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

| special meetings., winch snail De cOnQucLeQ
| according to the usual parliamentary rules.
| The persons thus appointed shall be subject
! to removal by the governor for cause, and
should any vacancy occur IN said board ara
| governor shall fill the same by appointment,
such appointment, however, TO be subject
| to rejection or ratification by the senate at
the first session of the legislature following
| such appointment
Sec. 2. Each member of said board shall
| be entitled to receive his actual travelling
expenses, and each member of said board,
| except the governor, shall receive the sum
! Of five dollars per day for the time actually
| spent in the discharge Of his duties under
Sec 3. Each of said commissioners. before
| entering upon the duties of his office. shall
enter into bond in the sum Of $4,000
toned for the faithful Performance of his
| Minnesota, and filed in the Office of the
rotary of state, and shall also take and
! subscribe the following oath. to be endorsed
on said bond, and be. administered by any
| one authorized to administer Oaths, to wit:
Il, A. B., do solemnly swear that l will
not, directly or indirectly, be interested or
| pieces or parcels Of land or any of them, to
| be used as q site for a new state capitol
| building according to the provisions of this
act, or in the purchase from the state of
| any lands or buildings to be sold under this
| act; and [ will not, directly or Indirectly,
| be interested or concerned in any manner
|
| son or persons, for the erection and location
| of the state capitol or any portion thereof.
or in the proceeds or profits growing out of
the same, or any work or labor done there
on or material furnished in the erection Of
| the SAME; so help me Cod"
| And should the said commissioner offend
against the true intent and meaning of this
oath, he shall, upon indictment and convic-
ton, suffer all the pains and penalties of
| perjury; and in case, of a violation of the
conditions of the bond provided for, he shall
be liable to an action thereon in the district
court of Ramsey county, and q judgment ip
favor of the state for such damages as may
be awarded against the obligorS thereto, by
reason of failure of the principal.
Sec. 4. Within ten days after qualification
as commissioners, the said board shall meet
at the seat Of government for the compile
ton of their organization, and may elect one
Of their number vice president, whose duty
it shall be to preside over the meetings of
said board in the absence of the governor.
Sec. .. The said board of commissioners
Shall appoint some proper person, not of
their number, to superintend, under their
direction; the erection Of the state capitol
as provided for in this act, whose duty shall
begin after the contract for the building is
let, and they shall also appoint secretary
them prescribed Such superintendent and
secretary thus appointed shall each receive
for his services reasonable compensation,
to be established by the board, and before
entering upon the discharge Of his duties
shall take the oath prescribed by the con-
stitution for state officers, and give bond for
office in the penal sum OF ten thousand dol
lars.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be unlawful for either of
the said commissioners to be interested
either directly or indirectly, in any manner
whatsoever in the location of said new cap
itol site, or in any contract, or part thereof,
for the erection Of said capitol building, or
for any work connected Herewith, or for
the furnishing of any supplies or material
therefor, so as to receive any benefit there
from, or the promise of any benefit there
from, either by way Of commission. rebate.
bonus, division of profits, OF otherwise; and
any of said commissioners who shall violate
this provision of this act shall be guilty of
miSdemeanor, and, upon conviction there
of, shall be subject to d fine not to exceed
ten thousand dollars, and shall forfeit his
right to- and be removed from his place on
said board: and be found incapable OF hold
my any office of trust or profit under the
state; provided, further, that it shall be
unlawful for said board of capitol commits
si0ners to employ, or continue in employ
ment any person in the supervision or su-
perintendence Of the building of said cap
itOl, or Of any work connected herewith
who IS in any manner connected or inter
ested, directly or Indirectly, in any contract
for the erection of said capitol building, OF
terial therefor; and the said board Of COM
miSSioners are hereby charged with the
rigid enforcement OF this provision Of this
act
Sec. 7. There shall be transferred in each
of the years 1888 and 1894 from the general
fund to the credit of the board of state cap
IQOuS1n0
dollars, and in each succeeding year after
the year 1894 until the completion of said
capitol building, not exceeding ten years, a
sum equal to the proceeds of a levy of two
tenths of a mill upon the assessed valuation
Of the state, for the purchase Of site, or
part thereof, and the erection and compile
ton of a new capitol building, in accord
ance with the terms and provisions of this
act Provided, that the total amount so
transferred shall not exceed the sum Of
two millions Of dollars.
Sec g. The board Of canitol nornrni cSion-
ers, as soon as practicable after the passage
of this act, shall proceed to select a plan for
suitable capitol building for the State Of
Minnesota, said plan to be secured by COM
petitive contest, and the following rules
shall govern the board:
First.-The building shall be planned SO
that it can be properly built, with ample
light and air. upon a lot surrounded by
streets or open ground. The building shall
be supplied with proper heating. lighting
and venttlating apparatus, and with neces-
sary sanitary arrangements.
Second:-The drawings required in the
competition shall be as follows:
FirSt-One plan Of the cellar and each Of
the other floors.
Second-Three elevations of building front,
one side and rear.
Third-One longitudinal and one trans
verse section.
Fourth-One perspective view on the scale
Of One-fourth inch to the foot with point Of
site three hundred feet nearest the point
to the buIding) which shall be rendered
with cast shadows in brush wash in mono
Tone black or brown.
Third-All drawings submitted, except the
perspective, shall be drawn on a uniform
scale of one-eighth inch to the foot; and all
shall be executed in india ink on heavy
white paper without shading or shadows.
Door and window openings may be tinted in
india ink to show glass. Walls and parti-
tons may be filled in solid with india ink.
No landscape or figures shall be drawn on
elevations, excepting one figure to Indicate
the scale.
Fourth-All drawings submitted shall be
either mounted on stretchers or heavy book
boards with white or tinted paper borders.
and no border lines or other framing will
be allowed.
Fifth-lrhe designs submitted shall be for
tire-prOOf building and one that can be
completed at q cost, including site and all
other expenses, not exceeding two million
dollars.
Sixth-The drawings shall be sent to the
board Of capitol commissioners at st. Paul,
Mimi, and shall come with the real name
and address of the architect or firm submit
ting the same distinctly printed or written
on each sheet.
seventh-There shall also be a type-writ-
ten description designating the materials the
author proposes using in the construction Of
building, and such other general informa-
ton as cannot be shown on the several
drawings herein called for, as may be nee
essary to accurately determine the cost of the
building. No drawings or documents other
than those herein called for will be received.
Eighth-Eyery design shall! be excluded
from competition as to which it appears that
any attempt is made by its author to in
fuence the decision Of the members of the
board OF their advisors: or, if in any par
ticular violates the conditions herein stated;
or if it be found that its probable cost will
exceed the limits herein named.
Ninth-From the designs furnished which
| conform to these conditions the board may
select one to be the design of the new state
capitol. This design shall be in the posses
sion of the state, but shall remain the prop
| erty of the architect or firm who made it,
and shall not be used in whole or in part
| except said architect or firm is employed as
architect and superintendent of the build
| ing according to the rules of the American
| Institute of Architects, except as to fees
| which will not exceed two and one-half per
| cent of the amount named in said bill. hut