The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-05-27
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CITY ORDINANC Re D.


si1ty-Finh Council.
Joisr RESOLUTION designating the First Ma.
tionai Bank as the dspositnry Of the funds
of the Corporation
Board Of Common Council Of the City Of
Warrington, That the First National Bank
Of the city DO, and the same Is hereby, dssig-
mated as the dspositary Of the funds Of this
Corporation, and the Mayor 10 hereby re.
quested to transfer the account Of this Cor.
poration from the Bank OF Washington to the
said First National Bank: Provided, That
the said deposits DO received and the proper
accounts thereof kept without any expense to
this Corporation, and that the moneys be re-
ceived and paid out, and the accounts kept In
conformity with existing Law. and Of any Law
which may hereafter DO enacted for the rsgula-
tion and distribution Of the moneys ofthis Cor.
poratiou BY the dspositary selected for the safe
keeping thereof.
Approved, April 80. 1868.
An ACT suthorislng the construction Of .
wharf on the Potomac river, between Ninth
and Tenth streets west.
Be il enacted BY the Board Of Aldermen and
B,ard ef Common Council Of the City Of
Washington; That permission be. and 10
hereby, granted to George L Sheriff to con.
struct, At his own expense, and without any
cost to this Corporation, BY reason Of any sx.
psnditurs or liability that may be incurred
BY him on account thereof, . wharf on the Pc.
tomac river, on the southern side Of Water
street, at . point nearly opposite the junction
Of street south with Ninth and Water streets:
Providsd, That said wharf BE- construsted
pursuant to the provisions Of the Arst section
entitled IAN act to preserve the navigation Of
the Potomac and Anaoosta rivera, and TO reg.
ulsts the anchoring or n.ooring Of vessels there.
In" And PROVIDED further. That unless the
said wharf bs completed within one year from
the passage Of this act, then this act shall DO
void and Of no effect.
SEC, 2 ARd b IL enacted, That 10 consid.
GRAFTON Of the masking Of the wharf and erect.
ion Of the buildings above contemplated and
provided for, and ~ full remuneration for the
labor and expense thereby incurred, and for
the further consideration Of the payment 10
this corporation Of an annual rent Of two hun.
dred and fifty dollars the same to be paid
semi.annually Ia sums Of one hundred and
twenty-five dollars each, the said George l..
Sheriff, his heirs and assigns, shall have the
full and entire use Of the said wharf and Its
apPurtenances from the time Of its completion
until the expiration Of ten years from the
date Of the passage Of this act Provided,
That the wharf Aforesaid be always kept in
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section ofthe act Of the 9Th Of January, 1881,
hersinbsfore referred to, and bo at all times
subject 10 the police regulations Of this Cor
poration.
SEC. 3. Anl 10 70 enaesed, That at the s1pi-
ration Of period Of ten years Immediately
following the passage Of this act, or at any
previous time. when the occupant or occupants
Of the said wharf shall refuse or neglect to
keep 1t in good order or repair, or comply
Sith the police laws Of this Corporatien. he
privilege OF occupying or using the said wharf,
or the property to which II 10 attached, or any
OF the appurtenances Of the said wharf As con.
ferred in the second section Of this sct, shall
immediately cease and terAinats, and the on.
tire property, Of which the conditional use
and enjoyment 10 herein granted, together
with the wharf hereby authorised. and all i'm
provements thereon or connected herewith,
shall revert to and become the property Of
this Corporation, free from any charge or
claim whatever on the part Of the said George
L Sheriff. his heirs and assigns, for or in con.
sidsrstion Of the erection Of the wharf, or Of
any rent paid therefor, or for any improve
ments thereon, or connected Herewith, which
he or they shall have made whilst enjoying lis
use and occupancy under the Provisions OF
this act Pyoptdsd That II the Corporation
SHALL before the expiration Of the aforssAid
ten years, wish to take into its possession for
public use the said wharf And appuftenances,
1t shall have the right IL so BY paying to
the said George J., Sheriff, his heirs aud Is.
signs, . proportional part Of the money ex.
pended By him or thsm In constructing and
improving the said wharf, in proportion to the
length Of time their occupancy may bear to
the whole amount.
SEC 4 And be ii enacted, That this a.tshsIi
not take effect until the said George L. Sheriff
shall have entered into an obligation with the