Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-08

street or avenue, whenever the said cor
poration shall, by law, direct such IN
provements to be made by the proprle-
tors of the lots the opposite side OF
any such street or avenue, or adjacent TO
any such square or reservation; and ne
shall cause the foot-ways to be paved,
and the curb-stones to be set, in front OF
any lot or lots, belonging to the United
States, when the like improvements shall
be ordered by the corporation, in front
of the lots adjoining, or squares adjacent
thereto; and he shall dcfray the expenses
directed by this section, out OF any mo-
neys arising from the sale OF lots IN the
city of Washington, belonging to the
United States and from no other fund.
Sec. 10. Ind be ii further enacted,
That The present boards OF aldermen and
common council shall, before the last
Monday in May next, divide the said city
into as many wards as, IN their OPINION,
shall be most conducive to the interests
of the city; and the boards OF aldermen
and common council may, from time to
time, as the interests of the city shall re-
uuire, alter the number and boundaries
of the said wards: Provided, That the
said wards shall, at all times, be so laid
off, altered, and bounded, that each ward
shall comprise, as near as may be, an
equal number of the inhabitants OF the
said city: Ind provided, however, That
if such division shall not be made prior
to the said last Monday in May, then the
said city shall be divided into six wards,
in manner following, to wit: All that
part of said city to the westward OF Six
teenth street west, shall constitute the
first: that part to the eastward OF Six
teenth street west, and to the westward
of Tenth street west, shall constitute the
second tina part to the eastward oil
Tenth street west, to the westward OF First
street west, and to the northward OF L
street south, shall constitute the third;
that part to the eastward OF First st. west,
to the westward of Eighth street east,
and to the northWard of L street south,
shall constitute the fourth that part to
the eastward Of Tenth street cast, to the
westward of Fourth street east, and to the
southwark of E street south, shall con-
stitute the fifth; and the residue OF the
city shall constitute the sixth ward. The
expenses which may be incurred, in i'm
proving and repairing the streets which
form the boundaries Of the several wards,
shallbe betrayed out of the taxes raised in
the several wards which adion the same,
respectively, in equal proportions; and
the present boards of Aldermen and
Common Council shall, before the first
Monday in June next, apportion, by law,
such portions of the debt of the city, as
have been heretofore chargeable to the
existing wards, amongstthe several wards
established by this section, upon just and
equitable principles. And the Board OF
Aldermen shall, so soon as the same
shall have been organized, on the second
Monday in June next, divide the mem
bers into two classes in manner follow
ing, to wit: Those members who are
now in Office, and, by virtue of their
election in June last, shall be entitled to
take their seats in the new board, as
members from the wards in which they
shall, respectively, reside, shall be placed
in the first class; and those members
who shall be elected, from the same
wards, in June next, shall be placed in
the second class; and the other men,
bers shall be. placed in their respective
classes by lot; and the seats of the first
class shall be vacated at the end of the
first year, and the seats of the second
class shall be vacated at the end of the
second year, SO that one member shall
be elected in each ward, every year there
after. And the members Of the board
of Aldermen shall be, hereafter, ex Off
clio, justices ofthe peace for Washington
county, unless holding commissions il
the army or navy ofthe United States.
Sec. IL. .And be it .farther enacted,
That this act shall continue in force for
and during the term of twenty years, and
until Congress shall, by law, determine
otherwise.
Washington, May Is, 1890 Approved,
JAMES MONROE.