Evening star., 1899-04-14

THIS Is TO CERTIFY THAT HAVE NO CON
nection whatever with any other undertaking es-
tablishment in this city other than that original
ly established by me at No; 1887 10th st NV
Telephone I09. JOHN II. WRIGHT.
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OFFICE OF TIE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
District OF Columbia. Washington, April 10: ls99--
Of Congress, entitled AN act to regulate the sub,
division Of land within the District of Columbia,
approved Aus:ist "a lSSS the Commissioners '1 1i
the District OF Columbia hereby make and promul-
gate ihe following general orders 10 regulate the
platti.g Hh. subdividing "t lands and grounds In
the Disrnct Of COLUMBIA. said orders TO be IN
effect and after May IS 1899, repeating all
other orders regulations contrary thereto pre-
vin5sly made under authority Of said act Sec. l.
Plats Of subdivisions will he drawn in the office
of the surveyor of the District Of Columbia ana
certified to hy him. unless otherwise directed by
Tho Com,nissi,pars Soc . Annli,atious for the
approval of subdivisions must be made TO the
Commissioners Of the District of Columbia and
must he mpaEed by-(al Plats, in duplicate
showing the proposed subdivision, which plats
must he signed by the owners OF the lana SUD
Witnesses; tbl affidavit by persons executing SUD
divisions that they tie owners in fee simple
Of tie property subdivded that no other person
has any interest or claim therein that they are IN
peaceful occupation thereof and that there are no
suits or actions pending Affecting 'he tue ofs r.
cials that all taxes. special assessments ana otner
public charges upon the property have been paiu;
Sec J. Subdivisions must receive the hppro,ai Vi
the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. or
a majority of them, before being admitted to rec
ord. When subdivision plats are 50 approVed tne!
shall become the property Of the District of Co
lumbia. and copy shall be filed and recorded
in the office Of the surveyor and one copy IN the
office of the of the District of Column
bia. Sec. 4. When a tract of land Is laid out
into n block or blocks streets avenues and other
public spaces must be provided in conformity with
the general plan of the city of Washington as de-
tcrmned by the plans prepared and adopted under
the provisions Of the act of Congress entitled
IAN act to provide permanent system OF hlgn-
ways in that part of the District of Columbia
and subsequent amendments thereto. Sec D. In
laying out block or any portion thereof into
wide and 80 feet deep. and shall abut upon an
alley: Provided, That if after laying off a tract
into 16-fOOt lots a surplus Is left not less than
IL feet wide such surplus may be numbered as
lot the tract may be divided into parcels of
equal width equal in number to the number M OF
16-fo"t lots plus one, but triangular lots shall
have of It least 40 So. ft., and alleys
must be provided as prescribed in section s of
these regulations Sec. 6. Lots may be resubdi-
vided follows: taJ Into lots not less than 16
feet wide and 50 feet deep: Provided. however,
that the following exceptions 10 this rule Will be
permitted triangular lots subdivided under para
graphs tal. bI ard tel of this section to have an
area of at least 500 square feet: tbl Within the
fire limits where the assessed value of the land
is % cents or less per square foot, a minimum
width of 12 feet will be approved; &c, where two
more substantial houses are on the same lot
the lot may be divided to give each house
a separate lot; Id where the owner of portion
of u lot does not any contiguous ground avail
able for subdivision, the portion SO held may be
given "A lot number; te) where the owner of a
parcel of ground does not any contiguous
land available for subdivision and the said parcel
is of such width that there shall be left
plus OF not less than feet after laying on IT.
foot lots, the whole Of such parcel may be d.
vided into lots Of equal width equal in number
TO TIE number of 16-toot lots plus ~ in the
resutdivision of lots Alleys must be provided rs
prescribed in section Of these regula tions. Sec
.. minor street not less than 80 feet wide may
be opened in any block. provided that the dis
tance between streets is sufficient allow for
two tiers of lots at least co feet deep and alley
facilities as required by these regulations Sec s.
Alleys must he provided as follows. 80 that as far
possible each lot shall abut thereon: taD Within
the city limits alleys of a minimum width of
fppT nf no Il
minimum width of 10 feet: tcl when block is
divided into original lots alleys must be provided
that each lot will abut thereon. said alleys to
be continuous throughout the square: tdl when
lets resuhdivided alleys or rear outlets must
with plan approved by the Commissioners; te)
alleys may be accepted Of onc-half the width
where it appears equitable to the Commissioners
that the other half should be acquired from con-
tiguous lots. Sec. 8. No subdivision of land will
be received for record unless the plat conforms
To the following requirements and the subdivision
is marked the ground hereinafter described:
(dl The original tract to be subdivided shall be
plainly indicated to location and boundaries
and its total acreage given; b) the true bearings
of the boundary lines shall be given in degrees
and minutes. and their lengths in feet and deci-
NAL parts of a foot: tcl the true bearings Of
streets and alleys shall be given in degrees and
minutes, and the width of every street and alley
in feet and decimal parts of foot Wherever
street line intersects boundary line the distance
shall be given to one OF the boundary corners;
Id the dimensions Of every block shall be given;
te the subdivision. before it is allowed on record,
placed at every boundary angle and every street
corner These monuments shall have square tops
inches to inches, be sunk in the ground not
less than feet and project above the surface not
less than 3 inches Sec. 10. The of avenues,
streets. circles and public spaces. and the
herring of lots shall be subject the approval of
the Commissioners Of the District Of Columbia
The following plan of naming will be followed
tal The broad diagonal highways will be desig-
mated avenues. and will be named after the
states and territories Of the Union; tb
ming north and south will be numbered consccu-
lively each way from the meridian Of the Capitol
if the streets not direct combinations of city
streets their names Will correspond with the names
of city streets most nearly due north and south in
the line Of their continuation; streets running
east and west will be named from the letters OF
the alphabet until these letters exhausted; he
yond this they will be named in accordance with
plan approved by the Commissioners; streets not
Of them will take the names of streets nearly
in the line Of their direct continuation; Id small
streets which do not form essential part Of the
rectangular system of streets will be designated
as places, and will receive such names as may
be approved by the Commissioners; teI circles and
public squares will be named after distinguished
Americans who have been prominent in the service
OF their country: % no two streets, avenues
places or reservations shall bear the same name;
tgl no two lots III any square Of ground shall be
designated by the same number or by the same
letter Of the alphabet. JOHN Il. WIGHT JOHN
W ROSS. LANSING H. REACH, Commissioners of
the District OF Columbia 1t
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