. History of Tazewell county, Illinois ; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws. emed just, and directed the Clerk to draw an order on the Treas-urer in favor of Mr. Warren for said amount. On the same day the Court proceeded to let the contract for build-ing the court-house. The following specifications of this structureare spread upon the court records: The body of the house to be of hewn
. History of Tazewell county, Illinois ; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws. emed just, and directed the Clerk to draw an order on the Treas-urer in favor of Mr. Warren for said amount. On the same day the Court proceeded to let the contract for build-ing the court-house. The following specifications of this structureare spread upon the court records: The body of the house to be of hewn logs 24 feet long and 18feet wide; the logs to face at least one foot; one story and a halfhigh, nine feet to the story. The roof to be of joint shingles wellnailed on; two batten doors of black walnut plank, one inch thick,to be hung with three-inch butts. The doors to be well cased withgood timber. Two twelve-light windows in the first story, and onefour-light window in the end of the house in the second story. Thewindow lights to be 8 by 10 inches; the windows to be well cased,glass put in and put in the house, A lower floor of puncheons wellhewed and jointed. A floor overhead of sawed plank one inch andone-quarter thick. Ten joists to be put in the house, 5 by 7 inches, A-%. A
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