The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-30

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Your committee would further add
that in connection with the security or
the county records they deemed II pru-
dent to appoint night watchmen to guard
each building at night, and, after first
fixing their compensation at Sl.7J per
night. and upon the recommendation of
the officers whose rooms were to be guard
ed, we appointed for the circuit clerk 8
Office, III. Hammond for county clerk 8
Office. Oliver Robinett; and for the re-
corder's office, y. b. Button, and your
committee appointed Christopher Smith
ianitor for the various buildings at same
compensation per day. The above named
watChu.en and janitor have all been paid
up to the first of June.
In all OF which we respectfully ask the
concurrence of the board.
GEO. w. ARMSTRONG,
MARTIN FLAHERTY,
A. f. BEACH,
NATHANIEL MClNTl RE,
=. :. BURGESS,
U.'BELLINGHAUSEN,
+. G.. LEWIS.
iIr. Chuirn,an and Gentlemen u the
Board Of Supervisors: Your courthouse
and Jail building committee beg leave to
submit the following report;
That in ODedIeECp To 4 resolution
adopted at the March meeting ui tins
board, authorizing and empowering the
court house and Jail building committee
to contract for the erection and compile
ton of the courthouse and do all such
other things in connection herewith as
said committee shall deem necessary
thereto, did enter into contract with
Messrs Thomas and Hugh Colwell, OF
the city of Ottawa, to erect ana com
plete said courthouse, they to complete
the same on or before ire llrSt DAY OF
Novembe A. ID. 1882, for the sum of
SlI7.7 200. and requiring said Colwells to
enter into good and sufficient bond IN
the penal sum of $4,000 for the faithful
performance of said contract, which
bond and contract are in the possession OF
this committee. A copy thereof are here
unto attached and are of words and fig
ures as follows:
Know all men by these presents: That
we. Thomas COlwell and Hugh Colwell ,as
PRINCIPALS, and Andrew Lynch, Matthew
White, John +. Nash, William III. Hull
and William y. Reefs, all of the city OF
Ottawa, in the county of La Sale and
state of Illinois, ARE held and firmly bound
unto the county of LA Sale in the state
of Illinois, in the sum OF fifty thousand
uDlIdTb, ldWlul luOllCT VI NhS ShieSu
States of America, for the payment of
which well and truly to be made, we and
each of us bind ourselves, our heirs,
executors and administrators, Jointly
severally and firmly 10y these presents.
Witness our hands and seals this TWEEN
tv-secOnd day of March, A. ID. 1881.
The condition OF the above obligation
is such, that whereas the above bounden
Thomas COlwell and Hugh COlwell did,
on the day of the date hereof, enter into
Il contract with said county OF La Sale
to furnish all the material and labor and
erect and fully complete in good and
WOrkmanlike manner county court
house for the said county of La Sale, on
the west half OF block eleven in the
original town, now city of, Ottawa, ex.
cept heating and engineers work, said
material and labor in all its parts to be
according to plans and specifications
made for said county courthouse by M.
l.. Beers, architect, which plans and spe-
cllications are made part of said con-
tract herein above mentioned to be per-
formed by the said above bouden Thomas
Colwell and Hugh Colwell.
Now, if the sad Thomas Colwell and
Hugh Colwell shall we'll and faithfully
perform all the agreements contained III
said contract to be by them performed,
then this obligation to be void, otherwise
to remain in full force and effect.
THOMAS COLwELL, SAL
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