_This contract_, made and entered into this ninth day of May, eighteen
hundred and ninety-one, between Theodore Louis Stouffer and Frederick
Emerson White, both of Florence, Arizona, as principals, and Augustine
Gray Williams, of Florence, Arizona, Andrew James Doran, of Florence,
Arizona, as sureties, of the first part, and the United States of
America, by Cosmos Mindeleff, acting for the Secretary of the Interior,
of the second part:
_Witnesseth_, That the said parties of the first part do hereby contract
and agree with the United States of America, as follows: That for the
consideration hereinafter mentioned they will at their own expense and
risk perform and execute the work upon the Casa Grande ruin, described
and specified in the specification hereto annexed and forming a part
hereof, in the manner and with the conditions specified, items of said
work to be as follows:
Item No. 1. Clearing out the débris: To excavate and remove 350 cubic
yards of earth and débris, or less, as specified, amount of excavation
not to exceed 350 cubic yards.
Item No. 2. Underpinning walls: To underpin the walls as specified,
requiring 750 cubic feet of brick masonry, or less, amount of masonry
not to exceed 750 cubic feet.
Item No. 3. Filling in cavities: To fill in cavities and openings as
specified, 500 lineal feet of 2 by 4 inches squared lumber and 800 cubic
feet of masonry, or less, whole amount of filling not to exceed 825
cubic feet.
Item No. 4. To brace the walls as specified in the annexed plan and
specifications.
Items numbered five and six of the specifications hereto annexed,
together with the plans, specifications, and conditions pertaining
especially and only to them and not to the other items, are omitted.
The said parties of the first part further contract and agree to deliver
over the work, completed and finished, to such person as the Secretary
of the Interior may designate, within two months after receipt of notice
that this contract has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
_It is further stipulated and agreed_, That should the parties of the
first part fail to complete the work within the time specified, or
should they deliver work which is not in accordance with the plans and
specifications hereto annexed, only such sum shall be paid for the work
as may be agreed upon by the said parties of the first part and the
Secretary of the Interior; and it is further stipulated and agreed on
the part of the parties of the first part that if the work is not
completed in the time specified and according to the specifications
hereto annexed they will pay to the United States a sum not exceeding
fifty dollars for each and every week after the time specified, such
payments to be deducted from the amount due for work done: _Provided_,
That the Secretary of the Interior, or such person as he may authorize
to do so, may extend the time for the completion of the work.
_And the United States of America_, by the said Cosmos Mindeleff, acting
for the Secretary of the Interior, do hereby contract and agree with the
said parties of the first part that for the aforesaid work, performed
and executed in the manner and under the conditions aforesaid, there
shall be paid to the said parties of the first part the following sums:
For item No. 1. For clearing out the débris, as specified and as above
limited, sixty cents ($0.60) for each cubic yard.
For item No. 2. For underpinning walls, as specified and as above
limited, one dollar ($1) for each cubic foot.
For item No. 3. For filling in cavities, as specified and as above
limited, one dollar ($1) for each cubic foot, including lumber.
For item No. 4. For bracing walls, as specified, two hundred dollars
($200). _Provided_, That payments for the work here contracted for shall
be made only after the inspection and approval of the work by such
person as the Secretary of the Interior shall designate.
It is an express condition of this contract that it shall have no force
or effect until it is submitted to and approved by the Secretary of the
Interior.
It is a further condition of this contract that no Member or Delegate
to Congress, or any other officer or agent of the United States, either
directly or indirectly, himself or by any other person in trust for him,
or for his use and benefit, or on his account, is a party to or in any
manner interested, in whole or in part, in this contract, or in the
enjoyments, benefits, profits, or emoluments arising therefrom.
(Signed) Theodore Louis Stouffer. [SEAL]
Frederick Emerson White. [SEAL]
Augustine Gray Williams. [SEAL]
Andrew James Doran. [SEAL]
Witnesses as to Stouffer, White, Doran, and Williams:
(Signed) Frank C. Kebbey,
_Clerk District Court, Second Judicial District,
Territory of Arizona_.
Cosmos Mindeleff, [SEAL]
_Acting for the Secretary of the Interior_.
Witnesses as to Cosmos Mindeleff:
(Signed) Jeff Hunt.
Chas. B. Eaman.