Evening star., 1869-06-08
CITY ORDIyANCES.
Passed by the Sixty.sixth Council.
An ACT to exempt church property from taxa

An ACT to exempt church property from taxa
tion in certain cases
s co@saaT y s % sna
That all churches belonging to any religions
society or sect, and set apart and exclusively as
places Of religious worship, and the ground At.
tacned thereto, which may be necessary for
their accommodation, be, and the same are
nereoy, exempted from the payment Of special
taxes on account OF street sewers: provided
tnat the provisions of this &C. shall apply 10
any church which has heretofore been assessed
Tor sewer tax, and in every such case where
the assessment has been paid, il shall b. tue
duty ofthe Mayor to refund tue amount here
of, and charge tue same to the fund OF the ward
or wards IN which such sewer shall have been
constructed
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That whenever auy
tion by virtue of this act, the proportionate as
sessment for which sucn property would Other
wise be liable, shall bs charged TO and paid cat
OF the funds of the ward as wards within
which such sewers may be located.
SIC. 3. And be IL taactsd, That the benefits of
this act be, and are hereby extended to tue
Orphan Asylum. and ST. Joseph's Male Orphan
Asylum. GApproved, May 81, 1863.
JOINT RESOLUTION relating to the Flrst Ward
sewers.
Resolred by the Board If Aldermen and Board
II Common Council Of the City Of Washington
Ihat tue Mayor be beau'horized and re Iuested to
employ the City Surveyor 10 make a full and
complete admeasurement of the ewers known
as the First Ward sewers, constructed under
Mr. Ftrry's recent contracs, aud assessment of
III Inc property lying upou the line OF, and
oralned by, said sewers, and als) of the sepa-
rate sectioas OF the same, as assessed by M
william Forsyth au0 Mr.. Il. III. Donegan, r..
Spectively, the said assessment TO be M ada in
accordance with the contract and the law rey
uiatiDg the same. and repert the result of the
same to the two boards.
And be IL furthsr rssslce,l, That the Cav t,,l-
lector be, and he is hereby. suthoyizad aud re-
Questsd TO exempt from the costs of ad yertisinp
all properly advertised for said sewer asses.
menf. lApproved, May 2i, 1859.
AN Act authorizing the construction of a
sewer on Twelfth street west, from n to M
streets north, and down M street north u
connect with the Fourteen tn street sewer
BE ii enacted BY the Board Of Aiderp.es ant
Bodrd Of Common Council Of the CityOf Wdsatnctoa.
That the Mayor be and he is hereby, author.
lied and requested to cause three. foot bar.
rel sewer to be constructed In Twelfth street
west, from the south side of N street north to
The centre OF NJ street north, thence down SAID
M Street 70 connect with the Fourteenth 10 .street
sewer, to be provided with such man holes
traps, and lateral sewers as may be deemed
necessary; the work TO be done under the dt.
recnoa Of the inspector Of sewers, &C., super.
inteudence OF the commissioners OF tue Second
ward. and two assistant commissioner to be
appointed by the Mayor; aud to defrav the ex
pense thereof a special tax equal to the cost
tnereof be, aud is hereby, levied ard impo ed
upon all lots and parts of lots bordering on
the line OF sald i'm provement, to be assessed
aod collected according to law: Pro-:ied, that
he expense Of constructing the mar. holes
dropS,aDd lateral sewers for said drops shall not
be a7sessed on the owners Of private property
but snail be paid tor out Of the funds OF the
second ward. lApproved, May II, 1869.
AN ACT fos the relief OF Mrs. H. Morris.
BE it enacted BY tie Board Of Ald>rm.a and
Hoard Of ComnsonC Council of tie Cityof WasAingtoa,
Lnat the Mayor be authorized to refund to
MrsH. Morris the sum ofseventy .sevea dollars
anu thirty seven cents (s77.37) paid BY her for
reiaying the lateral sewer leading from her
properly on the corner of Fifteenth aud III
streets, the cost o! the same having been capsed
ov the laying OF a trap by this Corporation, so
as to cut Off sald lateral sewer
Approved, May "a, 1860.
AN ACT for the relief OF George H. Morgan
Bet enacted by the Board Gf Aldermen and Board
e Common Council Of the City of Washiagton,
Inat the lm OF seven dollars be, and the same
Is hereby, appropriated from the general fund
70 enable the Mayor to refund that amount to
George H. Morgan, the same having been over.
patd 0y SAID Morgan as rea, for market stand
Approved, May q, 1869.