, 1859-03-11
An Important Ordinance.
The following important Ordinance psssed
tho 0aancil At ita lazt nesting:

Tho following important Ordinance passed
tho 0annril At its lass nesting:
~ ORDINANCE T. anend n -ordiaaacs concerning
A4saesa1en4s for Puhle Iup9eTeNe1t1"
8Ec11os l. Be- it ordained BY tho Common
Council of ths City Of Chicago, That betoro
any street. p1 public way a4afl ho ordered plsnk-
cd; paved or otherwise improved, Or au5 main
draiRa, 8cqusdaets, c1oss-wstks, or severn ut
tho connection Of streets to be Isid it shall be
the duty Of the City Superintendent to mako
aud il then sdoptsd By &he Common Council, he
shall. before my further step is taken in the
premises. lunlass hJ tha unanimous consent
Of the Coancil) advsrtise nix days in tho
corporation newspaper for seaied bids tor the
work, to be hsndsd in to ths City Clerk; the
bids 10 be opened before the Common Council
IN open seaaion, tho city reserving tho right To
reject any and Ill bids, but u hereby authorized
TO award the job to the lowest responsible bid
der. Provided, however, that The Common
Couacl ahall proceed to caosa N asaeesgpent to
be made for the contemplated improvement,
when confirmed By tho Common Council, shall
b authority 10 tho Comptroller to enter INTO
eontrset on behalf of the city win the person
or persona to whom the arsrd was m,de.
SIC. 2. That Ill contracts entered into for any
Of the Improvements named in Section !, shall
require the work to bo doas 10 the satisfaction
Of the City Superintendent, who shall certify in
writing to tho oompsTollet. tho completion Of
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Of tho aame; snd tho Comptroller, On re-
ceipt Of The certificate Of acceptance
from the City Superintendent, II directed
aod hersby authorised 70 pay Immediate
II 70 tho contrasting parties the amoant due
IN fal q aay monica IN 60 city treasury bot
self from loss BY charging invariably the per
cenfase allowed On all delinquent assessments, a.
provided In 6tstion 81 Amended Charter, ap-
proved Feb: II, 1857.
SIC. s. When any sssesanent roll for auy
local improvement, except for culverta for side
singy o. BY itself, shall b. completed and
returned to the City CLARK, - now pro-
TIded By law, it shall be his duty 1t the .ims Of
giving the necaasary notice Of sad return in
tne corporation Newspaper 10 cause to be pub
i1ahed accompanying the same the roll contain
known. description Of the lots, and parts of
1ota which may be assessed, tho valuation OF
each separately, sud the aums Of mouey assessed
thereon st least ones, befors szld aasessuent
roll can b confirmed BY the Common Council.
4 Qaxsr1ox Axswkkzn. -E,is. Rr<,s and TTi.
duns:-"A Lover Of Fair Dsslipg," in your
this mornings isaue, asks Two questions. The
second, in rel4tion to tho Matinee q: McVicker's
Theatre, BY the 8trakosch Opera Troupe, /
wish to anawer.
That Matinee was Hi. Drake's peculiar pet,
and tho general Management Of it Waa placed in
his hands By tho Executive Committee. The
Opera company-by the arrangement made
were to receive two hundred dollars ont Of the
gross receipts; OF the balanee. IN equal di.is-
ion between.tbe Company andt the Mount Vernon
fund "fair Dealing is right, when he says
the receipts we're over seven hundred dolla.s.
Now, sheu, two hundred to tho Company, 1eav- /
ing IRE hundred to b. divided. Expense Of ad-
Fertising, posters Tickets, ETC., had to CONC out
Of the Mount Vernoa Fund division, Two hun. !
dred and SIX dollars paid to .be Treasurer. Is /
it not Ill accounted for?
Tho fact il. vi. Drake will lose nnmbes Of |
dollars, as he Left town early last week for New
7 FORK, tand has not Jet resurned), since when, |
Number of small bills fsr expenses have been
received, which were not taken into the account /
1t the time. Yours truly.
Gzo. W. GAGE.