Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-12-17
OFFICIAL.
Laws Passed by the Sixty.Seventh
Council Of WashingtOn City, ID. &.

An ACT to set the curbstones and pave the foot
ways and cutters on the south side Of b street
south, to connect with North Carolina avenue.
B<nenccted By the Board Of Aldermen and Board
Of Common Council of The City Of Washington, That
the Mayor be, and he is hereby, authorized and
requested to cause the cur ostones to be set and
the footvays and cutters paved on the south
side Of B street south, to connect with North
Carolina avenue. The work to be contract
ed for and executed in the manner and under
the superintendent provided by law; and to de-
tax equal to the cost thereof is hereby imposed
and levied on all lots parts of lots bordering on
the line Of the improvement; the said tax TO
be assessed and collected in conformity with the
provisions Of the act approved October II, 1865.
Approved, November Is, 1869.
AN ACT granting permission to Mrs. Susan
Griswold to erect frame kitchen adjoining
the rear Of her dwelling on Maine avenue, be.
tween FOur-and- a-half and Sixth streets west
BE enacted By tie Board Of Aldermen and Board
permission is hereby granted to Mrs. Susan
Griswold to erect a frame kitchen adjoining the
rear of her dwelling on Maine avenue, between
Four-and-a half and Sixth streets west.
Approved, November Is, 1869.
AN ACT to grade and gravel East Capitol street.
from First to Eleventh street east.
re enacted By tAe Board Of Aldermen and Beard
Of Common Council of the CITY of WasAipofon. That
the sum of seven thousand eight hundred dollars,
or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and
o9e same Is hereby out Of the funds
East Capitol street, from First to Eleventh
street east. The work to be done by the day
an. and executed by and under tbs direction of
the Fifth and Sixth Wards
Approved, November Is, 1869.
JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Mayor to sus-
pend work on certain authorized improve
ments.
Be 1t resolved by the Board Of Aldermen and Board
nf raso~ - Al IN
the Mayor be, and he is hereby, authorized and
requested to cause the work Of taking up and re-
setting the curbstones and repaving the footway
avenue, between First and Second streets e at'
to be suspended until March 1, 1870.
Approved, November Is, 1863.
AN ACT providing for the abatement of taxes
paid after the twentieth Of November, 1869,
and on or before the first day of January, 1870.
Resoired By the Board Of Aldermen and Board
o. Common Coanesl Of the Cstyof Washington, That
tieth of November and on or before the first day
OF January, 1870, an abatement of five per cent.
shall be allowed: Provided, That these abate-
rears Of taxes are due and unpaid for any for
mer year. (Approved, November p, 1859.
AN ACT authorizing the Mayor to pay defcien-
cies in certain contracts.
Bet enacted BY the Board of Aldermen and Board
Of Common Council Of the City Of Washington, That
tme mayor DC, anu ne Is hereby, Authorized and
directed to cause payment to be made to the
contractor or contractors for grading and grav-
cling q street north, from Fourteenth street
west to Connecticut avenue; and Sixteenth west,
from q street north to Boundary street. any de-
fciency in the payment of said work by reason
OF changes Of grade or of orders by the Corpo-
ration: Prorided, however, That said payments
be made in proportion to the number Of days
labor on the same, to be computed at the rate of
two dollars per day for labOrers, and three dol
lars per day for horse and cart, ten hours being
allowed as a days work.
SEC. 2. And be ii further enacted, That before
any payment, as hereinbefOre provided, shall be
made, the Mayor shall cause said contractor or
contractors to exhibit his or their pay-rols, veri-
ned ny their own affidavits, the affidavits OF two
respectable witnesses attached thereto as to
correctness Of time and the amount paid, and
the amount still owing to the laborers on said
work, and that no certificate for deficiency
shall issue, except when so approved to the
satisfaction of the Mayor.
Approved, November 6, 1869.