The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-27
Oily ORDINANCES.

A N o r ID n A N CE
"A To Change the Boundary Lines of the
First, Seventh, and Ninth divisions of the First
ward, and to create two additional divisions in
said ward, and to establish places of voting
therein.
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
of the City of Philadelphia do ordain, That the
First division of the First ward shall be bounded
as follows:-
Beginning at the river Delaware and Miflin
street, south side; thence along the river
Delaware (including the whole of League
Island) to Broad street; along Broad street. east
side, to Snyder avenue; along Snyder avenue,
south side to Fourth street; thence along Fourth
street, east side, to Mlfn street; along aMiflin
street, south side, to place of beginning, to vote
at the house of George Rivel Second street,
below Stone-house lane.
That the Seventh division shall be bounded
as follows:-
Beginning at the southwest corner of Eighth
and Dickerson streets; along Eighth street, west
| side, to Tasker street; along Tasker street,
north side, to Ninth street; along Ninth street.
| west side, to Watkins street, along Watkins
| street, north side, to Passyunk avenue; along
| east side of Passyunk avenue to Dickerson
street to the place of beginning, to vote at the
| house of James Green, northeast corner of
| Tenth and Tasker streets.
That new division shall be created to be
| called the Eleventh division, to be bounded as
| MISUNDERSTANDING at the southwest corner of
| Ninth and Watkins street; along Ninth street,
| west side, to Snyder avenue; along Snyder ave-
nue., north side, to Broad street; along Broad
street, east side, to Passyunk avenue; along
| Passyunk avenue, east side, to Watkins street,;
| along Watkins street, south side, to the place
| of beginning, to vote at the house of Michael
Farley, northeast corner of Passyunk avenue
ard Moore street.
| That the Ninth division of First ward shall be
bounded as MISUNDERSTANDING at the north
west corner of Fifth and Moore streets; along
| Moore street, north side to Sixth street; along
| Sixth street, west side to Snyder avenue; along
Snyder avenue, north side to Ninth street; along
| Ninth street. east side. TO Tasker street; along
south side of Tasker street to Sixth street; along
! west side of Sixth street to Sylvester street;
| along south side of Sylvester street to Fifth
| street, along west side of Fifth street to the
place of beginning, to vote at the house of
George Cressey, southwest corner of Sixth and
Tasker streets.
| That a new election division shall be created
| in the said ward, to be called the Twelfth di-
| vision and shall be bounded as follows:-Be-
| ginning at the southwest corner of Fourth and
| Morris streets; along Fourth street to Snyder
| avenue; along Snyder avenue, north side, to
| Sixth street; along Sixth street, east side, to
| Moore street; along Moore street, south sIde to
| Fifth street; along Fifth street, east side, to
| Morris street; along Morris street. south side,
| to place of beginning, to vote at the house of
| William Douglass, southeast corner of Fifth
| and Pierce streets.
That the Second, Third Fourth, Fifth,
| Sixth Eighth, and Tenth divisions of said
ward shall remain as heretofore established by
| law.
HENRY HUM,
President of Common Council.
JOHN ECKsTEIN,
| Clerk of Common Council.
SAMUEL w. CATTELL,
President of Select Council.
Approved this twenty-fourth day of March
Ammo Domini one thousand eight hundred
'''''' ~ ''''' Wv N DANIEL NJ. FOX,
3271t Mayor of Philadelphia.