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Show THE JOCT lillLllM. Tha Grert Seals of the City anil County Put on tho Agreement Tbii Morning. BUILDING COST NOT OVER $ 4C0 ,003 Tho Eiirhth Ward to be Made a Fark and The Joint Euildins to Be In tha Center. The agreement between tho city of Salt Lake and the-county of Salt l.ako to erect a joint building on tho Eighth ward square was signed this morning The great seals of the city and county are on the instrument and the huild'iig will go up sure shot. The gist of the agreement which i lengthy is as follows: Each shall pay one-half of cost of said building. The total cost shall be not les than SJ300, 1)00 nor more than $400,000, unless they shall mutually agree upon said amount. liiils can be received for the w hole or any part of the construction. The committee com-mittee to execute the construction of the building shall be three from the city and three from tho county. Plans and specifications must be acted upon and approved or rejected by the joint committee within thirty days after submission. sub-mission. Alter the plan has been adopted they shall advertise for tw enty days for bills of construction. The city and county shall each bo liable for one-half the amount expended, expend-ed, The city to execute a deed forone-half forone-half of tho Kightli ward sipiare to the county, und in return for which the county will advertise for sale and sell to the highest bidder their interest in tho former site adjoining the city, and will upon the receipt of the prjieeds of said sale pay to said city an amount equal to said proceeds. In case legal proceedings shall be commenced to restrain either or both of the parties hereto from carrying this agreement into effect the time necessarily elapsing uutil tho termination of said legal proceedings pro-ceedings shall suspend tho running of any time or period herein provided for the doing of any act by either or both of tho parties hereto. The square shall be made a park and tho new city-county building will bo "t in the center. The total cost of ma tig tho park shall not exeetd $20,- and the cost of maintaining the same shall not exceed $2,000 per annum an-num unless both parties hereto hereafter here-after agree upon a different cost. No part of the building shall be u. o 1 for a jail, pri.-ou or j u die pound, nor shall tho police justice or any justice of tho peace or other inferior magistrate be permitted to hold court therein nor shall any part thereof bo used for the fire department of this city. The agreement was executed in behalf be-half of tho city by M. K. Parsons, acting act-ing mayor, and J. F, Jack, city recorder, record-er, and for tho county by (i. W. Iiartch, chairman of con nty court and U. E Allen county clerk. |