Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-26
IMPORTANT ORDINANCES.

Select Council Receives Several Bills In
volying Large Interests-The First Effort
Under the New Street Laws-Money for
Disabled Policemen.
Select Council had considerable business to
attend to yesterday besides the letters from
Chief Brown and c. L. Magee. Mr.. Warm
castle presented the first ordinances that
have been drawn under the new street laws
They provide for vacating portions Of Ulster
and Azimuth alleys and relocating the va
Gated portions. They were referred to the
Survey Committee.
An ordinance was. presented authorizing
the Mayor to execute such bonds as shall be
required by order of any Court of Common
Pleas Of Allegheny county, in proceedings
for the appropriation and condemnation of
private property for public use, as author
lied under an act of Assembly, approved
Nay l6,.ls9l, entitled, "An act in relation to
the laying out, opening, widening, straight
ening, extending or vacating streets OF
alleys, and the construction of bridges in
the several municipalities of this Common
wealth; the grading, paving, macadamizing
or otherwise improving streets or alleys;
providing for ascertaining the damages to
private property resulting therefrom; the
assessment of the damages, costs and ex-
penses thereof upon the property benefited
and the construction of sewers and pay
ment of the damages costs and expenses
thereof, including damages to private prop
erty resulting therefrom;n il is provided
''that all municipal corporations of this
Commonwealth shall have the power,
when ever it shall be deemed neces-
saTy in the laying out, opening, widen
ing, extending or grading of streets,
lanes and alleys, the construction of bridges
and the piers and abutments therefor, the
construction of slopes, embankments and
sewers, the changing of water courses or
vacation of streets or alleys to take, use, oc-
cupy or injure private lands, property or
material; and in all cases where the parties
have not agreed upon the amount of DAM
ages claimed, or where, by reason of the ab-
sence or legal incapacity of the owner or
owners, no such agreement can be made for
the lands property or materials to be taken,
occupied or injured, the municipal corpora
tion may tender sufficient security to the
party claiming or entitled to any damages,
or to the attorney or agent of any person alb
sent: the condition of which shall be that
the said municipal corporation shall pay
or cause Ito be paid such amount
OF damages as the party shall be entitled to
receive after the same shall have been agreed
upon by the parties or assessed in the man.
ner provided for by this act"
Bonds TO Be Issued by the Mayor.
The ordinance then recites that in exer-
Cising the powers thus conferred it will be
necessary for the city, from time to time, to
give bonds TO owners of property to secuge
them against loss, therefore it is, provided,
in section l. that the Mayor be authorized
and directed to execute bonds in the name
OF the city in such amounts and for the per-
sons as shall be fixed and named by any
Common Pleas Court of the county, con-
ditioned that the city should paw such
amounts of damages as the party shall be en-
titled to receive after the same shall been
agreed upon by the parties, or assessed as
provided by the act, and said bonds to be
signed By the Mayor in behalf of the city.
The ordinance for a bridge in the Four
teenth ward IS a case in which the provisions
of the preceding ordinance will apply. The
bridge TO connect Forbes street with Schen-
ley Park crosses property owned by William
u. Graham, George W. Long, Albert H
Eames and Lena Eisenbach, with whom
Chief Bigelow has been unable, according TO
the preamble of the ordinance, to come to
an agreement as regards to compensation
therefor Section ] aasnorizes Mr.. Bigelow
TO proceed with the condemnation of the
property, according to the new act and de-
Scrlbes the property. The second section
authorizes him TO pettsiSH for the appoint
ment of viewers to apprai 80 tho value of the
property affected, and the third section di-
rects the Mayor to give bonds for the city in
Identifying the property holders whose
property is concerned.
Another important ordinance was one pro-
viding for the creation and distribution of a
1und for the care, maintenance and relief of
aged or disabled policemen. The following
money is to be used for this purpose.
Three-fourths Of all moneys received for
dog taxes; the proceeds of sales by the CITY
OF all unclaimed, stolen, mislaid or found
property within the city; one-half of All
money received from licences granted to
pa|nbrOkcrs, secondhand dealers, Junk
stores, amusements and balls; all costs, in
cluding witness fees, in Police and Criminal
Court cases, collectible by persons con-
nected with the Police Department and
legally payable to the city;one-ifth of all fines
costs and penalties imposed in and by the
various police courts Of the city; the pro-
cceds Of the sales of all wornout, abandoned
or Gisused property and horses connected
with the Bureau of Police.
The second section provides that the CITY
Treasurer shall deposit this money to the
credit OF THE Police Pension Fund" and
none Oft shal pc paid or drawn out except