The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-08
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ORDINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT
The ordinance committee submitted the
following ordinances, which were read by
the clerk and laid over for q second read.
ing, viz:
An ordinance TO repeal section 20 OF ordi-
nance No. II.
BE it ordained by the City Council Of the
SECTION ]. That section 90 of ordinance
No. IA be, and the same is hereby repealed.
An ordinance providing for the reconstruc-
ton OF sidewalks ON Levee street
Be II ordained by the City Council OF the
city CT Cairo:
SECTION /. That the sidewalks on west
eide OF Levee street, In front of the follow.
ing named lots be reconstructed, Viz: Lots
0, II, 10, IA, 10 and IL, In block 9 lots 10
and II. in block lots |, 2,3,4,G. 7,S,g. 10.
II, -, II, 10, ~, II and Is, In block lots !
., 4, 8, q, 10, II, II, 49, Il, 10, IL, IL and Is,
in block 3; and lots 0, 10, II, II, 10, IA anu
Is, in block =, all in the city OF CAIRO.
sECTIoN2 Said sidewalk shall be recon-
structed as follows: The sidewalk shall be
SO placed that tho outer edge of same shall
be 20 feet from the front line of the lots
abutting on that side of said street; that q
feet in front OF the line OF each lot may be
used for areas and entrances 10 Easements,
WHICH tilliuil'tH Nlhl NC pros
teCted by substantial grating or railing and
there shall be fall of inches from the
front line Of the lots TO the outer edge of the
walk.
SEC. 3. The SAID sidewalks shall be re-
constructed in the following manner, to-wit;
The tread OF top covering shall be of sound
white oak plank, u inches thick, and not
exceeding 3 inches in width, to be laid
crosswise with said Leyee street, and firmly
set and well spiked on with a. least % for Y
penny nails in each plank, to eleven white
OAK joist', not less than . inches thick by -
inches wide, iald edgewaysj which joists
shall be placed ] foot and III inches apart
from centre 10 centre, and firmly set and
well spiked with forty penny spikes onto
stringers OF white oak, running crossWise
with said jolsts; said strlngers TO be not less
than inches square, placed feet and AZ
inches apart from centre to centre; each
stringer TO rest upon three uprights of oak,
: inches square, placed 10 feet apart; said
uprights to no mortised and tenoned into
each strlnger, and into mud stills not less
than inches thick by II inches wide, hrmly
bedded into the ground; the middle or cen
tire uprignt shall batter or s'ope foot hor-
izontal to "a feet perpendicular toward the
slope of the ieyee; said sidewalks at street
crossings 10 he extended 10 feet into the
street ON each side OF said street. The
street crossings shall be q feet wide and con
,tructed of white oak plank, 10 inches wide
and o inches thick, TO be laid 10 toe level Of
the outer edge OF the sidewalk; the outer
edge of said sidewalk frame 10 BIO boarded
nm with inch white oak plank from the
mud stills to the lower edge Of the tread or
top covering; said planks 10 he wen spiked
onto the frame.
SEC, 4. The local improvements herein
provided for, shall DO made by special as
~ ssments and in accordance with the pro-
yislons of sections lS 10 81 inclusive, OF az
ticie q of the act ofthe general assembly of
The state OF Illinois, Approved April 10th,
1870 and entitled: can act TO provide for
The incorporation OF cities and villages; !"
and The cost and expenses OF the reconstruc-