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;or council chamber Lhnty feet squ?re with g 1- 1 lery on one side sev'en ireet wide circular sup- j ported on two columns wiih seats elevated, and j .stair* to ascend into gallery, under gallery t.o be [ a railing on line with columns or breast works ; to be one room ihiuy by twenty feet on the other | side of hall; lo be a hall twenty eight feet long, j ten feet wide, and a Representative Chamber forty by thirty-eight feet finished same as Coun-oil Chamber; the plastering on this floor to be Three coat work, the rooms to be all coiauctil,; the Council and Representative Chambers lo be ■jinished with an clips is spring in the cornei over head so as to form a pannel of the level part of ceiling; to be twelve inside doors, all of which are lobe made of pine two inches thick in mcd-ora style, the two outside doors to be double, three inches thick finished with egg and d«n*tmoulding, and suitable fastenings and hangingsas diiected by the acting Commissioner; all the doors to be cased with pilasters ; all the windows 10 be cased with pilasteis. with panne1 jams and backs, to the floor; to be counter check sash,, hung v» itli weights/ glass of best quality ; al) the wood work except shingles and floors to be painted outside and in, three coats as directed by the acting CnunuLsiuner.The above desciibnd edifice, all to be doae complete, in a good and workmanlike manner, m every particular lor a structure of this kind, according to the attached plan of stud structure. The aetmg Commit toner to superintend the woik daily, who will make all the necessary draughts, and direct the stylo and proportion of the work, and will have the right, at all times, to 4-top the weak, when it is not going on right, ?n his opinion, until he can call a meeting of the board of 0m missioned. and decide the matter; and they aie lo decide at all times whether the ; woik is going cm aecoid ng to the cuiitrae*, the ; Commissionurs to have the right to alter the j maimer and style of finish of said edince, at any time they may deem proper, by allowing the contractor, wha* it may cost more than the origins! plan, if it should cost less the contractor to deduct the amount from the contract price, and all alteration? If any there should be, shall be agreed on as to the* price to be added or deducted by the actinir Commissioner and conlrac-tor, nt the time of Mich alteration; said Edifice robe completed according to said plan and specification, in every particular, by the 20th day of September, lfi:9 —The outside of said edifice and the rooms on the first floor to be completed hy the 15th day of October nextTerms of pa went* Cash as fiis- as I tic woik advances, which is to be stipulated at the time of making the contract: sufficient sureties will be . requited by the Commissioners for the com pie-; \ lion of said edifice according to contract. The - acting Commissioner will be ready at Madison rt al'times to exhibit the plan oi said edifice and give such mi urination respecting said plan as may be requited.Anso—Sea1?*/ Pfr,iosah will be received »«s above for the delivery of seventy thousand fast • rale Shingles, three eights of an 'inch thick, and j fifty thousand feet of cood Pine Lumber, assort- j cd thicknc^.o. to beaelivcrcd by the first da)' of, Mar next iJ 1 DOTY. ) jJOHN F ON’fiILL, Cantwsim-vs.A. A. BIRD.
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Tue, Feb 20, 1838

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