The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-04
re O'Clock noon, on the fifteenth
day Of November, 1881.

Payments Of the entire amount will be made
" lands, and the award will he Ia the lowest
and best bidder bids will therefore he for the
smallest quantity Of the three millions acres Of
the public domain set apart by law for that
purpose, which Ia subject IN an ncumbtonce
OF go, OvO twenty thousand dollars incidental
expenses appropriated by the Seventeenth
Legislature and made chargeablc TO the nc
count thereof The said lands lie in Dallsm,
Hartley Oldham. Deaf Smith, Palmer, Castro
Bailey, Lamb and Hockey counties, Of this
State adjoining New Mexico on the West and
the Indian Territory on the north, They nre
sub. divided into leagues, surveys Of which are
on nlc in the General Land Once ofTexasi In this
city.
The building is 10 be principally Of stone,
classic In design Its form approIimstes the
Greek cross, with projecting centre aud HANKS.
rotunds and dome at the intersection OF tho
main corridors. II II 500 feet siI Inches long,
exclusive Of porticos, aud KS feet ten Inches at
the greatest width Bcsidcr the basement and
dome elevation II Is three full stories In height
comprising business and storage apartments
onrces, vaults etc, for the entire Executive,
Judicial and Legislative departments OF the
state government including arrangements and
apparatus for lighting, heating, vrnillaung;
plumbing drainage, sewerage, elevators, and
other appliances and conVenienccs OF n com
plete modern state Capitol Working pl4ls
and specifications covering all details sam
OF material TO be used, IL wei ma copy. OF the
contract "a be signed, may Do seen al this ONCE
on and after the ffi1vnth day Of october next
Bidders will enclose with their bids u copy ~
this notice ,o contractors nnd also bond. win
| satisfactory security, IN the sum " twenty
| thousand dollars, conditioned that the bidder
| II successful shalt within twenty days amer
| the award enter into contract W required D!
| law, and the failure Ia do 81 within the time
specified will forfeit all claim ~ the said con.
tract The contractor will br required ~ give
bond oftwo hundred aud Any thousand dol,
lars, with approved security, for the faithful
| hlHllmvnt OF the contract llauIr for bonds
will be furnished Titles Ia tie lands will be-
made NJ the work progresses, IA thGl be proyi.
ded In the cuntrnrt The character and quality
| OF all material shall be designated IN the con
tract by reference to samples, which shall hc
carefully preserved, and me- material shan bv
allowed In the structure which Is In any respect
different ff1n the sample. designated and pre-.
served. BIDS must he endorsed, proposals ,!i
| building ;hc Texas state Capitol aud be 1d
dressed ~ the Capitol lhildin. Commission
srs At Austin, 1exde. bidders arc invited z
bc present ut tho opening Of hids which WI
take rlGce promptly NJ " o'clurk, On INC
Hi,e1nth day ri November next, NJ III. olive
Attention Is called TO acts Of the sixteenth IeNh'
Legislature, Chapter LOG, and acts of tho seven
tenth Legislature Chapter ~, =. 81.
The hight 10 reject amy OF hll bids Is reserved
JOS. LEE.
T. NorToN
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