North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-03-28

An Ordinance directing the grad
ing and laying of Side or Foot walks
on certain Streets in the Borough of
Tunkhannock.
Section lst.
Be 1t Ordained by the Burgess and Town Counc il
of the Borough of 1unkhannOck, and it is hereby
ordained by the authority of the same tn at the
owners of lots fronting on TIoGA STREET in said
Borough-On the north side thereof-from the ca
nal-brdgc near The Aqueduct to the conner at Put
man street, and the south side thereof from the
premises of John heating, to the corner at Putnam
street and that the owners of lots fronting on
TURNPIKE or BRIDGE STREET-on the east SIDE
thereof, from the cambridge embarrassment near
T. Wheelock's store-house, to the corner at Second
,traa, ord ON the vest side thereof from the en-
bankment aforesaid to the corner at 1loga street
ana that the owners of lots fronting on WARREN
sTREEr- on the east side thereof-from the canal
bridge embankment, near Gearnart Co.'S FOun
derys to the corner of the Public Court housed
SQUARE at Marion Street and the west siie
thereof from the embankment last aforesaid to the
corner of the Public so uare at Marion street and
thar the owners of lots fronting on PUTNAM STREET,
the side thereof from the premises: late the
estate Of Benson Jones decd, to the csrner OF the
Public squire ut Marion street and on the west
side thereof from the corner at 1oga street. to the
corner at Clay street and that the owners oil lots
fronting on MARION Street On the sou tn side thereof
and that the owners of lots fronting on SECOND
street. ON the south side thereof be required; and
that the said lot owners hereby required and
directed grade the side or fOot-walks III front Of
their premises and lots respectively and lay down
build and cOnstruc; apon the same, good and sub
stantial walks of tagging or plank except upon
PutDam, Marion and Second streets, where such
walks may be of fagging, plank or gravel, at the
election Of the owners or builders.
Section I'd.
And it is further ordained by the authority atore-
said, that the side foOt-waks on the north side
of Tloga street from the east side of C. p Millers
Brick store TO the corner at Warren street, and on
The east side of Warren tIeet from the corner at
Tioga street to the north end of Brick block OF
Perry Marcy and the east side of Turnpike
street from J.. WheelCck's store to the corner at
Tioga street, be built of width not less than eight
teet--and that all other walks be built of width
hot less than five ~ feet.
Section Sd.
And it is further ordained by the authority afore
said that all plank walks shall te Of plank not less
than two inches IN thickness the same TO be laid
crosswise The five feet walk, upon two, ant the
eight feet walk upon three slceperS or sllls-saId
ss to be four by five inches in size, upon which the
planks are 10 be securely spiked
Section 4th
And it is further ordained by tn. authority afore-
said that all the walks herein ordained and directed
10 be made, shall be made ana done unier the di-
rectiou ami supervision of the Burgess I'd Town
Council, or street commissioner 6y them &ppomt-
ed--and that the said walks or any part thereof II
not made and finished before the lst day of
June 1866, shall be built by the Borough, at the
cost and expense fthe adjoining lot owner---whch
cos. and exp,nse with 20 per cent addict, shall be
entered as a lien upon such premises and collected
as,s provided by the General Borough Laws OF this
commonwealth.
JAMES YOUNG, Burgess.
HARVEY SICKLER, Sect'y Of Town Council,
March 20, 1866.