Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-09-10

SAMUEL Y0RKE ArhEE,
President of the Board of Common Council.
ROBERT CLARKE,
President of the Board of Aldermen.
Approved, September 5, 1856
w. B. MAGRUDER, Mayor.
AN ACT to authorize the filling up and gravelling
OF the yard and sidewalk attached 10 the public
school near the Observatory
BE IL enacted, &C. That the sum of thirty Collars,
or 80 much thereof as may be necessary be and tho
same is hereby appropriated out Of the general fund.-
70 derSy sae expense o. hlng up and gnvelling
on the corner OF 4 street west and Twenty Second
street west
Approved, September 5, 1855.
AN ACT to provide for grading and gravelling /.
street morrill, from Twenty Fourth street west TO
Pennsylvania avenue
BE IL enacted DC. That the Mayor be, and he is
hereby authorized TO street north TO be gra-
the funds of the First Ward the work to be done
by contract, and under the direction of the Commits
sioners Of the First and Second Wards, and two as
sIstant commissioners to be appointed by the Mayor,
the earth taken therefrom to be deposited in said
street, east Of Twenty-Fourth street.
Approved, September 5, 1855.
AN ACT for grading and grayelling + street north,
from Ninth TO Tenth streets west.
Be IL enacted, &C., That the sum of two hundred
dollars, or much thereof may be necessary, be
and the same ia hereby appropriated out of any mo-
ney TO the credit Of the Third Ward for the purpose
Of grading and gravelling street NORTH from Ninth
to Tenth streets west.
Approved, September 5, 1856.
AN ACT making an appropriation to pay deicien-
ey for building house for the American Hook and
Ladder Company. 8
Belt enacted, 80. That the sum of one hundred and
one dollars be, and the is hereby appropriated
out OF the general fund TO pay deficiency in the APP
preparation for erecting house for the American
Hook and Ladder Company, in the Sixth Ward:
Prooided That before the payment of said sum of
money the company shall make such arrangement
with the proprietor OF the ground upon which the
house has been erected as to protect the company
and the corporation from any loss by seizure sale,
or transfer of the improvements thereon by either
the present or any future proprietor.
Approved, September 5, 1856. &
AN ACT for the purchase of scows, and the pro-
lection of the dredging machine.
Be d enacted, &c.. That the following sums be
and the same are hereby appropriated out of the
general fund, viz
For the purchase of two scows, five hundred dol
lars for caulking flushing and painting the dredg-
ing machine, twenty-five dollars; the money hereby
appropriated to be expended under the direction Of
the Mayor. I#
Approved, September 5, 1866.
AN ACT making an appropriation for shed for the
protection Of the Franklin Fire apparatus
Be II enacted, &c, That the sum of fifty dollars
be- and the same is hereby appropriated out of the
lending a wooden shed for the protection of the
Franklin Fire apparatus; the amount to be expended
under the direction of the Mayor.
Approved September 5 1856. .
AN ACT amendatory of the act authorizing a spe-
cial tax fund, and transfer from the surplus fund
BE it enacted, &c, That the Register be, and he is
hereby authorized and directed to cause separate
n1xpt 20 ha a,,a1 L. ~
ton, to be designated the especial Tax Fund Ac-
count to which account shall be placed all moneys
which may be paid for special taxes upon which spe-
cial stock may be issued in pursuance of existing
laws being the special taxes for paving ootways and
carriage-ways, grading and paving alleys and reno
wing nuisanles private property And the Collec-
tor is hereby authorized and directed to deposite his
collections from the above named to the cred
it of said fund
Sec. q Aad be ii enacted, That the first section of
the act entitled an act authorizing special tax fund.-
and transfer from the surplus fund, approved July
~, 1855 be and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved, September 8. 1885,
AN, ACT making an appropriation for digginga
drain on the west side of Sixteenth street west
from l. street north to the alley in the centre of
square numbered one hundred and eighty-three,
Be ii enacted 30, That the sum of fifty dollars,
or so much thereof may be necessary, be and the
same is hereby appropriated out of the funds Of the
First Ward, for the purpose of digging drain on
the west side of Sixteenth street west from street
north to the alley in square numbered one hundred
and eighty three; thence west along the centre of
said alley to the branch in said square the work to
be done under the direction of the Commissioner of
the First and Second Wards, directed by the City
Surveyor. -#m.
Approved, September5, 1856
AN ACT making an appropriation for cleaning cut
the canal. s-s
Be IL enacted, &C., That the sum of fifteen hundred
dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated out
of any money in the general fund not otherwise APP
propriaed, for the purpose of dredging and clean
ing the Washington canal; the same to be expended
under the direction of the Commissioner of the Ca
nal, and the resduum to be deposited at such places
as shall be designated by the Mayor.
Approved, September 5, 1856.
AN ACT making appropriations for the removal of
garbage and other ofal for the year ending Thrift
eth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.
Be 1t enacted, &C., That the following sums be, and
the same are hereby appropriated out of the funds
of the respective wards, for the purpose of paying
the contractors for the removal of garbage and other
cofal for the year ending thirtieth June eighteen
hundred and fifty-seven:
First Ward five hundred and fifty dollars
Second Ward seven hundred dollars
Third Ward, six hundred and twenty-five dollars
Fourth Ward, eight hundred and twenty-five dol
lars.
Fifth Ward, five hundred and forty dollars
Sixth Ward, four hundred and fifty dollars
Seventh Ward, four hundred and fifty dollars.
Approved, September 5, 1856.
THE GRAND BALL OF THE SEASON.
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