Daily Republican., 1884-12-22
A COMPLETE CITY CODE
Codafyfng Sne CITY O, dinapces an d
! enc Htatntes relating to me city
Of Wafmssngton.

Codasyisg RE City @, dinsncss am.
tne otasuGes relating to ,he sit,
Of WffHsnBfon
The work of coditying the ordinance
of tn il city and the several statutes tha
relate 10 the city of Wilmington, is nov
rapidly approaching corH pletion. There
l h IA beep no cOdfication of the ordi
uances and laws Of the city since 1879
and the great number of ordinances
aimee PASSED, with hundreds of amend
| men "a 70 the old ordinances printed
| and those remaining imprinted, with
| numerous amendments to amendments
| land ~ the com pliers find amendments
| To obsolete or repeated ordinances) had
40 complicated and bungled up the
same, that no lawyer who valued his
| re puta ti0n, unless lie should be paid q
heavy fee, would attempt to wade
through this conglomerated mass, and
give his opinion thereon.
Heretofore. the ordinance books of
| the city have been printeG in the order
| in which the ordinances and the amend
ments thereto were passed, as to their
dates, without any regard of or at
| tenn pt TO consolidate the ordinances
bearing on any one subject conse-
| quentiy, TO find out what the printed
ordinances really were, you were COM
PEELED to- search through the entire
book, note the amendments and incon-
sistencies therein, and reconcile them, { If
| possible.) Council scme three or four
years ago, seeing the necessity Of hav.
| ing the ordinances properly arranged
and compiled for publication, requested
two gentlemen 10 proceed with the work,
but the task being such formidable
| one, those TO whom 1T was entrusted
abandoned it. All this while, Council
was passing new ordinances and amend
ing (supposed) } old ones, which was
still making matters more obtuse and
complicated. Council again In 1882
dered the ordinances to be codified,
but the matter dragged along again for
some eighteen months, and really moth
ing having been accomplished, John g.
Il Patterson, Esq, one OF the parties nam.
ed as compilers, being desirous of hav-
ing thu work completed at the earliest
possible date. and in a manner which
would be q credit TO the city, as we'll
as the compilers, and an accommoda-
ltion to the courts, the bar, the Council
and the citizens, solicited B. @.
Fraim, ESQ.,, to undertake the work OF
pre- eparing and arranging for publica.
ton o complete city code. Mr.. Fraim,
after consultation with Mr.. Patterson,
Iagreed to undertake this stupendous
work. About the first Of September
last, Mr.. Fraim commenced operations
lin that earnest and Jealous manner for
which he 10 noted in any of his under.
takings, and from that time up to the
present has devoted nearly fifteen
hours per day to the work placed in
his charge and under his control, and
he has completed the compilation ofthe
ordinances, and expects by January
LIST, 1885, to have finished the compila.
ticn of the acts Of General Assembly
concerning the government OF the city,
and have It ready for the printer as
soon thereafter az the same can be
compared-hy Mr Patterson aud him
self.
! The new City Code will be very diff
ferent from anything of the kind here
to.ore published in this city. The
!, ordinances are divided into twelve
separate chapters, and all ordinances
! touching ON any particular ar .iooi
, will all be found under the chapter
l
, contains streets and street grades.
! Under this heading the names OF all the
7 streets of the city appear alphabetically,
. their starting points and terminus, the
Icourses and directions which they ex'
> tend. The widths of all streets estab
lished by ordinances, and the grades In
= every square, in every street OF the CITY
/ where the same been established) }, the
t boundaries of the city, wards and 81. G.
ton districts, with map prepared oy
Mr.. Fraim, showing at a glance the
D division lines and boundaries OF tht
? several wards Of the city. Chapter =
8 under this heading, will be found al
g ordinances relating to sewers, drains
and runs. Chapter contains ordl
nances relating TO footways, sidewalks
public wharves, and the manner o
payment of city bills. Chapter 4 con
: tains the ordinances relating TO TN
= health Of the city, removal OF garbage
nuisances, offences against pnDh'
economy, gratuitous vaccination, an'
!, registrasiea-ef deaths and burlals
Chapter 8 contains regulations OF po
: lice department and fire department
Chapter 6 contains ordinances relatin
. to public markets, market houses, regu
lations of weights and measures, ant
e inspection of meats. Chapter contain
. ordinances concerning building reguls
9 tions, building inspector, erectlon 9
. frame buildings,to TO prevent accidents Il
: erection of brick buildings, lumbe
!. inspectors, coal oil inspectors, firing o
y cannons, guns, pistols, and fire work
y in the city, placing OF danger signals o.
streets, obstruction to channel OF Chris
4 tiana river, protection to public lamp'
- poles on streets, protection to shade an
. ornamental trees, and duty OF regulate
!. of city clock.
eI Chapter 8 contains all ordinances col
,r cerning railroads cars and Locomotive
crossing the sts of the city concernin
steamboats, and regulation ofspeed, an
the ordinances concerning boys and m
nors getting Oh and off of steam an
It city railway cars.
l. Chapter Q contains ordinances r
It gu latinR salaries Of city officers O.
70 partmeas of engineering and surve.
10 ing Requiring contractors to furnis
t. bond, prov iding for clerk to city aud
q! tor, payroll system of the various "a
ls partments, and duty OF Clerk OF Coul
., Gil relative thereto. Assessors an
VI Collectors, their duties and compens'
l. tion, protection 10 public drinklr
II fountains, duties of printing con
10 mtttee. Standing committees OF Coul
70 cil, and lease of sand hole lot
10 militia.
VI Chapter 10 contains all ordinanc
concerning the debt of the city bearir
interest. Taxes on horses, asses al
mules, tax on telegraph, telephone al
d electric light poles, money collect,
: for sidewalks, how applied, and u
II fiscal year appropriations from in
q 1st, 1884 to June 80, 1885.
81 Chapter II contains ordinances den
= Ing duties of the Clerk of Council. VI
u Auditor, City Treasurer, CLERK OF q
r Municipal Court, Bailif OF Couno
IS Coal Oil Inspector, Street Commisslo
10 or and Street Committee also, concerl