The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-10-29

WhereupOn the commissioners found
! and declared that the proposition to
vote $150,000.00 to build and furnish a
| court house and jail for Twin Falls
| county, voted upon at the special cleo
ton held Oct. 5th, 1908, was carried by
vote of eighteen hundred and eighty
seven for the bonds, against a vote of
four hundred and nineteen against the
| bonds
Whereupon the Board adjourned as
board of canvassers.
GEO. L. CROKER, Chairman.
Attest: H. T. WEST, Clerk.
Twin Falls, Idaho, Oct. Is, 1908.
The Board convened in regular ses-
sion pursuant of adjournment of yes
| terday.
Present: George L. Crocker, chair
man, John F. Hansen, l.. e. Salladay,
H. T. West, clerk.
| Whereupon the following proceed
| ings were had:
Whereupon the Board examined and
approved the following reports Of the
county officers for the quarter ending
October 18th;
soners boarded
VI. ~. tAlhcu, ouClIll, ISPOll VI
| fees.
G. D. Aiken, sheriff, report Of lie
enses sold.
port of earned fees.
c. j. Hahn, treasurer, and H. T..
West, auditor, joint report of treasurer
and auditor.
Edna DeBow, county superintendent.
chamberlain nrOh1fp Indigo
H. E. Hunt, coroner
Whereupon the Board adopted the
| following resolution:
Be it Resolved, BY the Board Of
the County Commissioners, Of Twin
Falls county, State Of Idaho, in regu-
lar session convened in the City Of
Twin Falls, this, the 18th day Of Octo-
Der, 1908.
That we hereby employ and retain G.
Harvey Smith, of Twin Falls, for and
in consideration of the sum Of five per
cent commission, to furnish prelimin-
airy sketches, contract working draw
ings, specifications, detail drawing
and general experimenting of
the building operations, and, also, to
audit all the accounts Of the erection
and construction. Of the court house
building to be erected for the county Of
Twin Falls, State of Idaho.
! Terms of payment to be as follows,
one-half when the working drawings,
plans, specifications and details are
completed ready to receive bids on the
contract, balance to be paid thereafter
at the rate of two and one-haIf per
| cent, upon each certificate due to the
contractor.
If work on the building is postponed
or abandoned the commission for the
| work done by the architect is to bear
such relation to the compensation for
| the entire work as may be determined
by board of arbritrators, one man of
| the said board to be selected by the
| architect, one man to be selected by
the Board of County Commissioners
for Twin Falls county, the third man
to be selected by the two members Sc
lected as above mentioned.
In all transactions between the
county of Twin Falls and the contrac-
tor, the architect is to act as the agent
! for the county of Twin Falls and his
actions and liabilities in this connec-
ton are to be those of agent only.
The Architect G. Harvey Smith, is to
make visits to the building and to SUI
perintend the same and be there of
such frequency and duration as in his
judgment will be necessary to fully in
struct contractors, pass upon the mer-
its of material and workmanship and
maintain an effective working organ
izatiOn of the several contractors or
contractor as the case may be in the
construction and building of the said
building.
The architect c. Harvey Smith, will
demand of the contractors and en-
force the same, proper correction and
remedy of all defects discovered In
their work, and will assist, the county
of Twin Falls, In enforcing the terms
OF the contracts; but the architect SUI
perintending shall not include liability
or responsibility for any breach Of the
contract by the contractors. The archi-
tect must specify the material as to
the kind and price to be paid In the
construction OF the said building and
use his influence to purchase the same
as reasonable as possible.
The amount of the architects com.
pensation is to be reckoned on COM
mission OF five per cent upon the total
cost Of the building. including all sta
tionary fixtures.
Drawing and specifications or in
struments OF service are to remain the
property OF the architect.
c. HARVEY SMITH.
Approved and accepted this, the 18th
day OF October, 1908.
GEO. L. CROKER,
Chairman OF the Board of Commission.
ers OF Twin Falls county, State Of
Idaho.
Whereupon the Board ordered the
following bill Of steel culvert pipe
from the Canton Culvert company, o.
Canton. Ohio, to be laid down in Kim.
berly, at the following prices:
rs Twelve-in sixteen feet. 8 .85 per It
80 Sixteen-inch sixteen feet 1.12 per It
As Eighteen-lnch sixteen It. 1.2O per It
rs Twenty-inch sixteen feet 1.4S per It
20 Twenty-four sixteen feet ITO per It
| Four extra half sections, both tor
and bottom OF the above sizes. freigh'