Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-30
OFFICIAL.

Tor the Improvement or the stroeets VI the CITY.
Section |. Be il enacted BY the City Council,
That the City Council shall annually elect four
practical ctiZ.ns, one from each ward, to be
known rs the BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE
CITY or ALEXANDRIA, who shall take the usual
o.tn Of o1h.e before the Mayor and whose duty
IL sn be to desi gnate the streets and other
public avenues to be improved and the kind of
improvements TO be made and let the same by
contract to the lowest responsible bidder and
shall have power to require the City Surveyor to
survey and mark the lines of tho streets by
stones set deep into the ground Ut the intersec-
ton of The centres thrrreof, and to furnish for
their inspection and use all necessary prohles
and diagrams of the streets to be inlpr ved,
with estimates Of the excavations and fills, and
to perform all other services requisite to assist
them in the discharge of their duties and for
the purpose Of carrying into effect this Intention,
the City Council shall, for the ensuing fiscal
year, and every ycar thereafter fix a special tax
Of Twelve cents on the hundred dollars worth OF
all taxable real estate property of tho city Of
Alexandria,, and the amount arising thcrctrom
shall be collected in separate tax bills
ana set apart from other taxes collect
cd by the tax collectors, and shall be known
rs tho IMPROVEMENT FUND, to be an
nua'!y expended in the improvement of the
streets and other public avenues and drainage Of
the laid city OF Alexandria; and such fund shall
b" used for no other purpose
Section z That the streets shall be graded
over their entire width, between the building
lines; and curb stones or other suitable materi al
instead of stones, shall bo set, and the cutters
paved; and when thus finished and improved
tbs property on either side Of said streets shall
BE- assessed with third part of the entire cost
Of said improvements, md bills to tho amount
of one sixth OF the entire cost OF said improve
l.lcrts shall DC made out against the property
holdners on each side of the streets, and shall be
collected rs other taxes arc collected, and costi-
tutc an addition to said Improvement Fund.
Section 8. One street shall be finished and i'm
pr wed ut q time; and the owners of property be
ut least four feet Of the sidewalks adjacent to tho
curb lines, or where there is h building
then tho entire With Of tho said sidewalk shah
be paved and if they fail to have the sidewalks
pax ed for tho period of thirty days the Board
OF Pubic Works shall contract with the lowest
bidder to do the paving, and the cost thereof
sh,... be assessed to the property before which
such paving has been done, and be collected RS
heretofore provided for; and when q sewer or
olhnr conduit, covered or uncovered, on any
street or avenue IS constructed for the purpose
OF drainage, one third cost thereof shall be as
sessed u the property fronting on said street or
avenue
Section d. Each street SO improved shall be
placed on its final grade, and made Us nearly as
possible, to carry off its own water by surface
drainage and tho grades of the streets to be i'm
proved running east and west shall be graded
east directly TO the river from the highest point
above tldewatnr mark ac,i tho west part Of such
streets shall DC e AIDED west to Hough's run
from said Highest point above tidewatcr mark,
and the line of declivty shall be as unbroken rs
practicable upon such streets.
Scc.on 5. That two thirds Of the entire costs
of tho improvements provided for by this act
>hall be paid out of tho Improvement Fund,
which entire fund, and no more, shall be an
nually expended; but when the said Board
deems it proper to improve the carriage way on
.t,n nut Il ind
material, then the entire cost thereof shall be
paid out of smid fund; provided that no part Of
sad fund be paid out Tor the purpose OF I'M
proving any street or other public avenue that
Shall nave been previously graded and paved
and the Board shall require the owners OF
property fronting on streets which have been
.rndcd to cause the sidewalks to be paved and
may construct sewers or OF er conduits upon
any street whero tho same be deemed necessary
by said Board as prescribed by this act
Section s. The members of said Board shall
rs soon Us practicable after their election and
qualification, convene and appoint ono OF their
Body to preside over their deliberations, and
the City Surveyor shaii attend the meetings of
said Board act rs Secretary, and keep an nccu-
rate and just record of its proceedings, notify
The mem oers Of the meetings of tho Board and
or such service shall receive the SUM OF twenty
five dollars per nanun The SAID Board shall
meet twice month at such time and place as it
may appoint
Section 7. That no net Of said Board shall be
!rrmed legal unless such act receive the sane
i IN Of three of its members; and no check,
:rsFt, order or other evidence Of debt, shall be
gwen or issued TO any person or persons except
ar work actually done or for materials or other
ncc,issury matter received or secured to be TO-
c,vcl; and all such checks, drafts, orders or
other evidence of debt shall be signed by the
President Of said Board and tina City Surveyor,
az. if such check, draft, ord + or other evidence
II debt exceed the of di1y dollars, the same
s:l4ll be acted upon by the City Council and al
we'd or rejected in the same manner Us other
ans
Scrtlon s. Each memDnr of said Board of
rasic Works shall be allowed fifty dollars per
n.auIn for his services, ard tho City Surveyor
- &c d liars pnr dny for every day ne Is en-
pioycd by said Board, except for services md,
s:ed in section d OF tins act and SAID Board
may authorize tho Surveyor to employ assistants
at y cost not exceeding two dollars per d j., TO
e paid, us also the salary of the members OF tho
Board out OF tho Improvement Fund.
Section g. This bill shall BIO so amended as 20
max it incum bent upon the said BOARD TO spend
The amount collected fro n each ward, within the
ward from which such collection has been maze;
Section TO- Be it enacted that after this Dill
snail have been in practical operation loI ahu
..ring period OF not less than SIX months, il
int it's provisions are inadeqlte or that they are
.,;,.ctivo and do not properly suts2Fve the plir-
POSES for which they were originated ana de-
signed, the said Board may propose to the City
I6Sunc i in writing with their reasons therefor
snch additions or amendments IS 10 them shall
nrpuar most likely to remove such defects
nni if the City Council after due consideration
thereof shall spprove the same, Inc sa,u t an auG
p< Section II. This act shall be in force from its
passage, and ali acts in conflict are hereby
repealed o.h 1910
Passed Board of Aldermen June Zith, 1870
HENRY L. SIMPSON, President
Passed. Common Council June 9th, 1873
GEORGE 4. SHINN, President
Approved June 70, 1879:
WM. N. BEKKLEY Mayor.
Tcs.c: HAROLD SSowDEN, .CScrk Com. Cou7,.