Democratic banner., 1848-01-31

AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR
THE ERECTION OF A WHARF.

SEC. LIST. 1t shall be the duty Of the
clerk Of the Board Of Trustees on or be-
fore the - day of January, Is4S, to cir
culate a subscription for shares Of stock,
to be taken for the purpose, Of erecting a
Wharf at the foot of Georgia Street in said
town. Said wharf to commence in the riv-
er (240 feet two hundred aud forty feet
from a line Of the houses on water street,
to rise (2feetl two feet in the first rs feetl
six ieet, then to rise one foot in six for sew
enty-one feet level measure, then to rise at
whatever grade will take it to a line with
IN e feet eight feet of the houses on Wa
ter st. OH a proper grade for Water and
Georgia Streets. The top of the wharf to
be at the starting point lG0 feet) one hun
dred feet up and down the river, to mca-
sure on top III feet one hundred and sew
P0Iht sevehty-seven leet from t:.r
starting point, and to be of the same width
on top from thence to the line within ~
eight feet Of Water Street, the slope on the
upper and lower sides to slope down (I)
one foot in ~ five; ten feet of the front
and Of the angles, up to high water mark,
TO be made of rock, the filling up to be of
earth or earth and rock, the first I'D sew
enty-seven feet to be covered with rock
(12) twelve inches deep, the text (I55)
one hundred and ffty-fve feet to be COW
cred with rock (e) six inches deep, the
rock on top to be broken down to q s.noothe
surface, Of rock not over one pound in.
weight.
Sec. End. When in the opinion of a ma
jority of the Board of Trustees an amount
of stock shall be taken in shares Of fifty
dollars each, equal lat least to (2-3) two!
thirds of what may by them be deemed nee
essary to build said wharf, it shall be the
duty of the chairman of the Board of Trus-
tees to subscribe in the name Of the corpo-
ration (1-2) half the amount taken.
Sec. 3rd. As soon as the stock shall be
subscribed, as required in the foregoing
section, the clerk of the Board of Trus-
tees shall advertise for sealed proposals
Ito be received until the twentieth day of
January, lS48, and until [l2] twelve o.
clock of that day. for the erection of a
wharf as advertised in sec. lst., and shall
state in his advertisement the terms of
payment, which shall be as follows: (I-3)E
one third when the work is commenced,
(l-3) one third when it is done, and the
balance in three months after the wharf is
completed and RECEIVED. The work must
be commenced in (S0) thirty days after
notice of his bid having Geen received, and
completed by the (lst) first day of Septem-I
Der, lS45, and that bidders must accompa-|
ny their bids with a bond and security for
the performance of the contract as proposed
by them. At the same time and place, SEAL
ed proposals will be received for the build
ing of a Wharf of the same description and
projection, to extent from the north side of
Georgia street to the south side of South
Carolina Street, for the receipts Of the
wharfage dues for a term of years, the per-
son proposing the lowest number of wears
and the best proposition for the general in
terests of the town to be preferred, reserv.
ing to the Board the power to reject any
bid deemed unreasonable in terms or a.
mount.
See. 4tb- When the time of examining
bids shall have arrived, the clerk shall de-
liver them over to the chairman of the
who shall call a meeting of the same.
to determine which bid shall be taken, and
If a contract shall be made for the building
OF. said wharf, the clerk shall deliver the
subscription list and the bonds of the stock
holders to the treasurer of the town, whose
duty it shall be, as the two first payments
become due, to collect the same of the in
1ividual stock holders, and on the p~resen-
tation of a warrant drawn by the chairman
IF the Board in favor of the contractor, toj
pay the sam over to such contractor when
he wharf is completed and received by
he Board Of Trustees. The chairman in
a warrant for the last payment
hall require it to be paid out Ct the town
treasury, unless the stock taken by individ-
Ials should not be exhausted, in which case
ne shall draw his warrant accordingly.
Sec. 9th. When the wharf shall have
'een completed, the Board shall appoint a
wharf master, who shall give bond and Sc C!
for the faithful performance of the I
ollowing duties: (lst) First, he shall COL III
ect Of each and every Steam Boat that =,
makes a landing within the limits of the y,
own corporation, the sum of [75J seven T.
y-fve cents, and pay the same over to the
reasurer of the town on the lst] first !.
ia each and every month.
Sec. 9th. On the [lst] frstday Of May,
sentembeF and December the town trra-s