The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-11-05

a board of canvasSers.
GEO. l.. CROKER, Chairman.
Attest: H. T. WEST, Clerk.
Twin Falls, Idaho, Oct. 10, 1908.
The Board convened in regular ses-
sion pursuant of adjournment of yes
terday
Present: George L. Croker, chair
man, John f. Hansen, l.. e. Salladay,
H. 7. 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:
G. D. Aiken, sheriff, report of pri-
soners boarded.
G. D. Aiken, sheriff, report of earned
fees.
G.. D. Aiken, sheriff, report of lie
enses sold.
H. T. West, clerk and recorder, re-
port of earned fees.
G. j. Hahn, treasurer, and II. 7.
West, auditor, joint report of treasurer
and auditor.
Edna DeBow, county superintendent.
F. E. Chamberlain, probate judge.
ii. b. 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-
ber 1908.
That we hereby employ and retain G.
Harvey Smith, OF Twin Falls, for and
in consideration of the sum Of Ave 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-half 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 tc
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.
it's of material and workmanship ant
maintain an effective working organ
ization of the several contractors OF
contractor as the case may be in the
construction and building of the sale
building.
The architect c. Harvey Smith, will
demand of the contractors and en-
force the same, proper correction ant
remedy of all defects discovered II
their work, and will assist the count,
of Twin Falls, in enforcing the terms
of the contracts; but the architect SUI
perintending shall not include liabilit.
or responsibility for any breach of thu
contract by the contractors. The archi
tect must specify the material as tt
the kind and price to be paid in thu
construction of the said building ant
use his influence to purchase the sam
as reasonable as possible.
The amount of the architects com
pensatiCn Is to be reckoned on com
mission of five per cent upon the tOta
cost Of the building. including all sta
ticnary fixtures.
Drawing and specifications or in
struments of service are to remain tn
property of the architect.
G. HARVEY SMITH.
Approved and accepted this, the 15tl
day of October, 1908.
GEO l.. CROKER,
Chairman of the Board of Commission
| ers Of Twin Falls county, State @
Idaho.
Whereupon the Board ordered tn
following bill of steel cu!vert pipe
from the Canton Culvert company, Q
Canton, Ohio, to be laid down in Kim
berly, at the following prices:
Is Twelve-in sixteen feet. s .85 per +
SO Sfxteen-inch sixteen feet lip per +
IS Eighteen-inch sixteen It. 1.20 per 4
Is Twenty-inch sixteen feet 1.46 per +
20 Twenty-four sixteen feet Ito per {