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 524 COTTAGE, FAKM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 1052. Constniction. The materials and kind of workmanship will be found detailed in the following specification, obligingly sent us by Mr. Ross ; and which is intended to be elucidated by fig. 1047, a section and elevation on the line A B of fig. 1046; by fig. 1048, a section on the line C D ; by fig. 1049, an elevation of the north side of the same figure ; and by the section across the stables, fig. 1050. 1053. Specificntion of the Carpenter's, MasorCs, Plasterer's, and Painter's Works, intended to be done in building and finishing a Farm Steading for, tacksman (tenant on lease, a lease in the north of Scotland being called a tack) of, Parish of —, Ross-shire, under the direction and to the entire satisfaction of William Ross, Architect, of No. 11. Pritchard Street, Bristol; and which is further explained by drawings made for that purpose. 1054. It is to be understood that the following conditions apply to each trade respectively. 1055. The Contractor is to find and provide every kind of materials, labour, hoisting, carriage, scaffolding, rules, moulds, tools, and tackle necessary for the due execution of the works, correspondent with this specification and drawings, to the full intent and meaning of both, as no extra-charge or day-bill will be allowed for any thing implied, expressed, or set forth, in either of them. 105C. The Materials are to be the best of their respective kinds, and the Architect, or his agent, shall have full power to reject any materials that may be brought on the premises which he may consider unfit for the purpose, or different from those described to be used in the works ; and likewise the power to cause any unsound work to be altered, at the contractor's expense, or any works that are not executed according to the true intent and meaning of this specification and drawings, and to the directions which may be given from time to time by the Architect or his agent. 1057. The Care of the Building is to be with the contractor, as (the proprietor) will not be accountable for any thing that may be damaged, destroyed, or removed ; but the whole must be left clean, perfect, and complete, in every respect, at the conclusion of the works. will not be bound to accept even the lowest tender, nor to pro- ceed with the works, unless the amounts of the estimates are satisfactory. 1058. The Contractor must not allow any alteration to take place from this specification or drawings, without first obtaining a written order for the same from the Architect, or the proprietor, particularly describing such alteration ; but if (the proprietor) or his Architect think proper to make any addition or omission, or to deviate in any manner from the drawings and this specification, such alteration, whether an addition or omission, shall not invalidate or make void this agreement, but the same shall be ascer- tained in the usual and customary way by admeasurement, and either added to or deducted from the amount of the contract (as the case may be), according to the list of prices herein after mentioned ; and all extras or omissions not included in such list will he monied out (calculated) in proportion to such list. 1059. Tenders must be delivered in separate amounts for each trade; and it must be distinctly understood, that in each case a detailed bill of every article contained in. the