The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-04

dred thousand dollars S1O0, 000.O O)
for the purpose of the erection of a
court house on the site now owned by
the county seat thereof, shall be sub
mitted to the voters Of said county
of Brookings at the next general cleo
ton to be held on the Sth day of No
vember, 1910, in the name provid-
ed by law, and the county auditor
of said county is hereby ordered and
directed to cause proper notice to be
given and shall cause ballots to be
prepared and distributed for such
purpose, in accordance with law.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted, all members voting aye on
roll call.
On motion, the board adjourned to
nine o'clock a. m. Wednesday, July
81, 1910.
July 81, 1910.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
All members of the board and the
county auditor, as clerk, present.
Mr.. Bell of Minneapolis. Mimi, was
present with plans and specifications
of a court house, which met with the
approval of the board and numerous
citizens present.
Mr.. Jarvis submitted the following:
THAT the proposition Of Mr.. Bell
4 ba;,r lAADnAl ~, 10 thA
county, and enabling it to proceed to
advertise for bids from contractors i'm
mediately after election, if bonds are
voted for, and thus enabling the coun
ty to obtain lower price Of material
which prevails in the winter months
and thus save the county several thou
sand dollars in the cost of construc-
tion Of building. The architect as
Stunning all the risk as the result of
the vote" And moved that the board
enter into an agreement with the
said firm.
A roll call was demanded.
On roll call Lewis Johnson voted
aye ]. L. Jarvis voted AYE" F. w.
Newton voted aye" George f. Hoch
voted AYE" Ole Erickson voted
mo
A majority having voted in favor
of said motion, the chairman declared
the same carried and the following
agreement was entered into:
Agreement.
1t Is Hereby Agreed, by and between
the county Of Brookings ard G. f.
Bell, Tyree & Chapman, architects of
Minneapolis, Minnesota, that said
architects shall prepare plans and
specifications for a court house for
said county, in accordance with the
directions of the county board of said
county, said building not to exceed in
expense the sum of 500, 900, said
plans and specifications to be prepar-
ed and completed as Don as practic-
able and not later than November
10, 1910. 1t is the intention of the
parties hereto that said architects
shall subsequently enter into q con
tract to furnish plans and specifica-
tons subject to the approval OF the
board Of county commissioners, and
agreeing to perform the architectural
supervision of the building in the
usual manner
1t is further agreed that in the
event that the proposition for issuing
bonds for the erection of said building
to be voted upon November s, 1910,
shall fail to carry, then that the coun-
Ity shall pay nc compensation to said
architects whatever for such plans
and specifications; and in the event
that such proposition does carry, and
such plans and specifications are &C
cepted by said county commissioners,
then said county shall pay to said
architects the usual compensation, be-
ing five per cent of the completed cost
of the construction Of said building
for the said plans and specifications
and architectural supervision. It being
the express understanding Of the par
ties hereto that in the event that said
proposition to issue said bonds shall
fail to carry, that there shall be no
obligation whatever upon the county
for the payment of any sum whatever
to said architects. This agreement to
be in force only in case the attorney
general approves such agreement
without the necessity of advertising
for bids for plans and specifications.
Dated at Bookings, South Dakota,
this 9th day Of July, 1910.
Board OF County Commissioners.
Rrookings County,
BY George E. Hoch, Chairman.
o. J. Bitterness, County Auditor.
c. E. Bell, Tyree & Chapman,
Architects.
BY c. e. Bell.
Malcolm Aldrich presented his re-