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of townships above enumerated, ia required 10 es-
tablish the TO the satisfaction OF the Register
and Receiver Of the proper Land ofiice, and max
ing payment therefor, soon as Practicabte qfffr
seeing his notice and before the day appointed for
the commencement of the public sale OF the lands
embracing the tract claimed; otherwise such claim
will be forfeited. j. BUTTEKFIELD,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF the city OF
IL Washington declare the following to con
stitute
.NiGsanees
Dead carcases, dead fish or offals of fish; heaps
of oyster shells; oals from butchers stalls, slaugh
ter houses tan-yards; stagnant water in ponds,
marshes, sewers, cellars; foul priyies. hog styes
and decayed vegetables of all descriptions, whether
entire or those portions thereof not used as food
which may be thrown out from kitchens; horses
going at large with the glanders, farcy, or other
contagious Diseases the drainage from dye houses
and soap factories houses or buildings unoccupied
and in state OF diapldation or decay, endanger
ing the lives or property of those in the vicinity.
The Commissioners of the several w ards will see
to the enforcement OF the foregoing regulations
latye to nuisances, and to the exaction of the Pc
nalties prescribed by law.
ALI persons desirous of calling the attention of
the Board to the existence OF nuisances request
ed to do 80 in writing addressed TO the members of
the Board for the Ward IN which such nuisance
may exist, stating the nature of the same with its
location, sc.
By order of the Board:
THO. MILLER, M. D., President.
Members of the Board of Health, May 81 1851.
First Ward.--Dr r. Johnson. corner oath street
and Pennsylvania avenue; Mr.. Charles Calvert,
18th street, between and X.
Second Pard.-Dr. Tn. Miller, street. near
18th; Mr. J. H. Riley, 18th street, near Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
Third Ward-Dr. ]. C. Hall, Pennsylvania ave-
nue., 9th street; MIR. VIM p. Young, 9th street,
between l. and M.
Fourth Wad.--Dr. T. B. ]. Frye, near a street.;
Mr.. G. c. Grammer, corner a and G streets.
Fifth Tmd.-Mr. VIM. p Ferguson Georgia
avenue, near Sd street, Mr.. John p. Ingle, New
Jersey avenue, near street.
SirM Ward.-Dr. J. Nj. Roberts, G street, be-
tween 7th and Sth streets; Mr. John E. Bates, cor
ner 7th and l. streets.
Seuenth Ward-Mr. Samuel Byington, 9Th street,
between l. and M streets; Mr. VIM. b. Randolph,
Secretary, Maryland avenue, near 18th street.
AN ACT relating to the draining of paved alleys
and cutters, and for other purposes.
Be il enacted by the Board of Aldermen and Board
Of Common Council efhe City of Washington, That
from and after the passage of this act it shall be the
duty of each and every person occupying dwell
ing, or other building bordering public or pri
vate paved alley, TO have the dirt and rubbish in
collected into piles once week, or more frequent
ly if required by the Commissioner of the Ward
and, when so collected, it shall be the duty of the
scavenger to have such dirt or rubbish carried
away soon possible after it is collected; and it
shall be the duty OF each and every person in such
squares in the populous parts of the city as shall
be designated by the Board of Health, or the mem
bers thereof of the Ward, to keep sloptubs for the
offal of the kitchen, and to have the same carried
away and emptied in such places and at such times
as shall be designated by the Commissioner of the
Ward; and each and every person residing in such
squares thus designated, or any other person who
shall throw, or permit any servant or member of
his her family to throw any fluid or solid offal
from the kitchen into any street or alley bordering
on contiguous to such squares, in any other
place than that designated by the Commissioned of
the Ward, shall be sabject 10 such penalty as is
hereinafter mentioned; and it shall be the duty of
the scavenger, when called upon by any house
keeper, on the prepayment of one cent for each
bucket of fluid or solid offal of the kitchen, to have
the same removed 10 the place designated by the
Commissioner of the Ward.
Sec. 2. And be IL enacted, That it shall be the
duty of each and every person occupying dwell
ing house, store, or any other kind of building to
have the paved gutter in front Of his, her, their
premises cleaned daily, from the first of June to
she first of October, by collecting the dirt from
such gutter into piles, TO be removed by the scav-
enger soon possible after it is collected.
Sec. g. -And be IL enacted That each and every
person violating any of the provisions of this act
shall be subject to penalty Of dollar for each
and every offence, to be collected and disposed of
as other fines collected and disposed of under
the laws of this Corporation.
Sec. q. dnd be IL enacted, That in of the alb
sencc inability Of the scavengers of the wards 10
perform the services required by this act il shall
be the duty of the Board of Health cause the filth
to BE removed in tho most speedy and etfectual
manner, and the expense of the same shall be paid
by the Mayor from the general fund.
Sec. 8. And be u enacted, That Immediately after
any private alley shall be pronounced in state of
nuisance by the Board of Health, il shall be the
duty of the Mayor to cause the came to be closed
Sec. 6. And be IL enacted, That the Mayor be
and he is hereby authorized and requested to have
published in handbill form and distributed, copy
of this act Immediately after its passage, and an.
nually hereafter before the first dav of June as
also of any other act regulation of the Board of
Health which he may think necessary to preserve
or improve the health of the city.
SILAS H. HILL,
President OF the Board of Common Council.
WALTER LENOX,
President of the Board of Aldermen.
Approved May 2S, lS49.
w. w. sEATON, Mayor
The Board of Health have, in conformity with
the lst section of the above act designated the fol-
lowing reservations and squares in the city of
Washington those in which slop tubs for the oal
of the kitchen are to be kept:
FIRST Ward.-Squares Nos. rs, II, 7S, Sc, l0l,
l05, llS, ll9, l20, l2l 126, 127, l4I I6H l6S 1862
221
Second Ward.-Squares 223, 224, 225, 226, 227,
252, 253 255, 257, 2S7, 2SS, $780, $780, 29l 292, $685.
3lS, 3l9 800, 32l 322, 323 344 345, 346 BAT, 34S,
349
Third Wlard.-squares 367, 36s, 369, $40, 373 374,
375, 376 377 37S 379. $780, $751; 40l 402 4O3 4O4 405
400, 407, 40S, 423 424, 425 1885, 427 42S, 429, 43l
432, AS, 449, and $50.
Fourth Ward Reservations A, b, and TO- and
squares Nos. 453, 454 1885, 456 457, 46l, 4SS, 490,
49l, and 533.
Fifth Ward Reservations Nos / and IL, and
squares Nos. 575, 6S7 $685. $780, 72S, and 729.
By order: THO. MILLER, Nj. 3D.,
President of the Board of Health.
June l0-lamtOct
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