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Article 5. Acceptance and Final Payment -- Final payment shall be due thirty days after substantial completion of the work provided the work be then fully completed and the Contract fully performed.

Upon receipt of written notice that the work is ready for final inspection and acceptance, the Architect shall promptly make such inspection, and when he finds the work acceptable under the Contract and the Contract fully performed he shall promptly issue a final certificate, over his own signature, stating that the work provided for in this Contract has been completed and is accepted by him under the terms and conditions thereof, and that the entire balance found to be due the Contractor, and noted in said final certificate, is due and payable.

Before issuance of final certificate the Contractor shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Architect that all payrolls, material bills, and other indebtedness connected with the work have been paid.

If after the work has been substantially completed, full completion thereof is materially delayed through no fault of the Contractor, and the Architect so certifies, the Owner shall, upon certificate of the Architect, and without terminating the Contract, make payment of the balance due for that portion of the work fully completed and accepted. Such payment shall be made under the terms and conditions governing final payment, except that it shall not constitute a waiver of claims. Agreement between Contractor and Owner. Fifth Edition - Five Pages - Page 3.

Article 6. The Contract Documents -- The General Conditions of the Contract, the Specifications and the Drawings, together with this Agreement, form the Contract, and they are as fully a part of the Contract as if hereto attached or herein repeated. The following is an enumeration of the Specifications and Drawings: General Conditions, American Institute of Architects, Fifth Edition; Architects' Specifications Entitled "Specifications of Labor and Materials for the Construction of a House for the President, Hyde Park-on-the-Hudson, New York, dated May 26th, 1938"

GENERAL CONDITIONS....................................S-1
EARTH WORK............................................S-2
CONCRETE...............................................S-3
MASONRY. ..............................................S-4
WATERPROOFING.........................................S-5
MISCELLANEOUS METAL WORK. ............................ .S-6
ROUGH CARPENTRY. ..................................... .S-7
FINISH CARPENTRY. ..................................... S-8
CAULKING AND WEATHERSTRIP PING.........................S-9
ROOFING...............................................S-10
COMPOSITION FLOORS....................................S-11
PLASTERING............................................S-12
HEAT INSULATION....................................... .S-13
PAINTING..............................................S-14
PLUMBING..............................................S-15.
BATHROOM AND CLOSET ACCESSORIES...................... .S-16
ELECTRICAL............................................S-17

Addenda A to the Specifications dated June 30th, 1938, thirty-two paragraphs.

Drawing #1 - 5/26/38 - Foundation, and Basement Plan
Drawing #2 - 5/26/38 - First Floor Plan
Drawing #3- 5/26/38 - Roof Plan
Drawing #4 - 5/26/38 - East and West Slevations
Drawing #5 - 5/26/38 - North and South Elevations and Sections
Drawing #6 - 5/26/38 - Details

Agreement between Contractor and Owner. Fifth Edition - Five Pages - Page 4.

ADDENDA "A" TO THE SPECIFICATIONS
HOUSE FOR THE PRESIDENT
HYDE PARK, N. Y.
June 30, 1938

1. The Interior brick furring of the masonry walls is to be omitted and the foundation walls are to be reduced to a thickness of 1'6". The interior of the masonry walls is to be furred with free-standing 2 x 4's with a clear air space between the inside face of the stone wall and the face of the stud furring. The inside face of the wall is to be dampproofed with two coats of dampproofing compound, R.I.W., Minwax, or equal, prior to furring. The furring is to be covered with rock lath and. plaster.

2. The special waterproofing of the basement walls and floors is to be omitted.

3. Wherever brick is indicated for foundations, cement block of the same thickness may be used.

4. The 8 x 13 flue for the hot water heater shown in the main chimney is to be omitted.

5. The manner of framing the first floor beams of the two wings is to be revised. A 6 x 10 girder is to be run down the length of the wing resting on three cement block piers spaced approximately 8 o.c. The 2 x 10 floor beams are to be framed across the wings resting on top of the 6 x 10 girder.

6. The two stone walls 8' long shown extending out from the east elevation are to be omitted.

7. All work in connection with the building of the terrace on the east is to be omitted except a flagstone platform approximately six feet square is to be installed at the entrance to Door X to the entry.

8. The porch on the east elevation at the entry is to be omitted but the platform is to remain.