The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-05-14
AN ORDINANCE

Creating, and prescribing the duties of q Board
ofCity improvements
Sec. L. BE 1t ordained by the City Council Of
the city of Lancaster, OHIO: That ior the prr.
poses Of cleaning the streets, lanes, alleys,
market spaces, commons, bridges and public
buildings, the SAID city ls hereby divided INTO
two districts, by line drawn through the cen.
ter o the Main street Of the same. The territory
north Of said line shall he known as the North.
ern District and the Territory South of said
llne shall be known rs the Southern district.
Sec. 2. Upon the passage OF this Ordinance,
and annually, before the third Tuesday Of April
thereafter, while this ordinance remains in
force. tnere shall be appointed BY the City
Council two commissioners, Ohe Of whom shall
reside in the Northern, and the other in the
Southern District Of said city. Said commits.
Noners shall hold their Office for one year from
the date of their appointment and quail fcation
aud shall, together with the Mayor, and City
Civil Engineer, constitute the Board Of City
Improvements Of SAID city. The said Board,
and the res pectiye members thereof, shall per.
form such duties and exercise such powers Ms
by this ordinance are conferred, and may from
time to time be conferred by the City Council.
Sec. 3. Each Of said commissioners, before
entering upon the duties OF his office, shal take
nm oath faithfully nnd hOnestlyto discharge the
same; and shall enter into tho same bond re-
quired by the laws Of the State of Ohio from Su.
peryisOrs ortoad districts. Each shall provide
Inns elfwth good horse and cart, and shall
within his district, be employed, under the iii
rectlOn OF the street committee Of the City
Council, in cleaning, repairing and construct
ing the streets, lanes, alleys, commons, mar.
ket spaces, and bridges of the city, and IN su-
perntendrng the work upon the same, and
cac shall within his district perform the same
duties, and exercise the same powers, pertain .
ing to labor upon the streets, lanes, alleys,
commons, market spaces and bridges OF the
city, as are by the law OF Ohio confer cd upon,
- asNI Ii
tricts.
Sec. 4. II shall he the duty Of said Board OF
City Improvements, annually, TO prepare du-
plicate lists of all persons within said districts
required by law to perform labor upon the pub
lie hghways one of said lists s hall be retained
by the commissioner OF snch district, and tho
other shall he deposited with the Mayor.
Sec. o. Whenever, any person required by
law to perform labor, on the highways, shall be
warned by the com missioner Of his district ia
perform the same upon the streets, lanes al
leys, commons, market spaces and bridges o.
the city, he may commute the same by pay inc
10 the Mayor, the sum fixed by law, in lieu O
such labor. Bui II he shall fail for ten days al
ter being warned to perform The LABOR or pas
the communication money, 1t shall be the duty d
such commissioner, to institute suit Tor the
collection Of the same in the manner pointed
out by law for supervisors in like cases.
Sec. q. All moneys paid to the Mayor in
communication Of labor, or collected by SUIT OI
otherwise on account thereof, shall he Dy hlm
paid into the City Treasury, aud shall consti'
tute portion of De street fund and shall bt
drawn ont and expended rs other funds are
drawn and expended. f
Sec T. Each of said commissl oners shall re
ccive the sum OF two dollars and fifty cents pei
day for every day he is mployed, with his horse
and cart in the discharge Of his dnties and iol
every day he ia so employed, without his horse
aud cart he shall receive the sum of one dollar
and tiftycents per day. The Mayor for the dn.
ties required ofhim by this act shall an nually !
receive the sum OF fifty dollars, to be paiC
him half yearly oGt ofthe city treasury.
Sec. q. THIS ordinance shall take effect AM
he in force from and after its passage and lcga
publication. ..
Done in Council May |, 1865.
JACOB HITE, r. @. G.
W. L. KING, City Clerk.
May 7.lt.