The republic., 1851-08-06
THE REPUBLIC.


of townships above enumerated, is required TO es-
tabsh the same TO the satisfaction Of the Register
and Receiver of the proper Land Office, and max
ing payment therefor, soon as practicable after
seeing this 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. BUTTERFIELD,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
May l3-lawl3w
VNHE BOARD OF HEALTH OF the city OF
IA Washington declare the following to con-
stitute
.NiisanceS:
Dead carcases, dead fish or offals of fish; heaps
of oyster shells ofals from butchers stalls slaugh
houses or tam yards; stagnant water in ponds
Marshes sewers, cellars; foul prlvies, 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, iarcy, or other
contagious diseases; the drainage from dye houses
and soap factories houses or buildings unoccupied
and in state of diapidation or decay, endanger-
ing the lives or property of those in the vicinity
The Commissioners of the several Wards will see
TO the enforcement of the foregoing regulations
lative to nuisances and to the exacton Of the Pc
nalties prescribed by law.
All persons desirous of calling the attention of
the Board to the existence of nuisances request
ed to do 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, &c.
By order of the Board
THO. MILLER, NJ D., President.
Members Of the Board Of Health, May 81, 1851 i.
First JVdrd.-Dr r. johnson. corner oath street
and Pennsylvania avenue; Mr.. Charles Calvert,
18th street, between and X.
Second Ward.-Dr. Th. Miller, f street, near
l4th; MIR. J. IL. Riley, 18th street, near Pennsyl
vania avenue.
ryl. NJ
nue. near 9th street; MIR. VIM p. Young, 9th street,
between l. and Nj.
Fourth Wayd-Dr T. B. j. Frye, near A street;
Mr.. G. c. Grammer, corner a and streets.
Fifth Ward.-Mr. VIM. p. Ferguson, Georgia
avenue, near Sd street; Mr.. John p. Ingle, New
Jersey avenue, near street.
Sirh Ward.-Dr. j. nj. Roberts, street, be-
tween 7th and Sth streets; Mr.. John E. Bates, cor
ner 7th and l. streets.
Seventh Ward.-Mr Samuel Byington, 5th street,
between l. and Nj Streets MIR. 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 Of The City Of Washington, That
from and after the passage of this act il shall be the
duty OF each and every person occupying dwell
ing, or other building bordering public or pri
vate paved allsy, to have the dirt and rubbish in
the alley bordering on his, her, their premises
collected into piles once week. or more frequent
ly if required by the Commissioner of the Ward
and when collected, it shall be the duty of the
scavenger to have such dirt rubbish carried
away as possible after it is collected and it
shall be the duty of each and every person in such
squares in the popuous parts of the city shall
be designated by the Board of Health, or the mem
bers thereof of the Ward, to keep sloptubs for the
otfal of the kitchen, and to have the carried
away and emptied in such places and at such times
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 or her family to throw, any fluid or solid offa
from the kitchen into any street alley bordering
on or contiguous to such squares, o1nn any other
place than that designated by the Commissioner Of
the Ward, shall be subject TO 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 solid oal of the Kitchen to have
the same removed to the place designated by the
Commissioner of the Ward.
Sec. 3 -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
the 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. 3. And be IL enacted, That each and every
person violating any of the provisions of this act
shall be subject to penalty of one dollar for each
and every offence, to be collected and disposed of
a5 Otner nne5 are collected and disposed OF under
the laws Of this Corporation.
Sec. 4. And be IL enacted, That in of the abb
inability of the scavengers of the wards TO
perform the services required by this act, il shall
be the duty of the Board of Health the filth
to be removed in the most speedy and efiectual
manner, and the expense of the same shall be paid
by the Mayor from the general fund.
Sec. 5. And be IL enacted, That Immediately after
any private alley shall be pronounced in state of
nuisance by the Board of Health, it shall be the
duty the Mayor to cause the same 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 day 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, l849.
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 siop'tubs for the offa
of the kitchen are TO be kept:
First Ward-Squares Nos. rs, II, rs, Sc, I0l
l05, lis, ll9, 100, l2l l26 l27 l4l, l66 1853, 69,
22I.
Second Ward-squares 223. 224, 225, 226, 227,
252, 253 255, 257, 2S7, 2SS, 2S9, 290 29l 292 293
3l8 3l9, 800, 32l, 322 323, 34l 345, 3i6. 347 34s
349.
Third Ward-Squares 367, 36s, 369, $40, 1913, 374
375, 376 377 37S 379 $50, 3Sl 40l 402 403 404 405
400, 407, 40S, 423, 424, 425 426, 427 42S 429 43l
432, 44S, 449, and450.
Fourth Ward.-Reservatons A, b, aud 10, and
squares Nos. 453, 454 455, 456, 457 46l, 4SS, 490
49l, and 533.
Fifth Ward.-Reservation Nos. ii and II, and
squares Nos. $40, 6S7, 6SS, $50, 72S and 729.
By ORDER THO. MILLER, M. D.,
President of the Board of Health.
June l0--lamtOct
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