The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-21
MANY BDSEXPECTFD
STATE TO SPEND sis,soo FOR NEW
 FURNITURE.
various Departments at Capitol to Be Equipped With Modern Furni- tare, Including Steel shefv-
 ang and Cases.

Bids will be opened at the office of
 the Secretary of State on September
 24 for furnishing new equipment and
 furniture for several of the State De-
 law passed at the summer session of
 the Legislature, appropriating st5.2o0
 for this purpose.
 Tn the act making this appropriation,
 it was stated what sum Is to be given
 to each department It is also speci-
 fled what the Improvements and added
 equipments shall be.
 The largest portion of the appropria-
 tion will so to the Secretary of State,
 s4.500 being set aside to do work that
 has been needed In that department
 for twenty years. The suite will be
 repapered and painted and all of the
 old wooden shelving and cases for
 storing valuable records will be torn
 out. A complete system of fire-proof
 filing cabinets will be installed, in
 which will be stored the land records.
 incorporation articles, insurance rec
 ords, etc.
 The basement, where are now stored
 the codes acts and other books kept by
 the Secretary of State for sale. will
 be fitted with ire-proof vaults. and g
 trench wilt be dug around 1t to make
 1t damp proof.
 The sum of ss.5oo is set aside for
 the State Auditors office. with which to purchase counters, railings, desks, files and other furniture and equip ment. The other appropriations are as follows:
 To the office of the State Treasurer. sl,s00, to be expended for steel fittings and shelving, file cases, desks parti- ton, and for painting and papering the office.
 To the office of the Attorney-Gen- a.- ~.xfx.. ,f A Capitol, the sum of s1.000, to be ex- pended for desks, filing and other cab inets, shelving, book cases and other furniture, floor covering. partition. and | other needed equipments. | To the Department of Education, l a1,0O0, to be expended for desks, filing | cabinets. shelving and other furniture, ! and floor covering.
 To the Department of Agriculture l for desks, filing cases. exhibition 1 cabinet, other office furniture and floor l covering.
 To the office of the Adjutant- Gem | erai, the sum of $500. to be expended for desks. tables. filing cases. shelving. other office furniture and floor cover | ings.
 To the Department of Archives and i History, s2,000, to be expended for l filing and other cases, shelving. tables, l fixtures, wire glass windows, steel win | dow shutters and grating for the pub- 1 lie archive room; for cabinets in which | to display it's battle flags banners and | other museum articles and for desks, fling and other eases. fixtures ana I other furniture, to be used in preserv- I ing and making readily accessible the records and collection of the depart | ment.
 I To the Supreme Court Department. I s75O, s550 of the amount to be expend- l ed for steel filing cases for the ofiice l of Clerk of the Supreme Court in 1 which to preserve the records ana or = l ficiai papers of the court. and s2oO to 1 he expended for shelving. furniture and for covering for the ofices or the 1 Justices of the court
 The expenditure will be made under | the nuusrvfsaon of the Governor ana the heads of the various departments. A large number of the largest furni- ture houses and office outhtters in the country have submitted bids for this | work. A., Nearly every piece of furniture in I the Department of Archives and His l tory Id borrowed, and will have to ne | purchased. Director owen will nave | large eases with plate glass front m which to store the many nlghly . mixed flags now in the department collection. He has over forty or tnes"
 now.