St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-04

-Four premiums shall be gwen 10 tne aggre-
to be awarded to the designs adjudged to
stand in point ,of merit; second, third,
fourth, fifth, the accepted design 10 receive
no premium other than the fee allowed by
the board for designing and experimenting
the said building.
Eleventh-No design shall be received
after the date fixed for submission Of plans.
All drawings shall be exhibited in public at
least two weeks before the award is made:
All drawings shall be the property OF the
architects or firms submitting them ana only
used in whole OF in part by agreement with
and compensation to their authors. All re-
jected drawings shall be called for within
thirty days after the decision of the compe-
tition, after which time the board shall no
longer be responsible for them.
Twelfth-Fhe board shall issue to all arch
itects upon request a printed schedule OF the
requirements for the building, including
list of the number and approximate area of
the rooms, and such other general conditions
as are essential to clearly set forth the re-
quirements of the building.
Sec. 8. No plan shall be adopted except
upon detailed accurate specifications OF the
cost of supervision, labor, material and OF
other expenditures necessary for the cree
ton and completion of said capitol building,
including heating and ventilating apparatus,
lighting and all other fixtures, nor until 1t
shall be definitely ascertained that the en-
tire cost of the same will in no event exceed
the sum Of two million dollars, 1t being IN
derstood that it is the object OF this act to
restrict the aggregate and entire COST OF the
penditureS to be made or authorized by said
board to this sum, and the board of com
missionerS herein appointed shall have this
object in view, anu all contracts awarded
and plans accepted, shall be awarded and
accepted only after the board shall be salts
fed that the cost of the building when COM
pleted, shall not exceed this amount.
Sec. 10. The said board of state capitol
commissioners, as soon as practicable after
the passage of this act, shall give due and
reasonable notice to all parties interested,
h., a. lion In
papers of general circulation in this state,
designating a time and place when and
where the board will receive sealed propo-
sails to sell or grant to state OF Minnesota
land or grounds in the lots and blocks next
to or Immediately adjoining tie block Of
land now constituting the site of the present
state capitol, sufficient in area, together
Vening street or streets, for the site or the
new capitol herein provided for; such sealed
proposals to be in every case accompanied
by plat Of the lands or grounds proposed
as such site; the price at which the same
will be conveyed to the state Of Minnesota,
and the terms and conditions upon which
such conveyance will be made and any
other information that said board may deem
desirable: and every such proposal to be &C
companied by bond in the sum OF ten
thousand dollars properly executed and and
proposal, and at least three financially re-
sponsible persons as sureties, conditioned
for the faithful performance OF such pro,
be received after the date designated in said
notice for examining the same, and said
published notice shall state that said pro
posals will be publicly opened and examined
And at the time and place in said notice
named the said board shall meet and then
and there publicly open such sealed propo-
sails and examine the same; and as soon
thereafter as may be practicable shall go
upon and view the lands or grounds de-
scribed in every such proposal that shall
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of said published notice and the provisions
of this act and shall thoroughly investi-
gate the same to the end that they may be
fully informed as to the merits OF the differ
ent proposed sites.
Sec. IL. Said board are hereby authorized,
after they shall have properly examined all
such proposed sites to select and secure such
a site for the capitol building of Minnesota,
which shall include the present capitol site,
as SHALL in their judgment be most adj
vantageous to the state for the purpose con-
templated in this act, and for that purpose
said board are hereby authorized and, en-
powered in the name and on behalf of the
state to enter upon, purchase, take and ac-
Quire any lands and premises, public or prf-
proper for the purpose of such site, or any
part thereof, and in case the owner of any
such lands or grounds and said board can
not agree as to the value Of the premises
taken or to be taken for such use the value
thereof shall be determined by the appraisal
of three reputable free holders of the state,
not directly or indirectly interested IN the the
on the application Of said board by any
judge of the district court of any judicial
district of this state. And said commission
erS in their assessment of damages shall APP
praise such premises and the respective es-
tates and interests therein at their actual
market value, and upon return into court OF
such appraisement and upon payment into
the same of the appraised value of the
premises so taken, said premises shall be
deemed to be and shall become the property
of the state, save as herein otherwise pro
yided: all provisions of title. L, of chapter
"a, Of the general statutes of one thousand
eight hundred and seventy eight, so far as
reasonably applicably,, shall apply to and
govern proceedings under this act.
Sec. u. All labor, material, transporta-
ton, or construction required by the pro-
visions of this act, as well as all job print
ing, advertising or other work which can
furnished by contract. The board are au-
thoriZed to contract for the construction of
the entire building by contractor who may
undertake the whole work, or the said board
may divide the work into appropriate classes
and make separate contracts as to either of
them as may or may not seem to them to
be for the best interests Of the state; but In
the event of separate contracts the total
amount to be paid for the whole work, in
Guiding the purchase or securing Of the site,
the plans, supervision and erection OF the
building and all expenditures of every ma
ture to be made or contracted for by virtue
of this act, shall not exceed said sum Of two
million dollars as aforesaid, nor shall any
contract, or contracts, take effect until all
of said work Of erecting and completing
said building shall have been contracted for.
and said contracts shall be absolutely void
If in the aggregate said contracts and ex-
penditures to be made shall be
for sum so exceeding said sum of
two million dollars. All lettings Of the work
exceeding in amount the sum Of five hundred
dollars shall be advertised in two daily
newspapers of general circulation in this
state for not less than thirty days, and shall
call for sealed bids, accompanied by such Sc
curity as. said board shall prescribe. All
them rejected, and whether accepted or re-
jected, shall within thirty days after de-
cision thereon by said board be deposited
in the office of secretary of state. In all
contracts the interest of the state shall be
protected by proper bonds to be determined
by said board; provided, that no such bonds
shall be in sum less than one-half Of the
terial and labor shall be in writing,
tractor and the president OF vice president
bidders and materials from other states, the
preference shall be given, the quality and
terms being equally favorable, to the bid
ders and materials within this state. All
contracts with the builders, architects, ell
gineers, superintendent or material men,
shall reserve the right of the board, for
good cause shown, to annul the contract,
and the board shall make no allowance for
damages, but only for expenses incurred
and for labor performed. Such per cent,
not less than ten, as in the judgment of the
board shall seem proper, shall be reserved
from payments on the monthly estimates
on work contracted, until such contract or
the portion thereof to which such payments
are by the terms of such contract made ap-
plicabe, shall have been complet ed in
spected and accepted. All materials con-
tracted for shall be of the best quality and
so far as the said board are of the opinion
that the same can be done consistently with
the best interests Of the state, preference
shall in all cases be given to Minnesota ma
terial and labor, and the directions, plans
and specifications of the work shall be exc
cuted by skilled and reputable architects,
c. ntractors artists, mechanics and laborers.
No contract shall be made which shall
bind the state to the payment of any SUM
until the same shall be by law made appli-
cable thereto.
Sec. l. For the due prosecution of the