and the broken panes Of glass
shall be replaced wherever pequired.
GENERAL CLAUSES.
The whole work shall be executed in conformity
with the plans and specifications, and under the
supervision of the city surveyor.
In case of omission OF anything necessary 10
complete the work above described, the con
tractor shall bind himself to have it done at his
own expense, upon the requistion OF the city
surveyor.
The contractor shall be bound to begin the
work ten days after the approval of the adJu-
dication by the Common Council, and to com
plete the same on the 18th of October next, un
der a penalty of twenty-five dollars per day fol
, each and every day the same is not completed.
Payment in cash on the completion OF the
work. and acceptance OF the same by the city
surveyor and committee of streets and landings
security of one thousand dollars shall bt
required from the contractor to guarantee The
| faithful performance of the contract.
IL is well understood that in case OF failure bl
: the contractor to begin or finish the work, o.
{ any part thereof, within the period fixed, or II
-, case the council be dissatisfied with the man
uer in which the work is being executed, th'
council shall have the right to annul the con
tract without putting the contractor In default
as required by article 1905 OF the Civil Code
I and without applying to court OF justice u
I annul the same, and without idemnlty; and IL
also well understood that in case the contTacto
Y shall at any time abandon the work, or no
4 finish or complete the same in conformity Wit
= mis- contract, the contractor shall forfeit al
g claims he may have for any part OF the wor
r done by him up. to the date of the abandon
u ment, and that the city shall be thereby dis
/ charged from any and all liabi ity therefor; an
!, it is also well understood that in case the COZ
d tract be resold, the contractor and his secur
9 lies shall be held and bound in solido to pa
Il unto the city all loss or difference between tn
t price at which the contractor originally col
y tracted to perform the work and the price 8
9 which it may be ajudicated at resale or rea'
Q jGdieation.
e Bids TO be for the whole work complete.
o New Orleans, August IL, 1868.
y (Signed) l.. SURGI City Surveyor.
y Approved by the committees on streets an
r. landings of both boards of the Common Council.
l. (Signed) T. H. SHIELDS, Chairman.
!, (Signed) GERALD FARRELL,
e Registered August is, 1868.
/, P. LABARRE, Deputy Controller.