Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-06-16
OFFICIAL.
Laws Passed by the SiSty-Seventh
Council of Washington City, ID. &.

leave represent that the city desires To bald aud
| such expense and according 10 such plans Con
gress may direct as soon as proper au hority shall
| purpose. This the Corporation has heretofore at
tempted to do, but have been prevented by persons
presumed 10 he interested in this speculation. The
Tesery alton is believed to De worth nearly million
.egps aS6 aefs T " has been he
the valoe 81 the land and mi.rep esentng the wishes
fourhs Of the citizens Of washington are s Opposed 70
the passage Of said market house BILL believing that
1t is pressed for the object of large profit Ia the said
company, and will result in imposing great hardship
and injustice to the citizens genel ally; AMI we
to allow the decision Of the house question 10
be made 10y the voters OF this city at the annual cleo
| tion 60 he held in Jon. next.
Approved May ), $50.
AN ACT reconstruct sewer in seventh street west
from the er to the south side Of irginia avenue .
IS il eSae:Sd By tas B6arG Of IHi,sn raj Bs,,t
Of Common CJnHot OF tas Cry ~ WdsaHgfOa That
requested TO cause to be constructed in seventh
street west barrel sewer, three feet inside diane
ter, commencing AT the river and running north 70
south street, aud continuing the same to he sntS
side OF Nirsln avenue, two feet inside damet r.
street running east to within seventy feet II sixth
street Also, IN h street. running east 20 within
n,ng east TO within seventy feet Of Sixth street
Also in III street, running east and west, 20 within
seventy feet of sixth aud Eighth streets Also, in G
street running east and west 20 within SEVENTY feat
OF SIKH and Eighth streets. Also in street run
hlng east ana west to within evenly feet Of Sixth
and Eighth streets Also, in street, running east
ana west to within sew enty feet # sixth aS sigbh
seventy feet Of Eighth Street. "''' ~ ''''i1
SIC. 2 And be A. further enacted. That in order e.
atay the expense incurred under this act, special
tax equal 10 the cost thereof, bs, and the same
hereby; laid upon all the lots subdiyisonaI parts
said tax TO be assessed and collected according TO
law: PLorided, That the expense Of constructing
OF avenues streets, and alleys be betrayed
our out OF the funds OF he Seventh Ward; of which
sald sewers to be built under the direction of the
p.srintend.nce of the Commissioner of the Seventh
ward, and two assistant commissioners, to be APP
pointed by the Mayor Improved May 9, ls7o.
An ACT providing for the erection and lighting Of
additional street lamps.
~ common C-UHcii 0fhie Cry or Washington, That
relating Il. street lamps, approved November 81
ie6s, that the Mayor be, and he is hereby, author
gas in the several streets and within the boundaries
hereinafter mentioned:
streets west; street norh from Eleventh 70 Fiji
teenfh street west street north, between Fourth
weep T1a pennsylvania avenue and n street north;
isse,h street west from to street north Fiji
Sapltol street from Sixth street east to Lincoln
synare; Eleventh street east, from Pennsylvania
fourth and Sixth streets east; street south. from
street west from New York aVenna to sas SIRE aenfh
street north; between Ninth and Eleventh streets
TO East Capitol street: New Jersey avenue. franz
Indiana avenue TO street north First street westi
Seventeenth street west, between and X streets
ncrth street north, at the southwest corner of
north and Twenty fourth street west: northwest
ana outheast corners Of and Twenty third streets
hoithwest. east side of Twenty third street west
between and Nj streets. S''
Approved May 9, $50.
AN Act to set the curbsones and pave the footwavs
and cutters on the east side Of Tenth street be
Bs a enacted BY tte Board Of 4lderslsa aai B5Ira
q tSnnlcn Copne,L of tie Cay a WasARgtoH, That
quested to cause the curbstones 10 be SIT AMI the
l9otways and cutters paved the side of Tenth
southwest. The work TO Be Contracted for AMI va
cute IN the manner and under the superntendsnce
provided by law; and to defray the expense OF the
sSld Improvement special tax equal 10 the cost
thereof Is hereby imposed aud levied on all lots or
ment; the said tax to be assessed and collected in
eSni9imlty with the provisions Of the act approved
October L. i'G5 Approved, May J., $50.
AN AcT authorizing Francis b Mohun AMI NJ ;chsel
Is, At o5Gofsd ~ tht Board Of IiierBiep aHd Board
81 Common Comet Of the Guy a. WasHtHg,on, That
Mohun and Michael Green TO erect bay windows ON
,aeIf three houses now under construction Thir-
tetrth street west, between and l. streets north:
the SAID bay windows to extend four feet outside of
Inc p"lIoIns Alhe' Improved May 3, lai0.
AK ACT TO grade and gravel o street north. from
MT eSih to Seventeenth streets west, in squares
BE uenGeted 5y The Board Of ALfsy,aaa md Bnayf
II Common Council 81 the CRY OF Wshiagfog That
me mayor be, and lee Is hereby, requested and au
thorIzed to carse street north from Fifteenth and
seventeenth streets west, in squares Nos. Isl and
SAID street 10 be thirty eight feet width; the side
footway to be eight feet in width and the gutter 10
be three feet in v idth.
Sec. 2. And De a. further enacted, That TO dafray
the expenses Of said improvement the sum of one
Thousand dollars be- and the same is hereby, sppro-
priated ont Of the funds Of the First Ward,
Approved, May 3, lS1e.
JOINT RESOLUTION granting permission Ia James ii.
Collins and Samuel V. Niles to plant shade trees
outside the curb and gutter line the north side
Of street north. between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets west.
BE az rsSoirsd By the Board Of Aldermen and Board
~ Common Council of the Guy u WdShtsgtOa, That
permission be, aud is hereby, granted To James ii.
Collins and Samuel V. Niles to plant such number
and gutter line in front of their respective premises
on the north side OF street north, between Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets west square l6SD and
in line with other trees standing in said
Approved May 9, $50.
AN AcT to the curbstones aud pave the footways
and cutters on both sides of Turner street north
west.
BE al enacted By the Board Of Aldermen and Board
o. Common C0pdetL Of the City Of WASHINGTON, That
quested to cause the curbstones to be set and the
footways and cutters paved both sides of Turner
street northwest, between and q streets mort H.
The work to be contracted for and executed in the
manner and under the superintendent provided by
law and TO defray the pense of said improy eents
special tax equal to the thereof il hereby i'm
posed and levied all lots parts of lots bordering
on the line vi the Improvement the said tax to be
assessed and collected in conformity with the pro-
visions OF the act approved October II. 1870
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