Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-11-04
Court House and Jail.

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ing 1852 of a court house commensurate
with the present population and wealth O
stutsman county, and in compliance will
the special act passed by the Legislature
last winter, "Board of Court House Con
struction'' was placed in nomination
,The gentlemen nominated for this i'm
portant trust arc Anton Klaus, Davit
Curtin and J. w. Goodrich, three O
our oldest, best known and most highly
respected eitizens. AS the law unde
which this county can builda court house
was passed Vast wi:ter and is not general,
understood by our readers, the Alert hal
procured synopsis prepared by our lead.
ing attorneys and expressing III plain Ian
guagc-evcry feature Of the original bill
which is as follows:
CHAPTER DISSECTION LAWS. 1881.
An act providihg ::or the erection and con
stnlction of aAcourt house and jail TO
tie county Of stutsman and to pravtf
{ board for TIE construction OF I'll.
same.
SEC. 7. Provides that there shall b,
elected at the annual election in 1881
board OF three members, each Of whom
shall take the oath Of Office and execute
bond in the penal sum Of five thousant
dollars, before entering upon his duties.
Sec. II. Provides for the canvass o
votes same As for other county officers.
SEC. III. Empowers the board to erec
under the provisions Of this act suitabl,
building or buildings for court house anC
Jail.
SEC. Nv. Requires the board to hav.
prepared plans and specifications for {
court house and jail
SEC. V. Authorizes the selection of q
site studying convenience to business and
economy.
SEC. vi. The cost of the site therefor
and for the construction Of the court
house and Jail shall not exceed all told to-
gethcr with the complete furnishing
thereof ready for the transaction of cour
and county business, and for the safe and
secure confinement of prisoners in said
Jail, the sum of thirty thousand dollars.
SEC. VII. Provides that the building
shall be commenced on or before the first
day Of June 1889 and completed before
December first 1882
SEC. VIII. Provides that the contract
for building shall be let to the lowest bid
der after advertising for bids four weeks
in jamestown paper and not less than
one week in the Daily Pioneer Press of
st. Paul. Successful bidder to give bonds
sufficient to ensure the work.
(Section nine is given IN fully
SEC. lA. For the purpose of provid-
ing funds to pay the costs of construction
and furnishing of said building or build
ings the board of commissioners Of Stuts
man county are hereby authorized and
empowered and it is made their duty to
prepare and issue the bonds of said coun-
ty running for term OF period of fifteen
years.. bearing not exceeding eight per
cent interest, payable semi annually on
the first day Of July and January of each
year, in denominations OF $500 each for a
sum sufficient to pay the cost of the ercc-
ton and construction of said building or
buildings and the furnishing thereof not
exceeding the sum OF thirty thousand dol
lars, and the said board of county com
ty commissioners shall issue said bonds and
deliver the same to the said board of court
house construction from time to time when
called upon by said board of court house
construction and shall take their receiDt
thersfna. s
Sec. X. Said bonds shall bear date on
the first day Of July, 1882, shall be payab]c
fifteen years after date, and principal and
interest payable at --, in the city of
New ork, and shall from time TO time be
sold by the said board of court house con-
struction, at not less thah par. in such
sums as shall be sufficient to nee, the OBJ
llgatlons accruing under the provisions of
the contract herein provided for,
SEC, XII, Empowers tho board to with
hold from the contractors from time to
tlnG SucA per contago Of lhe Value oI ..c
WON as may be necessary to iusur.
prompt compliance with the terms Of tla
contract
SEC. ALI. Ile title to the site shall be
taken free from all liens in the name Of
county.
SEC. NIL Authorizes the county COM
missioncrs TO sell present court house and
grounds and use proceeds IN new one,
SEC, XIV, Provides that the new court
Tor the residence Of the jailor and his fam
".
REDEMPTION OF BONDS.
SEC. XIV. In issuing said bonds the
Lions therof shall provide that after five
years from the date thereof, it shall be op-
tional with the said county at any time
before they shall become due, to redeem
the aame at par and accrued interest at
such times and in such amounts as the
county may desire.
SEC. XVI. The board of county COM
missioners shall for the year 1882 and each
year thereafter levy tax sufficient to nav
the interest on said bonds, and after fiyc
years they shall levy and collect a sinkinr
fund tax sufficient to redeem tho bonds a}
thp expiration Of the fifteen years and as
fast as there are funds in said sinking
fund they shall redeem such proportion Of
The bonds and stop interest
SEC. XVII, Tie money raised for this
purpose shall not be used for any other
SEC. XVIII, Nothing herein contained
shall be construed to authorize the iss,1inr
of such bonds or the construction of said
court house unless a majority of all the
legal electors present and voting at the
annual election of 1881 shall vote in favor
Of therefor. '.'
SEC KIN. Makes it the duty of the
county commissioners and county clerk to
submit this question to the voters at the
annual election of 1881, by ballot as fol-
For building court house and Jail and
issuing bonds, eyes, or "No,'' as the
voter may wish,
SEC. M. The members of the board
OF conrt house construction shall receive
no compensation and shall in no manner
he interested in any contract for said con-
shall hold their office until the
Of the building.
SEC. NM. Board shall have charge of
work, audit and pay bills, take receinfs
for money, and shall file contract, with all
receipts and y full statement under oath Of
all disbursements made, with names of
the parties and for what purpose. in the
office of the county clerk of said countr
SEC. XNII. Any violation of The sc
a nisdemeaner. punishable bv
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