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Their offer . ,t apart rooms "on the basement or firBt floor in the main building of the new City Hall . . . for the various Courts to be held in Hancock County." They described the county's part of the building as: Room No. 1, the large front room, to be the Court Room. Room No. 2 and 3 to be used as Jury Rooms, or to be used for any other purpose that the Court may from time to time think proper. Room No. 1 of the rear building to be used by the Clerk of Courts. Room No. 2 of the rear building to be used for Sheriff's office. The city specified that the County Board of Police or their representatives "must provide for all lights and fire they may have occasion to use, as well as for the cleaning and sweeping of the various rooms that the Courts and officers may occupy.” The county was to assume responsibility for "any damage that may occur to furniture, window glass, fastenings or door locks."
Hancock County Courthouse Courthouse-History-by-Jim-Pfeiffer-1981-(17)