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BOOK ~r,„~ ~~9~ The Commissioners also appointed an advisory committee on plans for the courthouse. At a meeting on April 8, 1908, the Commissioners again met and plans and specifications were presented to them by Mr. H.L. Lewman. Mr. Lewmar.'s plans were approved and accepted and his fee was to be $300 for the plans unless he or Fall City Construction Company should be the successful bidder for the construction of the building, and in that event the plans would be free. The plans were placed in the office of the Register of Deeds and an advertisement was authorized to solicit bidders to construct the building. On May 4, 1908, petitions from a number of citizens were presented to the Board asking the Board to defer the building of the courthouse and jail. A motion was made to postpone the building of the courthouse until the first of next April. Upon a vote, three were against the motion and two were in favor of the motion. _T-ke /i motion was then made to postpone the building of the courthouse indefinitely. The vote on this motion was one aye and four nay. A motion was then made to build the courthouse at once. The vote on this motion was four in favor and one against. A motion was made and adopted that the plans and specifications now filed with the committee be accepted and an advertisement made. On May 6th, the Board met with all Commissioners present and the first action was to adopt a resolution in which the Board expressed regret that there was any dissension among the people in regard to the act of the Board to build a courthouse and jail, and assuring the people that their actions had been taken in good faith and in keeping with what they felt was in the best interest of the County and soliciting the cooperation of all good citizens in their arduous work, and requesting that a copy of the resolution be spread upon the minutes and a copy be sent to the Sanford Express for publication. This resolution was adopted by a vote of four in favor and one against. On May 25th, the Board met and received bids for the erection of the courthouse and jail, and the following bids were received: Pearce S Frances - $39,500; Rommel Brothers - $42,300; The Alfred Struck Company - $41,000; Fall City Construction - $36,897. After receiving the bids the Board deferred consideration of them until the next meeting. The Board next met on June 1, 1908, and the first action taken was to reject all bids received for the construction of the courthouse and jail. The Board then resolved to proceed with the selection of an architect and that the courthouse and jail be built according to the plans to be furnished by him and approved by the Board, and further ordered that all action heretofore taken in regards to the selection of an architect or the adoption of plans in connection with the building of the courthouse and jail be rescinded. The Board then selected Charles McMillan to be the architect for the building of the courthouse and jail. The Board then appointed Messrs. J.J. Edwards, J.L. Godfrey, and A.A.F. Seawell to be on a Building Committee with full authority to act in the premises subject