Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-05-05
for by this subdivision shall be subject to

the provisions or section six Of this act.
gate dmoapt Of f % f fhousa IN ine dors
to be awarded to the designs adjudged to
STAND ftt IN point Of merit second third
no premium other than the fee allowed by
the board for designing. and experimenting
the said building.
after the date fixed for submission of plans.
All drawings shall be exhibited in public at
least two weeks before the award is made.
architects or firms submitting them and only
used in whole or 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 colnpe-
ttion, after which time the board shall no
longer be responsible for them.
TWefth-The board shall issue to all arch
itectss upon request a printed schedule Of the
requirements for the building. including q
list OF the number and approximate area Of
the rooms, and such other general conditions
quirements Of the building.
Sec. 8; No plan shall be adopted except
upon detailed accurate, specifications Of the
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 it
shall be definitely ascertAined that the en-
tire cost of the same will in no event exceed
the sum Of two million dollars it being I'M
derstOod that it is the object of this act to
restrict the aggregate and entire cost of the
capitol building and site thereof and all ex-
penditures to be made or authorized by said
>missioners hertin appointed shall have this
object in view, and 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
Of fs set as Eve due 5
reasonable notice to all parties interested,
by sufficient publication In two daily news
time and pace When e S' AMI
where the board will receive sealed propo-
sails to sell or grant to state Of Minnesota
to Of or N the 5f ana blocks
land now constituting the site Of the present
state capitol, sufficient in area, together
Venng or srettS he se Of he
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
sti. conveyance: CONVEYANCE vii be made, and any
desirable, and every such proposal to be ac-
companied by a bond in the sum Of ten
thousand dollars properly, executed and
proposal, and ut least three financially re-
sponsible persons as sureties, conditioned
for the faithful performances of such pro-
IS.
be received after the date designated in said
notice for examining the same, and said
published notice shall state that said pro-
m mc and f aee H ead noee
And at the time and place in said notice
named the said board shall meet and then
ss and s and as
thereafter as may be practicable shall go
upon and view the lands or grounds de-
scribed in every such proposal that shall
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. II. Said board are hereby authorized,
after they shall have properly examined ali
site for tie Capitol building of Minnesota ss
which shall include the present capitol site,
as shall, in their Judgment, be most adj
epste% to hs se a fSf 6s
said board are hereby authorized and el
powered in the name and on behalf Of the
state to enter upon; purchase, take and ac-
euire any lands and premises, public or pri-
vate, that may be necessary, convenient or
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
premises to be taken, and to be appointed
on the application Of said board by any
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
deemed to be and shall become the property
Of the state, save as herein otherwise pro-
yided: all provisions of title 1, of chapter
"a. OF the general statutes Of one thousand
govern proceedings under this act.
Sec. -. All labor, material, transporta-
visions of this act, as well as all job print
ing, advertising or other work which can
be done under this act, shall be done or
thorized to contract for the construction of
the entire building by contractor who may
undertake the whole work, OF the said board
may divide the work into appropriate classes
them as may or may not. seem to them to
be for the best interests Of the state; but in
amount to be paid for the Whole work ,o 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
said building shall have been Contracted for for,
and said contracts shall be absolutely void
If IN the aggregate said contracts and ex-
for sum 50 exceeding said cn''i sum Of Of
two million dollars. All lettings OF the work
exceeding in amount the sum Of five hundred
newspapers Of general circulation in this
state for not less than thirty days, and shall
call for sealed bids. accompanied by such Sc
0gIysit xya Il cl,.1 Az
them rejected, and whether accepted or re-
jected, shall within thirty days after de-
in the Office of secretary Of s te m a
contracts the interest Of the state shall be
protected by proper bonds to be determined
contract price. Ali contracts for ma
terial and labor shall be in writing,
and shall be signedz by. the con
of the board; in any cases where there are
bidders and materials from other states the
preference shall be given, the quality and
ders and materials within this state. All
contracts with the builders, architects, en-
gineers, superintendent or material men,
good caSse shown to apnu the
and the board shall make no allowance for
damages, but only. for expenses incurred
not less than ten, as in the Judgment of fI 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-
plicable, 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 eases 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
until the same shall be by law made appli-