Annapolis May 15.1902
The Commission met in the Executive
Office at 10:30 a.m. the
Governor pre-
siding. There were
present the Governor,
the Comptroller, the Treasurer,
Judge
McSherry, Judge Schumacker,
Senator
Elijah Williams, General
F.C. Latrobe and
T.J.C. Williams. Mr.
Josias Pennington
the Architect was present
and explained
the plans which had already
been ap-
proved by the Executive
Committee.
The adoption of these plans
were rec-
commended by the chairman
of the Ex-
ecutive Committee.
Gen. Vandiver and
upon motion of Gen Latrobe
they were
adopted by the commission.
Upon motion of Comptroller
Hering it
was ordered that the present
buildings
which are to be removed
shall go to
the contractor for the new
addition a
proper allowance for the
material to
be made in the contract.
Upon motion of Judge McSherry
the Chair-
man of the Executive Committee
was
authorized to draw upon
the Comptroller
for funds to be paid out
of the appropri-
ation and the Comptroller
was authorized
to pay his drafts.
Upon motion of Judge McSherry
it was
ordered that a clause be
inserted in the
contract for the new addition
to the State
House requiring the building
to be
under roof by January 1.1903
and
completed by July 1.1903
and that there
be a penalty of $100 for
each day that
the contractor shall be
in defaut.
Upon motion of Judge McSherry
it
was ordered that the advertisements
for bids for constructing
the building
shall specify that the contract
shall
be awarded to the lowest
responsible
and available bidder and
that the
Commission reserve the right
to
reject all bids.
Upon motion adjourned
T.J.C. Williams
Secretary