The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-03
CITY ORDINA N G E s.

CITY NOES.
AN ACT authorizing the curbstones to be set and
the footway paved on the north side of north d
street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
west
Be enacted BY the Board of aldermen and the
Board Of Common Council Of The City Of Washing
ton, That the Mayor be, and he is hereby, author.
lied and required to the curbstones to be set
and the footway paved on the north side of north
street, between Thirteenth and Fourteeth streets
west; and for deraying the expenses thereof, tax
is hereby imposed and assessed the lots fronting
on said street, in squares No. 1856 and 256, to the
amount of said expense: Provided, That the tax
hereby imposed and assessed shall not exceed three
dollars per front foot of said lots. The curbstones
to be set and the footway paved, hereby authorized
and required, shall be done agreeably to the provi
sions Of the act of the fourth of April, eighteen
hundred and twenty. nine, concerning paved foot.
ways.
EDM. HANLY,
President of the Board Of Common Council
CHI. w. GOLDSBOROUGH,
President of The Board Of aldermen.
Approved September l6, ls4O.
w. w. SEATON. Mayor.
AN ACT auth orizlng the curbstones to be set and
the footway paved on the east side of west Tenth
street, between and K streets north.
Be it enaeted, &c. That the Mayor be, and he is
hereby authorized and required to cause the curb
stones to be set and the footway paved on the east
side of Tenth street west, between and streets
north; and for defraying. the expenses thereof. a
tax is hereby imposed and assessed the lots 'front.'
ing on said Tenth street, in squares No. s72 and
878, to the amount of such expenses Provided,
That the tax hereby imposed and assessed shall not
exceed three hundred dollars per front foot of said
lots. The curbstones to be set and the footway
paved hereby authorized and required shall be done
agreeably to the provisions of the act of the fourth
of April, eighteen hundred and twenty nine, con.
corning paved feotways.
Approved, September 49, 1910.
AN ACT to erect Lookup house in the Centre
Market square.
Be it enacted, &c. That the sum of four hundred
dollars much thereof as may be necessary, be,
and the same is hereby, appropriated out Of the
funds of the Third Ward for the purpose of erect.
ing on the walls Of the Scale house in the Centre
Market square an additional story, to be used a
he as q he iRa %afd magistrates Office for
Sec. 2. find be it enacted, That the money herein
appropriated shall be expended under the direction
OF the Mayor and that as soon as the new lookup
house shall have been completed, the Mayor shall
cause the old lookup house in the Third Ward to
be sold, and pace the nett proceeds to the credit of
said Ward.
Approved September %, 1910.
AN ACT authorizing The improvement of Eleventh
street west, between G and H streets north
BE 1t enacted &c. That three hundred fifty dollars
OF the sum of eight hundred dollars, which was ap.
propriated for the purpose of grading and gravel
ling the north half Of north street. &c, approved
March the fifth eighteen hundred and forty, be- and
the same is hereby, authorized to be diverted from
that object, and applied to the improvement of Eev-
enth street west, from the north line of lot number
fourteen in square three hundred and nineteen, to
the south side of New York avenNe; and, also, for
the construction of wooden bridge, with stone a.
butmenta tha IUata 1xhic oh
Eleventh street west; to be expended under the
direction of the Commissioner Of the Ward and two
assistant commissioners, to be appointed by the
Mayor: Provided, That no contract shall be made
funds applicable to the object.
Approved, Sept. %, 1s4o.
AN ACT making an appropriation for repairing
the walls of the Washington Canal and for other
purposes.
BE It enacted, &c. That, for repairing breaches in
the Washington Canal, and filling in the holes
behind the said walls, along the whole line of the
canal the sum of three hundred dollars, SO much
thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is
of the general fund not otherwise appropriated
Provided no part of the above appropriation shall
be expended in repairing the dam at Third street
west.
Approved, Sept. 80, 1910.
AN ACT to extend the time limited for the reno.
val of the building occupied by the Howard In
sttution.
Be ii en- cted, &c. That the time limited for the
removal ofthe Howard Institution be extended to
the first day Of Oct eighteen hundred and forty two
Approved, Sept 80, 1910.
AN ACT making an appropriation for the purpose
ofgrading and gravelling north d street, from the
west side Of Ninth street to the east side of Tenth
street west.
BE enacted, &c. That for the purpose of grading
and gravelling street north, from the west side Of
Ninth street to the east side of Tenth street west
the sum Of two hundred dollars or so much thereof
as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby,
appropriated out of any money 10 the credit Of the
Third Ward not otherwise appropriated, the same
to be expended under the direction Of the Ward
Commissioner and two assistant commissioners to
be appointed by the Mayor; PROVIDED, That no
contract be made, or work commenced, until there
are funds to the credit Of the Ward applicable to
that object.
Approved Sept 80, 1910.
II OOMS IN THE CITY HALL FOR RENT.
The apartments at present occupied by the
Mayor and other city officers in the basement of
the City Hall are for rent. Application to be made
to the Mayor.