American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-10-08
CITY ORDINANCES.

AN ACT TO provide for building iron foobridge
the canal at 10th street west.
BE enacted, de- That the Mayor be and he is hereby
authorized to accept the proposition Of George Rider
Co., dated the twenthnnh of August eighteen hundred
and ftyone, to build iron bridge for foot
over the Washington city canal at 10th street west agree
ably to the plan and specifications submitted by them
and to enter into contract for the building Of the
the same will answer the purpose intended that
price a reasonable one; and the of two thousand
dollars so much thereof as may be necessary be and
the same hereby appropriated out Of the general fund
TO enable the Mayor TO this act into efect Iort
d That money shall be paid account of the said
bridge until the shall have been completed to the
entire satisfaction Of the Mayor, and until 1t shall have
been submitted TO such test will prove TO the salts
the weight 1t will be subjected to when in and pro
ried, further That the wingwalls each side Of the
bridge shall not extend than twenty feet from the
said bridge. - -
President Qfthe Board If Common Cbunci1.
Ii. b. FRENCH,
President cf0,e Board Of Aldermen.
'fp'''''' ''' WALTER LENox, Mayor.
AN ACT to repair the stone pavement on eth street west
Be enacted, dc That the Mayor DO and he is hereby
authorized the stone paving to be repaired
7th street west from Pennsylvania avenue TO street
north the necessary expenses, equally divided, 10 be
paid out Of any money TO the credit Of the Third and
Fourth Wards not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, October 3, 1851
AN ACT authorizing the curbstones to be set and the
footway paved the west front OF square numbered
four hundred and eightyfour.
BE IL enacted, de- That the Mayor be and he is hereby
authorized and required to the curbstones to be set
and the footway paved the west front of square
bered four hundred and eghtyour, and for defraying
the expense thereo tax is hereby imposed and assessed
the lots fronting said square to the amount of such
shall exceed three dollars per front foot Of said LOTS
the work to be done agreeaby to the provisions of the act
Of the fourth of April eighteen hundred and twenty
nine, concerning paved footways.
Approved, October 3, 1851.
JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Mayor to offer
reward for the arrest Of incendiaries.
Whereas within the past three weeks three several
have occurred between Sd and 4h streets east the
Eastern Branch in the Fifth Ward, and also the
Smithsonian buildings under circumstances which leave
doubt whatever that they all the work of the in
cendiary: Therefore
Resolved de-, That the Mayor be and he is hereby All
thorzed and requested to offer not exceeding
two hundred dollars for the arrest and conviction Of the
person persons who malicously fred the premises
| aforementioned. lApproved, October g. 1851.
JOINT RESOLUTION in relation TO the grades at the in
tersection of O street north and I'd street west
Resolved de-, That, with the consent Of the Of
the ground fronting thereon such alteration may be
made in the grades Mt the intersection of street north
and I'd street west may be recommended by the Eng
for completing the grades Of this city, who hereby
respectfully requested TO examine give proper grades
for the and in the execution Of the laws for the
improvement Of said streets the grades thus given shall
be conformed to- Proped That the Commissioner of the
Fifth and Sixth Wards shall first obtain in writing the
consent Of the parties above referred filed in the
Registers Office Approved, October 8, 1851.