Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-05-11
for nv this subdivision shall be subject to
tho rroui cions of saGtinn six of this act.

ADOED III IOl4N0 OlISDl
for by this subdivision shah be subject to
the provisions of section six OF this act.
gate neur 'a RTs%lsms Il fha Two % f fhoasa az tnt a oksrs,
to be awarded to the designs adlndged TO
stand in point Of merit; ,es secon 49, re snlTas
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 ut
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. Az! re-
thirty days after the decision, OF the co1npe-
tition, after which time the board shall no
longer be responsible for them.
fleets upon request q printed schedllle OF the
requirements Tor bodybuilding: including q
list of the number anIl approximate area or
as are essential to CLEARLY set forth the re-
quirements Of the buifaing.
Sec. 8. No plan shall be adopted except
cost of supervision, labor, material and OF
other expenditures necessary for the cree
ton and completion OF. said capitol building
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, it being UNI
derstood that it is the object OF this act to
restrict the aggregate and entire cost OF the
capitol building and site Thereon ana an eM,
board to this sum, and the board OF com
missioners herein appointed shall have tins
object. in view. and all contracts aMarue9
and plans accepted, shall be awarded and
accepted only after the board shall be salts
fled that the cost Of the building when com
pleted,y shall not exceed this amount:
Soa IN T1,n coi1 hoard of stare r901f0l
commissioners, as soon as practlcab1e after
the passage of this act, shall give due and
reasonable notice to all parties interested,
by sufficient publication, in two daily news
papers Of general circulation in this state,
designating a time and place when anu
where the board will receive sealGd propo-
sails to sell or grant to state OF Minnesota
land or grounds in the lots and blocks next
to OF Immediately adjoining tie block Of
land now constituting the site Of the present
state capitol, sufficient in area, together
with the present capitol site and the inter
vening street or streets, for the site OF the
new capitol herein provided for; such sealed
proposals to be in every case accompanied
by a plat Of the lands OF grounds proposed
as such site; the price at which the same
will be conveyed to the state OF Minnesota esq;
such conveyance will be made, and any
other information that said board may deem
desirable; and every such proposal to be &C
thousand dollars properly. executed and
signed by the party OF parties! making such
proposal, and at least three financially re,
sponsible persons as s%ureties, conditioned
for the faithful performance of such pro,
posal in all it's details. No proposals shall
be received after the date designated in said
published notice shall state that said pro-
posals will be publicly opened and examined
at a time and place in said notice named:
named the said board shall meet and then
and there publicly open such sealed propo-
sails and examine the same; G and : as soon o.
upon and view the lands OF grounds de-
scribed in every such proposal that shall
conform in all respects to the requirements
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 all
such proposed sites to select anu secure such
a site for the capitol building OF Minnesota sofa
as shall, in their judgment, be most ad-
yantageous 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 OH behalf OF the
state to enter upon, purchase, take and &C
qlire any lands and premises, public or pri-
waite, that may be necessary. convenient OF
proper for the purpose of such site, or any
part thereof, and in case the owner Of any
suc1l--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
judge of the district court Of any judicial
district of this state. And said commission
ers in their assessment of damages shall ap-
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 1, Of chapter
81, Of the general statutes of one thousand
reasonably applicably,, shall apply to and
govern proceedings under this act.
Sec. u. All labor, material, transporta-
visions of. this act, as well as all job print
be done under this act, shall be done or
thorized to contract for the construction of
the entire building by a contractor who may
undertake the whole work, OF the said board
may divide the work into appropriate classes
and make separate contracts as to either Of
them as may OF may not. seem to them to
be for the best interests of the state: but in
the t1eo,, event It Of n seRdarfa ate + contrasts Wbc5s the total tai
Guiding the purchase or securing OF the site,
the plans, supervision and erection Of the
building n ia and ni.a all o e1p pe,tnt nfeS fdr e I've yir ma
of this act, shall not exceed said sum OF two
million dollars as aforesaid, nor shall any
contract, or contracts, take effect Until al
of said work of erecting and completing
said building shall have been contracted for:
and said contracts shall be absolutely void
If noi in the aggregate o said ms c9ntrae eha1i ana e IL
for a 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
bids received by said board may be by
them rejected, and whether accepted OF re-
jected, shall within thirty days after De,
in the Office of secretary of state. In all
contracts the interest of the state shall! be
protected by proper bonds ste to De be d ents hdnGl
shall be in q sum less than onc-half Of the
contract price. All contracts for ma
t 6nd s5 ana labor be sis shsll be By in the grit dnG,
tractor and the president or vice president
of the board; in any cases where there are
bidders and materials from other states, the
terms being equally Favorable. to the bid
ders n materials within this state. All
contracts with the builders, architects, en-
gineers, superintendent OF 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 APP
plicable, shall have been completed, in
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