Building contract
Item
Identifier
RSG00248_f11_Q0000135324_Q0000135325
Title
Building contract
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Type
Text
Creator
Tigh, George M.
Date
1861-04-25
Description
George M. Tigh and John P. Tigh were contracted to build a powder magazine for the State of Alabama.
Format
conracts
Place
Montgomery (Ala.)
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Andrew Rosser
transcription
State of Alabama}
Montgomery County
Know all men by
these Presents that I Mr George M. Tigh
^as principal and security am held and firmly bound unto Andrew
B. Moore Governor of Alabama, and his
sucessors in office in the penal sum
of five thousand dollars to which pay-
ment well and truly to be made & done,
I we bind myself my ^ourselves ours heirs, executors and
administrators firmly by these presents,
Sealed with my ^our seals and dated this the 12th
day of April one thousand eight hun-
dred and sixty one.
The condition of the above obligation
is such, that whereas the above bound,
George M. Tigh did, on the 12th day of
April A. D. 1861, as by his contract in
writing of that date, with Andrew
B. Moore Governor of the State of Ala-
bama, agree to give hand and security that
the solidity and substantiality of a certain
building therein specified, called a Powder-
House, together with its roof, should be war-
ranted for five years after completion.
Now if the said George M. Tigh his
heirs, Executors & administrators shall
and does well and truly build and
construct said Powder House according
to the plan & specifications hereto
annexd, in a wormanlike manner,
keep the roof free from leaks, and
warrant the building, the roof to be
kept in good condition for five years
from the said 1st day of June next
then this obligation to be void and
of no effect, otherwise to remain in
full force and virtue in Law.
Witness my hand and seal this the
[space] day and date herein before written.
[no closing or signature]
Signed sealed and
deliuered in presence of [end of sentence]
Bond & Condition
of Mr. Tigh for
Building Magazine
No 2
Bond and condition
for the building
of Powder House
Montgomery County
Know all men by
these Presents that I Mr George M. Tigh
^as principal and security am held and firmly bound unto Andrew
B. Moore Governor of Alabama, and his
sucessors in office in the penal sum
of five thousand dollars to which pay-
ment well and truly to be made & done,
I we bind myself my ^ourselves ours heirs, executors and
administrators firmly by these presents,
Sealed with my ^our seals and dated this the 12th
day of April one thousand eight hun-
dred and sixty one.
The condition of the above obligation
is such, that whereas the above bound,
George M. Tigh did, on the 12th day of
April A. D. 1861, as by his contract in
writing of that date, with Andrew
B. Moore Governor of the State of Ala-
bama, agree to give hand and security that
the solidity and substantiality of a certain
building therein specified, called a Powder-
House, together with its roof, should be war-
ranted for five years after completion.
Now if the said George M. Tigh his
heirs, Executors & administrators shall
and does well and truly build and
construct said Powder House according
to the plan & specifications hereto
annexd, in a wormanlike manner,
keep the roof free from leaks, and
warrant the building, the roof to be
kept in good condition for five years
from the said 1st day of June next
then this obligation to be void and
of no effect, otherwise to remain in
full force and virtue in Law.
Witness my hand and seal this the
[space] day and date herein before written.
[no closing or signature]
Signed sealed and
deliuered in presence of [end of sentence]
Bond & Condition
of Mr. Tigh for
Building Magazine
No 2
Bond and condition
for the building
of Powder House
Subject
Figh, George M.;
Figh, John P.;
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873;
Governors--Alabama;
Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865;
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Montgomery (Ala.);
Montgomery County (Ala.)
Figh, John P.;
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873;
Governors--Alabama;
Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865;
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Montgomery (Ala.);
Montgomery County (Ala.)