Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-04-16
EsoROUGH ORDINANCES

4 I meeting Of the Burgess and Town
n Council Of the Borough Of Lewisburg,
elected March 81, 1851, agreeabIy to the
provisions of Supplement TO the Act in.
cooperating said Borough passed A.D.ls5l,
held the 2sth day Of March, 1851. the fol-
lowing Resolutions were passed, TO wit:
lst. That the Clerk is hereby aulhori,
zed 10 procure as soon as practicable Il
suitable set ol Books Tor keeping the ac-
counts and Il record OF the proceedings al
The Town Council of the Borough.
ID. That all owners and holders OF lots
on Market street, between Water street and
Fifth street, are hereby required 10 pave
! the sidewalks IN front of their lots, Uhe
width heretofore fixed by the bye-laws OF
the Boronsh,) aud ID properly grade the
payemcnls wi!h the street, as the Counci
may direct.
3 That all owners ard holders Of lots
on Third street, between 81. Lewis and ST.
MaryS s:rccis, are hereby required 10 pave
The sidewalks IN front OF their lots, properly
graded, also The width heretofore fixed b.
bye-laws Of the Borough, (tweve feet and
10 have the same completed on or before
The FIST day oil October next.
At a meeting Of the Council, March 81,
lS5l-
Ga motion, it was resolved that the Coun.
Gil visit the several streets, alleys and places
where work is necessary 10 be done, and
bridges built or repaired. during the present
year-after which it was Resolved,
lst. To remove the Millrace on Fifth
street, where i. obslructs the street near l..
Sterner's lanyard, to such distance on the
west side Of SAID street as will leave the
width Of the street fifty feet unobstruc,ed
by the said milirace, and TO make new
and substantial cuvert or trunk across
Fifth street, nearly opposite 10 l.. Sterner's
tan. yard, leading under the bottom Of the
miIlracc, sufficiently large 10 carry of the
wafer which collects on the low ground on
the cas-; side of Fifth street, also 10 open
The cutters on Fifth street above the Chris
tan Church.
"a. Resolved TO build a new stone Bridge
with one arch across the run at the south
west corner Of The Borough, on ST. George
street, TO be let out by contract 10 the low
est and best bidder ; said bridge 10 be con-
s,rucied Of good and substantial materials,
TO be built al least two feet higher than the
present bridge, and twenty feet wide in the
clear. The Clerk is hereby authorized 10
advertise the Letting Of The said Bridge in
the Lewsburg Chronicle, and to receive
sealed proposals for building the same,unill
the first Monday in May next, according TO
plans and specifications 10 be exhibited bv
him ten days previous TO the letting.
81. Resolved TO build new plank Bridge
across the MilIrace near the corner Of Fifth
and ST. Marys street, and also new plank
Bridge across the Miilrace where il crosses
Fourth street near the corner Of Fourth
and 81. Marys streets the plank used Tor
building both the said bridges TO be Of good
sound oak timber, and a, least three inches
thick.
4th. Resolved TO finish opening and gra.
ding the road lately located thro' grounds
belonging 10 the University at Lewisburg,
below Browns mill, leading south, as far
as the said road is within The limits Of the
Borough.
5th. Resolved that the owner OF the lot
on the corner of Market and Fifth streets,
northwest side, be and is hereby required
to pave, or make board walk, from the
corner Of Fifth and Market streets 10 the
Mllrace. to in,ersect the board walk already
made from the Millrace across the run to
l.. b. Christ's Warehouse.
9Th. Resolved that the owner of Lot No.
l. on the southwest corner of Market and
Third streets, be and he is hereby required
10 remove the fence in front of his (which /
fence encloses about five feet by sixty-sIx
feet Of ground belonging TO the public street.,
according to the Incorporated Plan OF the
Borough that the said fence must be rem
owed TO line to range with the brick house
on the southeast corner Of Market and
Third streets.
7lh, Resolved that the Hill on st. An
,hony street. between Second street and the
Bridge across the mouth Of Buffalo creek,
shall be cut down and graded toward the
said bridge. in such manner as will make
the said street a regular grade from the
Bridge to Second street.
9Th. Resolved that the Fire Engine be.
longing TO the Borough.be loaned to the Fire
Company now about to be organized, for
their use, to be KEEP, in good order by the
said Company, and subject to the control
of the Town Council, to be returned TO the
said Council at any time they may see
proper to demand the same.
9Th. Resolved that the Clerk be and is !