The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-05-13
OITY ORDINANCES.

OITY ORDINANCES.
An ORDINANCE
"A To Authorize the Construction of Certain
Sewer.
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
of the City of Philadelphia do ordain That the
Department of Highways be and is hereby
authorized to construct the following sewer,
vlz.-On the line of Ninth street, from South
to Christian street. with an interior diameter of
three feet, and such manholes as may be di-
rected by the Chief Engineer and Surveyor.
Said sewer to be built of brick circular in shape,
ard in accordance with the Specifications pre-
pared by the Chief Engineer and Surveyor.
Section 2. The Chief Commissioner of High
ways shall advertise according to law, an
nouncing that bids will be received for the
sewer above designated, and he shall allot IL to
the lowest and best bidders, and ID shall be
condition of said contract that the contractor
shall accept the sums assessed upon and
charged to the properties lying on the lines of
said sewer, In manner and form authorized by
ordinance entitled San ordinance regulating
the assessment upon property for the construc-
ton of branch culverts or drains" approved
May IL, 1866, and supplement thereto approved
February 10, 1869: any excess over and above
said assessment to be charged to item Cfor
branch sewers) of annual appropriations made
to the Department of Highways for the year
1870
Provided said excess shall not, in any case,
be more than can be charged to said item un-
der ordinance entitled can ordinance autho-
rizing the Chief Commissioner of Highways
to draw warrants for street intersections,
struction of branch sewers" approved April 8,
1868.
LOUIS WAGNER,
President of Common Council
Attest
JOHN EcKsTBIN,
Clerk of Common Council.
SAMUEL w. CATTELL,
President of Select Council
Approved this twelfth day of May, Ammo
Domni one thousand eight hundred and seventy
"a. ID. 1870.
DANIEL M. FOX,
5 13 1t Mayor of Philadelphia.
An ORDINAN NOE
IA To Revise the Lines of Torr Avenue, in
the Twenty-fourth Ward.
Section /. The Select and Common Councils
of the city of Philadelphia do ordain, That the
Department of Surveys be and the same is
hereby directed to revise the lines of Torr
avenue, in the Twenty-fourth ward, from Lam
caster avenue westward, so that the same shall
be sixty feet in width, and the centre of the old
street, viz:-Monroe avenue shall be the centre
of said Torr avenue. All ordinances, resolu-
tions, or parts thereof not ia conformity with
this ordinance Notwithstanding, and it shall
hereafter be known as Monroe avenue.
LOUIS WAGNER,
President of Common Council.
Attest
Clerk of Common Council.
SAMUEL w. CATTELL,
President of Select Council.
Approved this eleventh day of May, Ammo
Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy
CA. d. 1870.
DANIEL NJ. FOX,
13 1t Mayor of Philadelphia.
DEs LUTON
IL To Authorize the Opening of Emerald
Somerset, Aspen, and Fortieth Streets.
we'd, BY the Select and Common Coun-
ellis of the City of Philadelphia, That the Chief
Commissioner of Highways be and he is hereby
authorized and directed to notify the owners of
property through and over which Emerald
street, from Hart lane to Somerset street;
Somerset; from Frankford road to Columbia
avenue: Aspen street. from Forty-first street to
Lancaster avenue; Fortieth street, from Lancas-
the expiration of three months from the date
of said notice the said streets will be required
for public use.
LOUIS WAGNER,
President of Common Council.
| ABRAHAM STEWART,
Assistant Clerk of Common Council
SAMUEL w. CATTELL,
President of Select Council.
Approved this twelfth day of May, Ammo
| Domini one thousand eight hundred and
DANIEL NJ. FOX,
| 513 1t Mayor of Philadelphia.
DESC LUTON
| ~ 10 Cnange the flace OF voting IN the
| Seventh Election Division of the First Ward.
Resolved, By the Select and Common Coun.
ellis of the City of Philadelphia, That hereafter
the place of voting in the Seventh Election
| Division of the First Ward shall be held at the
house of James Green, at the northeast corner
of Tenth and Tasker streets; the former place
of voting being no longer available for thai
purpose.
| LOUIS WAGNER,
| President of Common Council.
| Attest
| ABRAHAM STEWART,
Assistant Clerk of Common Council
| SAMUEL w. CATTELL,
| President of Select Council.
| Approved this twelfth day of May, Ammo
Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy
CA. ID. 1870.
DANIEL NJ. FOX,
513 1t Mayor of Philadelphia.
d f S o l. u TION
IU To Change the Place of Voting in the
Fourth Division of the Fifteenth Ward.
Resolved, By the Select and Common Coun
ellis of the City of Philadelphia, That the place
of voting in the Fourth Division of the Fif
teenth ward, be and the same is hereby
changed from the corner of Fifteenth ant