New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-13

dltions to be made to the Courthouse, to iii il M
for the use of the Seventh District Court and
also for the wants Of tue Third and Fourth u 5.
trlCt Courts.
SEVENTH DISTRICT COURT.
The existing partition in the center shall be re.
The center opening shall be filed with a transorn
light, and tine remainder with brick wall OF same
j he party wall dividing the present rooms from
the gallery 5hsil be demolshsd ipcudIng the two
and flush with the two side walls.
A girder. shown on the plan and section shall
be placed across the space lett to support the ioiss
OF the upper floor.
Two new partitions shall be put Up to divide the
BY yellow pine, placed one foot apart.
Two new doors with t4ansoru lights the hall,
in place of hose existing
The openings on Chsrtres street sh III Us over.
hauled and thorouehly repaired, the walls cell,
In each of the clerks Offices tor the bird, Fourth
and Seventh District Courts shall be flight OF
winding stairs similar in construction to those al.
ready existing in the Supreme and Fifth District
Courts. Around the walls there shall be fourfeet
high wainscoting, made OF narrow, inch yellow nine
flooring. with moldinS top. The skirting snail
be sixteen inches high. one and half inch thick
The judges and clerk stands. the lawyers table
the platform for the Jury seats the deputy sheris
lar to those used in the Third District Court
and placed in conformity with plans.
Third storyThe floor shall be leyeed; the old tie
beams shall be completed, leveed, strengthehed
cramped and bolted throughout.
Inc 1OlsIs IOr tne new uuOr snail be OF the best
yellow pine BY supported by trmmers 2by 4, we'll
nailed to the old tmbers and placed 10 inches from
The upper iaists for ceiling shall be of similar
size.
roof and for the partitions shall be of by placed
/ foot from centre and resting on plates by 4
ao1ve and below.
The door posts shall be 4 by I. The chimney Aues
nov existing shall be pull-d down wherever found
in bad condition, and rebuilt from the level OF the
old floor to the top above the roof.
The flooring snail be of narrow yellow pine l l.
tongued aud grooved OF good qnahty free Of bad
The partition doors, with transom lights, shall be
double PANEL, IL thick, hanged win finch butt
The tran.om lights In the partitions shall be of
the dimensions as those above the doors.
The present door OF the law library shall be used
The skiTtings ali round the rooms and passage
shall be OF Ia cypress. l4inches nign, with inch
The walls, ceilings, partitions throughout the
coats hard finished.
Four new dormants, similar to those already ez.
isting shall be p aced as marked on the plan,
The main stairs, leading from the second story to
the third shall be made as per plan, with lil'nch
risers, inoh treads, with mouldlT and return
nosing walnut railing with turned balusters dove.
tailed in the treads, and fancy t1rned newell, so
OF black walnut.
Two water closets, as per plan, with porcelain
basins, and lead pipes two Inches n diameter, de-
be rsied above the oor5a of the nss.aSe na sba
be covered with zinc No 49, having fall sufficient
to carry OF the water into the pipes leading to the
The walls shalt be wsinscoted four feet high on
each side one partition six feet high to divide the
two closets, and one lattice door 10 each closet.
The stairs leading to the cupoa shall be repaired
The cupola and the outside OF the dormant win.
dows shall receive three coats OF the best white lead
and shall be sanded. The wood work. usually paint
ed and the iron shall receive three coats OF paint oil
The roof Stating shall be overhauled and
thoroughly repaired, and the ridges and chimney,
pointed POD al round with good mortar OF lime and
The valleys. hanging cutters and leaders, shall b,
and those missing or decayed shall be replaced.
Inc gas pipes BOW existing shall be repaired, anC
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 o
American glass;, and the broken paues OF glass; shall
De replaced wherever required.
GENERAL CLAUSES.
The whole work shall be executed in conformity
with the plans and specifications, and under hi
supervision OF the City Surveyor
In case Of omission Of anything necessary to com
plets the work above described the contractor shall
bind himself to have il done at his own eXpsnse
upon the rsqusition Of the City Surveyor.
The contractor shall be bound TO begin the worl
ten days after the approve OF the adjudication b!
the Common Council, and to complete the same OF
the Is b Of october next under penalty of twenty
Ve dollars per day Tor each and eysry day the
is not completed.
Payment in cash on the completion Of the work
and acceptance Of the same by the CITY Surveyo
and Committee OF Streets and Landings,
CURED rom the contractor guarantee the faithful
performance of the contract.
1t is well understood that in case Of allure by the
contractor 70 begin or finish the work any par
thereof within the period fixed or in the Couu
Gil be dissatisfied with the manner in which the
work is being executed the Council shall have the
right to annul the contract without putting the con
tractor in default required by article 1905 of the
OWL Code, and without applying to a court of JUS
tice to annul the same and without indemnity ano
it is also well understood that in the contractor
shall at any time abandon the work or not finish Oh
complete the same in conformity with his contract
the contractor shall forfeit all claims he may lave
for any part of the work done by him up the date
his abandonment and that the city shall be thereb!
discharged and released from any and all liability
therefor is also well understood tha in thl
contract be resold the cont actor and his securities
shall be held and bouLd in solido to pay unto this
city all loss or difference between the price at whiet
the contractor originally contracted to perform the
work and the price at which it may be adiudicased
at resale or rehabilitation.
Bids to be for the whole work complete.
Rev Orleans, August Il, 1865
(SignedJ L. SURGI,
City Surveyor.
Approved by the Committee on Streets and Land
ings of both Boards of the Common Council.
(Signedl T. II. SHIELDS
GERALD FARRELL,
ChaIrmen.
PAS. LABARRE,
sell ~ Deputy Controller.