Now, therefore, in the event of such building being awarded to The clerk of the district court is out of town. I have been to the office four times since Saturday, and have not been able to find him, and for that reason I send the bond without his certificate of sufficiency of sureties. You can assure Messrs. Officer and Baldwin that Geo. W. Sroat and O. Stevenson's names alone are good for $30,000. REVENUE STAMP. Know all men by these presents, That we, the undersigned, W. R. Craig, R. S. Craig, John C. Campbell, S. D. Crook, G. M. Sroat, J. W. Moore, Wm. Lennan, C. W. Seymour, Thos. B. Stevenson, O. P. Mason, O. Stevenson, S. P. Sibley, hereby acknowledge ourselves indebted to the State of Iowa in the penal sum of sixty-one thousand dollars. The above obligation is upon the following conditions, to wit: WHEREAS, The undersigned W. R. Craig of Nebraska City, Nebraska, did, on the 20th day of August, A. D. 1868, enter into an greement with Thos. Officer, Caleb Baldwin, E. Honn, and Sam'l. Merrill, commissioners appointed by the legislature of the State of Iowa for the erection of buildings for a deaf and dumb asylum near the city of Council Bluffs Iowa, to furnish all material and labor, and erect the main building and one lateral wing of said institution of the dimensions, and according to the plans, drawings and specifications now on file in the office of said commissioners at Council Bluffs, and which are made a part of his said agreementsaid plans, drawings, and specifications being the same that were submitted by Schwartz & Dilger, architects of Springfield Ill., and adopted and approved by said commissioners and the legislature of the said State of Iowa-and have said main building and one lateral wing fully completed and ready for occupancy by the first day of October, A. D. 1870, and that he would commence work on said building, on or before the first day of September, A. D. 1868, and prosecute the same without cessation, unless unavoidably prevented by stress or severity of weather, or the act of God, to the completion of said main building and one lateral wing, and that he will invest all sums of money advanced to him by the State of Iowa on said contract in such material and labor as are required to be used in and about the construction of said main building and one lateral wing, and pay all damages to the State of Iowa which may be sustained by said State of Iowa, in the failure of the said W. R. Craig in any respect to fulfil any part or portion of his said agreement with said commissioners; he, the said W. R. Craig, to receive from the said State of Iowa for such performance, the full sum of one hundred and twenty-one thousand and five hundred dollars to be paid according to the terms of said agreement. Now, if the said W. R. Craig, shall, on or before the 1st day of September, A. D. 1868, in good faith commence the work on said main building and one lateral wing, and prosecute the same without cessation, exception as above, to completion, and have the same completed in accordance with the terms of said agreement and the plans, drawings and specifications made part thereof, except when changes shall be made as provided in said contract, and the same accepted and ready for occupancy by the first day of October, A. D. 1870, and if he shall invest all sums of money that may be advanced to him by the said State of Iowa on said agreement, in such material and for such labor as is required in the construction of said main building and one lateral wing as contemplated by said agreement, and shall on his part perform all the requirements and stipulations of said agreement, and pay to the State of Iowa all damages which may be sustained by said State of Iowa, from the failure of the said W. R. Craig in any particular to fulfill and perform any portion of his said agreement with said commissioners, then this obligation to be void, otherwise of full force and effect. Given under our hands and seals this 20th day of August, A. D., 1868. I, James Sweet, do hereby certify that I am well accquainted with the sureties named in the within bond, and whose names are subscribed thereto and believe the said sureties are good for the amount of said bond. JAMES SWEET. Dated, Nebraska City, August 20, 1868. . Know all men by these presents, That we, Thomas Officer, Caleb Baldwin, E. Honn, and Samuel Merrill, commissioners appointed by an act of the legislature of the State of Iowa, entitled "an act to permanently locate the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Council Bluffs," approved April 3d, 1866-the three former being continued, and the latter as, Governor of said State, ex-officio commissioner by an act of said legislature, entitled "an act providing for the erection of buildings for a deaf and dumb asylum," on behalf of the State of Iowa, and by virtue of the authority by said acts conferred upon us, as party of the first part, and William R. Craig, contractor and builder of Nebraska City, in the state of Nebraska, party of the second part, have, this tenth day of August, A. D. 1868, made and entered into the following articles of agreement, namely: First-The said commissioners, party of the first part, having accepted of the proposition of the party of the second part, a copy of which said proposition and the acceptance thereof being hereunto attached and made a part of this agreement, to erect the main building and one lateral wing of said institution, do hereby agree to employ the said William R. Craig, party of the second part, to erect said main building and one lateral wing thereto, in accordance with the plans, drawings. and specifications now on file in the office of said commissioners, and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter named. Second-That said party of the second part, for the consideration hereinafter named, agrees to furnish all the material and labor and erect said main building and one lateral wing, of the dimensions and according to the plans, drawings, and specifications now on file in the office of said commissioners, and the specifications thereto attached and made part of this agreement, the said plans, drawings, and specifications being the same that were submitted by Messrs. Schwartz & Dilger, architects of Springfield, Illinois, and approved and adopted by said commissioners and the legislature of the said State of Iowa, as the plan upon which said main building and one lateral wing thereto should be constructed, and the same as referred to in the proposition of the said party of the second part above referred to as a part of this agreement. Third-The said party of the second part agrees to erect said main building and lateral wing upon such portion of the ground selected by said commissioners for the location of said institution near Council Bluffs as the said commissioners may direct, and have 15 the same fully completed in strict literal compliance with all of said plans, drawings, and specifications and terms of this agreement, except when changes are made, as provided in the seventh article of this contract, and ready for occupancy by the first day of October, A. D. 1870. Fourth-The said party of the second part agrees to execute and deliver to said commissioners within ten days from this date, a bond to the State of Iowa in the penal sum of sixty-one thousand dollars with sureties, to be approved by said commissioners, conditioned that he will on or before the first day of September, A. D. 1868, commence the work on said main building and on one lateral wing, and have the same completed in accordance with the terms of this agreement, and ready to be occupied by the first day of October, A. D. 1870; and that he will invest whatsoever sum or sums of money in such material and labor as is required to be used in the further construction of said buildings, and pay to the said State of Iowa all damages which may be sustained by said State of Iowa from the failure of said party of second part in any respect to fulfill any portion of this agreement. Fifth-The said party of the first part agrees that the State of Iowa shall pay to the party of the second part in consideration for the erection of said main building and one lateral wing in compliance with the terms of this agreement, the sum of one hundred and twenty-one thousand and five hundred dollars, ($121,500) in manner as follows, to-wit: Whenever the said party of the second part shall have actually upon the grounds where said asylum buildings are to be erected and built work done and materials furnished for the erection of said buildings to the amount of five thousand dollars, as per the estimates made thereon by the superintendent appointed by said commissioners to superintend the work on said building as provided in said specification, and by him reported to said commissioners, then the said party of the second part shall be paid the amount of such estimate and shall give his voucher therefor to said commissioners, and he shall be so paid from time to time upon such estimates for work done and materials actually furnished and upon said grounds, until the said party of the second part is paid all but the sum of twenty-one thousand five |