The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-13
PROVIDES PRIZES
FOR BEST PLANS
Senator From Ardmore Introduces Bill
For Complication Among Archi-
tects for Capital Plans.

Oklahoma City, Jan. IA plan fo
a competition among architects to Sc
lect the plans for Oklahomas new
state capital building, with prizes fol
the four submitting the best plans, is
proposed in bill introduced IN the
senate Thursday by Senator Harry X
Allen of Ardmore. The plans are tc
be marked only with private device
or motto, and are to be judged by a
board of three experts from the pro
fessions of architecture or engineering
q The provisions of the bill are as fol
lows:
Section /. That for the purpose of
securing the cooperation of the archi-
tectural profession of the state of Ok
lahoma, and for the purpose of secur-
ing the best plans and design for the
proposed state capitol building, that
the committees on state capitol and
buildings of the legislature shall in
conjunction with the state capitol
commission devise rules and formu-
late a program for the selection of an
architect, or firm of architects, and
the adoption of plans for the proposed
state capitol building
Section g Said capitol commission
and said committees shall provide for
a competition to be open only to archi-
tects who are bona fide residents of
the state of Oklahoma and who have
practiced the profession or architecture
in said state for at least six months
Immediately prior to the advertisement
of said competition. The state capitol
commission and said legislative COM
mittees shall secure the services of
three professional judges, non-residents
of the state of Oklahoma, selected
from among the professions of archi-
lecture or engineering of the univer-
stiles or colleges of the United States,
said judges to constitute board of
experts.
Section 3.-The state capitol com
mission in conjunction with said leg
islative committees, shall give notice
of such competition by advertising in
Va daily newspaper published in Okla
homa City, for period of ten days, the
conditions of said competition and
shall allow said architects further
period of forty days thereafter to pre-
pare and submit plans. The conditions
of the competition shall be as per pro-
gram, which shall be furnished by the
said state capitol commission and said
legislative committees on deposit of
twenty-five ($25.00) dollars by each ar
chitect, or firm of architects wishing
to enter the competition. Such deposit
to be returned to the depositor of same
on the day the competition closes and
before the opening of the plans.
Section 4-The said state capitol
commission and legislative committees
are authorized and directed to offer
and design for the state capitol build
ing, which shall be as follows, to-wit:
First Prize-The selection of the best
plan which will carry with it the selec-
tion of the architect or architects.
Second Prize-The sum of $4,000.
Third Prize-The sum of 81 800
Fourth Prize-The sum Of $780,
The plans or design securing prizes
shall become the property of the state
of Oklahoma to be used as a basis in
the construction of the state capitol {
building.
Section 5.-All plans and drawings l
submitted shall be marked with a de- {
vice or motto and shall have no other /
marks of recognition; they shall be /
sealed in an envelope marked with the I
device or motto and shall contain the
name to accompany the said
plans and drawings. All drawings to |
be delivered fiat, unframed, and secure C
ly sealed as above provided.
Section 6.-The cost of the building t
shall not exceed the sum of $1,000,000, {
on basis of go cents per I
cubic foot, on that portion of the build S
ing measured from basement floor to 7
the top of the main cornice, and As O
cents per cubic foot for architectural a
features, above the top of the main C
eorniee. Said drawings shall be on L
sheets 50x36 inches allowing a border o
Of two inches, and to consist of base v
nent, and the different floor plans, and Il
shall give elevations, facing north, r
south, and one elevation facing east or a
west, as may be determined by said n
commission and committee. Said plans n
shall also show one section through n
he major axis of the proposed build e
ng and one section through the minor Ii
Ixis of the proposed building; provided, |!
hat all drawings shall be in black Il
md white and drawn to the scale of o
,ne-eighth of an inch to the foot and Il
ihall embrace a perspective view of v