The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-22
MAYOR APPROVES
MANY new LAWS
Money for School and Sewer
Work Now Available-List
Signed.

Mayor ID. C. Richardson yesterday
returned to City Clerk Ben 7. August
large batch OF ordinances with his
approval. great deal of street i'm
provement was authorized and .arsc
sums of money authorized for other
public improvements. Among the mos,
important of the ordinances signed arc
'hose appropriating money for addi-
uonai sewers in various parts of the
city and for public schools The Van
Lew estate becomes a school site. and
the $4,000 donated to the city by st.
Andrews Association will be devoted
to the equipment OF the new school
at Pine and China Streets. Three
new Fairgrounds also are authorized.
Following are the texts of the
measures approved:
Fixing salary Of the First Assistant
superintendent of the Water Works
at Sl.S0o, Second Assistant at $3.50
per annum.
Permitting the Richmond. Freder-
icksburB and Potomac Railroad to ex-
tend its tracks on West Leigh Street
TO regulate the employment of a
nursing force at the City Home. and
to provide for the compensation of the
force
Transferring TO the Association for
the Preservation of Virginia Antiqui-
ties the John Marshall house.
Granting leave of absence to Police
Justice CrutchAeld for thirty days.
Resolution to acquire land on Buch-
anan Street north of Cedar Street, for
public purposes.
Resolution to acquire the property
known as the Virginia Club formerly
owned by the Van Lew estate. for
public school purposes
Approving award OF contract to
ArmitnEe Manufacturing Company for
the purchase OF all the coal gas and
water gas tar from the gas plant for
two years.
Resolution authorizing a large num-
Der of street improvements. mostly
for paving sidewalks
Authorizing the expenditure of
Sl62,Sil.2e for the construction of a
large number of sewers throughout
the city. to be paid from the money
realized by the sale of bonds.
Authorizing the acquisition of land
to widen the Roseneath Road to u
uniform width of eighty feet from
Broad Street TO Grove Avenue.
Appropriating $1,000 on account of
expenses of the Building Inspector S
Office
Resolution authorizing $1,000, do
mated to the city by ST. Andrews AS
ISOLATION, to be used for furnishings.
equipment and other necessary expen-
ditures in connection with the scho d
building to be erected at the corner
of Pine and China Streets
Authorizing the acquisition of land
to open an alley between Beverly and
Jacquelin Streets and Randolph and
ho I'd.
Authorizingaa IAN additional appropri-
alton of $500 for Fairgrounds.
To establish three playGrounds-one
in Washington Ward, one in Madison
Ward and one on the Seabrook Ware
house property.
Authorizing tne acquisition of addi-
tional land to cost s3lo0 for the en-
largement of Riverside Park.
Approving award of contract to w.
P. Ve.tch for grading and crawling
Cary Street, between the Boulevard
and the new corporation line at an
approximate cost of $3.50.
Establishing the grade or o Street,
between Thirty-hfth and Thirty sixth
Streets. and Thirty sixth Street from,
O to 2.
Establishing the grade of the alley
from Twenty third to Twenty-fourth
Streets and between Main and Frank
lin.
Appropriating $4,000 for the pur-
chase Of gravel for streets.
Authorizing the construction of
cranolithic paving and curb and gut
tering on the east line of the Boule-
ward from Cary .->reet 70 Beverly
Street in consideration of the property
owners defeating certain space to
the city to widen the Boulevard.
Granting ffteen days leave of alb
sence 10 Justice H. a. Maurice. of
Police Court. Part 2.