The daily gazette., 1877-06-12
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR
N CLEANING THE STREETS BY

A CLEANING THE STREETS BY
Be it ordained by the City Council of
Wilmington:
- section 4. That for the purpose of clean
ing the streets, lanes and alleys of this
city, 1t shall be divided into four districts,
via: All south of the northerly side of
Sixth street, and east of the westerly side
Of Market street, 10 be called the. First Dis.
trict; all north of the northerly side of
Sixth street, and east of the westerly side
OF Market street. to be called the Second
District; all south of the northerly side of
Sixth street, and west OF the westerly side
of Market street, to be called the Third
District; and all north OF the northerly side
OF Sixth street and west of the westerly
side of Market street to be called the Fourth
District.
Section 2. The Street Commissioner of
the City shall annually, during the month
Of June advertise in two daily, newspapers
ing the streets of the city, keeping them in
a healthy condition, and removing there
from all dirt, garbage. offal, ashes, dead
animals and other refuse matter; provided
that the removal of garbage as aforesaid
shall not be included In any contract made
by virtue of this ordinance until the sec
ond day of August, A. D., 1873, or the ter
now in existence between James McIntire
and the Mayor and Council of Wilmington
for the removal of garbage from said city.
The proposals shall be opened In Council
and the contracts for cleaning the streets
of the several districts of the city, to COM
mence on the first day of j uly In each year,
shall be awarded to the lowest and best
bidder or bidders who shall have complied
nance entitled, can ordinance providing
for the furnishing of security BY contrac-
tors with the city," passed February 1st,
1877. Each of the said contracts shall be
entered into with two or more good and
sufficient sureties for its faithful fulfillment
TO be approved by Council in the sum of
Five Thousand Dollars.
Section 3. Market street and the portions
of streets used for market purposes shall
be cleaned on the afternoon of each We'd
nesday and Saturday, and all other streets,
lanes and alleys of the city shall be cleaned
at least once week, and as much oftener
as may be necessary. All dirt, garbage,
offal, ashes, dead animals and other refuse
matter shall be removed from the streets
and covered cutters of the city at least once
week, the ashes to be removed on certain
days and times and in the manner prescrib-
ed by existing ordinances and the rules and
regulations of the Board of Health there
for, to be specified in said contracts respec-
! lively.
The covered and other cutters of the sew
eral streets and the inlets to all public
sewers to be at all times kept clean and
clear of all distractions.
The dirt, ashes, Offal, garbage and other
refuse matter shall be removed to such
places, or otherwise disposed of, as the
Street Commissioner of said city NAV di-
rect. The execution of ali said work shall
be under the direction and supervision of
the Street Commissioner and of the Street
Committee of the City Council of said city,
and Jhall be performed in accordance with
existing laws and ordinances in relation
thereto.A AIn case of any neglect or default
on the part of any of SAID contractors to
faithfully perform any or all the require
ments of their said contracts, the street
Commissioner shall notify the contractor
or contractors of his or their neglect. If
after such notice the contractors. or any of
them. shall not Immediately remedy the
complaint the Street Committee may di
rect the Street Commissioner to perform
the work at the expense of the contractor
or contractors in default, the cost of per-
forming the same to be paid by said con-
tractor orr contractors out of the amount
herinafter authorized to be retained, and
the City Council may, by resolution, and
upon written notice to the said contractor
or contractors, forthwith and absolutely
annul the said contract or contracts.
Section a. All payments to be made un-
der the contracts entered into by virtue of
this ordinance shall be made In equal
monthly instalments, and one-tenth of the
amount of each of said monthly install
ments shall be retained by the city, to be
appropriated as in section of this ordi-
nance is provided.
Section 8. The contracts to be drawn by
virtue of this ordinance shall contain a
special provision and stipulation, that all
questions and matters in dispute, both of
law and fact, arising under said contracts
respectively, shall be determined by the
| Mayor, and that his decision upon any
| question whatever relating to the said con-
tracts, or either of them, or to the perform
ance of the same, shall be final and conclu-
sive upon the parties concerned.
Section 6. The advertisements by the
Street Com missioner for proposals shall
state IN general the amount and kind of
work to be done, the amount of security
required as guarantee for the good faith
of the bid, and the amount of security re-
quired for the faithful performance of the
contract.
Contracts may be made for cleaning the
streets of any one or more, or all of the
districts of the CITY, But the City Council
shall have the right upon opening the pro-
posals, as provided in section of this Or
dinauce to reject any or all bids.
Seetion7. That all ordinances and parts
of ordinances Inconsistent with this ordi-
nance be and the same are, after the thir-
teenth day of June, A. D., 1877, hereby re-
pealed.
Passed at the City Hall, June 7th, 1877.
M. L. LITCHTENSTEIN,
Attest: President City Council.
VIM. h. FOULK, Clerk Council. ju ll-2t.