PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. XXI 
Whereas it is indispensable to the proper design and construction of so im- 
portant a permanent public building that an architect or firm of architects of 
the requisite talent, skill, and experience should be employed for that purpose; 
The said Bernard R. Green (with the concurrence and consent, and under 
the direction of the said Regents) and the said Hornblower & Marshall all 
have mutually agreed, and by these presents do mutually covenant and agree, 
to and with each other, as follows, to wit: 
That, for the consideration hereinafter mentioned, the said party of the 
second part shall, under the direction and to the entire satisfaction of the 
said party of the first part acting as aforesaid, make the design and prepare 
and furnish all the necessary plans, the working and other needful drawings, 
details, specifications, and estimates required for the construction complete of 
the said building for the National Museum, including all necessary modifica- 
tions that may be made therein during the progress of the work. 
And the said party of the second part further covenants and agrees to fur- 
nish to the party of the first part, without cost to the United States, one set 
of tracings of all working drawings, including details, and two copies of speci- 
fications, all of which shall remain in the custody of the party of the first part 
and be and remain the property of the United States. 
And the party of the second part further covenants and agrees to make, 
when required so to do by the party of the first part, without expense to the 
United States, such revisions and alterations in the working drawings and 
specifications of said building as may be necessary to insure its proper con- 
struction and completion within the limit of cost fixed by the party of the 
first part, and to furnish all drawings, details, specifications, estimates, etce., 
in such sequence and at such times as, in the judgment of the party of the 
first part, may be necessary to insure the continuous and prompt prosecution 
of the work of construction. 
And the party of the first part covenants and agrees to pay to the party 
of the second part, or to their heirs, executors, or administrators a fee com- 
puted at the rate of three and one-half (33 %) per centum upon the cost of the 
construction of the said building, after excluding the architects’ fee and the 
contingent cost of the services and office expenses of the party of the first part, 
all to be determined by the party of the first part, in the following manner, to 
wit: The sum of thirty thousand dollars when the preliminary drawings of the 
said building are completed and approved by the party of the first part less the 
sum of four thousand nine hundred dollars heretofore received from the United 
States for the tentative sketch plans made and submitted according to the 
act of Congress approved June 28, 1902, and the remainder of said fee shall 
be paid by the party of the first part in such amounts and at such times as the 
progress of the general drawings, details, and specifications shall warrant in the 
judgment of the said party of the first part. 
And it is further covenanted and agreed by and between the parties hereto that 
the party of the second part shall furnish such personal supervision of the con- 
struction as may hereafter be called for by the party of the first part from time 
to time and at such rate of compensation as may be agreed upon between the 
parties hereto. But the entire compensation to be allowed and paid to the party 
of the second part under this contract shall not exceed in the aggregate an 
amount equal to five per centum on the cost of the construction of the building 
to be estimated as hereinbefore provided, nor shall it exceed in the aggregate such 
amount aS may be fixed by the Fifty-eighth Congress for the full services of 
architects in the construction of Government buildings of similar character and 
cost: Provided, That no action of the Fifty-eighth Congress or any subsequent 
