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Bo .it {lemembened that on this the ~ith day of November~A.D.lOl?~there was he.~un and h&lden
a Be~.lar T~ of the Courts,criers Cmtrt o~ ~ra~os County~Texas~esent a~
State of Texas
County o~ B~a~os ~ On,this the ~Sth day o~ NovemBer~lOl?,the Co~ission~r~s Court off B~o~
Cottnty~Toxas oonvened ~n re~t~lar session~at a ~e~lur ter~ thereoF~all ~e~bers o~
Court be~n~ ~resont~namely~J.T.Ualoney~County Jud~Joe Atk~ns,~o~ss~one~eo~nct
U.B.~nsters,Cor~ls~toner Preolnct No.~a~les De Sto~a~o~Co~t~slnne~eotnot No.3~
entered into a~ he~etn se.t sit,and shown~to-witIIS I~ IIE~I~I~Y o~dered~adJ~Id~d and
by tho Co~tss~oners~ Coll~t o~ ~lzos Cotm~y~ia tho State o~ Texns~thnt~Whe~eas~it
ho~etoEore been dot,trained By this Cmwt that the Ore,Pt lie'*se,tn said B~azos County~ts
and thin Uo~wt ~no8 hereby determine to remodel said Co.ct IlmmelTha Omirt lmvin~ mo
which advertisement was publ/.hod tn the B~yan i':aEle~ newspaper puh]4shnd in the City
Bryan~the U.unty seat of said Cmmty~For Fourteen days prior tn the 8th day o~ Ootnhe~the
date set by ~utd ndve~tl.oment FoP tim open/n~ of h/ds For said work,the ~atd advertise-
Court in open session,nil mouthers he/nE prnsent~openod tho b/ds on the remndeltng of the
fop thc 8nt4 wnrk,the Court accepted tho bid of said T.l}.lhlhbaPd~nnd awarded tn him the
contract at the rnllnwin~ prtces~to-witlFnr the remndeltnE of tho UPn~o. Cm~nty Cmwt
Ilnuse nt Bry~n,Texus~includinff tho sewer onnnectlon From a ~otnt 5t O" mtts~,{e the
Uechanicul npeciPicatinnn b.t not tncl.d{nR tho henttn~ pl.mbtn~ wirier and light Ptxttlres
all else For tho sum of Seventeen The, mend ~even hun,Ired and twenty two & :19/100 do]la~.
Be paid in Connty,warr~nt~,in unmml inntn]lmentg or deferred puymnnts~to~ethe~ with
terent thereon at the rate o~ six (~) ~or cent pop annum.The~eaFte~ nn tho Otb day nr
Octnher,{917~the Ca.sty Jud~ of na{d Couttytactin~ For and in ~eha]P of said County~
entered into a contract with the said T.ll.llubbard for the remodeltnR of the Onurt Ilo~me~
which nnld contract 2. in words u~,d P~Rtlres an Follnwsz
Conteact.
Th~s n~recment,made the Oth day of October,in the year One Tho.sand Nine Ilundred and Sev-
enteen,by nnd between T.B.llubbard~oP Brynn~Toxns~part of the First ~urt(he~e{nurte~ des-
l~n~tted the Contrnctnr)~nd Brnzos Cnunty~Texns~Pnpresented by J.T.)~n]oney,Cmmty Jud~
party or tim ~noond purt(h~reinuftor dnnignnted tho owne~)l~rlt~ensethlThat the Contraoto~
hater the said Party of the Fi~nt Part,tn oonnidnratlon or the covenants and
herein oontninnd on the part of the ownee,heing the nn~d Party of the second ~art,do Cov-
enant~promi~e and a~ree with the said Owner~in manner CollowlnE~thnt is to sayl
~,The Contractor shall and will w~ll nnd ~ul'Ctcte~t~y porFo~m nnd F~nlsh~mde~ the
of the .aid Owner)~nll the work Included tn the romo(Inltn~ of the ~razon Cotmty,Omlrt Ileum
thc nearest City sewer deo~ onoll~h tn drain the hnsement,etc.~ns called Fo~ on pa~ 33
of the mcchunJcnl specifications,but nob tar]ual/nfl the llentln~Plw,~bin~,WtP/n~ nml Light
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Fixtures,all else a~roeaBle to the d~awlnr, s and speclficattnns msdo By said Architects,
and made a part hereof,snd si~ed by t!le parties he~oto(copie~ ~ whtch Imve Been delivered,
to th~ Contractor)Hmd to dimensions and explanations thereoF,t, ho~etn nnd herein contained
accordtn~ to the t~ue intent ami m~anln~ o~ the said drawings and spect~tcatlo~s~nd o~
these Presents~tncludin~ all labor and material incident there~o~and shall provide all
8ca~olding, implo~ents and cartage necessary For the due performance o~ the said w.rk.
2.Shm~]d It appea~ that the work hereby intended tn ~ done,or any of the matters relative
thereto~are not m~Fftclently detalleder explained on the said dr~wtnEs,cr tn tho said
spectf~cattcns~the Contractor sh~11 ~pply to the A~chttect~ ~er such further drawings or'
so Fa~ as they may ~ consistent with the original d~awin~,and t. the event of any doubt
slmll he m~de to the Architects~whos. decision thereon,bet~ Just find tmpn~ttal~ha]l be
specifications are and re~ln the property of the Archttects.3.f;hould any alteration Be
required tn the work ghown or de~crlBed by tho dr~ngs or spectflcattons,n fair and
re~sonnble valuation of the work added or omitted shall be ~ade by tho Architects,and the
su~eret, a,roed to be paid fo~ the wo~k accordtn- to th~ original specifications shall
be increased or dtmtnlshed~as the ~ase ~y Be.In ca~e s~ch valuation ts not agreed to,
the Contractor shall proceed with the alteration under the written ordo~ of the Architects,
and the valuation of the work added or omitted slmll Be referred to three (2)
(no' one of who~ shall have been pe~sonnlly connected with the work to which there presents
refer)to be appointed as follows~One be each nf the parties to this contract,.md the third
by the two thus cho~enltho decision of any two of whom shall be Final and bindtng~nnd each
or the p2rttes hovnto shall pay one-lmlf of the expense nf such reference.The Contractor .
shull~within twenty-fmw honro after roceivin~ written notice frn~ the Architects to that
efFeot~proceed to renove from tho ~b~mds or Buildinc all ~ntevtals condemned by thom.
whether worked or tmwnrl~ett~or take dawn all portions n~ the wo~k which the Architects
shall condemn as unsound or inp,oper~or In ,;~y way Fabling to conCor~ to tho drawings and
specifications,and to tho condidtions of this cont~nctl,nd in ease the said Contractor
Fails~ne~lects nv refuses to take down or re~ove such condemned work within twenty-four
hours ,Fief rocetvtn~ such notice~the Architects slmll have the authority to have such
work taken down or removed from the premi~es~and the expense thereof slmll be deducted fro~
any money titan duo or thereafter ta heco~no due the Contractov,nnd should the expense of
such work exceed the amntlnt than due nv thereafter to ~ecome due the Contractor,the said
Owner ~hall pay such amc,at,and the Contractor shall refnnd all over nnd above the amount
due him By the~e presents upon oompletinn of the w~k.The Contractor shall cover~pvotect"
same ~y his neglect shall be ~de ~nod hy hi~.5.The Contractor .hn]l ~vmtt the Architects
thoreof~at'all.ti~os and places durin~ the pro,ress of tho sa~e~nnd shall ~rnvide s,fe~
sufficient and proper facilities for such lnspectinn.6.The Contractor shall and will procad
with tBe said work,and every part and detail ~hereof,tn a pr~mot' and diligent nanner,nnd
nlmll and will 'wholly .finish .tho said work according to the said drawtnRs and spectficution~
and this contract on n~ before the 15th day of January in the yei~r One Thousnnd Nine Ilun-
tired.and El~hteen.(pvo{~ded that pnaossion of the pvenises Be given the Onntractov,and line
and levels'of tile c,ildings.rurnished o~ nv Before ~'he 15th day of Octnbev,i~"the year"One''
Thousand Nine il~mdred and Seva~te~n),and in defa~;lt ~he'C'onteactnr shall pay tn the
Ten and .~o/100 Dollars for every day thereafter that'the said work shall remain unFiniahe~
us and For a~r~ed liquidated dnrnageso?.Shntlld the Contraator ~o ,delayed 1~ the oom~letion
of thu work by tho ~ct~no~leot or default ~ the I~ner~nr the Architncts~n~ nF uny
cas.ally For which the Contractor is not responsl~lo~r By ~ner~l strikes or ]ookonts cous~d
by acts nF employe~then tho time herein Fixed Fnr the completion of the w~k sh~ll Be ex-
tended For u ~or~od eq~livalent t~ the ti~e l.st b~ ~enson of any or all o~eees
~htch extended per,od shall be detemined and fixed By the Arch~tects~ut no ~uch allow, nee
shall ho ~ndo .ole~ ~ clut~ liberator 2s presented In wr~tin~ to the Architects within
Forty-eight ho,irs of the occnrenco of s~tch dolay.fl.Tl~e Contractor shall not let~a'-~si~n or
transfer tl~is contract~or any ~nterest theretn,withm~t tB~ written c~nsent nC the Architect
O.The Contractor ~hall ~ake nn claim ~o~ additional work un]ess tho same shall be done in
SO.The Owner agrees to provide ~11 material nnt 2noll~dod in this contract tn such ~unne~
nnt tn delay the material puOR~osa of tho work,and in the event or raillieo to do
ca.ain~ loss to the Cnntrncto~,a~eoa that it ~ill reimburse the Cnntruoto~ ~or such
and thc Contractor affrens that eF he shall delay the material p~o~eas o~ the wo~k so as tc
cause any dumuRo For which the Owner shall l~ecomn liable (ns .hove stated) then he shall
ma{ce ~nnd to the Ownee nny snch damage ever and above uny du~ rep ~ne~al delay herein
othe~i~e ~rovided{the u~ntmt or such da~ages~in either c~aeeto Be fixed and determined by
the ,~rchitects,or By urhitrut~on~ue provided in Article Three,Il,The owner shall affect
8~rance on said remndelin~ work in its own name and in the nn~. or the
loss or da~ by Fire,tn ~uch s~i~s aa ~y rro~ t~me to tl~ ~ a~eed upnn with the Con-
tractor,the policies hein~ made to cover work incorporated tn the b.ildtng,and mtertil For
the s,~me in or abo. t the T, Pemlses~nnd made payable to the partle~ he~eto,ns their interest
may appear.The Cnntractor to pay the total cost Fop said insurance for the tinm th.
to prosectlte the work with promptness and diligence,or Fall in the performance of uny of the
a~reements on his port herein contained,~uch ~eFusal~ne~leot or Failure heln~ certified
the Architects,the (~ner shall Be at liberty after three days w~itten notice to tho Con-
tractor,to provide nny such labor or matcriuls~und to deduct the cost thereof Fro~ any
then dt~e or thereaFto~ to ~eco~e due tn the Cont~acto~ unBe~ this cnbtraot~nnd if the
Archttect~ shall certify that s~ch refttsal~neEloot o~ Fatl~a Is surf/cleat ~rounds
such action.tl~o Owner slmll.also~be at liberty to ~erminnte the empln~ont of the Contvaoto
For said ~ork,and to enter upon the premises nnd. take possession of all ~nterial the~eon~
and to employ uny other per,on or persons to Finish the work,and to ~vovide the materials
therefor{and in case of ~ugh discontinuance of tho e~plo~ent of the Contractor he shall
not he entitled to receive any f.rther payment under th28 conteait until the said work shal
he wholly finlsi~ed,at whicl~ tinge,If the unpaid Balance of the amc.at to Be paid under this
contract slmll exceed the expense tnc~rred By the Owner in finishing the work,~,ch excess
shall be paid hy the owner th' 6ho gdntvuc'tov~?lit' ~f.'~oh expense shall exceed such
ho]anco,tho Contractor shall ~uy the difference,to the Owner.Tho expense 1scarred ~y the
Owner ns heroin provided, either For f~trnishing ~ttorials or for finishing tho work,and
~F~.Hi{c~etween the parties hereto that tho s.~ to ~,e paid By tho Owner to the Contractor
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for erich work and materials shall be Seventeen ?housand .qevon Ilundrod Twenty-two &
(~l?~?22.3,5)Bollars,s~hJoot to tho Additions aP deductions on acco,at cC alterations here
$nhofovo pvovidod~und that ~uoh atl~ nh, Il he paid in current f~nds hy tho (h~nev to the
Contvaotop In $n~tallwonts as followalEighty-fiva (85%)peP eont.of tho value of the
nmtevlal~ sod lnhop incorporated in tim wovl< ripen e~ti~nates ~n,le hy the Architeot~ on~o
ovo~y thirty (30) days (if requlred),and the ~alance upon tho completion and accopt~nue
' of the work By the Architects and Owner. It Being -nder~tood that tho Final pu~nent shall
Bo ~nde within ton n~tev this contract l~ comnlotely ftn~had,with tho exception o~ ten
per centl~m of total contract price which (at o~tion of Owno~) shall Be heir{ for thirty
days (30),fnr protection of labor ~as provided hy law; provided,that in each of tho said
cases tho Architects shall certify that all the work ~pnn the performance of which the
Pa~ont is tn beco~e d~e ha~ bee~ done tn their
ftctont evidence that the pre,oleos ave free fvn~ all ltans nnd olal,,,, chargeable tn the
wh~ch~if entaBlishad~the Owner of the s.id premises ~4Eht ]m made l lable~nnd which we,Id
~o chargeable to the said Oontractov,the Owner shall have th~ right to retain out of any
pu~nent then due or thereafter to Become due,an an~o~nt sufficient ,to completely indemnif
itself against n~ch lien o~ claim,until tho claim shall ]m effectively
ed or cancelled.And should there prove to he any s~ch claim after all payments ave made,
the Contractor shall refund to tho Owner all money~ th,,t tl,a latter may ha campelled to
pay in dischnv~ing ~,ny lien on sa~,l pvemise~ ~ado obligatory in con~e~,ence of the
deranlt.And it ts f~lrthee ~lndor~tood and a~eed that tho Cantractor shall nnd will pay of
Upon said building and which may be ro~nd to be J.ntly d~e and ow~ny,whoth~r or not the
Sa~o cnn be established as a lien against said pro~orty For which said property or the
Owner would be liable;it being the trim intent and n~anlng hereof tlmt tho Contractor
shall pay or/' nnd sattsC$ nil bllls /nc~lrred Crv labor and restart, 1 tn the erection
said butldtnR and re,md'to he J~stly due and ow/nc whether established as liens or not.
14.lt tn furthe~ mutually a~reed Between the parties hereto that no certificate given
or pa~onts made ~nder this contvnct~oxoept the final certificate or Final ps,neat,shall-
Be conclusive evidence or the performance or thin contract,either ~holly or in part,a~
st nny claim of the owner~nnd no pa~ent shall he construed to he nn acoeptnnce of any
defective work. If.And tho said OwneP hereby prnmtnes and a~een with tl~, n~td Contractor
to employ,and does hereby employ hlm to provide the ~aterlaln and to do said work accord-
Ing to the to~8 and conditions heroin contained nnd referred to for the price Ld
nnd hereby contract to pay the same ut the t$me and {n the ~nner nnd ~pon the ~ond~t:
above sot forth.lO.And the said Parties,fey them~elves,their hetvs,exect~tors,ud~2n~tra-
the day and year f~rnt above w~tten.
T .1~ .lluhha vd ~ Contractor.
(SI~L CO~I,COURT~ ])razos County fly J.T.~lnloney,Co~nty Jndge,Ownor. "'
And it ft~rthor appearing to the Cat,ri ~hat said contract was execrated f~ and in
of B~'azos Co,sty by.tho County Judgellt is,Therefore~Ordered,AdJud~d and Decreed by the
Co~issioners~ ~o,rt of ~zas C~'unty,Te~.s;That the said Contract entered into"by and
'between tho Co~nty of llrazo~ and T.B.Ih~h]Jard on the'~th day of Octobev~)~7~be n~d tbs
sa~o Is hereby ratified,approved and oo~l~ed as the act and contrnct of acid County,.
and the s,tme shall Be recorded upon tile ~[lnutes of this Court.It is f.rthor ordered~that~
in ~ccord~ce wit~ s~id cont~ct~w~r~nts ~ Br~s Cmmty~t~ Be c~lled ~B~AZO~ COUNTY
COUBT I[o~SI~ IMI,II(~VI~[~T WA~ART~he ~ssued In the sum of Eighteen Thousand
Dnllara.ovidonctn~ tho contract price to bo paid ~o the said T.B.llubbard,Contracto~by
tho .aid County ~or the romodel~n~ of the Court Houseman ~nd For s~ld County
Tho.sand (~lS~OOO.OO)l)ollars.Th:,y shall bo dated the 15th day of Nove~r,1017,and ~hall
becor~e due and payable ns Follows,
WABIIANT NU~!BI,.'R.'; ! 5[ATUIIITy{ AMOUNT.
1 November {5,1918,
15 to 18 inclusive Nnw~mbe~ 15,1923 2,000.00
19 to ~4 inclusive November 1~9~4
2~ to 30 inclusive NovemboP 1~1925 3~00~.00
31 to OO inclusive November 15,1030 3~000.00
Said warrants slu, ll ~ar inter.st nt the rate of six (0~) ~ec cent ~ ann~ayuble
semi-nnmmlly .n the ~Sth day nP May and tho l~th day of Nov~mbo~ o~ eaeh year,which
interest is s part of tile contract price a~eed to for tho construction of acid work,c.d
shall 1,0 evidenced by coupons cttachod to Knid warrants.l~'lncipal and interest shall
Co~erctnl National ~ank~Chlca~n~Illinois~o~ at the off/ce of tho Ommty T~easurer
County,in the City of B~yan,T~,xns~at the option o~ tho holdo~ tho~eof~ln 1.wf~l ~onoy
tho United States of l~,orlcn.S~ld IVarrunts shall ~ ai~ned by the County Jud~,ntte~ged
and countnrsiffned by tho Uounty Clerk~nnd rogtstePod by the Uo~lnty T~oustlror~nnd the seal,
tho County Judco ii~d the County clerk muy be ltthogruphed nn each ooupo..In ~egistoring
said warrants tim County Tr~umtror shall writs upon the face of same its re~istratl.n
· .cially thereto.
· The Form el' said wavrl, nts .]mll he substantially as FollowelW]{
No,
United Statec of America
· qtate of Texas
Cottnty ct' llrczos
Braz. oa County Cou~t Oo.;~t llouse lm,rovement l~arrant.
This ts to certify tiroL,For value received,tho County oF Ilruzos~in the ~tate'of Texea~t~
Justly indebted tn T.ll.liubhued~Cnnt~'uotnP,his ni4si~ns ne l~uuop~tfl the prifloipal e~m of
in ]swflul tunney nr tho United Ststea or Amer~ca,tn~the~ with intfl~flst thereon,Prom date
hereof,itt tho rate of six (6<) pep cent.per annum~paynble somt-nnmmlly on the 1Rth day
M~y and tho 15th day of Nover~be~ nC each year,upon presentation and su~rendep of warrant
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oF the holder hereo[';whtoh said County~uncler sad b~ vtrtue of' a val:ld nncT subst. Rt'lnff oon-
t,r&ct,ts obligated and hereby pr~misns to poy to tho maid T.]T.}hlhl~ur.l,hts asstF, ns or bearer
ol~ thc· 15th day of, Nnvembor,l.q__,and tile TreasltrOr oF Hntd Cmlt~ty id hereby flut;hnrtzod~
o~ ]Irazo~ C-ttnty~tn tho City of Brynn~Texnn,n~ tho ~ptton oP the holdorhoreof~the sum
pose.This warrant la one or a series or thrity-aix (aa) war~nnt, s~numBnred consecutively .
From one (1) to thirty-six (36)lnolunlvo,ln the (lonominntion of Five Hundred
record tn Book Ii,page 68 .et seq.,of the ~ltnutes o~ sui(1 Court.The (late or th[.. warrant,
In oonl'op,alty with tho order above mentioned ie November 15,~O~Tland It is hereby certi-.
Fled.and rnotted that all sera,conditions and thlnRn required tn he d~no precedent to
and tn the issuance of th~s wnrran~have been properly (lone~hn~nenod nnd
reRtllur and due form~nn requ~ro¢ by la~snd that tho total 2n(lehtodnosn oF ~;nld Coun~y~
inoludinfi this warrant~does not exceed the Conntttutlonal or statutory limitation.
Z~l witness whereoF,the County Oo~isstnnorn~OouPt or Brnzos County~Texns,han caused the sen
or mlt(I Court to, l~n hereto ~CCtxod~and ~hln warrant to bo ni~ne(l t~y the County
attested end cnuntePnlRnod By the County~Olorlc,ns oF the dste lost above nentioned.
J. T .~ls ] oney~ Colin 5y Judge Bra ~on County ~Texa 8.
A~test(.d and
li.O.Fer~uaon~County C]erk~l~rnzos County,Texas.
The For. of Coupon shall be stthstnntio]ly sn rollowst
No. ~15.00
The Ooun~y oF ~ra~o~,{n 5lw S~nto oP To~ns~3~ Justly {~,]~ht.,d to
tractor,his assigns or bearer,in the stl~ oF FiFteen (~15.oo) Pnllarn,l)y virtue oF u' con-
tract m~de by ~aid County vith said Contractor,and tho County Treasurer ts hereby nuthoriz-
o(Ijnrdered and directed to pay to th~ soid T.ll.llu]~bardjOontrnctop~hi~ a~st~ns or hesper,'
on tho 15Lh day oF ,out oF ned Fpom'the f;peclal Court Ilotme Improvement Fund lo.1,
oI' nnid County~n~ Continental and Co~orotnl Natlonnl Bnnk,Ohica~o~ll]tnoin~oP at tho
oF the County TPensuPoP~$n tho City nF Ilryan~exas,~t th~ o,t~on oF the holder hereoF..
said nmountlsamo 'bntn~ six months~ interest du~ said Oontrnttor,'hie assigns or bearor~
on llrnzon County Court llotmo Improvement W~rrant Bo. ',dated Novom~or 15~1017s~o which
this coupon Xn attached and is a part th.roof. "' : ''
' ' J.T.Halonoy County J~dKe. ' ' '""
li.O.For~unon,Oounty Clerk.
Said warrants ~hall bo ex~cuted and delivered to the said T.B.Ilubbard ns the wo~k progresso
on wrltten ce'~t2rIcates prepared by the Architects employed,by the County,covering the
ambunt oP ~terial Cure'shed and labor,perFormed ~y ,t~e said T.~.l[ubbard under thtq oontrac'
prior to'the date or stdd Certirioaton~whIoh said material and completed work shall be tn-,
~eotod and accepted b~ this Court before warrants covePlnR the amnont oF said certificates
~e it £~lrther ordered by the Court that a Special Court Ilouso Improvement Ftmd~te 1~ des-
ir. nated"NO.l"~shall bo set aside mit of the twenty-~ive cents c~nstitutional Pe~ment
the~, ~t mattmity,a tax rate oF one nnd three-qtm~to~ (1 3/4) cents o~ e~ch ~e lhmdred
Dollars valuation oF all t~xable property In the County oF ~razos~out o~ the twe~ty-Cive
cent~ Permanent I~provement Fund o~ said Cou~ty~sh~ll Be annually levl~d~assessed and col-
lected,omi m~td tax ~. he~e now levied Fo~ the cu~ent yens,and so much as shall ~ neces-
sary Fo~ each succeedi~ y~a~ ~htle s. id war~ants~or nny oF them,are outstanding,and tho
sa~e shall be annually assessed a.d collected and ~pplied to the purposes ~a~ed.l~ttne~s the
signature oF the ~o~be~s co~posin~ the Cn~iseloners'Cmwt o~ B~n~os County,Texas~thts the
15th day oF Novembor~l~7.
J.T.~;nl~ney~C~tmty Jud~l!rnzos Cou~ty~Tex~s.
~. ~ .A tkins, ~ n~isaionor ~ 1~.0 icc t No, 1
N.B.l:asters~Co~issioner~eotnct No.2
C .A.lhmhnnnn~Co,u, lu~nner~r~o~not ~o.4
~tato of' Texas
County o£ Brazes ! On.thi~ the tSth day o£ Novem~er~lOl?~at n regular session o~ the
Con~isatoners'Uourt oF li~azo. County~Texas~the Followin~ order and Jud~nt oF said Court
a.d contract upon ~o~1o~ a~d by unanimous vote or s~ld Court,were made and entered Into
as I]eretn ~et out,and shown~to-wltlIt Is hereby ordO~ed~adJudRed and decreed By tim Cam-
Pore been determined by this Court that tho Court llouse~in and For Brnzns Cmmnty~is ~reatl~
tn neon oF a hoatJnC plant,and it appearin~ ~o the Court that same is n public necessity
and thl. Court does hereby deternine to install said he~tin~ p]ant{The Cmwt having so
rectedttho County Jud~ or E~nzos gounty ndrertlsod For dtds rep sold work,which ndve~tise-
~nnt. wnn p.blt,lmd in the {~ryan ;:n~lo,a nowspa,,or p~tbltshed tn tho City oF Bryan,the County
advertisement rep the openin~ nC bids for said wnrk~tho said advertisement botn~ ns Follow.
all members ~i~g present,o~ened the bide on the installation oF a heatin~ pleat in said
Cmwt llmme advert/nod fo~ and Kinnison llrothers.of /)allan,Texns~beinE tho lowest and
bldder For the ..id work, tho COLlar accepted the bid of said kinnison ~rothers~und awarded
tn them tho contract at tho fol]owt.~ prtoes,to-wttlall the wo~k included In the heating
oF the EPaz.s Cn.nty Cnttvt lloune at Bryan,Texas aFReeable to tho dr. wings
twenty Five dollars,to be paid In County ~iarrants,in annual instal]cent. ~ deFerced
to~ether w~th intere:~t thereon ut the rate oF six (6~) per cent.per unnu~.ThereaCte~ on the
Cn~tPao Z I
This acreement made the 9th day oF October,in the yoa~ One Thousand Nine Hundred ~d seven-
the direction and to the satl6faction of San~utnett,Stuats and Gottlieh.
Architects (acting. as afl. eats o£ the Owner)~all work included in the heatin~ of the
Connty Co'~rt {}ntme~ut ]lryan~Toxns~u~eeuble to the dr,win~s and ~pecificutt~ns made hy
Arch~tects~nd made ~ ~n~t he~eoF,~d si~ned by the ~rties he,ere(copies of which h~ve
boon delivedod to tho Contractors)~und to the dimenstnns n,d ~xplnnutinns
and herein conta~nod~nccordin~ to tho trite intent and mennln~ nF the said drawtn~s and
sp~clFications~and of 'the~e presents~lnoludtn~ ail labor and mate~ln] incident thereto~
of said work.2.Shb~tld it ~ppear that the work hereby intended to Be done or ~ny of the
~atto~s relative thnretn~ure nnt s;;FFicient]y detntled~n~ explained tn the antd drnwtngs~
~Fications~rePerence shall ~ ~de to tho Archit~ets~whose decision thoreon~Betng Just
imp~rtial~shall Be Finnl and ooncl~mtve.It is nnttmlly understood, nnd ~Free(t that all
a Fair and Peanonahlo valllatton of th~ woPk nddod oP o~ltted sh. ll ho made 1)y tho Archi-
tects~,nd tho su~ hePeln a~reed to be paid fop tho work accordin~ to ~he oPi~tnal
rtc~tions shall bo increased or diminished,ns the ease ~y he.In case st{ch valnation 2s
not affroad to~the gontructoPs shell proceed'with tho a]tovat,~on~upon the written order
the Architects,nad the valuation of the work added or omitted shall ho referred to Three
(3) urhitvators (none of whom shall hay. ~en .arsonally cnnnoctod with the work to which
these ~ve~ents refev)~to be appointed a~ follow~Ono hy each of the parties to this con-
tract~and the third By the two thus-chosen;the doclslon of any two of whom shall he
and Blndlng~und n~ch of tho parties thereto shall pay one-half of tho oxpenr{e of such reP-
ovnnce.4.The Contractors shnll~withtn twenty-Fm~v ho. Pa after receiving written notice
fr~nm tho Architects tn that effect~proceed to remove f~or, the. ~rn,,nds nv buildtn~
materials condemned ~y thom.whether worl;ed or unworked,or tn].o down all portions nC the
worh which the Architects shall condemn as ,moored ce $mpropoP~nv us in nny way
,to conform to the drawings and speoif$catinns and to the conditions nC this contractl'
omi In case th~ 8~id Contractors fai],ne~loct or refuse to take down ov ro~,~Qve o~'~ch cnn-
de.ned work w~thin ~wenty-fouP hours after recoivtn~ 9.ch notice,the Architects shall have
~he authorityto have such work token dawn nv removed fro~ t',o promises and the oxponne
thereof shall be deducted from ~n~ ~onoy then due ov thereafter to hocn~e ~io the Contruc-
tors,und should, tho exp~nnsn of such work exceed tho anmmt the~ due ov thereafter tn.hooch.
due th~ Contract~rs,the ~nid Owner shall pay such u~n.nt,and tl~e Contvactnrq shall refund
'a~l over and above the amount due thereby th~se p~esents .pon c~mpletion of tho work.
Tho Contractors 'shall covnv~p~otoc~.und exeooise d~m dlli~en~e.to neo~we the work From
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5.?he Contractor. shall per. it tho Architects and all persona appointed By the Archttecte
to visit and inspect the sa~d work.or any part thereof,at'st.1 times and places during, the
spectinn.6.The Contractors shall and will proceed with said work~and every part and detail
thoreof~tn a prompt and diligent nmnne~end shall nnd will wholly finish the said work
according t~ tho said drawings and specifications~and this contract,on o~ Before the lSth
day of Jnnuary in the yea~ eno Tho.sand Nine Hundred and Ei~htoon(pvovided that pnsession
~ the prentsos be gimen the Contrnotorson or befor, the 15th day of october in the yea~
One Thrum.nd Nine llundved and Seventeen) ,and in default the C~ntraotor~ shall pay to the
Owner Ten nnd ~o/1OO Dollars For ovary day th~reafter that tho said wn~k shall ro~tn un-
Finished~ao and f~ agreed liq.idattd, damages. 7.Sh~.ld the Contractors Be delayed In
the p~osec.tinn o~ cn~pletion of the earl, by the set,neglect or default of the O'rner~
or the Architects,or off shy Oontvacto~a employed by the ~ner upon the work,or by tho dam-
general strikes or look-outs cat~sod By acts of emnlnyoes,then tho tim~ herein fixed
the completion of the worl, shall Be extended for a period eq.ivalent to the ti~ne lost By
~eauon bf any o~ all the ca~mes aforesaid,which extended allowance shall he determined and
fixed by tho A~chltocts~b.t no s~ch allow~nce shall he made unless a clui~ therefor Is
delay. 8.Th~. Contractors shall not lct~assi~n au transfer this coat.aether uny interest
therein~without the written consent nf the Architects. O.The Contractors shall make no
claim for additional work~nless the s~me shall ho done in P.~s.nnce nf an o~de~ fro~
Architects,and notice of ~ll clu~s sh~ll ~ mndo to the Architects In wciti,~ within
clouded In this contract 2n 8.ch manne~ as not to delay the material ~vo~ess of the
and 2~ tho event of Cnilnre to do so,thereby ouueln~ loss to the Contractors,agrees that
{eon~,e liable(as above stuted)~thon they shall make good to the Owne~ any such da~ ove~
and above any damages for general delay herein otherwise prnvidodlthe amm~nt of such dom-
ago,tn eithe~ cl~ae,to be Fixed and determined by th~ Arohitects~or by Arbitration,ns pro-
vid,:d in Article Three.Il.The owne~ shall effect insurance nn said llont~nff work in its own
name and in the nn.o or the :nntraotor~,n~nlnst loss .u dnm~ by ~ire~i. ~uch sums an
may rro~ time t~ti~e ho u~reed upon by the Coat.across,the policies Being ~nde tn
mark incorporated in tho BuJldin~,nnd materials For the eu~e in or ahn.t the Promises,
nod made payable to the parties horeto~as their 2nterent ~y appea~.Tho Contractors to
pay the total cost For said ins~wance For the time the Building is tn their chnv-e.
12.She.Id thc Contractors at any time reftme ap .e~lect to s~lpply a s.Pfiolency of skilled
worlo~on,nr of tho materials of proper quality,ay fail in any ve~poct to Prosecute the work
with promptness and diligence,or ~ail In the P~Vfovmunce of any of the a~eemonts on their
part herein oontaincd,s.ch vof~tsnl,neglect or Vni]uve Being ce~tif$ed By the Architects,
the O~vnev shall he at liberty,after throe days'written notice,to the Contractors,to pro-
vide uny s~ch labor or mator~als,nnd to deduct the cost thereof F~om uny ~oney then
or thereafter to hecn~e duo to tl~o Contractors t~ndnr this contvact{nnd if tho Architects
tho Owoer shall {,ent ]mb~rty tn tormtnnto the e.~ployr~ont or the On~tmtotnr8 for stlch
other pcronn or pvt'qonR l,o Ftni.h the wflvk,4~nd tn ~vnvide the materials thnrn~nr{~nd in
' , '" ~ = ~ ~ -' ~ ~ ' ' '~' IT
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, o~o .~ ~,,o~ ~.~..~.,,~.~ or ~,,~ o~.~.~,o.~ ~ tho 0..~,.~ t,,~y ~,,~ ~.~ ~ ~ ~t~o,~
., .~, -Y Cnn~aotor~bu~ 1~ such expense 8hall excee~ such unptd halanoe~
as heroin prnvtded~elthe~ fnr ftwnlshtng matoPlaln or ~ot Clnishlng the wnrlc.an~ any dam-
~ age incurred tlwough such default~shall be audited and'certified by the Archltects,whnoe
· cnvtlfloato thereof shall bo Conclusive upon tho pa.ttes .13 .And it ts hereby nutmally
: agreed hotween tho hereto
part/es that the sums to ~o paid by the Owner to the Contractors
'~,{~p ,, . ,. · for such work and materials shall ~ Five Thousand Eight llundred and Twenty-rive & ~o/100 ~Z~'J
($5~q25.00) Dollnrs~snhJeot to the additions or cLoduottnns o. account o~ ol[eratinns
'?~ hereinbefore provided ~'~nd that such sum shall be paid In current f.nds bv the Owner to thi
: , , ~ontrnotora in installments as follo~volElghty-rive (85~) per ~ant.or the value of the
~, , labor und materials incorporated in tho work upon oattm, tos made by the Architects ohos
:,,~ ,'~ '' every thlrty (30) days(ir requtrod),~nd the halance at tho entire completion and ncceptanc(
,, or the work By the Architects and Owner. It being understood that the Ptnal pa~ent shall bi
, ' ' mode within ten day~ after this cont,'act ts completely ftntshod~with the exoeptto~ of ten
" (10~) per cent.o~ the total contract price,which (at th~ optto~ or the Owner)shall he held
,. rnr 30 days,For protect/on of labor,ns provided by ]awjprovided,that in each of said cases '>,-.
,-, tho Architects shall certify that all work under tho performance of which the p,*~ent Is
if required~tlm Contvnotor~t slmll.give tho Architects
] ' . . nC the said premises might bo liable,and which wnnld he chef.able to the said Contractors ,.l:
,~, ', tho Owner shall have tho right to,retain out of any payment then due or thereafter to beco~o
'}I .; shall bo effectually nntis~ted~di~clmv-ed or cancelled.And should there prove to hO any
i{ such claim arLer all pn~ents arc mado~tho Contractors shall refund the Ownnr all me'eye,
· . m that the contractors shall and wlll pay off and satisfy ail claims or sub-contractors or
.. ~.,~.~
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f~ ~or which said propnrty nt the ~no~ would I~ liableltt being the true intent ~nd moaning
? ,horoofthat tho Contractors shall pay off and satisfy all bills Incurred For labor and
· '~ ~:~-:,
) .~ materials in,the erection of said bu/ldin~ and Po.nd tn ho Jtmt, ly duo and owinl whether
~ '}'. established its liens or not.i4.lt la further ~,ttlmlly a~Peed between th~ parties hereto Y,~'
~ ~ that no cortifioatoo given nv parents made under this onntract~except the final ceftin-
] ~ : , t~ e~the~ wholly or ~n purt~a~aina~ any. claim or ~he,l~'~ner~and no pa~en~ shall be oono~rund ~,'.~,~,:...{~'~
' " ,~o bo an acceptance or any defoe:ire wo~k.l~.And'the said Ownee hereby p~omisos and u~rees
{, { ,. wt~h the suld Contractors,to employ,and does hereby employ then {o.pro~ide the 'mater/als ,
'. ' , and tn do ~he said work according t~ tho terms and oondtttnns herein contained and reForre~
: to for tho price aroeeatid,and hereby contracts to pay th; sa~me at th; time,in the.~mm~
.[~ I ~nd upon the conditions above sot forth.16.And tho said part/es,for thomsnlvea,th&ir heirs
~l;: f} , ,' ,ex°°utor"'a~inlst'at°~s,... and asaigns,do here~y n~oo't.' tho Full porrormnnoo of the.oove-, ,.,
,.~ '.',,: "' ."',.,"'"" ......... ,- ' '"'"'' ,' ' ' ' "
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nants herein contained. In witness whereof~the parties to these presents have hereunto set
" ', i their, hands and ~eal~the day and year first above written.
gra~os County, ~neP
, ' (~l,I~ COM.~O~T) By J.T.M~lonoy,Cmmty Jud~.
?. , .,1 And ~t ~uPtheP appea~tn~ to the Co,wt~that sa~d Contract ~as executed,~o~ and
BPazss County by the County Jud~It is,TlmreFore,Ordered~AdJud~d and Decreed
" ,~{ between tho County off Braze8 and l{tnniaon Brothers on the Otb dey
,', end tho sn~e s]mll be Poonr(Iodupon tho ~{tnutes oF this Cotwt,It
. ~n nccordnnce .~tl, ~a~d contract,warrants ~ ~Pa:.o~ County,to ~ c~lled 'B~A~ COUnTy
,~ ~ ovtdonc~n~ the contPno~ p~lco to be paid to the ~nid l{lnnt~n gPotho~s~Cont~aotoPs~y the
~ , sat,I County FoP tho tnstnllattnn of tho heating plant tn s~ld Court Ilouso~ln nnd FoP said
, ~ Cm~nty,ncoordtnc t. the ~ald contract and the spec~fftoattons which ape
of the denomination of Five Huhdrod (~SO0.oo) Dollars each,aggPe~tin- tho said
Six Thousand ($B~O00.O8) Dollurs.TImy shall ~ dated the 15th day
~'ecomo duo nnd payable as Followsl
~{arrant Bumbors, ~[aturity{ Amount I
2 . November 15thsl~lO~
3 NnvemB, r 15th~1~20 5~0.00
4 November 15~022 500,0~
0 Nov~mh(,r 15~1923 500,00
7 and 8 Nnveml)op ~5~]924 1~000,00
O and 10 November 15~1925 l~ODO,O0
~1 and 12 November ~5~026 1~000.00
Said warrants shall ~n~'intore~t at tho rate oP six (6~) pop oent,po~ anm~payable
annually on tho ~Sth day of i. fny and the 15th day of Novo~ off each
a part' of the contract price a~reod to For tho construction o~
denced hy coupons attached' to said w~rrants.P~incip~l nnd ~ntePest shall
presentation and surren~leP of w~rrants op proper coupons at Continental and Co~rc~al
National Bank~Chicn~o~llinois~op at tho office of tho Connty Treasurer
in the City of ~ryun,Texas~at the 6pt~on of tho holder thePeo~l~ lawful money
United States of America.Said warrants shall he signed by the County Jude,attested and
countersigned by the County Clerk,and registered by the Cnu~ TroasuroP~and. the seal
Cotmty ./ttdgo and tho Cn,nty Clerk may bo lithographed on each crampon. In
warrant9 tho Cmmty Treasurer shall write upon the Face or sa~ Ires registration
tho word "Rog/~terod",the date of s.ch re~/strnt/nn,nnd ~hull ~lgn his name oFFicially
thereto. The Farm oP re.i,1 warrant, shall bo substanc/a]ly as Follows{
N°' ~500.00
United States of America
State o~ T~xus
County o~ l;rnzos
l, razo8 County Unapt llouxe Improvement Warrant.
i~l : ' This is to certify that,for valpe recoived,tl,e Cm,nty of Brazes,in the Stqto or Texas,'
" 'Bi t ' pr Lnolpu. l .
is Justly indebted to l;innison Brothers,Contractors,their nssl~.ns or hearer,in the^sum
of Five Ihmdred ($500.00) Dollar8 in lawful money of the United States of America,together
with interest tnereon,~oom date heroof~ut the vats or slx (~) per cent.per annum,payable
semi-annually on tho ]Sth day of May and the ~Sth day of Novomho~ nf each year,upon pro-
sentutlon and suPrendo~ o~ warrant nv proper coupon at Continental and Co~orcial Notional
B,nk,ghica~o,llllnoiz~or at the office of the County Treasurer nf llrnzns go,,nty,tn.the
City of Bvyun~Texas,ut the option of the holder hcroofJ~thich said Cmmty,.nder und By
virtue of a valld and subsisting contract,is obligated and hereby promises to pay to the ,
Treasurer of said County is hereby authorized ,ordered nnd directed to pay to tho
Etnnison Brothers,their assimns or ~arer,at Continental nnd Co~ercial National ~nnk
Chlcngn,Tllinnis,or at the office of t{,e County Treasurer of ~vazos County,in the City
of Bryan,Texas,at the option of the holder hereof,tho sum of Five H.ndrod ($500.00) -
{)ollars of tho ~Sth day of Wovember,{O . ,the date of mat.rtty of this"warrant,in full
sottle~,ont of the indebtedness hereby evidenced from the Special Co,wi llouse ~mprovement
Fund,No.2,of said County,levied,assessed and created for that p.rpose.
This warrant is one of {hea series of twelve (12) warrants,numbered consecutively from
one (1) to twelve (12) inclusive,~n the denomination of Five llundrod ($500.00)
each,aggregating Six Thousand ($0,0~0.00) Dnllaru,ism~ed For tl,e purpose of evidencing
tlw indobtodnnsa of said llrazos C&unty to the said Etnnsinn ~rothore,their asstffns or
beaver,for tho installation of a heating ~ant inthe Court Mn.me of sold Druzos camry,
Tenn.,in accordance with tho contract l~otwoen re, id l;innlsnn ]]rothers and tho .m~d County,
.oder ami by virtue of tho Constitution and {aws of tho State of To~am,nnd in pursuance
of ah order passed by tho Co~issioners'Court of noir County rmcorded in Book
74 et seq.,of the )Chutes of said Court. The date of this warrant,tn conformity with tho
' o~der obeys' r~entinnod is November 15,1027{and it i~ hereby certified and recited that all
acts,conditions and things required to be done precedent to and tn tho issu]~nco of this
Warrant,have boon properly d~ne,ha.peno~ and performed,in rt'Eulnr nod dtt~ Form~a8
By law,and that tho total indebtedness of sold Ommty~lnoludin~ this wnrrunt~docs not
exceed tho gonstit'titiona] 'or statutory ltmlt~Jttnn,Zn testimony whovenf~thn County
by tho 0mary 0lerkpas of tho (into 1,,,t above
J.T.~lalonoy~Gounty,J{ldgo~r, zos Cotmty,Toxas'
l[,O.Fer~uoonjColln~y Clerk,BrnzoR CnuntyATcxnR. ..
The form of coupon shall.be sitbst~nctally as follows{ "
No, ~1 5, no
The County 'of Btu'zest'tn tho State Of Toxns~is Justl~ indebted tn l(~nnison'l'rothors,Oon-
tractors,their assigns or hearor~in tho Rum of Fifteen (~15,o0) Dollnrs~by virtue of
8uthnv~edpordorod and directed to ~ay to the said l(inniesn Brothers.,Contvactors,tho~
i assigns or hearer',on the 15th day of ' ' ,10 ,out of'and from tho .qpecial Court
, , National
ll~noisl or'at t[~e office of tho County Treasurer,in tho City or ]Iryan~Toxas,at the op-
ti~ of 'the. ,. . . :~ . holder hereof,said amount;same l')eing six(O) months' in~crest duo said Con-
/ '~ tractors,theiP ~o91gn8 o~ he'rot,on llrazo~ County Court limas ~mprovet::not WatZrant'No. ~'~
dated Nrvember l§~l!~lT~te which thi.~ coupnn is attached and is a part thereof,
J eT ,)Inioney,County ~ud~,
II, O,Fe~tmon~Onunty
S~ld wurrnnts slm]l Be execrated and.delivered to the said {(i..iso~ Brothers es the work
~ogresses,on written ,stl~ntes ~e~ur~d by the A~ohltects employed By the
ummmt nr material F~n~shed ~nd labor 'performed By the ~uid l(Inniso~ B~others under their
contract prior to the date of said esti~eutes~which o~id ~te~iul nnd completed wot. k sImll
inn,,.cted and ~ccepted By this Court ~erore warrants cnverin~ the a~ount o~ ~aid ontimtes
are delivered to the contracto~,
Be it F~rthc~ ordered hy th~ Cou~t that a ~.ecial Cou~t {louse ~ovement Fund,to Be des-
'~nated ~NO' 2~hall he net astd~ nt~t of the twenty-f~ve cents Constitutional Parafont
warrants end the principal thereo~ at ~aturity~and for no other purposel that to create
F~nd to re¢lee~ them at ~turity~a tax rate of ~lnety one-hundredths (.90) ~ent on each
One llun~lr~d no) Jarls v. luation of all the taxable property in tho gm~nty of ~razos~out of
the twenty-five cents P~r~mnent Impvovewont Ftmd of s~ld County~shal~ ~e anmmlly lovied~
assessed and collected and said ~ax ts here now lev~od fey the current yeuv,and so much
thereof ns shall be necessary for each s~ccoeding year while sold wavrants~or any of them~
ave outstand]ng~nd the s;t~e simll be annually assessed and collected and a~plted to the
purposen na~..ed.Wltnoss the st~n. tnvo of tho me~bers composing the Commissioners*Court of
Er.zo~ County,To~u.~thts the ~Sth day o~
J,T ,~aloney,County Judge ~Brazns Co~mty~Texas ·
J.~i.Atk~ns,go~lsnlone~,P~ectnct No.1
~l.~.l~astors Co~isslonor ~ectnct No.2,
Chus ,DiStoFnno ~Co~m~sstoner ~ P~ooinot No .3,
State of Texas
Co~nty n~ gr~,zos On thl~ the 15th day of Wovemhe~,lOlT~at a regular ~e~nn o~ tho
Co~,..tssionevs'Couvt of l{ruzos O.,mty~Texaomthe followinff,order and Judgment of ~aid'
Court and contract up.n ~ntinn and By unanimous vote ~f said Count,were msde and entered
into as herein oct out,and ~hown,to-w$t~ It Is ordered~adJudEed and decreed by tim
n~issionor~'Court of the Crusty of l{rnzos,2n the State nf Texae,thnt,~gho~eas,it has hereto
fore been dote~ined by this Court that the pluo~bin~ in the Court llmme~tn and fey
County,is greatly in need of repair and improvement,and it aopeorin~ to the Court that
is a public nece~{aity and thi~ Co,~rt does hereby determine to install a Olumhin~ system{
Tl~e Court hnvin~ so cdirected~tho Om~nty Judge of llvnzos County advertised fey bids Fey
work,which ~dvort~s~mont wn~ p~hlt~hod in tho Eryan Bagle.u now~p~p~v published ~n the
O~ty of Bryan,tho Cotmty seat of said County. For fm~rteon days prior th tho Rth day n~
October, the day set by sa~d advertisement fo~ th~ open~ng of bid~ ~o~ said ~ork;the adve~-
ers' Ce.ri tn open ~es~ton~all men,hers being prosont~o~ned the bid8 on tho ln~tsllltlon
All tho ~o~k ~ncludcd i~ th~ plumbing of tho ~r~zos Co:tory Co~l~t ](n,toe at l~ryan~T~os~
· , , ~ ~n~ to th~ City sawe~,all
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agreeable to the drawings anti spec/f/cations mttdc by tim Architects aaa made n parb hereo~
~or the anm of ~o The'mend and Fonrteen Dollars,to he paid In Cn~l.~ty warrants,tn annual'
Installments o~ dererrefl pa~ents,to~ether with interest thereon at the rate ar six
per cent.per annul. Thereafter on tho ~th day or October~17,the Oounty J~dgo or said
Cotmty~aoting Cop and In behal~ of said Cot~nty~entorod ~nto a contract with the said
Oeor~o J.Rohtschlln~ For tho tnstallati.n of a plumbing sNstem tn a~id Court llouso~whtch
contract is in words and Figt~ros as
O{)NTIIACT.
This affpoemont ~ado the Otb day of October,in tho year One Thnnsand Nine Ilundrod and ~even-
teen ~y and between 6serge J.aohiscbun~of ilouston~Texas~Party of tho First l'art(horeinnFto~
designated the Contractor)~and Bpazos ~mmty,Texas,repeesented By J.T.Ii&loney,Cmlnty Judge~
party of the second part(hereinafter desi~nnted tho ~neP)lWitnesseth~Tlmt tim ContPactoP)
contained on thc part of tho t~*ner,~ntn~ the mtid Party of tim Recond 1'art~do covonant~
prom/se and agree ~vltlt the said 0wherein marmot following,that is tb ~ay~
l.The Contractor shall w/Il and well and snt'ftclently perform and finish nnder the
nmi to the satisfaction of Sangutnet,Staats ~nd Gottlleb,Archttects(acttn~ as a~ents of the
said Owner),all the work included in tho ptum~lng of the ~razos County,Court llouse,at
Texas~excopt the sewer connection ~ro~ a paint 5'0s o~ts/do the building to the City
all else agrnoablo to th~ dr~tngs and .pootf/catlnns ~mdo by ~atd Arol~ttects,and made a
part hereof,and signed by the reviles hereto (copies of which ~ave boca delivered to the
Contractor)and to the d~ensions and explanattops thereon,therein and hotel's oontainoa,acoo~
ding to the true intent and ~eaning of the said dr.,wings and spectftc, tions,and or these
preaents~tncluding all labor and materials incident timreto~and shall provide all scarfoldl~
implements and cartage necessary rep the dim performance of tho said work.
2,Should it apVoar that the work hereby intended to he dgne~or any of the ~atters relative
thereto~nre not sufficiently detailed or explained on the aaitl drawings or in the said
spectficattons~the Contractor shall apply to the A~ohiteate for such rn~ther drawings or
so Car as they ~ay be cons/stent with tho original drawtngsH~nd In tho event of any doubt
o~ q~mntlon arising re,pectins tho true meaning ~f the drnwtng~ or spoc/~icotlnns,roference
shall ha ~do to the Archttoots~whose 4leoiston thereon~hetng Just and impart/al,shall be
final and conclusive.It Is mutually andor~tood and sgveed that all drawings,plans and spec-
/flcatlnnsure anti remain the property of the Arch/tecta.
21Should any alterations be reqtllred tn the work shown or cleacrthod ~y tho drawings or ape&.
$f~cations~a fair and reasonable valuation sC the work added or omitted shall he ~de by
the Architecta~and-the s~ heroin agreed to tm paid for the work'accorainC to the ori2~nal
specifications shall be Increased or dt~intshed,as tho case wad2 be.In case sttch valtmtlnn
ts not agreed .to,the Contractor shall proceed with the alt. erattn~upon the written order
of the Archit~ct~and the valuation of the work added or o~itted shall bo referred to Throe
(3) arbitrators(no one of ~hom shall have been personally connected wttl~ the work to which
these prosofits refer),to ~. appointed .aa followp~One by each of the part,on to this contra¢
and tho third ~y the two thus chesen~the decision of any two ~ who~ shall he 'final anti ·
b~ndtn~and each of the part,es thereto shall pay one-half of the expenses-,af s~ch referenc~
4.The Contractor shall within twenty-Co, ir hm~rs after receiv~nff written notice rra~u tho
archtt~:cta to tlmt (~rFect procec~d to'remove from thp ~nunds or buildings all m~tertals
~ondenned By them~whether worked or u~orked,o~'to take down all portions of tho work which
the Arohltects, shall conde~ as unsound or Improper,or'as'th any way fa/ling to*conform to
the drawinff, s end specifications and to the conditions of tills oentrnctlnnd in ease t~.e said
Contractors £~lls,neg, lect.~ er re£uses to take dews or remove such o~nde~ed wo~k within
twenty-Fo.r hnt~rn after receiving suc~ notice~the Architects shall lmve th~ ~utho~ity to
have such wo~k taken down or removed ~om the premlnes,nnd the expense the~e~o~ shall ~
dod~oted {'rom any money then due or thereafter t~ hoco~e dire the Cont.ecto~,nnd should the
exponz~o of such wowk exceed the amoqnt then due ot thereafter to becn~o title the Contractor
the snSd Owner shall pay s~ch nmo.nt~and the Co.trncto~ s{mll ~eFtmd all over and above thf
protect ~nd exercise duo dlll-~nce to secure the wo~k From ~nJu~y~nd all dn~ b~pp~nin~
to tho sn~o by his neglect sl.~ll ho ::,nde ~ood by hl~. 5,The Cont~acto~ shall pe~mtt the
2rchitects~nnd ell po~sons appointed by the Architects~to visit ~nd i.s~oct the snt~ wovk~
or .ny part th~'ooF~nt eli times nnd plnce~ dnrin~ tho progress of the sn~e~nnd shall fro-
Vide ~uFFiale~t~e~o and proper Factl%$~oa ~or such inspectlon. O.Tho Oontrnotor shall
w~ll ~rocood with the said work,and every p~rt and detail the'-eof~$n a prompt and diligent
manners.nd shall end will wholly finish the s~td work according to the drawings and spec-
$ftc.tt,,ns,und this contract on or before tho 15th day or January,in the ynav One Tho,re.nd
Nine l{,~n, lred and l~t~hteon (providing that possession of the stemless he ~iven the Contract(
on nv before the loth day of Octoho~,i. the year One Thmmand ~tne Hundred and Seventeen).
and in default the Contractnr shall pay to tho Ownee Five A No/lOS Dollars for every day
thereafter that tho work shall remain unfinished,as and Far agreed linuidnted
7.qhould the Contractor Be del,,yed in the ~rosaoutinn o~ completion or the wo~k ~y the acta
ne~i,.ot or der.alt or the rwoer,o~ tho Arohttocta,o~ By ~ny dn~n~ calmed hy ri~fl nv other
c.use~ ~foronu[d~which extended ported ~dmll ha det~rmJned and ri~ed hy the Architects;
but nn such all,~w~mcn shall be made ~mless n claim therefor 1~ p~aqentd~ tn writinc to the
Archtt~.cts within rorty-etEht ho.~ of tho occurence of such do].y.S,The Contractor .hall
not let,a.si~n o~ t~ansFev this contract o~ any interest thorein,withm~t the written con-
sent nF the Avchltects.O.The Contractor shall m. ke nn clai~ For additional work ~mle'~s the
~hnll Be ~.de to the Architects In wrSttng whlttn ten days o~ the ~eg~nntn~ of such
~O.The Owner affPoes to provlde all materials not Included in thi. oontraot~tn RIIoh manner
l~y cn.~n,- loss to the Contrnctor,a~ee8 that ~t will reimburse tho Cont~actoP For such
~o nn to ca~mo any ,~am~e For which tho Owner shall ]~eoo~e liable(ac above stnted)ithen
herein other ~ise provided:the ;,wount of such da~nRo~t~ e/thor cnne~to 1~e f~xed and de-
terraced by the Architects~nr by avbttrat/on~as provided In Art/cie Three.Il.Tho
Upon with tho Cnnt, ractor, l. he policies ~lng made to cover wnvk incorporated tn the bul]din
os their interest may appear.The Contracto~ to pay the total cost for said t. Rurunoe Pop
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. .'- ne~]ect ov Failure boin~ certified by the A~chtt. ects,the -wrier shall Bo at
. tlwon days w~l~[en notice to the Contractn~o prnr~de ;~ny 8u{~h labn~ o~ materials,and
doduc~ the cost tlmreoC From any money then due o~ t~re~Cto~ tn l~eco~e duo to the Con-
.- trnctor under this c~nt~nct;and lC the A~chit~cts shall certify that such ~Cupal,ne~lect
o~ failure Js sufficient ~roun~ ~or such nctton~tho ~ner shall also be nt liberty to
minute the employr~ent cC tho Cnnt. ractorCor said workload to enter upon the P~eml.;es antl
the :rork~and to prnvlde the m~te~tal~ th~efor;und tn ca~e of such dt~conttmmnco of tire
emplo~ont of tim Contractor he shall not ho entitled to receive nny further payment
ul]f[ov this contract until the re, Id work shall ~ wholly finished~nt which time If the
unpiad balance cC the ammmt to he paid under this contract nlm]l e~coed the expense
curved by the Owner tn finlnhin~ the work,such exce~m nlmll he paid by the ~,ner to the
Oont~actor,htlt if each expense ~hall exceed reich umpind hnlnnce,the Contractor aim11 pay
tho di~erenco to tho Owner.The expe~ma incurred hy the Owne~ n~ herein provi,lod,oithor
for f~trn[~hin~ ~terials or fop C$nl~hing the work,'and uny damage incurre(t throt~ffh such
default,shall bo audited and certified by tho Architoct~,whose covtific~t, es thereof will
be conolt~s~ve upon tho par~iee.13.And it is hereby mntu~lly nereed between the p~rtios her~
by
~othat tho stl~ to bo paid~the Owner to the Contractor for stroh wnrl; and materials shall
be Two Thousand Seven Ihmdrod and Fourteen & No/lO0 Dollars ($2,714.Oo),nuhJoct to the
, addttlons or roductinn~ on account of alterations horetnhefnro prnvlflod~and tlmt mmh sum
Eighty-five (85~)pev cent.of the value oP the labor and materials tncorpornted tn tho work
upon the estimate8 made by the Architects once ovary thirty ~(30) days (if
; and the balance at the entire completion and acceptance of the work by tho Ar~hitects and
O~uer.~t heinE understood that the final pa~ont ~hall be mode within ten days astor this
contract is completely finished~with the exception aC ton .er c~ntum of total contract
price ~*hich (at option of the nwner),shall be held Fey 30 days,For protection of labor,
un provided By law:provtded~that in each of the said eases the Architects shall certify
all the ~ork upon the performance of which the pn~ent is to become due has Been done to
thel~ sattnfactton;prnvided. Further,that before each ps.neat,If re~utrod,the Contractor
shall ~lvo tho Architects good :~nd sufficient evidence that the premises are Free From all
~ liens and claims chargeable to the said Contractorlnnd~further~thnt if at any time there
-.~ shall bg uny lien or claim for which,if estahlishod~tlm Owner of the said Vre~ises might
~ ma~le liable,an~ which weald bo char~nbln to the ~nid Uontraotor,the Owner shall have
~ the right to retain out nC nny pn~ont then due oP thereafter to ),econo chto~nn nmmmt uu['-
;, flclont to completely indemnify itself against snch lien or claim,until the claim shall
,~ be etlfoct~nlly.~sattsfied,dischar~d or cancelled.And should there prove to he nny such
~fter nil payments a~o ~do,the Contractor shall ref~md to tho Owner all moneys that the
l' ': latter, m~y be oo~polled to pay In discharging any lien on said premises made obligatory
, In the consequence of the former*s defgult.And ~t Is furtho~ tmd~rntood nnd ~reed that
~{ -" . hereof that tho Cnntrnotor shall Cny"orf and satisfy ail b~lls incurred f~r labor and ~-
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acceptance oF any deFeot~vO wn~k.l~.And the nard Owner {mreby prm. l~on and ~rfln~ with tho
enid work uecnrdtn~ to t}m terms and ~nnditinns herein contained nnd re~erred tn ~nr the
price aForesaid,and hereby onntructs tn pay the same at the tl~e~n the ~nner ~nd upon the
Cnnditinn~: above sot Fnrth,{O,And the said p~rties For them~elvespthei~ he~rspexecutors~
n{min{strntnrs nod ussiins,do hereby a~Oo tn th. Frill po~nFr~g~ n~ tho onvennnts
contained.In witne~u whor~nr~the p.~tles tn these prosentn hnvfl )mroufltn set thet~ hnnds
~; [~ned Oenr~e J.Rnhtsoh.n~,Cnnt~uoto~.
By J.~.~t~lone~ County
And 2t Further appearing to th- Omtrt that said contract wns executed for nor iff ~halr
oF l:ra~ss gm,,ty,by the Co,~nty Judge:It 'ls~Thereforo~Orderod~ndJudR,d and Decreed by the
Cn~im~lonor~' ~otlrt oP ]lruzoa Cmu:ty,ToxnulThut the nni,I contract entered {nra By nwl
tween tho Oounty oF Urazo~ and ~eorRe J.Bohischung on the Otb day of Octo~r,lOlT,bo and
tim sa~e is hereby ratifted,a-O~ovod and confirmed as the not and contract oF said County,
and the same shall bo recorded upon tho ){innte~ or this Cmmt.lt ~s further ordered that~
in acoordn,ce w2t}{ saint contract,warmers ar Brazes Oratory,tn ~ called ~BIIAZO~ OOUXTY
COURT IIOi/SI.f 2~:"R{}VI~:lliNT t'AH~ANTS"bO issued tn the sum of Three Tl, o,~s,,~ (~9,OnO.OO) Dollars
ov{drnclng the contract price to he paid to tho said flenr~ J.~oht~ehun~,Contractor,by the
~nid Cpu,fy for tho installation of the phu, hing system ~, sa~,{ O~urt'. He, me,in and for
said contwct.~ntd Warrants sh, ll ~o numbered From one (~) to ~ix (B) Jnohmive,shall be
the denomination of F~ve ll,~ndved (~500.O0)DoIInrs e;,ch,uggrogntin~ tho nsid su~ oF Three
Tho,~sa~tl (~:l,r)O0.O0) Dollars.They shall be (luted tho 15th dny of Novnm~r~lO17~nnrl nhall
hcco'"e due an,l payable as
Maturity ~ Amount ~
Said w. rrents elu;ll b,,,r interest .t the rate el' six (dl~) per oent.~r annum,payable semi-
anmtally on the 15th ,lay of }J.y and the 15th tla~ of November oF each yearpwhtoh interest
. ts u part of the contract prise agreed to For tho annatruettnn oF'said wnpk)und a/mil he
evidenced by coupona attached tn ,aid wnrrnnts.Prtnc~al and 'al.croat shall bo payabl~
prcnentatlnn and carton, let oF warrants nv propop onupono at Cnfltinontal anti 0o~orolal
National ~nnl',ghicago,llllnols~oe at the office or the County Treag.rer Or Brnzos County,
U. itcd SLates of America.Said w. rrunta shal 1 be signed by tho County Jud~attestcd and'
~,,rd "{legint~rnd".tho dut,. oF such r,'gla/.rntion,und elint] sign hi. name oFFicially thereto,
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Tho Corm 0£ sold 1~'arrants shall bo substantially as
{~0o .
Connty Bf ~rnzos
B~azos County Court llouse Improvement
t'; Jnstly indebted to George J.Roblsohung~Contractor,his nssi~s or honror,i, the principal
p~yuble semi-annually' on the ~5th day of May and tho ~Sth day of November of each year,upon
by virtne of fl valid ned subsisttn~ cont~actAls obltffated nnd hereby promts~s to pay to the
Treasurer of said County Id hereby anthorized ~nrdo~ed and directed tn nay to tho
Na tional
GooP~o J.lloblschun~hi. n~ni~n8 oP honreP~at Oontlnental and Comm~rctalAlh, nk~Chtca~o~[ll-
at tho option of the holder {wrooF~the ou~ of Five ][undPod (~OO.O0) Dollars on tho
Co,tory,levied,assessed and create~ for that purpnse~This warrant is one of a serten nd six
(6) wavrnnts,nmnhered consecutively from one(l) to ~ix iR) InclosUre,tn tho d,,nomlnatton~,~
of Five Mundred (~50n,O0) Dollars ouoh,ag~egntin~ Three Thousand (~,OnO,O0) Dollars,
Court ][o*lso of said Brazos,,County,Texas,tn accordance with tho contract ~4tweon George J.
Bnblschung and the ~uld County,undeP and By viPtuo of the Condt$tutton and l.w8 of tho
Stu~o nP Texas,and 1~ pur.uanco of an ordop passe(] by tho Commissioners'Court of said Connt
on the l~th day ~f'Novembor,191~whtch orde~ is or r,.cord tn ~ook II,page 80 et seq.,of the
Minnies of said Court.Tho date nC this ({arrant,t~ conformity with tho order above mentioned
is November 15,10IT;and it ts hereby certified nnd recited that .,]l acts~oondit~ons and
thin~s roqu2rod to be dnno p~ooedont to and in tho tsst~nnce oF this wnrrant,hnve boon prop-
total indebtedness of said County~lncluding this warrant,does not exceed the Constitutional
or statuutnry limitation.In testimony whereof,the gonnty Co~m, issloners' Conrt of ]~ra~os
st~nod by the.County ~ndge and attested and oounterniEned by the County Ulovk~as of the dote
last above mentioned.
J.T.Malonn~,Co~nty Jnd~o,B~azos Cml.ty,Texas,' ' '"
Attested and Co.ntersiffned{
(~;I':AI,) Il .0 .Fovg~mon,gnunty Clerk,llvnz~s County;Texas .'
Tho Form of tho Co~pon 8]1all ho substantially ns fei]awn I,
~o.'~ ' ' ~ ." . ' . ,' ' ',, , ' ' - , ~l~.On ,~ , '
The Cou'n~y ~ ]l~azoB,tn ~ho S~a~e of Texna,is ];m~ly indebted ~n'george
Co~Srao~o~,ht~ uastgn~ o~ hearer, [n ~he ,urn nf fifteen (~1~.0~ Dollarn~,by virtue o~
Fried No.3~of ,aid Oml,ty.at Continental and Comevcial Natto,al Bank~Chicngl.
which this coupon is attnched and i~ p~rt thereof.
J .T.,~;aloney County,J~t ',~e o
ll.O.Fer~usonjCounty Clerk.
Said wurruntn .~hal~ be executed ttnd delivered to tile s~ld ~eov~ J.llnbtsohttn~ ns the work
work shell bo i~pl. cte~! and (ioceptod by this Court before warrants oovevin~ tho u~otl~t
i~m~ted "No.:la,shall be act .aide out of the twenty-rise cents Constitutional
warrunts nnd tho p~inoipnl thereof nt muturity~and For no other p~wpnse{thut to c~ente
snid F.nd to redeem them at mntu~ity,a tax ruto oF seventy-Five one-hnnd~edths (.75{ cent
ot~ch One {hint{rod T)ollars valuution oF all the taxable property i. tho ~ounty
oF tl~o twenty~i'ive cents T'o~c.~nont ~mprovexqent Fund oF said Uo~mty,shall ~e annually
]evled~nsse~scd n.d collected and said tax .hall be necessary fo~ each suooood~n~ yoa~
sntd warrnnts,or uny nC thommaro outstandlng~and the same slmll he anntlnlly nssessod and
collected .nd applied to tho purposes naned.l~lt~ezs the signature of tho ~a~h~rz ~x~kBxx
co~pns~n~ the Co~isa~onevs Court of Brazes Cou~ty,Texas,th~s the lflth day
· J ,~ .~tkins ,Cor~.sl~nov~ Precinct Ne.1
N, I~, i,~a~ revs, C ~,iss ioner, P~ec inet ~o .2
Chris Di[;tefano,Comissionov~p~aoinst No.3
' ' C.A.lhich,nan~gn~issioner Precinct No.4.
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Thei,~tnto o£nToxna~
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OoHnty 0£ ]~rSZ. os ] On this,the 14th day I)1' Novo~hor,A.D.l,q]7, tho Contestant,s C~u~t
tho est~blls~ugt of Road Dlst~tot No.~ o~ BP,.~fl Cntmty,Tflx~q.
An~ it appeflPtng to tho Cou~t that It t8 d"olrnblo to estob]lsh said Road Diet,tot;It
therefore,ordered nad eo~st~nrad by the Uourt that Head District No.2 o~ D-~zos, Cmmty~
Tox~s B~ a~ the sn~o la hereby estab]tsho~ with t~o f~ll~wt~ ~et~s n~d
l~'ost w/th the ~o,th lt~es of th, ~.D.Smith end :;.Tf.~ohe~tsn. surveys to the ~.'~.eo~e~
the RoBert~,~ su~ey;The~ee~o~th with the limo Between tho T.H~nry ,nd the
my to tko extre,e ~.E.merhe~ off the sat~ T.Ho~Py surv~y;Th~eo,we~t w/th the ]Jme
w/th tho oGBt 1/ne nf tko e~ld ~ Ynung labor to th.o ~.~.o,~n,r'o~ 8ume;tb~oo~t~
alo,g tho ll,e betweea tho B.B.B.& C.and a,otho~ T.lloury ,,vvoy to the extreme
of tho II.ll.B.& C. s,rvoy;The~oe~.W.with tho 5.E.11~o of tho said B.E.B.& C.su~v~y to the
o~tro~o ~.oorner off sa~e;botn~ tho extreme N.~.cor~o~ oF another ~.B.B.&'C. n~lrvoy:Thoneo
E.wtth tho N~]tna o~ last ~a,o4 B.B.]I.~ C. survey to tho N.H.corner oF
Tbonoo,t[oat with tho ~opth l'tne of sa~d ~outherlfln~ l,~a~o tn t.,n ~.~f.oorn,r
bounds oF fl~fld Dtstrlot No,~ n~ ~rn~oa Oo.nty',Toxfls are t~uo end oorreot,fl~ well no tbs
~lQt hereto ~ttaohed.WitBefl8 my bflmd thee tbs 14th dny,n~ NnYp.~,.~A.~.I'~IT, ,
H.O.Jonos.Cou~ty Su~yoyol'~rflz~ C~llnt,~)T,xfl~. ·
sting ~aoadamtzod~'~avol or pa~e~ roads and [urn-pi]con ~r In al~ tn sale Dtntrtet;a p)at' :
o~ same ia als. horeto attaoho~ showing the bo,n~aries o~'sai~ District. ·- ~ *, '
The brats of'?exue !
hoard a petition nfl P.H.arrlngton end Fifty sight (58) others praying that bonds ~o issued
by Rood District No.2 of Dra~os County,Texas;in tho s,~ of ~ovouty Thousand Dollars
for tho purpose of eon&truetiu~,metntflininG and operating ~aoadfl,ixodp~'aYol er pti?ed reeds
and turn-pikes a_.~n in aid thereof in sai~ defined 9istriet,~fl~s bsia~ Road District ~e.2 of
Brazes Co,oty,?exes.aud to levy a tax flor tbs payment of Interest of said bonds~flnd ts ernst
a slnkis~ fund £or said bonds.And it appoerin~ to tho Court that said potitia, is signed
by fliflty mine da,) cfi the resident property tflx i.ay~n~ of said defined Distriot.sfl~e BeinG
~ond District No.2 of Brezns County,T~xfls,end that tho ann.ut ofl bonds to be issued will not
exceed one fosrtb (~) of the assess.d value of tho reel prsperty e~ sash Road District
of Bra~ns Ce.nty,Texas.It is,Thareflo~o~Cansidorod and ordoroA by tho Court that em election
be held in said fined Diet~ist No.2 of Brazes County,Texas,on tho 2Otb day of ~eoember,A.D.
lOl7,~fhioh ts mare then thirty (~()) days ~rom tho date of tht8 order,to ~eter~lne whether
or not the bonds af e~i~ dofino~ Diatrist shal~ bo issued in tho 8~ of SeVenty Thousand
DoJlflrs (tYO.OOO.OOi.~enrinG interest nat to oxseod Flys and one halfl per sent
auuem.to ~e fixed ~y the Commissioners Ce,ri.serially ~e.nat to exoeod tbt~ty
~o~ their dnto,nnd whothe~ o~ not n tflx shall be ley~od on tho property ~n na~d ~nnd
tr~ot No.2 of B,nzo8 C~tmty;Toxnn,s~hJeot to taxation Foe tho p~pono 0~ pnyim~ tho
on nazi bonds nnd to proyi~o n sZulc~n~ ~un( ~o~ the ~e~enptiou tho~oo~ nt ~fltu~ty.~eZd
to-wJt:-~e~inninff nt the extreme N.l~.oorner o~ the ~.D.Hn.ston survey on tho Nflyasotfl
of tho Robortoon bu~y-y;Thomee,Mooth with tho line ~otweom tho T.iinnry find tho
nn~yoys tn tho extrono ~.E.oo~nor off the said T.llonry 8.rvoy~Thonse,l~ontwith tho line
said T.Henry survey to tbs east line of tho ~n Yo.n~ ~hnr~Thoneo;in a Southerly
direction w~th tho s,l~no of said ~ Youn~ labor t~ the ~.~.eornor of 8fl~p~Tbonce,S.~.o]om
B.B.B.& C. ,,ryey:Tr.oneo.~.~.w~th the b.E.lino or tbs said ~.~.~.~ C.serYoy to tb~ ~xtro~o
~.,.rner of ~fl,o;boin[ the extreme ~.tY.~,~n~ o~ another R.l~.2.& C. ~u~vey;ThonoepE.wtth th8~
~.l~ne or ~nst nfl,od B.B.R.~ C. servoy to tbs S.~.eornor or ,flne;Tbenoo.~.w~tb tbs E.l~no
off tho mfli~ B.B.]I.& C. tho .~?.S.}lillionn find tho W.T.)Flll~onm survey to th~ S.lf.oorne~
said ~.T.tfillto~m n~Yey on tho nfl~tb limo o~ the Wnlte~ b,tho~lnnd ~n~o;Th~nco,went with
tbs no~tb line of said ~utho~land m~x~ ]en~O S0 tbs N.W.oorme~ off nnid
wltb tho ~est line of still ~utbo~lnnd f~en~uo to tho D~fl~on H~ve~;Tbonoo.dflw~ the
Rlvn~ wZtl, ~t8 ~enn~rs to the no~bh or tho Nnvnsotn H~yoP~Tbonoopup the Nnyflnotfl
with ~t8 ~enn:lors to tho pines o~ ho~lnnin~.~otieo of sfl~ election shall ~e ~iven ~y pub-
llofltion in tho Bryan Daily Englo.sfl~e bolas a newspaper published tn Brazen
fo,~ (4) oonflootJt~vo wook~ ~eFn~o tbs date of ,aid eloetion.flu~ ~w n~dition thereto there
shnl~ bo po.t.d ..t~eo of .aid eloQtion at three (~) pu~l~e plneo9 in sfl~d Reed D~str~t
No.2 of B~.~o8 Cownty,Texfls,~o~ throe (~) oon9o~t, tiyo woe~9 prior to said election.
5~ election shall ~ bold nt ~ho Following pluses a.4 the ~ol]owin~ named per. naa fl~o 'kereby
nppoimt~ ~ana~rs of said o~oction,viz:Sn]d Road l)tstr~ot No.~ o~ llrflzns Co,,ty,T~xfls;
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tg~eted no tho place tn hold said elect/on,end JoB.Bottle ts appointed ~annger of sstd
oloatlol amd 18 eathortEed to seleot suah Judges and o]erko ns ~ay bo n-odod to hold
Maid olestion shal! he hold n.dor tho provisions of flood Dtstrlst No.~ ns ~et o.t in ro-
Le~talature,Cheptor ~02,pflgo dill.find only qualified voters who flrn property tflx pfly~
of Reed Dlstrlot No.~ of Brfl~os Ceunty,?~xfls,shell ho nil.wed to vote,sad all voters
hellot8 tho words~For tho issuance off bonds,fla~ levy of a t~x in pa.v~ent
thoro opposed shell hove written or printed &n their Sellers tbs wordo~#l~ainot tho
iflsaeao® o~ bonds end levy of a tax ia payment thoreF.r.~
Tho harmer o~ holding setd oleottr, e shell Bo governed By the laws of the Stilts of T~xas
Goyorntag General Electlone.~ Ropy of the order si~ed By th~ C o.nty Jndga of
Oounty,Tcxfls shell serve as a proper,aeries .£ Raid election;find the Co.nty Jud~o ~e dt-
rooted to on.se said aortae8 to ~o published 1. the Bryen ~flt]y Eegle,~a~o ~ola~ e
pepor pnbltRhod in Brflz-s County,Toxes,thare ~elug none p~bllsh~d la snl~ Bond Blstrtst
No.2;For Fr'ur (4) coufleoutivo woek8 next preoeding said olootion,on~ e~.oo to ~e
· not/co thoreoff et three (~)pnhlio plooos in said Bond Dtstrtot ~0.2 of Brn~os County,
Texas,for throe (~) eonsoauttve weeks prior to Raid election. Gives. under ~y band,one seal
of oFfloo,tkiR tho 14th day of
J.T.Haloney~Connty dud~e;~rezoR Cflnnty,T~xflR.
'&ttoetl
ll.O.For~ueon,Couaty Clerk of flrezoR Connty,Texfls,
nad Ex-Officio Clerk of tho ComniRsionorR Court of
Brezos County,Texas. ',
Petttlon For clangs of rood by J.iI.DowltnF~ ct al Granted without cost to Cmtnty.
· W, 'f *-;
qtmrterl~ roport'oF' H.O.F~r~,uson,Cmmty Clerk /'or snorter end~np. Octobe'r .~st,l.O17,approv.
u~(l 'entered nn CnrunJ.s$oners Co, at ~i~mlt~ ann1:.
quarterly report nF P.ll.Arrtn~.ton Fop n,,nrter enclln~. October ,~1st,lOlT,a~roverl.
~ln at once, '' '
On hint{on dttly
.clt'l~'oPdercd ~hat lot estimate ~F Sangltinflt~,Staats & Oottlte~ tn Favor of T.ll.llu~%nr~",L
be and ts flp~roved
: 90
Stute o£ T~xos
County oF Bra~.oe ~ BeFore me,tile Imd~r~igned muthor~ty
15th.In the ye~r lf~17,
SuBscribed nnd ~wnrn to before. ~e this ~rd day nF Deoo~ber
J.N.D~laney,Nntary Ptlhl~o,D~azos Cnunty~Texns.
hereby certify that tho order e£ th~ C,~miRstnnors Court declaring the result o~ tho
.l'rohll,itln, I~lection held on Oot~Ber 2th,lOl?,was published ~n the Bryan Daily Eugle
abet 25,1917,Nov.l~t,1017~Nov. Rth~TO1?,Nov.15th,191?~a~ dirooted By law. Bryam,Brmzom Ooumty
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state of Texas '[
Ce,sty of Brazes [ On this the loth day of I)ecernber,l.~l?wthe Cor~ls~oner~s Court of
Brazes County~Texas~hetng In Ila~lar Seas/on,ay a Re~lar te~ of nato Court~nll
thereof he/ag present,tho followln~ prncaed/n~,a~ong others~were had:lt'h~roas,an the,Otb'
day o~ Octabe~,lplT~T.B.lluh~rd entered into a contract with ~razos Cmmty~Texns~or the
re,cOaling of tho Court llmme In and For said Cnuntylnnd,~herens,satd contract was duly
rat/f/ed By on order o~ this Court on tho l~th day n~ No~e~her,ln17,nnd recorded tn
It,Page 88 et seq.,oF tho E/autos of this Court;and;Ifhnreas;T.B.Ilttbhard has now presented
to this Court a written est/~ate,or account,of the work which has'Been oo~pletod By him
under said contract,which estimate ts in words and figures as follows:
Dryan,Texa8 ,Dec loth,
To The Honorable Co~tsatoners*Court OF Drnzos County,Toxna~Oentlev.entThe Following
an est/mate or tho .nteriul which has Been furnished and the work which has been
ed by ne under ~y contract with County,dated Octohnr O,lOl~:BeinR tho estimate ce work .
and labor perfo~ed a~ completed anmmtlng to the sum or Nine ~houaand Fi~e llundred and
E~hty ~ne Dollars and Seventy Coats (¢O,~SO.qO),as shown by certificate aP the Arohitec~
Sah~tnet,Staits a Gotlteb~aftep deducting ~16,2.ao,tha 15 portent order retained nndep
the contract until work co~pleted~and which certificate o~ Architects is berate attached
and marked 'Exhibit, As.
32500.00 Sangulnet~Staats & Gotlteb Exhibit A,~o.171~.
Hous ton ~ Taxa s ~ Nov. 1 ~th/17.
To Brazes County~Toxas.
This ts to eerttfy~that T.B.HuhhaPd t~ entitled to first payment as p-r cnntract~a~mmt-
ing to Twenty Five H,ndrod & O0/lOfl Dollars for luhor a~d ~aterlals furnished on your
Co.ri Hmme Building Bryan~Texao,~oto:See reverse s/de for tte~tzed detail of estimate.
San~inot,~taata & Gotlteh,~vcbitect~
By R.D.Cotlteb. *
5 ~ Etshtplap at ~ao.nn,on tower,~3O0.OO~dOO cu.yds.excavatlnn at 91.5n ~n&,oQ,ala lin.Fi
of sewer ~31O.0~,lfreck/ng old plaster ~29~.18,25n0 sq.yds.new plaster ~10OO~OO,SU.Brlok
tn stack & ~uel roo~ ~110.00~15 eu.yds.concrete at ~lO.OO,¢lSO.OO,l'art~tlans & heaws tn'
Dorn~ttory ~lO0.O0~Carpenters work on stack & ~etal ~etltng ~50.~Re~nFo~/ng steel
foottn~,~25.OO,tot~l ~2~41.18~RetontAnn 15~ ~441.]S,Thts estimate
~7089.70 ,San~net~Staats & Gotl/eb,"Exh~btt A"No.1717.
Hmm ton ;Texflo; Dee.
Job No.1~44
To Dvazo~ Connty~Texas,This Is to certify that T.~.lluhbnrd is entitled to second pn~ent
as per Contract,a~ounting tn Seventy Hundred,eighty nine & 7O/~Ofl Dollars for labor and
materials furnished on your Court llonse i~prove~ents at Bvyan,Tesas,Nnte~Seo reverse side
for tte~tzed detall.,of estimate.
Sang, inet,Stoats & 6otlieb,Architacts
5 U.Etsh~pla~ on towo~ $300.00,4~0 ou~ds.excavation ~O.fl~,~lS ft. of sewer
l(rockin~ old p]aste~ ~3OO.O0,Nev.plastev applied ~0.00 ~0 ~.Brick ~O.O~,~O cu.y~s.
conopoto $~OO.O0~C~ponto~ lfo~k ~800.OO,Struotura] stool & ~on ~800.O0~Sheot ~etal work
Ssoo.oo,llard,,aro $~o~nn,~atnting ~l~nn.oo fetal laih ~nn.on,co~e~t Floors $~nn.on,
.,tflndnw ~nvds & r.efltttng ~X~.O0')I/ll work GiOO.oO,1~t~J~g ~70~.nn'Avnhttects fee',on ale '
$1lnO.o~,total $1l~fli'.OO,Credtt~'Itetentton 15~,~lan~q%ProvXotmly paid ~non.nn,nal.
J .L' .Atktns ~C ormlee loner, P~ec inot No. 1
.~. B .Ene tars ,C or,alee toner, Proc too t
Chna BI ~toFnn~,Cn~lsstnner,l~eotnot
and~Wheroas~all the ~ter~al nnd work c~ve~ed by .a~d estimate has ~en Inspected and
accepted by th~s Cm~rt es Being in acoordnnoe with ~nld contract and the plans and
Flcatinns adopted by this Cmwt,and said estip~te has Been duly au4~to4 and Found to
oorrect;IT /S~TIU31EF{HIE,OItI)I:IU~D~AJ}.~)GED AND DEC~I:I':D by the Oo~tssione~stCourt eF
Cn.nty,Texns~that enid esbtrnte Be and tho sore t8 hereby allowed For the su~ or
tlmt~tn acooednnoo with enid oontract~there shall be executed and delivered tn sale, Con-
the indebtedness duo T.B.Hubbard,Contractn~hte assigns n~ hen~or~fn, tho ~e~odelln& nF th~
Court Ilo.se as cave.ed by said .stirate,beinE,warrnnts nuehe~s nee (]) tn 19 inclusive,of
an issue of thi~ty-uix (~)warrants.nr the denomination o~ ~500.0~ ~noh~a~nGotin~
eeo Thousand (~l~,OOO.On)Dollars,dated November 15,1017,and hea~ln; inte~ast at tho rate
oP ~ pe~ .nmm;tlmt the Cmmty or Brazes has eeceived full value and consideration for
said warrants numbers 1 to 1o inolnsive.
J.T.Nalnney,County,J.d~,Br~ns County~Y.xae.
J .H.~ tkins ,C o~lsaloner ~-l'rec lee t
~'.B.Ensters ,Co~iss~one~eotnot No.2
... Clms Dl~tereno,Cn~iss~one~,l~eoinot
C .R.~uohanan,l'rec~nct No.4~Cn~les~oner.
l;y lt.D.Got] lob.
State o£ Texas
Cmmty of BrnzoelOn this the loth day of Dece~bor,l:~lT,tho Co~lesionorst Court of Brnzos
County,Texas~being in Re~la~ sassOon,at a ro~la~ te~ or sn~d Cnu~t,all ~e~Be~ thereof
being p~esent,tho following p~oceodin~among othere~weve hnd~Whereas~on tho ~th day of
October,lnl~,Ifinnison Bvothe~s entered into a contract w~th B~azoe Connty~Texae~for tbs
installation or a heating plant in tim Co. Pt llmme in and PoP enid Oountyjond~ighoPeae a
said contract was d.ly ratified by an order or this Cmwt on tho lSth day of
lO17~and ~ecorded tn Book H,pago 74 et seq.,of the ~Hn. tes or this Couvtland~Whoveas~
l:innlsnn Brothers have now presented to this Court a written estleate,nP acoount~nf the
eerie which hoe been co~pleted by them ~mdor said contract,which estimate is in words and . ·
fibres as rollnws~ B~yan,Texas,Deo lOth,lOlT.
To Tho Ilnnorah]o Co~ioaionera'Onurt Of Brazes Connty,Toxns{ Ocntlerenl
Tho rnllnwing is afl estirate of the ~atnrial whlch has been furnished and the work which
has been performed hy us under nu~ contract with your County,dated Ootnho~ O,lO~7{Oeing '.
the oativ,.te of wo~k and labor performed and Chapleted a~onnting to the sum or One Thousand
Fi~o Hundred and Thirty Five Dollars and Ten Cents ($15nS.lO),as shown by certificate of
Arol~itecte,Sanguinnt,Staats & Gotlieb,arter deducting ~270.o~,tho 15 per cent retained
under bhe cnntract until work completed,and which certificate or A~ohitecta la hereto
attached nnd ~avkev "Exhihit A~.
$15('0.00 San~inet,Staats & Ootlinb~"Exhibit A~ N0.171~.
Joh~ lq44 Un.eton,Texas, Nov.28/17.
To 2rn~o. Co.nty~Texus,This is to certify,that Kl~mison Brothers are entitled to fir. t
pny~,cnt as ~er Contrnot,a~ount2ng to Fifteen Ii.halted & OO/lnO Dolla~ ~o~ laBo~ and
t'.rnl.~hed on ymw Court IIm,~n Bvyan,Toxae,Note:l'$pe $~l~O.70~Fitt~ngs ~10.0~ Frt.& drnyu~
Snnguinet,Stnat~ & Ootl~eb,Architects
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Elnnison Brothers.
· Sold to Braise County Court House,
Bryan~TeXaSo
Estimate
To ~atorial furnished and Labor Per£or~ed on the llrazos Co;.mty,Omw~ liouso
Building et aryan,Texas: Pipe l172.00,Fittin~s .q]O.OO,Frel~ht & Drayage ?~.00
1806.00,1ess 1§~ Hetainod 270,90~A~ount to pay on this estimate
J.T.{'nlonoy County Judge~P~zos County,T~xns.
~.]).Eastors ,Co~lsslonor,~eci,ct No.2
Chas DIStoFano,Cor~lssinner Precinct No.~
C .A.lluchanen,Co~,tssionev Precinct No.~.
and,~hereas~all tho ~tertal and work covered By said estimate has ~een inspected e~d
oepted By this Court aa bo~n~ in accordance with .aid contract and the plnna and
cations adopted by this Cmwt~and enid estimate line Been duly audited nnd round to Bo
ooPreotllT ISvTi~IU:FO~EvORD~R~Dv~DJ~Gi:D AND I~ECIU:r:D ~y tho Co~tssione~s'Co~wt or B~nzos
County~Texas~thnt said estiv~nto ~e and the sar,o ia hereby al]owed rn~ th~ n~m~ or
thnt~ln accordance with said oont~not~thore shall bo execrated and de]ivered to said COn-
trhotoe Ornzos County Cotwt House Improvement lVnrrants tn tho sum of ~l~oO.O0~evidencing
tho. indebtedness duo ginnison BrothorsfContractors,their assize o~ ~ea~or~ror the
atica off the heating plant In s~id Couct llmmo as onve~ed hy said estt~nte,~lng warrnnts
nu~be~s,l to ~ inohmive,of nn issue or twelve (~2) wnevnnts,nr tho denomination or
each,affronting Six Thousand (~6~O00.OO)Dollnrs~dnted Novel, her l~,lO17,and Bearing inter-
-st at the rato of 6~ ~eP ann~lthat the County of Brnzos has received full value and oeo-
side,atica ro~ said warrants m~bors 1 to ~ inclusive. .,
J.T.~ra]oney,County J~dgo,Brazos Co,nty~Texns.
~ .~.Atkins ,Corm~tssionor~l'rec inet No. 1
~.B.Eastovs,Co~essionn~ Precinct ~o.~
Chas DtStefano,Co~isolonoP Precinct
C .A.Buohanan,Co~issioner,Precinct No.4
State or Texas [
County of Brazes[ On this the 10th day or Deoember,~Ol~,the Commission,re'Court oC
County~Texns,belng in Ro~ln~ session,at a vo~lar tev~ Or said Co~wt~nll ~c~ers tboreoC
being present,the following prooeodin~neon~ otbors~we~o had~Whorean on the otb day
OotoBev,]O1T~Geo~ J.llobischun~ entered into a contract with ~vnzos Cmmty~Toxas~ro~ the
installation of a plumbing system In tho Court Ilouse In and rep saidCoun~ylnnd
said contract was duly ratified By an o~ev of this Court on the l~th day or
and recorded In Book II~l'ago SO et seq.~of the ~l~nutes of this Court;and,Whereas Geo~
J.~ob~sohung has' now presented to this Court a written esti~::te~ov account,of the work
which has been completed by bt~ under said contract which estimate is in words and'
as follows~ B~yan~Texas,Deo lOth,lO17.
TO TI~: ~ON~II~BL~ ~o~lgsioners'gourt of B~azos County,Texua:Gentloeon:Tho relieving Is
satiate of the mtePlal ·which has Been f~rnishod and tho work which has boob
'by mo mulet my oont~not with yotw Cmmty~dnted October O,]o~7lBeln~ tho estimate or work
and labor porfo~od and oom~loted,n~mmting to the su~ ~f 'Fifteen lhmdr~d Dollars
as shown by certificate of Avohitoots,~an~inet,~taats & got]te~nrter ded~cting the
pe~ cent retained' ~mtil',woPk,o'omploted,and which oortiriont~ or' Architects ls heretQ nttoe
ed and ~arlced eExhihit A#.
$15~0.00 0 ian~uinot,Staats & 6otlieb *EXH~BZT A~ No.171fl.
JobNo.1344 ~ Hnuston~Telaa~Doc
To llrazos Cotmty~Texas,Tbis is to certify that Ge~oJ.Hobischu~g is entitled to,,flrst pay~en
as per Contract,amounting to Fi£teon llundred & 00/100 Dollars for labor and materials fur-
nished on your Court Ho~ao improve~ents at Dryan,Texss,~ote:Bonghlng in ~or all
f~\tures specified is practical, l- finished.
Sanf~lnot~Staats & 6otlieb,A~.hitoots
By B.I).Cotlieb.
Approved for $1500,00
J.T.~,fa]onoy,County Jtldllo,]lrnzos County,Texas
J.~.Atkins ,C o~iss ~oner, Proc inat
~. Il.Easters ;Caress Xonor ~ ]~eoinct No.2
Chas Dl~to~nno,Co~lssi~nr,Proci~ot No.~
C.A.Buohanan~Co,~issionor,~ooinct No.4
and,Whereas~all tho mtorial and work covered by said estimate has ~en inspe~ted a~ aooep~
ed by this Court ne ~eing In accordance with said oo~trnct and the plans a~ specifications
adopted by th~s Cou~t~und suid ,stimate has boon duly audited and fou~ to
ZT I5~HE~F~OI~,OItDI'~I),ADJ~GI~D AND D~HEED by the Co~lssionorg*Oou~t oP Brazes County~
T~xas,that said estimate ~ and the sn~e ts hereby allowed ~o~ the sum
in accordance with said contract,thoro shall be executed ~nd delivered to said Contractor
duo
~oorgo J.Ito~l.ohun~,Contrncto~,h~s a~si~a or benrer,fo~/..~,~n on o~ the
warrants nnmbers I to 3 inclusive.
J.T.l'alonoy~County Jud~B~nzos Cmmty,Texas.
J. }f .Atkins ~C o~lsa loner ~ ~eo thc t No · 1
)i.B.Eaatovs ,Cor~insioner,Ppecincg Nc.i,
Chas I}~S teFano,C o~2ssione~ ~Precinc t
C .A.Buchnnnn,Co~issionev,~ocinot No.4
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motion duly passed it la ordered that Final settlement with Uvaldo Rook Asphalt Co.
rot contrast on College Road approved and ordered paid as rell~stSeono.no less $15~00'
For repairs and $75.00 attorney Fees~$Po. OO,lenvtne halenco $5030.00 paid.h ,
On motion duly passed it ts ordered By the Court that the County Health OFFicer
physteal examin~len of the children in 8omo school in th~ County to Be seleeted By
the County School Beard.The County School Board heine present,they selected Union Rill
School the sam ~ine convenient rot a te~t as ossa or the contemplated work.
Bill 'of Repairs to Kop~ Brtd~e For $167fl.05 severing eom,lets re~loortng,oneShalr of
the sams to ~ yhaPeed to Burleson County.
It ia ordered that the slim of ~35000D per year be and sa~e is hereby appropriated and
sot aside mit o~ the Funds of Bra~oa County,Toxas~te supplement the Funds of tho ·
~ College or Texas and the ~.S.De~rtment of Agriculture in payin~ the .slaty of the
Cannin~ Demonstration ·~nt in BraEos County,Texaa.~amo to ~ paid until Further
orders From said Court.
· It ia ordered that the salary ~ ¥.C.~rker he and is raised to $?5.00 per month bee'
ginning wlth DecemBer,lot,lO17.
Ittoat~ . ,,
County Clerk;~s~os Co,nty,Texas.
Be it remembered on this the 14th day .of Jonunry,A.D.1Ol8,there was begun and h~lden a
Regular Ter~ of the Co~issioners Court of Brn~os County,?exnn,Present and peeaidin~
Hon.JoT.}~aloney,Cotlnty Judge of Bra~os County,Toxss,J.}~.·t~tns,Commissioner ~reoinct Noel
M.B.Eaotere,Co.~tssinn~r Precinct No.~,Brn~os Oounty,Toxns, Chsa Do
Precinct No.q,Brazoa County,Texas,C .A.Buohflnan,Cor~lssionor l~eoinct No.4,Brnzos County,
Texas,At which the Following proceedings were had,to-wit~
CCa~e on to Be heard and considered the ~eturns o~ an e~ectl~n held ~n the ~Oth day
Decomber,A.D.1Ol?,to determine whethe~ or not the bonds of Road District N,.~.of Brazes
County~Texas~shall ~ issued to the a~ndnt of Seventy Thousand Do~lars
to ~ar interest at a rate ~o ~ f~ed By th~ Oor'~issioners'Court not to e~oeed 5~ per
cent per a~n~and that the Bonds ~ay mature at such ti~es es may Be ftxei By the
~ioners~Co~rt,ser~ally or btherewise,not to exceed thirty (~0) y~ars ffro~ date,fo~ the
purpose of oonstruotin~,~intaining and operating ~aeada~t~ed,~vel or paved roads and
tu~n-pikea or In aid thereof tn said Road Dlst~et No.2 o~ Brazes Cnunty,T~xas~and whethe
or not a tax shall ~ ann~lly le~led,a~sessed and collected In said Road Dlst~iot
o~ Brazes County,~exas,to pay'tho interest on said bonds a~d to prnvlde ~-,sin~ing fund
s~ftc~ent tn rfldee~ them at mturity.
And It appeari~s that said election ess ~n all revpecta lawfully held,and said r-turns
duly and leEally ~ade~and that there were cast at said election Seventy-~ne
which numbe~ s~ty-F~ur (64) votes were east for the issuers of said bnnds and th~ levy.
or ;aid tnx,a~;~en(~) votes were 'east a~inst the iqsuanoe of enid bonds and n~tn8~
the levy of said tax.It I8,The~efoee~o~e~od nad deola~ed that the p~oposttion to issue
8'aid bonds and levy,~nid tax va8 sustained by a two-thirds (!/~) ~nJo~tty of the .ualt~i.
ed ~esident p~opoP~y,tax paying votees votin~ at said ~lectto~flnd that t~e