Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-03-31
ACT PROVIDING F0R|IINEW CAPITOL
Full Text Of the Law Under Which the State
Will Secure Million Dollar Building

in addition thereto shall thereafter be
incapacitated from holding any office
of trust or profit in this state.
It shall be unlawful for said board
to employ or continue in its employ
ment in the supervision or superin-
tendence of the building Of said capt.
toll, or OF any work connected there
with, any person who is in any man
ner connected with or interested in,
directly or indirectly, any contract
for the erection of said capitol build
Ing or governors residence, or for
the furnishing of any supplies or ma
terial therefor; and the said COM
missioners are hereby charged with
the rigid enforcement Of this provis-
ion of this act.
Sec. 6. The board of state capitol
commissioners as soon as practicable
after the passage of this act shall
proceed, In such manner as it deems
best, to procure and select plans and
specifications for the remodeling and
reconstruction of the capitol build
ing of the state of North Dakota and
the erection of a suitable residence
Tor the, governor, and to receive bids
for the performance of the work
hereunder. No plan and specif,ca.
tons shall be adopted nor bid &C.
cepted unless a majority of all mem.
bers OF the board shall vote in favor
thereof.
In the plans and specifications for
the reconstruction the board shall
utilize the newly constructed north
wing of the present capitol building,
and so much of the other portions of
the present building and its materials
as, In the opinion of the said board,
can be used to advantage, with due
regard to the appearance and service
ableness of the building. The plan
selected shall be 50 far as practicable
for a fire proof building, and the
plans and specifications adopted for
such alterations and reconstruction
shall be such as will not make neces-
sary an expenditure in excess of the
amount which can be realized from
the sale of all the capitol building
lands hereinafter mentioned.
No plans for alterations and recon-
struction shall be adopted until care
full estimate has been made of the
cost of supervision, labor, material
and other expenditures necessary to
complete the same, it being the OBJ
Ject OF this act to restrict the aggre-
gate and entire cost of all eNpendi-
lures to be made under this act. to
the amount which can be realized
from said lands, and all contracts
awarded and plans adopted shall be
awarded and adopted only after the
board shall be satisfied that the cost
OF carrying out the provisions of this
act shall not exceed this amount.
Sec. z. All labor, material, trans
portation, excepting transportation
by raiD or construction, required by
the provisions of this act, as well as
all job printing, advertising or other
work which can be SO done under this
act, shall be done or furnished by con-
tract. The board is authorized to CON
tract for the performance of the entire
work by contractor who may under
take the whole work, or it may divide
the work into appropriate classes and
make separate contracts as to either
OF them as may seem to it to be for
the best interests of the state. All
lettings Of work exceeding in amount
the sum Of one thousand dollars shall
be advertised in two daily news
papers OF general circulation in this
state, for not less than fifteen days,
and shall call for sealed bids ac-
companied by such security as said
board shall prescribe. Any or all
bids received by the board may be by
1t rejected, and whether accepted or
rejected shall within thirty DAYS
after decision thereon by the board
be deposited in the Office of the state
auditor. All contracts for labor and
material shall be in writing. and
snail be signed by the contractor and
Dy the president or vice president of
the board: The plans and specifica-
ions OF the work shall be executed
by skilled and reputable architects
contractors, artists, mechanics and
laborers. '-N1
No contract shall be made which
snail bind the state to make payment
OF any sum before the same shall be
by law made applicable thereto.
Sec. 8. Before any contract for the
ing any skill or material in the recon
struction Of said capitol building or
erection Of said governors residence,
shall be entered into by the board,
the contractor shall be required to
furnish to the board bond for the
use Of the state OF North Dakota. ana
also for the use of all persons who
may perform any work or labor or
furnish any skill or material in the ex.
ecution Of said contract, to be approved
by the board, which bond shall have
two or more sureties Except that where
surety company licensed to do bust
ness in this state acts as surety. no
other surety will be requiredl, which
bond shall be in an amount fixed by the
board, but in no case less than one-half
OF the contract price, and which shall be
conditioned to complete such contract
according to the terms thereof, and to
pay IS they become due all lust claims
TOR all work and labor performed and an
skill and material furnished 10 the exc.
cution Of such contract.
II personal sureties are furnished each
shall make oath that he is q resident 81
the state Of North Dakota, and that he Ia
seized in fee Of real estate situated ia said
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