Ste. Genevieve Herald Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Saturday, May 26, 1883 THE ORDER OF THE COUNTY COURT In the matter of the erection of a new Court House. Whereas to properly repair the Court House, in its present condition would cost a larger sum on moneythan would be needed for the erection of another good and sufficent Court House, the court thinking it expedient to erect the same, doth hereby make an order for the building thereof on the public square in the City of Ste. Genevieve and appropriate the sum of $10,000 for that purpose. To this end, therefore the clerk of this court is hereby directed by advertisement and correspondence to invite plans and specifications of the building to be erected showing dimensions thereof and the material of which it is to be composed with an estimate of the probable cost thereof from contractors in St. Louis and elsewhere with the understanding that only the plan and specifications approved and adopted shall be paid for, for which bonds shall be issued payable in sums of $1,000 each in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 years respectively, bering 6 per cent interest per annum at the County Treasurer's office in the City of Ste. Genevieve. The above is a copy of the order made by our county judges in reference to the building of the new Court House. The preamble which states that it will cost more to repair our present Court House than to build a new one at the cost of $10,000 will strike the average reader as being rather a singular statement. Think of it costing $10,000 to repair a building that cost originally only about $5,000. Individually, we are in favor of a new Court House, for several reasons, among which we may mention that the old Court House is, to say the least not an ???ment to Ste. Genevieve, and that the accomodations are not at all what they ought to be, besides the nuisance of the old privey. But we must say, for the sake of the people at large, that the county ought ot know something of this matter, as the law plainly says they should in order to avoid the shame of having the action of the court repudiated by the people. If the matter is placed before the people. we shall have the pleasure of voting in favor of it.