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architects' charges as given in the schedules 

 of the American and British Institutes. It will 

 be of interest to add to these the schedule of 

 charges adopted by one of the most brilliantly 

 successful architectural firms in New York, 

 men who stand in the very front rank of their 

 profession, and who have done, both in New 

 York and elsewhere, some of the most notable- 

 work carried out by contemporary architects. 

 It may be of interest also to add that this 

 schedule hangs, in printed form, in their re- 

 ception-room, where it may be seen by every 

 client, and where its terms may be advanta- 

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 It is an illuminating document. Here it is: 



SCHEDULE OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND 

 CHARGES. 



City Practice — New York and other 

 cities — General services and supervision for 

 works costing over $50,000, 5 per cent. ; gen- 

 eral services and supervision for works costing 

 less than $50,000, 6 per cent. ;. general services 

 and supervision involving alterations, 10 per 

 cent. ; special interior work and cabinet work, 

 10 per cent. 



Country Practice — General services and 

 supervision for new work, 7^ per cent.; gen- 

 eral services and supervision involving altera- 

 tions, 15 per cent.; general services and super- 

 vision for landscape work, 10 per cent. 



Public Works and Buildings for Pub- 

 lic and Semi-public Use — General services 

 and supervision for new work, 5 per cent. ; 

 general services and supervision involving alter- 

 ations, 10 per cent.; special interior work and 

 cabinet work, 10 per cent. 



Disbursements — All disbursements for 

 traveling expenses, measurements, surveys, fees 

 for expert advice when requested or sanctioned 

 by the owner, and the cost of all prints, to be 

 paid by the client. 



Partial Services — Payments are due as 

 follows: Preliminary studies, one-fifth of the 

 total commission ; preliminary studies, general 

 drawings and specifications, one-half of the 

 total commission; preliminary studies, general 

 drawings, details and specifications, seven- 

 tenths of the total commission. 



General Practice — Charges are based 

 upon the entire cost, to the client, of the work 

 when completed, including all the fixtures nec- 

 essary to render it fit for occupancy. 



Until an actual estimate is reached, the 

 charges are based upon the proposed cost of 

 the work. 



All payments are received as instalments of 

 the entire fee. When the work is abandoned 

 or suspended, the payments are due in ac- 

 cordance with the schedule of partial services. 



Supervision means such inspection of the 

 work by the architects, or their deputy, as is re- 

 quired in their judgment to ascertain that the 

 work is being executed according to plans and 

 specifications, and to determine when the pay- 

 ments are due. 



Continuous personal superintendence can be 

 secured by the employment of a clerk of the 

 works, who will be employed by the architects 

 at the client's expense. 



Drawings, as instruments of service, are the 

 property of the architects. 



All dealings between client and contractors 

 should be through the architects. 



In all cases not covered by the foregoing 

 schedule, the schedule of the American Insti- 

 tute of Architects shall govern. 



Entirely detached houses outside of New 

 York city are classed as country practice. 



(Continued in October Number) 



