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mitted, and marked A, B,.and C. This statement was by him sworn to, on the 23d instant,as will appear in document marked D- By a reference io the law under which the commissioners were appointed, approved December 3d, 1836, it appears that their duties were so plainly and clearly defined, that it seems hardly possible they could have been misunderstood. The 3d section of the act referred to, reads as follows: _ l“ That there shall be three co to mission-. ers elected by joint ballot of the Council and House of Representatives, whose duty it shall be to cause the necessary public buildings to be erected at the said town of Madison, for the accommodation of the Assembly and other officers of the Territorial Government. The said commissioners, or a major ity of them, shall agree upon a plan ofsaid buildings, and shall issue proposals, giving dee notice thereof, and contracted for the erection of said buildings without delay.”It appears '.hat the first meeting of the commissioners who held si Mineral Point,May 4, 1837, near six months after their .appointment, at which meeting Messrs. Doty and O’Neil, only, were present, and who made an order,of which the following is a copy.“At a meeting of the board of commissioners appointed to superintend the construction of the public buildings nt Madison, held at Mineral Point on ihe 4th day of May, 1837, it was ordered that A. A. : Bird be acting commissioner to superiri- ; tend the construction of said buildings, and ! i that he be authorized to obtain by purchase or otherwise, the materials requiredior the same, and to employ such mechanics arid laborers, and do whatever else is requisite to construct said buildings without delay, and that his drafts on the treas- i nrer, .T. D. Doty, for the amount of the same, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars in amount, be paid by the treasurer, and also that ho render to the commissioners a monthly account of his expenses and engagements.1’
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Apr 09, 1839
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