Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-18

ways has, since the establishment of the
| city of Washington as the national capital
In fee to the United States, and its occu-
pahcy as site for the market was secured
| by the corporation of Washington in 1916
| by the consent of President Polk
| Resolution Adopted.
March IL of that year the board of alder
men and the board of common council of
| the city adopted the following resolution:
That the mayor be and he is hereby re-
| quested to wait upon the President of the
United States and respectfully to ask his
| consent (under the eighth section of the
charter of the city, to the occupation of so
huch or the open space formed by the
| junction of New York and Massachusetts
avenues with K street north as NAV be re-
| CURED for the erection thereon of a market
mouse and the establishment of a market
oectlon = And be it enacted, That imme-
| diately after the mayor shall have obtained
J the consent of the President of the United
states, as required by the first section of
thls act, the mayor be and he is here
| by authorized to appoint commissioners
TWO respectable citizens, freeholders who
| with the mayor, are hereby authorized to
select the most suitable and convenient site
on the said open space for the erection of
a market house and the establishment of a
market.
Section 3. And be it enacted That a
market house shall be erected on the site
so selected, under the direction of the
mayor and the said commissioners upon
such plan. to be by them approved of, as
Will admit of extension whenever the wants
OF that portion of the city shall require it;
the said market house to be built of the
best materials and in the most substantial
manner; the same to be done by contract
with the lowest competent bidder after
twenty days of public notice by advertise
ment inviting proposals; the contracto be-
ing required to enter into bond. with good
and sufficient security, for the execution of
the work to the entire satisfaction of the
mayor and the said commissioners, and for
the fulfillment of his contract in every par
ticular; provided that no contract shall be
made authorizing the expenditure of a
pria led by this act.'
Money Appropriated.
The sum of s., 800 was appropriated by the
corporation for carrying into effect the
| third section of the act, and it was also
provided that the. market should be held
Tuesdays, Thursdays and SATURDAYS. at
such hours as the mayor might designate.
The mayor of the city waited upon the
President of the United States. James X
FOLK, and secured his consent to the occu-
pation or the open space appears from
the following memorandum signed by the
President March 90 1916:
Il, James K. Polk, President of the United
States do hereby give my consent to the
occupation of so much of the open space
formed by the junction of New York and
Massachusetts avenues with X street north
as may be required for the erection there
on of market house and the establishment
Of market, provided for by the an
nexed ordinance of the board of aldermen
and board of common council of the city of
Washington passed March II, 1916; pro-
Vided, That the erection of the said market
house and the establishment of a market
shall not interfere with any private
rights "