The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-07-24

OF townships above enumerated, Is required TO es
tablish the TO the satisfaction Of the Register
and Receiver OF the proper Land ONCE, 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 tractclaimed; otherwise such claim
will be forfeited j. BUTTERFIELD,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF the City OF
"A Washington declare the following to con-
stitute
Nuisances:
! Dead carcases dead fab or ofIas of fish; heaps
OF oyster shells ofals from butchers stalls saugh
ter houses, or -yards; stagnant water In ponds
marshes, sewers, cellars; foul privies, hog styes
and decayed getables 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 CHAMBERS, farcy, or other
contagious diseases; the drainage from dye houses
and soap factories; houses or buildings unoccupied
and in state of dilapidation or decay, endanger-
ing the lives property OF those IN the vicinity.
Inc Commissioners OF the several Wards Will sec
TO the enforcement OF the foregoing regulations re-
lative to nusances and to the exaction Of the pc
naltles prescribed by law.
| All persons deairous 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.
J THO. MILLER, NJ D., President.
Members of the Board Of Health, May 81 !, 1851
| First WGrd.-Dr r. Johnson. corner oath street
and Pennsylvania avenue; MIR. Charles Calvert,
! 18th street, between and X.
| Second Ward.-Dr. TIL. Miller, Z street, near
18th; Mr.. ]. II. Riley, 18th street, near Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
Third Wgd.-Dr J. c. Hall Pennsylvania ave.
nue., near 9th street; Mr.. VIM, p Young, 9th street.
| between l. and Nj.
Fourth Wgd-rDr. r. B. ]. Frye, near a street;
Mr.. G. c. GranIner, corner A and streets.
! FgfM JYard.--Mr. VIM. p, Ferguson, Georgia
avenue, near Sd street; Mr.. John P. Ingle, New
| Jersey avenue, near street
Sirh JYa,d.--Dr. j. Nj. Roberts, G street, be-
| tween 7th and Sth streets; Mr.. John L. Bates cor
ner 7th and l. streets.
Seventh pard.--Mr Samuel Byington, 9Th 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 ii 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 1t shall be the
duty of each and every person occupying dwell
ing other building bordering on public or pri
vate paved alley, to have the dirt and rubbish in
the alley bordering on his her, or 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 or rubbish carried
away possible after it ia collected; and it
shall be the duty of each and every person in such
squares in the popuous parts of the city as shall
be designated by the Board of Health, or the mem
beers thereof of the Ward TO keep sloptubs for the
offa of the kitchen, and to have the carried
away and emptied in such places and at such times
as shal be designated by the Commissioner Of the
Ward; and each and every person residing in such
squares thus designated, any other person who
shall throw, or permit any servant member of
his or her family to throw, any fluid solid oIal
t@kn
on contiguous to such squares, in any other
place than that designated by the Commissioner of
the Ward, shall be subject to such penalty as il
hereinafter mentioned; and 1t 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. 2. d1ld be ii enacted, That il 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
enger soon possible after it ia 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 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 4. lind be itenacted That, in case of the abb
inability Of the scavengers of the wards
perform the services required by this act it shall
be the duty Of the Board of Health to the filth
10 be removed IN ~ most speedy and efIcctual
manner, and the expense of the shall be paid
blythe Mayor from Ihe general fund.
Sec 5. And be " enacted, That Immediately after
any private alley shall be pronounced in a state OF
nuisance by the Board of Health, it 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 ia hereby authorized and requested to have
published in handful form and distributed, a copy
of actip iate aft its
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 %, l949.
w. w. sEAToN, Mayor.
The Board of Health have, in conformity with
the st 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 TO be kept:
FIRST Ward.-Squares Nos 10, II, 10, Sc, l0l
los, 49, l9, 100, l2l, l26, 1877, al, loo, l6S 1862
Second IPayd.-Squarcs 223. 224, 225, 226, 227
252, 253, 1885, 257 2S7, 2SS, $780, 800, 29l, 292 $685.
3lS, 3l9, 320 3d. 322, 1913, 344, 345, 3l6 347 34S
349.
Third IVard.-squares 367, 36S, 800, 37O 1913, 374,
375, 376 377 37S 379 $780, $751; 40l 402 4O3 404, 405
400, 407, 40S, 423 424, 425, 1885, 427, 42S 429 43l
| 432, 44S, 449, and $50.
Fourth Ward. observations A, B, and 10, and
squares Nos 453, Asa, ass, 456, 457, 46, 4SS 400,
49l, and 533.
| Fifth Wdrd-Reservation Nos. IL and II, and
squares Nos SIS, 6S7, 6SS, $50, 72S, and 729.
| By order: THO. MILLER, M. D.,
President of the Board of Health
| June l0--1amtOct
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