The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1870-01-27
NOTICE..
IN. following Petition, via.
TO The Hon. David J. Baker Judge Of
The Alexander ClulA NrcuN COllrt:

the Alexander CIuny CIRCUIT Court:
Your petitioner, John II. Ob~F.y Mayor ofths CITY
Dy me people Z he ssic oflho., fspfe.eca 10
the seiIsfs Assembly, by 40 ACi approved February
Ho Nom = tb., ~ an al approved EsSraaPy io, On
lss ig Was ainsug otur tiIug, enacted by tae peJ-
pie the nta.e VI ii'nois, represented 10 he General
Assembly that whenever TIE CITY Council ~ The CITY
Of Cairo should deisEnine "a tis manner provided Ia
the charter OF san CIV 70 sh'ch mat act vas
an amendment, ami the ordinances passed ia pgfsu.
sncs thereof 10 make ANY puhiic improvement sad
CITY .ni the cost or s-iiusied cost II such improve
tnent hsd been duly nsceflaned ~ the city, petit
,on should be prc-rnied ~ The Mayor Il sad Cty
h,s neglect TO DO - ~ any one q the select COun-
il 0fsaid CITY the Circuit Court Of alexander Coun.
~ or the Judge thereof 90 vacation which petition
taund sst iOTth the character auI cK,eut AMI loca,
ton Of surh Improvement, ami TIE cost o. estimated
cost thereof AMI should glIrly dr~Ibo the real
estate 10 oe benefited o. injured ny such improve.
ment, and shouli give the name OF names II the
Wa. unknoWn IA. pct NON should 30 state, and said
petition should request s court OF Judge 10 apo mt
h. over inJuT.r. areTur a. all such estate de.
,rrbcd n saii petition or which might be added TO
said list ~ tho commissioners hereinafter men
Ani.,w.s further provided by said act, that for all
Improvements " !lhh sNlI cln MetetoioFe maze ~
the authority 81 the city OF ,aro, ana FOR tho pay
ent Of which the said city had been unable TO collect
from former assessments the amount required 20
complete the payu snt therefor by reason Of dofee.
I've power m The city charter OF IL 'orna ny % max
iug any asses,mou, heretofore or by reason ofany
Other cause whatsoever. the said city OF Cairo was
th.ieby authorized and fully empowered TO collect
- much money 49, should be necessary to complete
uaytnent Tor such Improvement - made by nee as
pessneut ~ the propcHy benefited by such improves
mcnt wuhlu said city upon the like principle OF the
lf,p4rton OF beucnts and IN lke manner ~ thcren-
before provided nearly mgl be, far a. the
same proceeding. should be required, And your pc.
uupner would further represent that by an act ap-
proved January q, A D. 1855, twas enacted by the
PEOPLE ofthe state Of Illinois, represented Ia the
General Assembly, that the Uly Council Of the city
90 Cairo should have power from time % time to
cause any street, ~Ienac, OF highway IN said city 10
b." hAed rehlled graded, regarded, leyeled, paved,
repiyed, macadan1'd, or planked and repaired, and
alter and change the same; AMI your petitioner fur
;heT represents, that by an ordinance, approved Apr
1th A. d, 1863, anu by an ordinance, approved March
e{ a. ls6A both oId nances entitled Tan ordinance
directing and authorizing the grading ami filling OF
certain streets ant avenues, ordained by In,
CITY Council OF the city OF Caro-. that the highest
natural ground at the corner 81 Commercial avenue
Nui SIKH street, should be AMI thereby adoped
and fixed az temporary grade TO which the streets
aud avenues should be fret filled and that CONNER.
cia avenue from the line OF us Intersection with the
ground OF the Illinois Central Railroad Company he
low FIRST street 20 the northwest side OF Twentieth
street Should be filed 10 that grade said filling 10 be
the width OF seventy five feet an top, thiry-seyen
aud half ieet Of u each side Of the center line
of said avenue and that Second, Fourth, sixth
Eighth, Tenth, Twelfth, Fourteenth, Eighteenth and
Twentieth streets, from Leyee street 10 Commercial
avenue, should be filled 10 the same grade, 10 the
width OF forty feet on top, and twenty feet on each
sds OF the center line Of each Of said streets Aud
your petition further represents that il was AFTER
wards ordained by said City Council IN ordinance No.
Is, entitled ian ordinance In relation TO the grade OF
certain streets IN the city," approved July lith A. u.
ls65 tist the grade Of second, Fourth, sIIh Eighth
Tenth. Twelfth, Fourteenth. Sixteenth, Elgheenth
and Twsntieth streets, from Levee street 10 Conner
cia avenue, should be equal and uniform and said
grade should be OF the same height with the grade Of
said streets 1t the period Of intersection herewith
AAd n IVES afterwards ordained by said Cay Council