St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-09

passed, cOmpels the adoption of the
present site, with such additional land
as may be necessary. The section is
interesting and is reproduced in full:
The said board of state capitol COM
missloners, as soon as practicable after
the passage of this act, shall give due and
reasonable notice to all parties inter-
ested, by sufficient publication in two
daily newspapers of general circulation
published in this state, designating a
time and place when and where the
board will receive sealed proposals to
sell or grant to the state of Minnesota
land or grounds in the lots or blocks
next to or Immediately adjoining the
block of land now constituting the site
OF the present state capitol, sufficient in
area, together with the present capitol
site and the intervening street or
streets, for the site of the new capitol
herein provided for; such sealed pro-
posals to be in every case accompanied
by plat OF the lands or grounds pro-
posed as such site, the price at which
the same will be conveyed to the state
of Minnesota and the terms and con-
ditions upon which such conveyance
Will be made, and any other infOrma-
ton that said board may deem desirable {;
and every such proposal to be accom-
panied by bond in the sum of ten
thousand dollars $4,000, properly eX-
ecuted and signed by the party or
parties making such proposal, and at
least three financially responsible per-
sons as suretles, conditioned for the
faithful performance of such proposal
in all its details. No proposals shall be
received after the date DESIGNATED in
said notice for examining the same, and
said published notice shall state that
said proposals will be publicly opened
and examined at time and place in
said notice named.
And at the time and place in said no.
tice named the said board shall meet
and then and there publicly open such
sealed proposals and examine the same,
and as soon thereafter as may be practi-
cable shall go upon and view the lands
or grounds described in every such pro-
posal that shall conform in all respects
to the requirements of said published
notice and the provisions of this act.
and shall thoroughly investigate 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 author
lied, after they shall have properly eX-
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and secure site for the capitol building
of Minnesota, which shall include the
present capitol site, as shall in their
Judgment be most advantageous to the
state for the purpose contemplated in
this act, and for that purpose said board
are hereby authorized and empowered.
in the name and on behalf of the state,
to enter upon. purchase, take and
require any lands and premises,
public or private, that may be neees-
Sary, convenient OF proper for the pur-
pose or such site, or any part thereof:
and in case the owner of any such lands
or grounds and said board cannot agree
as to the value of the premises taken or
to be taken for such use, the yaIue
thereof shall be determined by the ap-
praisal of three reputable freeholders of
the state, Dot directly or indirectly in
terested in the premises to be taken,
and to be appointed on the application
Of said board by any judge of the dis
trict court of any judicial district of
this state. And said commission
ers IN their assessment of dam
ages shall appraise such premises
and the respective estates and interests
therein at their actual market value,
and upon return into court of such ap-
plSioHOnU ohu upol payment INTO tno
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 provided all provisions Of
title l, of chapter "a Of the General
Statutes of 1878, 80 far as reasonably
applicable. shall apply to and govern
proceedings under this act.
The remainder of the act relates to the
manner of contracting and paying for
work. All labor and material shall be
furnished by contract. and the board
may let the whole building In one con
tract or divide and sublet it. Provis-
ions are made for advertising for pro-
posals and for paying upon estimates.
The attorney general is made the legal
adviser of the board.