Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-05-11
for nv this subdivision shall be subject to
fho ,,Sl,riSions of sactinn six of this act

fourth, fifth, the accepted design to receive
no premium other than the. fee allowed by
the board for designing and experimenting
EleVenthNNo 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 and only
used in whole or in part by agreement with
jected drawings shall be called for within
thirty days after the decision of the .compe-
ttion, after which time the board shall no
longer be responsible for them.
TWelfth-The board shall issue to all arch
ttects upon request 4 printed schedule or the
requirements for the building: including q
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
dha and q sd eaPto
lighting and ALI 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 Inillion dollars, it being I'M
derstood that it us the object Of this act to
restrict the aggregate and entire cost of the
capitol building and site thereof and all ex-
board to this sum, and the board of com-
missioners herein appointed shall have this
object n veW ana al mt
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,
by sufficient publication In two daily news
papers Of general circulation in this state,
designating time and place when and
where the board will receive sealed propo-
land or grounds i'll the lots and blocks next
to or Immediately adjoining tie block Of
land now constituting the site Of the present
With the present capito site asa the nter
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 or grounds proposed
as such site; the price at which the same
will be conveyed tO$the state of Minnesota,
and the terms and d, conditions upon which
other information that said board may deem
desirable; and every such proposal to be ac-
companied by bond in the sum of ten
signed by the party OF parties making such
proposal, and at least three financially re-
ssponsible. persons as sureties, conditioned
for the faithful performance Of such pro-
posal in all its details. No proposals shall
be received after the date designated in said
notice for examining the same, and said
posa1s will be publicly opened and examined
at a time and place in said notice named.
And at tt the tine and place in said n4ice
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.
conform in all respects to the requirements
Of said published notice and the provisions
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,
such proposed sites to select and secure such
a site for the capitol building of Minnesota,
which shall include the present capitol site,
as m f. tS be most ad
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 pri-
vate, that may be necessary, convenient or
proper for the purpose of such site, or 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
Of three reputable free holders Of the state,
not directly or indirectly interested in the
premises to be taken. and to be appointed
on 9a the - apPlcati4n Of SAID board BY any
district of this state. And said commission
ers in their assessment of damages shall ap-
praise such premises and the respective es;
market value, and upon return into court of
such appraisemen- aud 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-
Hided; all provisions Of title. 1, Of chapter
81. OF the general statutes of one thousand
eight hundred and seventy EIGHT, 50 far as
reasonably applicably,- shall apply to and
govern proceedings under this act.
Sec. II. 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 OF
thorized to contract for the construction of
the entire building by contractor who may
undertake the whole work, or the said board
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
amount to be PAID for the WISE work. a
Guiding the purchase or securing of the site,
the plans, supervision and erection Of the
building in and al expenditures Of every ma:
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.
and said contracts shall be absolutely void
If in the aggregate said contracts and ex-
for sum 50 e8 X said SpS sum of of
two million dollars. All lettings of the work
exceeding in amount the sum Of FIVE hundred
dollars shall be advertised in two daily
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
contracts the interest of the state shall be
protected by proper bonds to be determined
l by said ID board; provided; that no such bonds
contract price. Ali contracts Tor = ma
terial and labor shall be in writing,
and shall be signedz by the con-
taf be h and the president Or vice
bidders and materials from other states, the
preference shall be given, Inequality and
an Ddn ga feda TtSn s to the BID
contracts with the builders architects, en-
gineers, superintendent or material men,
shall reserve the right of the board, for
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
are by the terms of such contract made APP
plicable, shall have been completed, in
spected and accepted. All materials con
tractedt for shall be of the best quality. and
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. ID. For the due prosecution of the
work hereby committed to their charge the
sag IL, board i,. are hereby authorized to and