Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-10-20
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1876.

TIE WARDS OF THE Crrr.-lt is sad that
,bare can he nohuman conception OF an object SO
small ss to be incapable Of DIVISION anu GER
taiuly it must be very small village maeea,
that has not localities which bear some SPECIAL
annellation. Alexandra had less than Two
hundred inhabitants when, in lI5l, IT was d'-
yided into two road districts, at h.og street,
and this line, moved to short distance south'
10 continued 20 this day IS the division between
the Northern and Southern Districts. WARDS
were laid off in 1916, and each ward occupied
ground from the western boundary 70 the fN'
az. north of Queen being the First Ward; north
of King to Queen the Second Ward; south OF
King to Duke the Third Ward; and south OF
Duke the Fourth Ward. Each Of these Wards
was under the charge OF Warden, Who' each
wear, made q census OF the Ward, saw that
each house was supplied with live buckets
looked after paupers, sent Migrants out OF to|n'
declared what were nuisances and was to their
removal. and saw to the enforcement OF the,
then, Sunday law. All persons with whom
strangers lodged were required to give no''ee
of that fact to the Warden, ana every person
moving into the Ward wGs obliged to give no.
tice to the Waraens, (under penalty1 OF the
PLACE chosen for residence. Whoever was ap'
pointed Warden was obliged to serve, or pay
fine of ten dollars, aud the Wardens were paid
y small salary. In 1904 Congress established
the present system Of wards and provided foE
the election Of four members oil tonncsl from
each separate ward, the Council before that
time having been elected Gu ! general ticket
The wards then established were made by tWc
lines one, running cast and west at IN euna
distance between King acd irlnte streets
from the river to the west boundary, and the
other. running through the middle OF llt'
street; the southeast division being the First
Ward: the northeast, the Second Ward; the
northwest, the Third Ward; and the southwest
The Fourth Ward. These divisions continued
unchanged for one-halt = century, and were
liked, also, by tic charter Of 1871. That CHAR
Ter provided that 'the City Council shall have
mower, from time to time, to alter the bounda
lies of tho Wards. and to Increase their mum
Der, designating the additional "arus ID n"
merical order" and l few years since the City
Council fixed the boundaries OF the Wards a:
they remain at present The First Ward
comprising all that part Of the city lying east
of the middle oil Pitt street aad south OF the
middle of Prince street; the Second Ward al
that part lying east Of the middle OF Fit street
and north of the middle OF Prince street; the
Third Ward, all that part iyias west oil the
middle Of Pitt street and north oil the middle
of Prince street; aad the Fourth Ward, al! that
part living west OF the middle Of Pitt street
and south Of the mid lie CT Prince street.
There ore now no officers whose power IS llnit
ed to single Ward, although Aldermen
Counclmen, magistrates, constaoles and scAoo
trustees are chosen from the Wards separately
and required to be residents OF the " ards iron
which they are chosen The following Is Tx
estimated populati1n ol each Ward: