The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-01
NOTICE TO ARCHITECTS.

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~ By authority of an act OF the Sixteenth
Legislature OF the state of Texas, approved
April Is, ID. 1879, entitled Gan act 10 pro-
Niue Tor building new state capital TO be
erected ON the Capitol Groundp at Austin
IeSas, plans and complete specifications will
he received by the unders gned building oom-
mtssionerS sOr same
UNTIL Y O'ClOUKsM., JANUARY s, 1881.
Ihe ssid house must have apartments and ar
rangements 81 least equal to the iol\ owing.
Governors ofioe and APARTMENTS, 4rooms; see-
retary On state q apartmeuts,4r ms;Attorrey
Generals, rooms; Comptroller q ruoms;
4tesSurer's, 4 rooms; Statistics and A 'Culture
rooms; Educational, rooms; Adiutan Cen
efti :, rooms, Police Guard and JaniOIs 3
rooms; Geological Department, I large spel.,
men room and office for same; large vau's
Tor Treasurer; large vault for Secretary <
State;s large vaults for Comptroller, each il~ IA
burglar proof i.WatSr closets, sewers etc y5m-
plete for each story In building Pro- 40 on
second uoor for Senate Chamber, ap',, 2 simate-
~ I, Wsuperhcial feet, with lohy s, 1saller es /;
also, poSio1ce room, cloak r0SSv Lieutenant
fGovernor's private room, eNr6Iing clerks
room, engrossing clerks room, Representa-
tVes' Hail. approximately ~ go superficial
ieet, l0by AMI galleries; pOst0IiiOo room: clnah
om,engrossing CLERK Is room, enrolling CLERK n
roomi Speakers private room, jaul.or's room;
state Library room, capacity OF 100 600 yolulpes
Third floor. Supreme Court, one room; Ap-
pellate Court one room, and one law lihrarY
room convenient to both; one clerks Office for
each court, and at least nine private rooms for
use OIL Judgesi one marshal's room for each
COURT one lanit0rd room, and not less than
thirty committee rooms, situated on second
and third floors.
Provisions must be made for properly light
ing the entire building, and also for hestn;
same ny steam as we'll as for water facilities
on each noori thorough ventilation throughout
Inc laws otace0ustics must be carefully aud
rightly observed The entire structure must
De made AS nearly as possible fire proof
Drawings VIII consist Of Foundation plan,
hrst looT plen, second door plan, third noor
plan, roof plan, longitudinal section, trans
verse section, ront elevation, rear elevation.
Ii Is left optional with the architect whether lie
submit perspective drawing or not,
The building viii be erected In the center Of
square with principle facade to the south.
Ihe auperstruCture to be Of stone, aud the
building to be worth one million ave hundred
Thousand (Sl, $40 C00) dollars
Flans differing from the general Outline
nefeln indicated, and cOutaiaing the fOregO-
ing accommodations will be duly considered,
The drawing must be sent 70 the Building
commissioners mt Austin, Texas, and endorsed
"flans Tor state Capitol, ~ and must come un-
eera nom deplume, ther real name and address 10
De sent to the Commissioners In sealed enve-
lope not to be opened until after the award 10
made.
The sum OF seventeen hundred dollars VIII be
PAID The architect whose plrrs nay be,accept-
ed, out of the proceeds the sRl3 of the first
30, oOO acres of caplto l.ud2. EStmates may
be based upon the ia, at stone, brick, line,
ana sand can be procured Within from one to
five miles from the grounds.
The time Within which uanS and specllrR-
lions are to be submitted is hereby extended 10
the ilrstday February A, ID 1851, and the sizes
rs figured above, is so modified as to authoriz 70
parties submitting plans to provioo for cCm-
iortaDle room for the accommodation of three
hundred Representatives and one hundred
Senators.
Therlghsto reject any or all paps Is reserved
j n. PRESTON,
Superlntendlng Architect
N l.. NORTON,
JOSEPH LEE,
Commissioners