North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-05-16
Borough Ordinance.

An Ordinance directing the grad
ing and laying of Side or Foot walks
on certain Streets in the Borough of
Tunkhannock. 4 !
Section lst.
Be 1t Ordain by the Burgess and Town Council
of the Borough of Tunkhannock, and It Is nereDy
ordained by the authority of the same, tn at the
owners of lots fronting TIoGA STREET M said
Borough-on the north side thereof-from the ca
bridge the Aqueduct to the conner at Put-
man street. and on the south side tn, of from the
premises of John Heating, to the 1T Putnam
street and that the owners Of lots II ting on
TURNPIKE BRIDGE STREET-on the side
thereof from the cambridge embankmenl near
Wheelock' s ore-house, to the corner a: Sc Id
street and on the west side thereof from the en-.
bankme aforesaid to the corner at Tioga street.
and that the owners of lots fronting on WARREx
STREET on the east side thereot-from the canal
bridge embankmenr, near Gearhart Co.'S Foun
derry, to the corner of the Public (Coert-houSe)
square, at Marion Street and on the west side
thereof from the embankment last aforesaid to the.
corner of the Public square at Marion street and
that the of lots fronting on PUTNAM ST Rect,
on the side thereof from the premises, late the
tate of Benson Jones decd, TO the csrner OF the
Public square at Marion street and on the west
side thereof from the at Tioga street, to the
corner at Clay street and that the owners of left
fronting MARION Street the sou III side therof
and that the of lots fronting on SECOND
Street. the south side thereof be required; and
that the said lot owners are hereby required and
directed TO grade the side foot-walks in front Of
their premises and lots respectively and lay down,
build and cOnstruci apon the same, good and sub
stantial walks of tagging or plank except upon
Putnam, Marion and Second streets, where such
walks may be of tagging, plank or gravel, at 10
election Of ths owners or builders.
Section 3D.
And it is further ordained by the authority 'atore-
said that the side fOot-walks on the north side
Of Toga street from the east side of G. p. Millers
Brick store to the Warren street, and on
the east side of Warren street from the corner at
Tioga street to The north end of Brick block Of
Perry Marcy and on the east side of Turnpike
street from j.. Wheelock's store to the corner ut
Tioga street, be built of width not less than eight
feet--and that all other walks be built of width
not less than five ~ feet.
Section 3D.
And it is further ordained by the authority afors-
sad that all plank walks shall he Of plank not less
than two inches in thickness the same to be laid
crosswse The FIVE feet walk, upon two, and the
eight feet walk, upon three slcepers or siIIs-said
sills be four by five inches in size upon which the
pluks to be securely spiked.
Section 4h
And it is further ordained by the authority sfors-
said that all the walks herein ordained and directed
to be made, shall be made and done under the di-
rection and supervision of the Burgess and Town
Courcil, or a street commissioner by them appoint
ed--and that the said walks, or any part thereof, il
not made and finished on before the lst day OF
June 1866 shall he built by the Borough, ut the
cost and expense of the adjoining lot owner-which
cost and expense with 20 per cent added, shall DO
entered as lien upon such premises and collected
as provided by the General Borough Laws of this
commonwealth.
JAMES YOUNG, Burgess.
HARVEY SICKLER, Sect'y of Town Council.
March 20. 1866.