Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-25
OFFICIAL.
ORDINANCES
OF THE-
Legislative Council.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
ENGINEER.

make out plans, specifications and ~ ~
iot AZ puphc work, when ordered bv tbe isss
lslatlye. council; He shall write ali cont.ns
pertaining 70 his department, uniaSsS nttaets
| wise 0rsered, upon all accepted bids o'noII
the contracts, when written ONT. sbouII ; anu
70, ana make part Of them, the plans on5
BSvrnI4siw2n relating thereto; and in said
contracts lne exact cost of the work shall he
designated, If practicable, and in 'evers DC
stance a clause shall be inserted 10 az ssEnnn
that the same is entered into, subiect ~ ~
Eignt OF me engineer and president Of the
board OF IRE Rhd police eomnissionar y the
legislative council, to suspend sucb wo UL t d
any failure on the part Of the contra tor III
that such suspension shall not affect M aIu
otthe Diatrlctt to damages or penalties incidsnt
20 sncn iailure. NO contract shall Be bindinS
iisbipr thi s1 nistr;o according to the act estab-
section 2TAu contracts to which tbe n;s
trlct snail De q party, and made in conforrit
with the powers delegated in the charteS shnXX
be signed as provided in the acts of ISSe. CHAR Iba,'
Section S-All contracts for grading q,
ing any street, avenue, sidewalk or ysbbsrf
shai contain a provision that If fhe con
tractoI, or any other person, shall briDS Or
cause % be brought on said street, avenue.
Sidewalk or wharf, any materials wbicb a.,
not strictly conform to the contract az nH 40
trlct ordinances, the engineer or other 1859
9ticer OF the District, shall, on behaIf ~ thSear
District have the right to order the same w
oLeMVlou toitnH1th from on such street.
avenue or wharf, and in case of neglect y,
refusal OF the contractor, or those emnin,oo
by MIN, 10 remove such material. then 20
cause the same to be removed at fhe avna
Of the contractor, and to deduct the expense
p such REMOVAL, and all other expenses
thereon, from the account Ofthe contraetor.
SECTION 4-Al contracts for any pnbl;c vnr,,
or Improvement shall contain q provision
that the penalty for each days neglect ~ S fn
isn Me woik according to contract, beyond
inc tune hxed therein, shall be ten doilSrs'
when the gross amount to be paid the con,
tractor shall be five thousand dollars az iess
and ten dollars per day additional for every
five thousand dollars beyond that sum ~
such penalty as may be prescribed nj the tjwWe
ny the LEGISLATIVE council, to be specified in
Section 5-The engineer shall pereorm all
the surveying and engineering that NAV be
ordered by the legislative council or nv tho
president Of the board of fire and nolice conS
missioners. He shall also furnish, wheneyer
called upon by any builder or real as1ato
owner, free Of charge, the corners Of streats
and alleys, and the true grade and line Of
said streets and alleys where grades and iines
have been fixed and established by the leeis'
latiye council.
Section 6m-The engineer shall superintend
allthe puDHc works requiring his attention
whether dene by contractors or by the Ms
trlet laborers or WOrk-hOuse oonvicts. and tbe
power is hereby vested in the engineer and
the president Of the board of fire and poIiee
commissioners, or either of them, to suspend
such work upon a failure of any contractor to
perform his contract, and in other eases
wherever the interest of the District plainly
requires 1t, which said suspension Of work
shall be communicated by the party making
II TO the legislative council, at their next
meeting thereafter, together with the roaaons
for such SUSPENSION, in writing.
Section 1.-The engineer shall be furnished
with q suitable Otice, in which he NAV he
found at regular and appointed hours daily.
In his said office he shall carefully keep ali
maps, plans, surveys, estimates, books. in
struments and other things pertaining te his
office; and shall keep in convenient form and
IN books, copies Of all contracts made by the
legislative council, as also copies of ali i'm
portant communications made to Or By him,
from or to other departments of tho District
with n systematic account fhis official trans.
actions.
Section S-The legislative council shall.
from time to time, purchase and deliver to
the engineer, to be by him held for the Dis
trict, such instruments, books, stationery and
material as the legislative council may deter
mine to be necessary to a proper discharge of
the duties of his Office. He shall make
monthly reports to the legislative council of
the work going on under his supervision and
control, and shall be present al the reguiar
meetings of the legislative council.
Section 9-He shall appoint, from time to
time, with the advice and consent Of the leg
islative council, such assistants and employees
as may be deemed necessary to the proper ex-
%ecution of the duties of his Office; and the
compensation Of said assistants, ETC., shall
be fixed by the legislative council, and he may
retain or discharge such assistants, etc., az
pleasure, unless otherwise ordered by the
legislative council.
Section 1O-When the grade of any street,
alley or avenue has been fixed by the legisla-
tive council Of the District, a profile of such
street, alley or avenue, showing the grade e-
| tablished, shall be deposited in the engineers
office, and he shall publish for thirty days, :,in
a daily newspaper, the fact that such grade of
such street, alley or avenue has been filed as
herein Iequired, and notify all parties inter
ested in property on such street, alley or ave
nue., to examine the profile, and to present
any objection they may have thereto, in
writing, within thirty days, to the legislative
council.
Section ll-When any work or repairs is
ordered OF required to be done by the engi-
ncer, on any bridge, street or sidewalk, or
upon any public property or buildings, the
engineer shall hire the required laborers or
mechanics at the lowest price for which he
amount paid shall be below the maximum
fixed by the legislative council; provided,
further, that whenever an emergency arises
in which the engineer is required, for the pro-
lection Of the public interest, to make imme-
date repairs where the outlay will not exceed
one hundred dollars, he shall submit to the
president of the board Of fire and police COM
m%issioners and chairman of the board of
public works, q statement of the required
work, and with their approval in writing he
may proceed to have il done. He shall have
general care and supervision of the streets,
alleys, lanes, bayOus, promenades and other
public grounds of the District, and of all
bridges and cutters in the District, to keep
the anne in good repair.
Section l2-The engineer shall control and
manage the work-house ~convicts and laboring
force Of the District, and, together with the
president Of the board Of fire and police COM
~missl0ners and chairman of the board Of
public works, may employ such q working
force as may be necessary to do tho work of
The District, and shall have the control and
management Of the District mules, carts,
tools, etc., except such mules, carts, tools,
etc.. as belong TO the sanitary department Of
the District. BE shall report TO the first meet
ing of the legislative council in each month
his Official transactions, work. done, work
needed, money expended in each ward OF the
District, and the general condition Of his
department.
BE il ordained by the Legislative council,
That occupants of any and all premises front
ing on any street or alley in the Taxing Dis
trict shall clean up the sidewalk, guttering
and also the street or alley to tho center OF
the same, the whole front Of said lot or prem
ises twice a week (the time in the. week to be
designated by the board Of HEALTHY, and pile
up the cleanings in the center of the street or
alley for the garbage carts; and II the street
or alley bound more than one side Of any lot
or premises the occupant of such lots or
premises shall clean both streets or alleys as
above provided. And If there benO occupant
Of such premises, the owner, or II he is n nom
resident, his agent, shall have the cleaning
done; and If such owner or his agent cannot
be found the engineer shall have the cleaning
4 done at the cost Of the owner. And this ord
iuanea shall annlv Ia the allave in the rpar MS
well as on tho side Of any lot or premises;
provided, that on all streets where street rail-
roads or other railroads run, the railroad
company shall clean UP between their tracks
and two feet on each side Of the same.
ANYONE convicted before the president of
the bOhrd Of fire and police commissioners
Of n violation Of this ordinance shall be fined
not loss than one nor more than fifty dollars,
Be it ordained BY the legislative council,