Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-02-16

| Treasurer of M2ricopa County, ut the
office of said Treasurer of said county
one thousand dolla.s, iii gold coin
of the United States, with interest at
| the rate of ten per cent per annunl
from dale until paid interest payable
.nnua fly in ike g Id coin, on the
2d day Of January OF each year ac
cording to the coupons hereto attach
ed, for va!u- received.
LSignrd .-..
Chai.m man Board OF Supervisors,
Aaricopa & unity, A. T.
SEC. II. The Board of supervisors
OF Maricopa County shall, within
sixty days after The passage of this
act, adopt plan for the building of
Il Courthouse for said couuty, which
Courthouse and Jail may be i'll one
uuildl4g or otherwise, as the Board
Of Supesyi-ors may deem best; pro-
vided tbat said Jail is not built in
the basement of or under said Co ourt-
house. This Courthouse to include
court roo1is and such Offices for
county OFF es as such Boarl shall
doom necessary, and file such plan
with the Clerk of said Board. To
obtain such plan the slid b ard of
Supervisors may, if they deem nee
essary, adverlis', by publication in
some newspaper published in the
county, that they viii receive plans
for SAID Courthouse and Jail, and
may offer to pay for the plan adopt
ed; provided that not more than one
hundred aud fifty dollars shall be
offered or paid for said plan.
SIC. IL. The said Board shall,
within thirty days after the adoption
of IL plan for said building or build
ings, advertise in one or M re news
papers published in the Territory
for thirty days fo! sealed PROPOSE Is
for the erection of said building or
buildings, and according 10 the plans
and specifications adopted by said
Board. Such advertisement shall
specify the size, namber of rooms,
thickness of walls, kind and quality
of the material in the construction of
said building, kind OF roof and floor,
the size of the Jail and thickness cf
the walls, kind and quality OF the
material to be used in its c0nstruc-
ton, number and kind of cells, and
the number and size of the doors
and windows, and time allowed fer
the completion of said buildings;
also the when, and the manner in
which, payment will he made.
SEC. 13. The said Board sh all, on
the day named in the advertisement,
meet at the Courthouse in said corln-
ty, and publicly open all bids offered,
AMI may award the contract as in
their discretion appears most con-
ducive to the interests of the coun-
try; and they may reject any and all
bids offered; and the sand Board
shall require of the person or per-
SONS to whom such awards shall be
made, to enter into a written con-
tract, with two or more sufficient
sureties, conditioned for the faithful
performance OF the contract, the sure
ties, to be approved by the Board of
supervisors Of the county. The ex-
pense of advertisement for proposals
TO build the county buildings herein
specified, shall be paid by the person
or persons to whom the contract
shall be awarded; and no contract
shall be entered into with any per
son or persons until such e1 penses
are paid; printing of the bonds, and
all other expenses not otherwise pro-
vidcd for, shall be paid out of the
fund provided by this act.
SEC. IA. The Board of Supervis-
ors may agree to pay, and pay upon
said contract ass follows: upon the
completion of one-third of the work,
one fifth of the contract price; upon
the completion of two-thirds of the
work, an amount sufficient with the
former payment to make one-half OF
the contract price; and the balance
of the contract price shall be paid
upon the completion and acceptance
of the buildings under the contract
by the Board of Supervisors.
SEC Is. Said Board OF Supervi-
sors are hereby authorized and EN-
powered and it is hereby made their
duty 10 sell the lot and buildings,
and all thar belongs thereto, situated
on block twenty-five (22) in the said
city of Phoenix, aud now used for
courthouse and jail purposes. Said
sale shall be made to the highest
AID best bidder, at public auction,
for cash, after twenty days public
notice by publication in some news
paper published in said county; pro
vided that said Board may reject any
and all bids, and the money arising
from such sale shall be deposited
with the County Treasurer,and shall
be used, or so much thereof as may
be necessary for the purpose of fur
nishing said Courthouse, and in fenc-
ing and ornamenting the grounds
thereof, and for no other purpose
whatever. SAID sale to be made and
the proceeds so applied within one
year from the approval of this act,
or as soon as said Courthouse shall
have been completed.
SEC. 49, The said Courthouse and
Jail shall be erected on block No.
76, In the town OF Phoenix, and
known as the Courthouse Square.