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THE CORPORATION
THE CITY OF WASHINGTow;
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CHAP. A
AN ACT authorizing the payment of a balance due
for repairing the tobacco warehouse.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
sum of thirty-eight dollars and sixty-eight and a
half cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated,
to be paid out of the general fund, to Henry Ingle,
commissioner of the third ward, to discharge the debt
due for repairing the tobacco warehouse, which has ex-
ceeded the amount heretofore appropriated for that
purpose. +
JApproved, 25th June, 1818.
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CHAP. 2.
AN ACT placing the superintendance of certain ex-
penditures of the temporary work house in the
trustees of the poor, and making an appropriation
for the support thereof.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That
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from and after the passage of this act, the temporary
penitentiary, or work house, shall, so far as relates to
provisions and fuel, for the persons confined to labor
therein, be merged in, and considered as part of the
poor house establishment; and all acts, or parts of
acts, which require a separate account to be rendered
of such provisions and fuel, shall be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That for the support of
the poor, infirm and diseased of the city of Washing-
ton, and for the purchase of raw materials and imple-
ments for the work house and infirmary, for the year
ending on the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen, the sum of two thousand dol-
lars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be
paid to the order of the trustees of the poor in such
sums, and at such times, as they may deem most con-
ducive to the interest of the respective institutions under
their superintendance, out of any monies to the credit
of the general fund, not otherwise appropriated, to be
charged to the respective wards in proportion to their
taxation. -
.ſlpproved, 25th June, 1818.
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CHAP. 3.
AN ACT making an appropriation for the temporary
relief of such poor persons as may be afflicted with
any infectious disease.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That a
sum not exceeding one hundred dollars be, and the
same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the
general fund, and expended under the direction of the
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trustees of the poor, for the purpose of affording
relief to such poor persons as may be afflicted, in the
city of Washington, with any contagious disease, and
during the continuance of such disease.
...Approved, 25th June, 1818.
CHAP. 4.
AN ACT to authorize the purchase of a Bull for the
Fourth ward
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
commissioner of the Fourth ward be, and he is hereby
directed to purchase a Bull for the use of the said ward,
and that the sum of forty dollars, out of the funds
thereof, be, and the same is hereby appropriated for
that purpose.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Bull, when
purchased, shall be provided for, and taken care of, in
the manner heretofore provided for by law.
• Approved, 25th June, 1818.
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CHAP. 5.
AN ACT making an appropriation for the purchase of
a Bull for the First ward.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That a
sum not exceeding fifty dollars be, and hereby is
appropriated for the purchase of a Bull for the First
ward, to be paid out of the funds of the said ward.
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Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said appropria.
tion shall be expended by the commissioner of the
Tirst ward, whose duty it shall be to procure the Bull,
and a collar with the name of the ward and city thereon,
and take the same into his charge; and that all neces-
sary expenses attending the keeping of the same shall
be defrayed as provided for in the act, entitled “An act
making an appropriation for the purchase of Bulls,”
passed on the twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and sixteen.
JApproved, 11th July, 1818.
CHAP. 6.
AN ACT to authorize a loan for the use of the city
of Washington, and for funding the debt due by the
corporation. • ,
Be it enacted by the board of aldermon and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That a
loan to an amount not exceeding sixty thousand dollars
be. and the same is hereby authorized, and that books
for receiving subscriptions to the same, be opened under
the direction of the mayor, at such bank as he may
deem proper, on the 27th day of July instant, to con-
tinue open for ten days, and that the sums which shall
be subscribed be payable at the time of subscribing in
the current coin of the United States, the notes of the
bank of the United States, the notes of the banks of
the district of Columbia, the due bills of one dollar
issued in pursuance of acts of this corporation, and in
any negotiable notes, bonds, or other properly liquidat-
ed evidences of debt due by the corporation to any
banks or individuals: Provided, that nothing herein
contained shall be so construed as to prevent the mayor
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from disposing of the said loan at private sale, to any
individual or individuals, bank or banks, or bodies
politic or corporate, on advantageous terms (not selling
for less than par) before the said twenty-seventh day of
July.
§º. 2. And be it enacted, That for any sum sub-
scribed to the said loan, by any person or persons, body
politic or corporate, the subscriber or subscribers, shall
be entitled to a certificate stating that the corporation of
the city of Washington, owe to the said person or per-
sons, body politic or corporate, the sum to be therein
expressed, bearing an interest of six per centum per
annum, payable quarter yearly : Provided, a certificate
shall not be granted, nor subscription received for a sum
under fifty dollars.
Sec. 3. ...And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the mayor to appoint an officer of one of the
banks of this city as agent for receiving subscriptions
to said loan, and the said agent shall deliver to the
person or persons subscribing, a receipt for the amount
paid by him, her or them, and make out two certified
lists of the subscribers to the loan, specifying the
amount subscribed by each, one of which lists to be
returned to the mayor, and the other to the register,
within ten days after the time prescribed by this act for
closing the subscription books; and it shall thereupon,
be the duty of the register to issue certificates, in con-
formity with the second section of this act, which shall
be signed by the mayor, and countersigned by the
register.
Sec. 4. .ſhed be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the register to enter in books to be kept by
him for that purpose, to the credit of the respective
subscribers to said loan, the sum or sums, to which
they shall respectively be entitled, to transfer the said
stock upon the said books, from time to time as shall
be requisite; to furnish the agent who shall, from time
to time, be appointed by the mayor, with a list of the
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stockholders, at least ten days before the expiration of
each quarter year, and generally to do and perform such
acts as may be requisite and proper to carry this act
into effect, according to the spirit and meaning thereof.
Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the interest upon
the said stock, as the same shall become due, shall be
payable quarter yearly ; that is to say, on the first day
of April, July, October and January in each year,
beginning on the first day of October next. And it
shall be the duty of the mayor, ten days before the
expiration of each quarter year, to issue his warrant on
the treasurer in favor of the agent, or such other person
or persons, as he may, from time to time appoint for
that purpose, for the amount of interest which may be
due on the stock; and the said agent shall, as he may
pay the said interest, require and take from each stock-
holder, or his, her or their attorney, a receipt therefor,
to be written in a book to be provided for that purpose;
and shali return said receipt book to the register, within
thirty days after each quarter year, and that fifteen days
before the commencement of each quarter after the first,
the agent shall furnish the register with a list, stating
the amount of unclaimed interest in his hands.
Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the stock which
shall be created by this act, shall be transferrable only
on the books of the register by the owner or owners of
such stock, his, her or their attorney, properly constituted
and appointed. And it shall be the duty of the register,
when any transfer shall be so made, to give to the person
having a right thereto, a certificate thereof; but no
transfer shall be made of any such stock, on the books
of the register, within ten days prior to the expiration
of each quarter year.
Sec. 7...ſlnd be it enacted, That iſ the whole amount
of the loan authorized by this act shall have been
subscribed within the time limited. it shall be the duty
of the mayor to set apart so much thereof as may be
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necessary, and apply the same to the redemntion of
so much of the existing debt ºf the cº, º is, as a tall
not have been received in payment of the subscriptions
to the loan aforesaid,
Sec. 8. Jind be it enacted, That the monies arising
from taxes on real and personal property, or so much
thereof as shall be necessary, be, and the same are
hereby pledged and appropriated for the payme. of
the interest on the stock which shall be created by the
aforesaid loan; and the faith of the corporation is
hereby pledged, to provide and appropriate hereafter
permanent and sufficient funds for the redemption of
the principal of the stock to be created in pursuance of
this āct, and shall be at liberty to apply the same frºm
and after the first day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty, but not before, And it shałł be
the duty of the mayor to lay before the two boards at
their meeting in the month of May annually, a full state-
ment of his proceedings and of the agents appºinted
under this act; and shail make a special report to the
two boards, at their meeting in the mouth of Qctober
next. , - . . . . - --
Sec. 9...flnd be it enacted, ‘I’hat there be allowed to
the agent to be appointed in pursuance of this act, as
a compensation for his services in superintending the
subscriptions, a commission of one-fourth of one per
centum on the amount subscribed, and that he be also
allowed as a compensation for his services end risk
in the payment of interest, a commission of two per
cent, on the interest paid; and there shall be allowed
and paid to the register, in consideration of the duties
imposed upon him by this act, in addition to the salary
already allowed him by law, the sum of two hundred
dollars per annum, payable half yearly, and out of the
galary. •. • -
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Sec. 40. dnd be it enacted, That for deſraying the
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expense of procuring books, printing certificates, paying
the commission of one-fourth of one per cent. allowed
to the agent on the amount subscribed, and for defraying
any other incidental and necessary expenses incurred
in carrying into effect the provisions of this act, the
sum of three hundred and fifty dollars be, and the same
is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any monies to
the credit of the general fund, not otherwise appro-
priated. --
Sec. 41. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts
of acts passed by this corporation authorizing tie
borrowing of money, so far as the same have not been
carried into effect, be, and they are hereby repeal-
ed. *
•Approved, 11th July, 1818.
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CHAP. 7.
AN ACT making provision for the redemption of the
debt due by the corporation of the city of Wash-
ington, and for the payment of the interest thereof.
Whereas, justice and the support of the public credit
of this corporation, require that provision should be
made for the redemption of the debt due by the
Satne, upon equitable terms: therefore,
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That out
of the revenue arising from taxes imposed by this
corporation on real and personal property, one-fourth
thereof shall be set apart and appropriated, and heredy
is set apart, appropriated and pledged for the purpose
of paying the interest and redeeming the debt due by
this corporation; and the mayor is hereby authorized
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and required to apply the same to the payment of the
interest as the same may become due, on the debt at
present due by this corporation, and the balance remain-
ing, after paying the interest as afºresaid, to apply to
the purchase, at any rate, not exceeding par, of the
sººk created by “An act to authorize a loan for the
use of the city of Washington, and for funding the
debt dae by this corporation,” or the stock of the bank .
of the United States, or of any of the banks in the
tº strict of Columbia of creditable standing, or the stock
of the United States; the said balance to be created as
a sinking fund, to meet the redemption of the stock
authorized by the said recited act, and at the time con-
templated by the said act: and it shall be the duty of
the mayor to report to the two boards at their meeting
in May annually, a full statement of his proceedings
under authority of the provisions of this act.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That of the loan of sixty
thousand dollars, authorized by an act, entitled “An
act to authorize a loan for the use of the city of Wash-
ington, and for funding the debt due by the corporation,”
the following sums be charged to the respective wards;
that is to say, to the first ward, the sum of five thousand
four hundred and eighty-five dollars: to the second
ward, the sum of ten thousand four hundred and seventy-
nine dollars: to the third ward, the sum of fourteen
thousand five hundred and twenty-nine dollars: to the
fourth ward, the sum of three thousand five hundred
and one dollars: to the general fund of the corporation,
the sum of twenty-six thousand and six dollars, which
last sum shall be charged to the respective wards, as
the same may hereafter be applied by law, not exceeding
to any one ward its just proportion. . . . . . . . .
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the collectors of
taxes for this corporation, each for his respective ward,
are hereby authorized and directed to separate and set
apart, out of each deposit, the amount arising from the
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taxes hereinbefore pledged, and deposit the same to
the credit of the sinking fund, and make return thereof
to the register of the city, at the time. and in the same
manner as returns are made by each collector of the
monies deposited by him to the credit of the several
ward-, respectively, and all monies from said fund shall
be drawn by warrant, in the usual form, specifying the
object to which it is to be applied: Provided, that no
money be drawn for any other purpose than those here-
inbefºre specified. -
dpproved, 11th July, 1818. \
CHAP. s.
AN ACT in addition to the act to amend “An act
to establish and endow a permanent institution for
the education of youth in the city of Washington.”
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That
from and after the passage of this act, the school of
the first district shall be conducted upon the principles
of instructing poor scholars, and shall have the same
number of trustees, and elected in like manner as the
school of the second district.
Sec. 2. had be it enacted, That all acts and parts
of acts providing for the eiection of trustees, from
among contributors to public schools, and which annu-
ally appropriates fifteen hundred dollars, be, and the
same are hereby repealed. . . . . . . . .
... Sec. 3. And #9 it enacted, That the sum of one
thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriat-
ed for the support of the school of the first district, for
the year ending on the twenty-eighth day of June,
eighteen hundred and nineteen, to be paid out of the
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funds of the first and second wards, in proportion to
their taxation, no part of which shall be expended,
except in the instruction of poor children. -
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the trustees of
the school of the first district shall be, and they are
hereby authorized to place at a school, for the purpose
of receiving a higher grade of instruction, any scholars
of the school authorized by this act, who shall have
arrived at such a degree of improvement as to warrant
the same, and that a sum not exceeding one hundred
and fifty dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriat-
ed to enable them so to do; Provided, that no more
than ten dollars per quarter shall be paid for each
scholar so placed for higher instruction.
Jīpproved, 11th July, 1818.
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CHAP. 9.
AN ACT making an appropriation for the support of
the school in the second district.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That for
the support of the public school for the second district,
for one year from the twenty-eighth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and eighteen, to the twenty-
eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
nineteen, the sum of six hundred dollars be, and the
same is hereby appropriated, to be paid to the treasurer
of the board of trustees of said school, quarter yearly.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That a sum not exceeding
three hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appro-
priated for the purpose of defraying incidental expenses
and making some repairs and improvements in and
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about the school edifice, as the board of trustees shall
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the foregoing sums
be paid out of any monies in the treasury, to the credit
of the third and fourth wards, in proportion to the num-
ber of pupils educated from each ward, not otherwise
appropriated. . . . . .
4pproved, 14th July, 1818. .
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AN ACT for the more effectually supplying the in- -
habitants of Washington city with water. ---
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That for
the more effectually supplying the inhabitants of the
said city with water, and the more readily to extinguish
fire, the mayor be, and he is hereby authorized to direct
the making of reservoirs at the scite of any of the
present hydrants, or at those which may be hereafter
authorized to be erected, of a dimension not less than
ten feet square, and of such depth as the situation may
require, not less than eight feet; the expense of which
shall be defrayed in the same manner as is at present
provided for sinking of wells and the erection of pumps:
Provided, the said reservoirs shall be constructed of
the best materials of brick or stone, upon a bed of clay,
to be well and firmly rammed, and the cement, or mortar,
used in forming the said reservoir, shall be water
proof. . . . . .
approved, 14th July, 1818.
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CHAP. 44.
AN ACT supplementary to the act, entitled “An act
for the preservation of springs, wells, hydrants and
pumps and for other purposes.”
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washinº, ton, That to
enable the mayor to carry into effect the provisions of
the second section of the act to which this is a supple-
ment, a sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred
dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated.
•Approved, 11th July, 1818.
CHAP 42.
AN ACT to compel collectors to give a detailed bill of
- taxes.
Bo it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That from
and after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of
the collectors, in their respective wards, in making out
the accounts of taxes due to this corporation, to state
particularly, the number of the square and lot, with the
assessment value thereof, also the value of the improve-
ments and personal property, together with the aggre-
gate amount of tax due thereon.
•lpproved, 11th July, 1818.
CHAP. 43.
AN ACT to authorize the mayor to appoint an addi-
tional wood corder and coal measurer.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council, of the city of Washington, That the
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mayor be, and is hereby authorized to appoint, with the
consent of the board of aldermen, an additional wood
corder and coal measurer for the city of Washington,
who shall reside south of L street south, and between
Fourth street east and South Capitol street. -
Approved, 11th July, 1818. -
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CHAP. 44.
AN ACT making compensation to John Law, for
a revison of the laws of the corporation.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board
ºf cºmmon council of the city of Washington, That
#, e sum of two hundred dollars be, and the same is
ºterºy appropriated, as a full compensation to John
i.aw, for preparing a revision of the laws of this corpo-
ration, in pursuance of an act, entitled “An act directing
the mayºr to cause the laws of the corporation of the
city of Washington to be revised,” passed on the
twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred
and fifteen ; and that the same be paid out of any money
in the treasury to the credit of the general fund not
otherwise appropriated.
4pproved, 11th July, 1818.
CHAP, 15, . . . .
AN ACT to compensate F. G. De Kraft for copying
the squares of the city of Washington, and to repeal
the act therein mentioned.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and bagrd f
of common council of the city of Washington, That
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in addition to the sum already paid to F. C. De Kraft
for copying the squares of the city of Washington, for
the use of the corporation thereof, there be allowed and
aid him the further sum of one hundred dollars, which
shall be in full compensation for said copies.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the sum aforesaid
be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out
of any money to the credit of the general fund not other-
wise appropriated. - -
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the act, entitled
“An act making a further appropriation for Frederick
Cornelius I)e Krafft, for copying the squares and gra-
duations of the city of Washington,” passed on the
twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and seventeen, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
•Approved, 11th July, 1818.
CHAP. 16.
AN ACT making an appropriation for the casual
repairs of streets, bridges and footways, and for the
removal of nuisances. -
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board
of common council of the city of Washington, That
for the casual repairs of streets, bridges and footways,
and for the removal of nuisances, the sum of twelve
hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriat-
ed, to be expended in equal proportions in the res-
pective wards, under the superintendance of the come
missioner of each ward.
.Approved, 11th July, 4818.
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CHAP. Ay.
AN ACT making appropriations for defraying the
general expenses of the corporation of the city of
Washington, for the year ending on the second
Māonday in June, one thousand eight hundred and
nineteen. * -
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board
of comixon council of the city of Washington, Tirat
for defraying the general expenses of the corporation
of the city of Washington, for the year ending on the
second Monday in June, one thousand eight hundred
and nineteen, the following sums of money be, and the
same are hereby appropriated for the purposes herein-
after mentioned, that is to say ; • ‘
For compensation to the mayor, five hundred dollars.
For compensation to the register, in addition to the
fees and emoluments granted by law, eight hundred
dollars. -
For compensation to the treasurer, two hundred and
fifty dollars. º ."
For compensation to the surveyor, three hundred
dollars. -
F or compensation to the members of the board of
aldermen and board of common council, being twenty
members, at two dollars per day, for twenty-five days,
one thousand dollars.
For compensation to the secretaries of the two boards,
being one hundred and fifty dollars each, three hundred
dollars. -
For compensation to the commissioners, being two
hundred dollars each, eight hundred dollars.
For compensation to the constables, being one hun-
dred dollars each, subject, however, to the terms and con-
ditions prescribed by an act passed thirtieth May, one
lºud eight hundred and seven, five hundred dol.
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For compensation to the inspector of tobacco, two
hundred dollars.
For compensation to the clerks of markets, being
seventy-five cents for each day they shall attend their
respective markets on market days, and estimated at
two hundred and eight market days, for four markets,
and extra allowance to the clerk of the market in the
second ward, six hundred and ninety-four dollars: Pro-
vided nevertheless, that if it shall appear to the mayor
that either of the markets is not frequented or used,
that the compensation of the clerk attached to that
market shall thereupon cease. * -
For support of the poor, aged and infirm of the city
of Washington, to be expended under the direction of
the trustees of the poor, five hundred dollars.
for compensation to the trustees of the poor, being
two dollars for each trustee, for each day he shall
attend any general meeting of the trustees, a sum not
exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation to four assessors at three dollars
per day, for six days, seventy-two dollars.
For compensation to the members of the board of
appeal, four members at three dollars per day, for ten
days, one hundred and twenty dollars.
For compensation to the assistant to the register,
three hundred dollars.
For compensation to the sealer of weights and
measures, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, one
hundred dollars. - •
For payment of the interest due on the bank debts
of this corporation, or so much as may be necessary for
that purpose, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.
For defraying the general expenses of the city council,
including house rent, fuel, stationary and other incidental
expenses, to be expended under the direction of the
register, or so much as may be necessary for that
purpose, five hundred and fifty dollars. - -
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For compensation to the constables for killing dogs,
or so much as may be necessary for that purpose, fifty
dollars. * • *
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the sums of money
hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the general
fund or aecount of the corporation, and whenever there
shall not be a sufficient sum to the credit of said account
to meet the appropriations made by this act, the mayor
in that case, is hereby authorized to draw by warrant
from the funds of the several wards, such sums as may
be necessary, and in the proportions as by law directed,
and place the same to the credit of the general account;
and it shall be the duty of the mayor not to draw any
warrant for a ward expenditure, unless he shall be
satisfied that there are sufficient funds for all objects of
a general nature.
•Approved, 11th July, 4818.
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CHAP. 48.
AN ACT to set the kirb stone and pave the footways
on the west side of Seventh street west, between D
and F streets north ; also on the east side of Seventh
street west, between E and F streets north.
Whereas more than two-thirds of the proprietors of
occupied houses on squares numbered four hundred and
thirty, and four hundred and thirty-one fronting on the
west side of Seventh street west, between D and F
street north; also on square numbered four hundred and
fifty-six, fronting on the east side of Seventh street
west, between E and F streets north, have expressed
their desire of improving the same, by setting the kirb
stone and gravelling or laying the foot pavement, agree-
ably le the graduation of the city of Washington :
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Be it enacted by the board of aldermen aud board
of common council of the city of Washington, That
a tax of two dollars per front foot of the ground or lots
in said squares numbered four hundred and thirty, and
four hundred and thirty-one, fronting on the west side
of-Seventh street west, between D and F streets north,
with the exception of those lots on the latter square
owned by the United States; also, on square num-
bered four hundred and fify-six, fronting on the east
side of Seventh street west, between E. and F streets
north. be, and the same is hereby laid, for the purposes
hereinafter mentioned, to be collected in the manner
as prescribed by law for the collection of other taxes
on real property in said city: Provided, that no more
of said taxes be collected than will be necessary for
that purpose.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the commissioner of the second ward to ascer-
tain the proper graduation of both sides of Seventh
street west, between D and F streets north, and the pro-
portions belonging to the proprietors of the lots thereon,
in the squares above recited, and deposit a certified plan
thereof with the register of the city. And immediately
after the first day of September next, the said commis-
sioner shall proceed to set the the kirb stone and pave
the footways, according to the graduation thereof:
Provided, that any of the proprietors of the lots afore-
said may, on or before the said first day of September,
cause the same to be done at his, her or their own ex-
pense, and when approved by the commissioner afore-
said, the tax hereby laid on their respective lots shall
be, and the same is hereby released.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That in order to carry
into effect the object of this act without delay, the
mayor be, and he is hereby authorized to advance to
said commissioner, such sum as he may deem sufficient
for that purpose, not exceeding one thousand dollars,
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out of any money belonging to the second ward, not
otherwise appropriated. And the sum of two hundred
and fifty dollars is hereby appropriated for the purpose
of paving the gutters in front of the aforesaid squares.
on Seventh street west, to be paid in like manner.
.Approved, 14th July, 1848.
CHAP. 19.
AN ACT to set the kirb stone and pave the foot-ways
on the south side of square numbered four hundred
and fifty-eight; on the west side of square numbered
four hundred and thirty-two; on the south side of
square numbered four hundred and seven ; and on
the south side of square numbered four hundred and
thirty-two.
Whereas more than two-thirds of the proprietors of
occupied houses on the south side of square numbered
four hundred and fifty-eight, fronting on an avenue;
the proprietors of two-thirds of the occupied houses on
the west side of square numbered four hundred and
thirty-two, between D street and the open space,
opposite the centre market; the proprietors of two-
thirds of the occupied houses on the south side of
square numbered four hundred and seven, between
Eighth and Ninth streets west; and the proprietors of
more than two-thirds of the occupied houses on the
south side of square numbered four hundred and thirty-
two, between Seventh and Eighth streets west, have
expressed their desire of improving the same by setting
the kirb stone, and laying the foot pavement, agreeably
to the graduation of the city of Washington—Therefore
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board
of common council of the city of Washington, That
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a tax of two dollars and fifty cents per front foot of the
ground or lots in the said squares numbered four hun-
dred and fifty-eight, fronting south on an avenue; four
hundred and thirty-two, fronting west, between D
street north, and the open space opposite the centre
market; four hundred and seven, fronting south, be-
tween Eighth and Ninth streets west, and square num-
bered four hundred and thirty-two, fronting south, be-
tween Seventh and Eighth streets west be, and the
same is hereby laid, for the purposes hereinafter men-
tioned, to be collected in the manner as provided by
law for the collection of other taxes on real property
in the said city: Provided, that no more of the above
tax be collected than will be necessary for that pur-
YOSø.
t Sec, 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the commissioner of the second ward to ascer-
tain the proper graduation of said part of an avenue,
open space and street aforesaid, the number of front
feet, and the proportion belonging to each of the several
proprietors, and deposit a certified plan or plans thereof
with the register of the city, and immediately after the
first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and nine-
teen, the commissioner of the second ward shall proceed
to set the kirb stone, and lay the foot pavement with
good paving brick, according to the graduation and
regulation of the city of Washington : Provided never.
theless, that each or any of the proprietors may, on or
before the first day of July, one thousand eight hun-
dred and nineteen, cause their proportion of the same
to be done, at his, her, or their own expense; and if
approved by said commissioner, the tax hereby laid on
such part or portion of the said property, shall be, and
the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That in order to carry
into effect the object of this act without delay, the
mayor be, and he is hereby authorized to advance to
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said commissioner such sum as he may deem sufficient
for that purpºse, not exceeding one thousand dollars,
out of any unoley belonging to the second ward, not
otherwise appropriated. - - -
•Approved, 11th July, 1818.
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CHAP. 20.
AN ACT to pave the footway on the south side of
square numbered four hundred and fifty-nine.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board
of cowmon council of the city of Washington, That
a fax of two dollars and fifty cents per front foot of the
ground or lots in square numbered four hundred and
fifty-nine, on the south side of said square, be, and
the same is hereby laid, for the purpose of improving
the foot way thereof, by setting the kirb stone, and
laying the foot pavement, agreeably to the graduation
of the city of Washington, to be collected in the
manner provided by law for the collection of taxes on
real property in said city : Provided, that no more of
the tax be collected than will be necessary for that
purpose.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the commissioner of the second ward to ascer.
tain the proper graduation of that part of the street,
proposed as above to be improved, the number of front
feet, and the proportion belonging to each of the several
proprietors, and deposit a certified plan of the same
with the register of the city; and immediately after the
first day of September next, the commissioner of the
second ward shall proceed to set the kirb stone, and to
lay the foot pavement, of good paving bricks, according
to the graduation and regulation of the said city:
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Provided, that each of the proprietors, or owners may,
on or befºre flat said first day of Sepientber hex. Cººse
the same to be doue, at his, her, or their own exiºsse,
and, if approved by the said commissioner, the tax here-
by laid on such part or portion of the property, shall
be, and the same is hereby released.
Sec. 3. ..And be it enacted, That in order to carry
into effect the object of this act without delay, the
mayor be, and he is hereiny authorized to advance to
the commissioner of the second ward, such sum as he
may deem sufficient for that purpose, not exceeding
three hundred doilars.
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of
paving adjoining said kirl, stone, the sam of seventy-five
dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out
of any unonies to the credit of the second ward, not
otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the act passed on
the sixteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred
and fourteen, for improving the foot ways on the south
side of square numbered four hundred and fifty-nine,
be, and the same is hereby repealed.
.Approved, 11th July, 1818.
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CHAP. 24
AN ACT to set the kirb stone and pave the footways
on the north and south sides of East Capitol street,
from First to Second streets east.
Whereas more than two-thirds of the proprietors of
the inhabited houses fronting on both sides of East
Capitol street, between First and Second streets east,
have expressed their desire of improving the same, by
setting the kirb stone and laying the foot pavement,
agreeably to the graduation of the city of Washington:
Therefore,
4.
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Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board
of common council of the city of Washington, That
a tax not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per
front foot of the lots fronting on the north and south
sides of East Capitol street, between First street east
and Second street east, be, and the same is hereby
laid for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, to be col-
lected in the manner prescribed by law fºr the collec-
tion of other taxes on real property in said city: Pro- .
vided, that no more of said taxes be collected than
wili be necessary for that purpose. -
Sec. 2, Jind be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the commissioner of the third ward to ascertain the
proper graduation of both sides of East Capitol street,
between First street east and Second street east, and
deposit a certified plan thereof with the register of the
city. And immediately after the first day of Septem-
ber next the said commissioner shall proceed to set the
kirh stone and pave the footways, according to the gra-
duation thereof, with good paving bricks: Provided, how-
ever, that if any of the proprietors of any of the lots front-
ing on said street, within the space aforesaid, may, on or
before the said first day of September next, cause the same
to be done at his, her or their own expense, and, when ap-
proved by the commissioner aforesaid, the tax hereby laid
on their respective lots, shall be, and the same is hereby
released. -
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That, in order to carry
into effect the object of this act without delay, the mayor
be, and he is hereby authorized, to advance to said
commissioner such sum as he may deem sufficient for
that purpose, not exceeding one thousand dollars, out of
any money belonging to the third ward ; and the sum of
two hundred and fifty dollars is hereby appropriated
for the purpose of paving the gutters on both sides of
that part of £ast Capitol street, hereby directed to be
improved, to be paid in manner aforesaid.
•Approved, 11th July, 1818.
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CHAP. 22.
AN ACT supplementary to an act, entitled “An act
to authorize a ioan for the use of the city of Wash-
ington, and for funding the debt due by this corpo-
ration,” passed on the eleventh day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and eighteen. W
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board
of common council of the city of Washington, That
the mayor be, and he is hereby authorized and directed
to re-open and keep open the books for receiving sub-
scriptions "o the loan authorized by an act, entitled “An
act to authorize a loan for the use of the city of Wash-
ington, and for funding the debt due by this corpora-
tion,” passed on the eleventh day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen, until the whole amount
of said loan shall have been subscribed.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the register of this
corporation be, and he is hereby authorized and direct-
ed to issue certificates of stock for all monies which
have been or may be subscribed, agreeably to the pro-
visions of the second section of the act to which this
is a supplement. And all monies subscribed by any
individual, company, bank, or body corporate, for which
certificates may have been given, shall be provided for
and redeemed, agreeably to the provisions of an act,
entitled “An act making provision for the redemption
of the debt due by the corporation of the city of
Washington, and for the payment of the interest
thereon,” passed on the eleventh day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and eighteen, any thing in
any former act to the contrary notwithstanding. *
•Approved, 47th October. 4848.
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CHAP. 23.
AN ACT directing a general assessment of property in
the city of Washington and the appointment of a
board of appeal. - - -
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
mayor be, and he is hereby authorized, to appoint, forth-
with, with the advice and consent of the board of alder-
men, four fit and proper persons, one from each ward, as
assessors of real and personal property in the city of Wash-
ington, each of whom, before he enters on the duties of his
office, shall take an oath or affirmation before one of the
justices of the peace for Washington county, “diligently,
“faithfully and impartially to perform the several duties
“ enjoined on him by this act, to the best of his skill
“ and judgment, without favor or affection, ilatted
“ malice or ill will;” which oath or affirmation shall
be filed in the office of the register. . -
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of sāid assessors, within twenty days after their appoint-
ment, jointly, to commence, and, before the first Monday
in April next, to complete a true and just assessment of
the property, real and personal, in the city of Wash-
ington, designating, in separate lists, the assessment of
property in each ward, and in all other respects to per-
form the duties required of assessors in the act of the
twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred
and fifteen, entitled “An act directing a new assess-
ment, and authorizing the appointment of ward asses-
sors, and for other purposes.” -
Sec. 3. ...And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the mayor to appoint, with the consent of the
, board of aldermen, four intelligent and discreet persons,
one rom each ward, who shall constitute a board of
appeal, who shall each take an oath or affirmation, “well
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ud truly to perform the duties of his office, without
artiality or prejudice, to the best of his skill and
dgment.” And the said board shall meet at the
uncil chamber on the fourth Monday in April next,
d continue to meet for ten days successively, exclusive
Sundays, for the purpose of hearing and determining
appeals which may be made from the assessment
fore directed to be made. And the said board of
peal shall perform all the duties required of the
yard of appeal by the aforementioned act of the twenty-
venth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
teen. -
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That each of the assessors
be appointed in pursuance of this act, shall receive,
s a compensation for his services, the sum of two hun-
red and twenty-five dollars ; and each member of the
oard of appeal, to be appointed in pursuance of this
3t, shall receive, as a compensation for his services,
wenty dollars; to be paid out of any money in the
'easury to the credit of the general fund, not otherwise
ppropriated. e
.ipproved, 17th October, 1818.
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CHAP. 24.
AN ACT to authorize the mayor to issue certificates.
of stock for monies advanced on account of improve.
ments.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board
of common council of the city of Washington, That. for
carrying into effect the several laws passed, or to be
passed, authorizing improvements of avenues, streets,
bridges, or other public purposes, in the city of Wash.
ington, it shall be Jr…" ' "… the mayor to borrow from
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any individual, or body politic or corporate, the amount
of money appropriated for any certain object or oijects,
and the monies so borrowed, shall be applied under
the direction of the mayor, in such manner as is or shall
be provided by law, to the objects for which said thoney
shall have freen borrowed : Provided, titat all persons,
bodies politic or corporate, advancing alonies to the cor-
poration untier tilis provision, shall receive therefor cer-
tificates of stock, in the funds of this corporation, bearing
an annual interest of six per cent. payable quarterly, to
wit: on the first day of January, April, July, and 0cto-
ber, in each year. and redeemable at the end of twelve
years from the date of such certificates, respectively :
Provided also, that no certificate of stock shall be issued
under the provisions of this act for any sum under fifty
dollars : Provided, however, that nothing in this act
contained shall be so construed as to exteiiti to any ad-
vance of money for improvements, without interest,
which have been, or hereafter may be made, by any
person or persons, under existing laws, or iaws Here-
after to be made. º -
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That all the certificates
of stock to be issued on the authority of this act, and all
the interest paid thereon, shall be charged to the respec-
tive wards in which the improvements, thereby effected,
shall be made. *
Sec. 3. .ind be it enacted, That the faith of the cor-
poration of the city of Washingtºn be, and the same
is hereby pledged, to provide sufficient funds, out of the
revenues of the respective wards, for the payment of the
interest of the stock hereby authorized, and the redemp-
tion of the principal at the times they shall severally
become due. -
.äpproved, 19th October, 1818.
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CHAP. 25.
AN ACT making appropriations for the improvement
of streets and avenues in the city of Washington.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board
of common council of the city of Washington, That
the following appropriations be, and the same are here-
by made, to be expended under the direction of the
commissioners of the respective wards, with two assis-
tant commissioners to be appointed by the mayor, from
the neighbourhood of the several appropriations as
follows, to wit:
For improving the following streets in the first ward:
K street, from the Pennsylvania avenue to the lower
bridge over Rock creek, two hundred dollars.
F street, from Seventeenth to Twentieth street, one
hundred and fifty dollars. -
G street, from Davidson’s wharf, to Seventeenth street,
one hundred dollars.
H street, from Pennsylvania avenue to Twenty-
Second street, one hundred and fifty dollars.
S street north, from Nineteenth to Twentieth street,
fifty dollars.
Fourteenth street, from D street north to Canal street,
five hundred dollars.
Twentieth street, from Pennsylvania avenue to E
street, one hundred dollars.
Twenty-Second street, from New York avenue to
Pennsylvania avenue, three hundred dollars
Nineteenth street, from Pennsylvania avenue to H
street, fifty dollars.
In the Second Ward.
Tor graduating and gravelling Thirteenth and an
Half street west, from the Potomac river to Maryland
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avenue, and for building a wall and abutment on the
south side of Water street from the Steam boat wharf
to the wharf erected by Peter Lenox, five hundred dol-
lars.
For gravelling E street north, from Eleventh to
Twelfth street west, one hundred dollars.
For gravelling H. street north, from sixth to Seventh
street west, two hundred and forty dollars.
For gr. duating and gravelling the centre market
square on the south side of the market house, and for
extending the sewer on the west side of Seventh street,
from Pennsylvania avenue to Canal street, five hundred
doilars. -
For completing the graduation and gravelling of
Fourteenth street west, from D street north to Canal or B
streets north, five hundred dollars.
For gravelling Seventh street west, from D to F
streets north, four hundred and fifty dollars.
In the Third Ward.
For improving the south west part of the circular
road around the Capitol square, from New Jersey
avenue to its intersection with Pennsylvania avenue,
four hundred dollars.
For improving the Capitol Hill market house, one
hundred and fifty dollars.
For gravelling and improving Pennsylvania avenue,
from the Capitol square to Fourth street east, two hun-
dred dollars.
For improving Virginia avenue, from New Jersey
avenue to Fourth street east, seventy-five dollars.
For improving N street south, from Second street
west to Third street east, one hundred dollars.
For gravelling North Capitol street, three hundred
dollars. -
$3.8
For improving Fourth street east, from Virginia
avenue to the Eastern Branch, two hundred dollars,
to be charged in equal proportions to the third and
fourth wards. * *
For improving Second street east, from Maryland
avenue to D street south, two hundred dollars.
In the Fourth Ward.
For improving Pennsylvania avenue, from Fourth
street east to the Eastern Branch bridge, two hundred
dollars.
For improving Maryland avenue, from Fourth street
east to the north-eastern boundary of the city, two
hundred dollars.
For improving K street south, from Eighth street
east to Pennsylvania avenue, two hundred dollars.
For improving G street south, from Sixth to Tenth
streets east, one hundred and fifty dollars.
For building a bridge on Eleventh street east, and
improving the street from G to I streets south, one hun-
dred dollars.
For improving the market square, one hundred dol-
lars. º
..Approved, 19th October, 1818.
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CHAP. 26. .
AN ACT making an appropriation for securing the
abutments on each side of the upper bridge over rock
Creek.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
eommon council of the city of Washington, That for
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one moiety of the expense to be incurred by the Levy
court of Washington county, in securing the abutments
on each side of the upper bridge over Rock creek, the sum
of two hundred and fifty dollars be, and the same is
hereby appropriated, to be paid ont of any unoney to the
credit of the general fund no otherwise appropriated.
.ſlpproved, 19th October, 1818.
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CHAP. 27.
AN ACT making an appropriation for completing
the bridge across the canal on New Jersey avenue.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
sum of two thousand six hundred and sixty-five dollars
and fifty-one and a half cents be, and the same is hereby
appropriated, for completing the bridge across the canal
on New Jersey avenue, to be paid out of any monies
to the credit of the third ward not otherwise appropri-
ated, to be expended under the direction of the commis-
sioners appoinied by the mayor to superintend said ini-
provement ; and the mayor is hereby authorized to
borrow the above sum from any person, company, or
bank within the city of Washington. . &
Jīpproved, 19th October, 1818.
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CHAP. 28.
AN ACT to open and gravel a carriage way on the
east side of square numbered one hundred and sixty-
SeV011.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
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commissioner of the first ward be, and he is hereby au-
thorized to open and gravel a carriage way of forty feet
wide on the east side of square numbered one hundred
and sixty-seven, from Pennsylvania avenue to north H
street: Provided, the sum to be expended thereon shall
not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars : And Provid-
ed also, that the proprietor or proprietors of the said
square will advance the money for that purpose, to be
reimbursed to ilim or them, without interest, out of any
money to the credit of the first ward, after the year one
thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, not otherwise
appropriated. . . .
Approved, 19th October, 1818.
CHAP. 29.
AN ACT making a further appropriation for the
support of the poor, aged, and infirm of the city of
Washington. . . . . . -
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board
of common council of the city of Washington, That
the sum of five hundred dollars be, and the same is
hereby appropriated, for the support of the poor, aged
and infirm of the city of Washington for the year
ending on the first Monday in September, one thousand
eight hundred and nineteen, in addition to the sums
heretofore appropriated, and that the same be expended
for that object, under the direction of the trustees of
the poor. -
.Approved, 19th October, 1818.
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CHAP. 30.
AN ACT amendatory of the several acts respecting
city commissioners.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board
of common council of the city of Washington, That
from and after the first day of January next, all im-
provements of avenues, streets, bridges, or other objects
of public expenditure, shall be made by contract with
the lowest bidder, notice of which shall be given by
the ward commissioner, and two reputable assistant
commissioners, to be appointed by the mayor, who are
freeholders, and residents of the ward in which such
improvements are contemplated, by advertising the
same in a public newspaper, printed in the city of
Washington, for at least one week previous to closing
the contract, in which shall be stated the nature of the
work, and the style and manner in which it is to be
completed; and the - said commissioners shall be au-
thorized to make the contract and decide on its fulfil-
ment, agreeably to the terms and spirit thereof, which
contract shall be deposited with the register.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That no advances in
money shall be made to a contractor for making im-
provements until he shall have commenced the work,
nor then in greater sums, than, in the opinion of the
commissioners, the labor and materials actually bestow-
ed on the work amount to ; nor shall any credit be given
said contractor, on the books of the register, until he
produces a certificate, signed by said commissioners,
or any two of them (including the commissioner of the
ward) that the work has been completed according to
the true intent and meaning of the contract, when the
balance remaining due thereon shall be paid.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That no commissioner or
commissioners shall have the power to apply an appro-
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priation made for one object, or any part thereof, to any
other object, under the penalty of fifty dollars for each
and every offence, to be recovered by an action on his
bond, or deducted out of his annual compensation.
approved, 19th October, 1818.
CHAP. 31.
AN ACT granting certain fees to the police constables
in addition to their present compensation.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That from
and after the passage of this act, the fees hereinafter
mentioned shall be paid to the constables respectively;
that is to say, for every person taken to the temporary
workhouse, on the commitment of the mayor or other
justice of the peace, seventy-five cents; for each person
taken to the jail of Washington county on the commit-
ment as aforesaid, fifty cents; for each person taken
to the lock-up-houses of the respective wards, in confor-
mity to the provisions of any law of the corporation,
or by order of the mayor or other justice of the peace,
twenty-five cents; for each slave, publicly whipped by
them, respectively, on the order of the mayor or other jus-
tice of the peace, for infractions of the laws of this corpo-
ration, fifty cents. And each constable shall, at the end of
every half year, present to the mayor, a statement, under
oath, of the fees to which he is entitled under the pro-
visions of this act; giving dates of the respective items,
and the names of the respective magistrates on whose
authority such persons have been committed or otherwise
punished, who shall then be authorized to pay the same.
.ſlpproved, 19th October, 1848.
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CHAP. 32.
AN ACT to fix the compensation of ſhe ward assessars
for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board
of common council of the city of Washington, That
in lieu of the compensation at present allowed by law
to the assessors of the several wards, the following sums
be allowed and paid to them respectively, for their
services during the year one thousand eight hundred
and eighteen ; that is to say, to the assessor of the first
ward, thirty dollars; to the assessor of the second ward,
forty-five dollars ; to the assessor of the third ward,
thirty dollars; to the assessor of the fourth ward, twenty-
five dollars, and that the several sums abovementioned,
shall be paid out of the general fund of the corporation,
and charged to the several wards, in the proportions
hereby appropriated,
.Approved, 19th October, 1818.
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CHAP. 33.
AN ACT for the relief of the commissioner of the third
ward. *
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the sum
of sixteen dollars and sixty-eight cents be, and the same
is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any monies to
the credit of the third ward, not otherwise appropriated,
for refunding the above sum expended by the commis-
sioner of the third ward, in paying the balance due for
repairing the market house on the Capitol Hill.
..Approved, 49th October, 1818.
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CHAP. 34,
AN ACT to set the kirb stone and pave the footway, on
the south side of square 322 and for other purposes.
Whereas more than two-thirds of the proprietors of
occupied houses on the south side of square number three
hundred and twenty-two have expressed their desire to
set the kiri, stone, and brick pave the footway agreeable to
the graduation of the city of Washington, Therefore,
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That a tax of
two dollars and fifty cents per front foot of the ground or
lots in the said square number three hundred and twenty-
two, fronting on Pennsylvania avenue, between Eleventh
and Twelfth streets west be, and the same is here-
by laid, for the purpose hereinafter mentioned, to be
collected in the manner as prescribed, by law, for the
collection of other taxes on real property in said city :
Provided, that no more of the above tax be collected
than will be necessary for that purpose.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the commissioner of the second ward to ascertain the
proper graduation of the said part of an avenue, the
number of front feet, and the proportion belonging to
each of the several proprietors and deposit a certified plan
thereof with the register of the city, and immediately af.
ter the first day of November next, the commissioner
of the second ward shall proceed to set the kirb stone,
and to lay the foot pavement with good paving brick,
according to the graduation and regulation of the said
city: Provided, nevertheless, that each or any of the
proprietors may, on or before the first day of November
next, cause their proportion of the same to be done, at
his, her or their own expense, and, if approved of by
the commissioner, the tax hereby laid on such part or
portion of the said property, shall be, and the same is
hereby released, -
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Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That the mayor, in order
to carry into effect the object of this act, without delay,
be, and he hereby is authorized, to advance to the said
commissioner, such sum as he may deem sufficient for
that purpose, not exceeding one hundred and fifty dol-
lars, out of any money belonging to the second ward
not otherwise appropriated. And the sum of seventy-
five dollars is hereby appropriated for the purpose of
paving the gutter of the said part of an avenue, to be
paid in like manner.
•Approved, 19th October, 1818.
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CHAP. 35.
AN ACT making an appropriation for improving South
Capitol street.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That
for improving South Capitol street, from the Capitol
square to the Presbyterian church, a sum not exceeding
two hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appro-
priated, to be paid out of the funds of the third ward.
•Approved, 5th JWovember, 1818.
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CHAP. 36.
AN ACT supplementary to the act, authorizing the
appointment of inspectors and measurers of lumber.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board
of common council of the city of Washington, That
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from and after the first day of January next, all boards,
plank, joists, scantling, and all square timber, not
exceeding eight inches square, all shingles and lathes
brought to this market and offered for sale within the
jurisdiction of this corporation, shall, when sold, be
Inspected and measured by the inspectors and measurers
of lumber. - -
Sec. 2. And be .it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the inspectors of lumber, to mark, in legible figures,
the number of feet contained in each board, plank,
joist, scantling or square timber, and also to mark, in
like legible figures, the different qualities, to wit: first,
second, and third qualities in all white pine ; and in
all yellow pine two qualities, merchantable and cullings,
as they, in their judgment, may define and determine.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That all boards, plank,
joists, or scantling, not exceeding eight inches square,
that is sound, be measured by the rule of board measure,
except boards under one inch thick, which shall be
measured on the surface, and marked agreeably to the
quality: all unsound, worm eaten, irregular sawed
boards, plank, or scantling, all wind-shaken, mill-
dewed or very knotty boards, plank, or scantling, shall
be deemed of inferior quality, and shall be condemned
and marked with a cross made thereon, thus X, the
rotten and wind shaken parts shall not be included
in the measurement. All shingles shall be, in the
opiñion of the inspector, of sufficient thickness, and
of good sound wood, free from rots, splits or twist, and
of good merchantable quality; all lathes for plaistering
shall be put up and packed in bundles of one hundred
each, and not to be less than four feet long, and of
sufficient width and thickness, and shall he inspected,
if required by the seller or purchaser.
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That no inspector of
lumber, shall be permitted to purchase, or appoint any
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deputy to purchase any lumber for him, except for his
own use, on pain of forfeiting his office.
Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the said inspectors
shall be entitled to receive, as a compensation for
inspecting, measuring and marking all boards, plank
and scantling, in addition to what is already allowed,
the sum of ten cents per thousand feet, board measure,
and for inspecting all shingles, they shall be entitled
to receive the sum of twenty cents per thousand, and
for all lathes the sum of ten cents per thousand, the one
half to be paid by the buyer, and the other half by the
seller.
Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That any person or
persons buying or selling lumber contrary to the pro-
visions of this act, shall forfeit and pay for every
offence, the sum of twenty dollars, to be recovered as
other fines and penalties are in similar cases, one-half
to be paid by the seller, the other half by the purchaser,
and one-half of the fines and penalties for the use of
this corporation, the other half to go to the informer.
Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of
acts, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be,
and the same are hereby repealed. -
.Approved, 17th JW'ovember, 1818.
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CHAP. 37.
AN ACT to carry into effect certain resolutions au.
thorizing the raising of money by lottery.
Whereas the board of aldermen and board of com-
mon council of the city of Washington have passed
four resolutions, to wit: the first in the year one thou-
sand eight hundred and sixteen, the second and third
in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen,
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and the fourth in the year one thousand eight hundred
and eighteen, declaring it expedient to raise by lottery
the sum of ten thousand dollars each, for the purpose
of building, establishing and endowing two public.
school houses, on the Lancasterian system, for building
a penitentiary, and building a town house or city hall,
which resolutions have been approved by the president
of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of the
sixth section of the act of congress, entitled “An act
further to amend the charter of the city of Washington;”
therefore, in order to carry the objects of the said
resolutions into effect:
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
mayor be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint seven
citizens to act as managers for the purposes aforesaid,
whose duty it shall be to agree on a scheme of a lottery,
to raise the sum of forty thousand dollars, (clear of
expenses) and to sell the said lottery, or dispose of the
tickets therein to the best advantage, with the least
possible delay, and diligently to attend to the drawing
of the said lottery, which shall be in the city of Wash-
ington: Provided however, that if the said managers,
or a majority of them, should sell the said lottery, the in-
dividual or individuals purchasing the same, shall have
the power of making a scheme for the aforesaid lottery,
and within sixty days after the drawing of the lottery
shall be finished, which shall not exceed one year from
the commencement of the drawing, to pay and satisfy
the fortunate adventurers for prizes drawn by them,
and within seventy days from and after the time of
drawing shall be finished as aforesaid, to pay over the
balance, after deducting all necessary expenses, into the
city treasury.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That before the said
managers proceed to sell or dispose of any tickets in
the said lottery, they shall, respectively, give bond to
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this corporation in the penalty of ten thousand dollars,
with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the
mayor, conditioned that they will diligently and im-
partially exercise and perform the duties and authority
vested in them by this act. • . • *
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That full power and
authority is hereby given to the said managers, or a
majority of them, to appoint all necessary agents, clerks,
and servants, and to do and perform all such acts and
things which may be necessary to carry into effect
the provisions of this act, and to fill up and supply
vacancies in their own body, on the terms and conditions
hereinbefore mentioned."
.Approved, 17th JVovember, 1818.
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AN ACT making an appropriation for repairs and im-
provements of the infirmary.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That for
the purpose of plaistering the garrets in the infirmary,
the sum of one hundred and thirty-three dollars and
ninety-seven cents, be, and the same is hereby appro-
priated, to be paid out of the general fund of the cor-
poration. -
•Approved, 24th December, 1818.
CHAP. 39.
AN ACT making an appropriation for repairing the
West Market house.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That a sum
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not exceeding six hundred dollars be, and the same is
hereby appropriated, for the purpose of putting the
West Market house in a complete state of repair, and
adding thereto sheds, and a new scale house, gravelling
around the house and completing the set of weights.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the foregoing appro-
priation shall be paid out of any money in the treasury,
to the credit of the first ward, not otherwise appropriated,
and shall be expended under the direction of the com-
missioner of the said ward, with two assistant commis-
sioners to be appointed by the mayor. .
...Approved, 24th December, 4818.
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CHAP. 40.
AN ACT to authorize the holding of markets in the
Capitol Hill and West market houses, on Saturday
evenings. *
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That from
and after the first day of April next, the clerks of the
market house on the Capitol Hill and the West market
house be, and they are hereby authorized and directed
to open the said market houses for the purpose of hold-
ing a market therein, respectively, every Saturday even-
ing, from the hour of four o’clock, to that of eight o’clock
of the same evening; to be conducted and governed, in
every respect, as the present markets are now conducted
and governed, under existing laws for the regulation of
markets in the city of Washington. • g
.Approved, 9th March, 1819.
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CHAP. 44.
AN ACT making a further appropriation for repairing
.* the bridges over Rock creek. -
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That in
addition to the sum already appropriated, for paying
one moiety of the expense incurred by the levy court of
Washington county, for repairing the bridges over Rock
creek, the further sum of one hundred and one dollars
and twenty-two and a half cents be, and the same is
hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any monies to
the credit of the general fund, not otherwise appropriat-
ed. -
Jīpproved, 9th March, {819.
CHAP. 42.
AN ACT making an appropriation for the completion
of the engine house in the fourth ward.
Iłe it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
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sum of one hundred and twenty-eight dollars and
twenty-four cents be, and the same is hereby appropriat-
ed, for the completion of the engine house in the fourth
ward. 3.
Sec. 2...flnd be it enacted, That the sum herein appro-
priated, be paid out of any unexpended monies appro-
priated for the purchase of a fire engine for the fourth
ward, by an act passed on the twenty-fourth day of
May, eighteen hundred and sixteen
•Approved, 9th March, 1819.
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CHAP. 43.
AN ACT for the relief of Henry Ingle.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That for
refunding to Henry Ingle, for certain discounts paid by
him in procuring money to carry into effect the appro-
priations for conveying water from Carroll’s spring, for
the completion of the market house, and for the im-
provements on South M and East Fourth streets, the
sum of seventeen dollars and seventy cents be, and the
same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the funds
of the third ward. -
.Approved, 9th JMarch, 1819.
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CHAP. 44.
AN ACT to amend the act, entitled “An act amendatory
of the several acts respecting city commissioners.”
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
first section of the act, entitled “An act amendatory of
the several acts respecting city commissioners,” passed
on the nineteenth day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen, shall be so construed as to au-
thorize the mayor to cause such improvements and re-
pairs of streets, avenues, and bridges, as he shall deem
expedient, to be done, as heretofore, by the commission-
ers of the respective wards. -
.ſlpproved, 13th April, 1819.
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CHAP. 45.
AN ACT making an appropriation for the purchase of
additional apparatus for the use of the different ward
fire companies.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
eommon council of the city of Washington, That for
the purchase of additional apparatus for the use of the
four ward fire companies, the sum of four hundred dol-
lars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be
divided equally among the said companies, and to be
paid out of any monies to the credit of the respective
wards; the said sum to be expended under the direction
of the mayor.
.1pproved, 13th April, 1819.
CHAP. q6.
AN ACT for the purchase and erection of alarm bells.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
sum of one thousand dollars be, and the same is here-
by appropriated, for the purchase and erection of four
bells, for the purpose of giving the alarm in case of
fires, each of a weight not exceeding five hundred
pounds, to be placed on the top of the several ward
market houses; to be expended under the direction of
the mayor, out of any funds to the credit of the respective
wards. -
Jīpproved, 13th dyril, 1819.
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CHAP. 47.
AN ACT for the relief of William A Bradley.
Be it endicted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That for
the purpose of re-funding to William A. Bradley for
certain monies by him advanced, and expended by the
commissioners, over and above the appropriations, for
opening and improving North Capitol street, the sum
of one hundred and seventy-five dollars and sixty-five
cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be
paid out of any monies in the treasury, to the credit of
the third ward, not otherwise appropriated.
JApproved, 13th April, 1849.
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AN ACT to prevent goats running at large within
the city of Washington.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That from
and after the publication of this act, it shall be the duty
of the police constables, and lawful for any other per-
son, to kill and destroy any animal of the goat kind,
that shall be found running at large within the city of .
Washington.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the constables shall
be allowed the same compensation for killing and
burying goats, as they are, under existing acts, allowed
for killing and burying dogs within the city of Wash-
ington. * .
Approved, Afth May, 1849.
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CHAP. 49. *.,
AN ACT supplementary to the act, entitled “An act
directing a general assessment of property in the city
of Washington, and the appointment of a board of ap-
peals,” passed seventeenth day of October, eightee
hundred and eighteen. t
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
further time of twenty days, from and after the seven-
teenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and
nineteen (exclusive of Sundays) be; and the same is
hereby allowed to the board of appeals, appointed under
the act to which this is a supplement, for the purposes
therein contained.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the aforesaid board
shall have power to hear and decide on all appeals: to
abate, increase, alter and amend any assessment pre-
viously made, and to equalize the valuation of all assess-
able property within the said city, whether the same be
appealed from or not, so as to place it on a footing with
other property of equal value; any thing in the act to
which this is a supplement to the contrary notwithstand-
ing; and each of the members of the said board shall
receive for his services a compensation of two dollars
for every day he shall attend in the performance of the
duties imposed by this act. /
Sec. 3. ..And be it enacted, That the aforesaid board
of appeals shall give three days previous notice of their
meeting and final adjournment, in the newspapers of
Washington, and shall moreover notify in writing, or
otherwise, those owners of property in this city, the
amount of whose assessment may be altered by them,
of the amount at which it shall have been finally fixed,
.dpproved, JMay 12th, 1819.
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CHAP. 50.
AN ACT making an appropriation for building a
bridge over the canal, and for other purposes.
JBe it emucted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
mayor be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to
cause a good and substantial bridge, with a draw, not
less than twenty-six feet wide, to be built over the canal,
at its intersection with Fourteenth street west, and to
have the said street opened and improved, from the
south side of the canal to Maryland avenue, so soon as
the canal company, or any person or persons shall have
caused to be completed a good cause-way, from the line
of the canal to the south shore of the Tiber, with a
good front wall or abutment of stone, free of expense to
the corporation : Provided, that the approbation of the
president of the United States be first obtained, in
writing, to said Fourteenth street being laid out and
graduated through the public mall. . . . .
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the sum of twenty-
five hundred dollars for the erection and completion of
said bridge, and the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for
opening and improving said Fourteenth street west,
from the canal to Maryland avenue be, and the same is
hereby appropriated, to be charged in equal proportions
to the first and second wards. ſ
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said bridge and
street shall be done by contract, and commenced under
the direction of the mayor, so soon as any individual
or individuals shall advance the money for the purposes
aforesaid, to be reimbursed by this corporation, to such
individual or individuals (without interest) seven years
after the said bridge shall have been completed.
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Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the mayor shall not
be authorized to cause the provisions of this act to be
carried into execution, until he shall have entered into
a contract with some individual or individuals, binding
him or them, under a sufficient penalty, to furnish such
further sums as may be found necessary by the corpora-
tion to complete the erection of the said bridge, and
graduating and gravelling the aforesaid part of a street,
upon the terms and conditions as provided by the third
section of this act.
Jlpproved, May 12th, 1819.
CHAP. 54.
AN ACT making appropriations for the improvement of
certain streets and avenues, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
following sums be, and the same are hereby appropri-
ated.
In the First Ward.
For improving Pennsylvania avenue, from Fourteenth
street west to Rock creek, three hundred dollars.
For improving M street north, from Nineteenth street
west to Twentieth street west, one hundred dollars.
In the Second Ward.
F or improving Pennsylvania avenue, between Second
and Fourteenth streets west, six hundred dollars.
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For graduating and gravelling Twelfth Street west,
from F to H streets north, the sum of three hundred
and fifty dollars. - -
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In the Third Ward.
For improving Pennsylvania avenue, from Capitol
square to Fourth street east, three hundred dollars.
For paving the floor of the Capitol Hill market house
with brick, two hundred dollars.
For improving Maryland 'avenue, from the Capitol
square to Fourth street east, two hundred dollars.
In the Fourth Ward,
For improving Pennsylvania avenue, from Fourth
street east to the Pastern branch bridge, three hundred
dollars. - •
For improving Maryland avenue, from Fourth street
to the boundary line of the city, the sum of four hundred
dollars.
For graduating and gravelling L street south, from
Fourth to Sixth streets east, one bundred and fifty dol-
lars. |
For improving K street, from Eighth street east to
the Eastern branch bridge, three hundred and fifty dol-
lars. - -
Sec. 2. Jind be it enacted, That the mayor be, and
he is hereby authorized and impowered to carry the
above appropriations immediately into effect, to be paid
out of any money to the credit of the several wards in
which the improvements are to be made.
approved, 12th JMay, 1819.
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CHAP. 52.
AN ACT making appropriations for defraying the ex-
penses of ihe ensuing election for members of the
corporation of the city of Washington, and for other
purposes. ;
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
sum of thirty dollars be, and the same is hereby appro-
priated, for defraying the expenses of the ensuing elec-
tion for members of the city council; and the further
sum of twenty-two dollars and seventy-five cents for
paying any balance which may be due on accoutsi ºf
any former election ; to be paid out of any monies to
the credit of the general fund.
Approved, May 12th, 1819.
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CHAP. 53.
AN ACT supplementary to the act, entitled “An act
making appropriations for defraying the general ex-
penses of the corporation of the city of Washington,
for the year ending on the second Monday in June,
one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. -:
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That in
addition to the sum already appropriated by the act, to
which this is a supplement, passed on the eleventh day
of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, a
sum not exceeding five hundred dollars be, and the
same is hereby appropriated, for compensation to the
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alembers of the board of aldermen and board of com-
mon council, to be paid out of any money to the credit
of the general fund not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, Muy 12th, 1819.
CHAP. 54. *
AN ACT to audit and adjust the accounts of William
- Waters, and others. *
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
trustees of the poor be, and they are hereby directed
to audit, adjust, and pay the accounts of William
Waters, William R. Cozens, William Batty, John G.
Jolies, and Nathan Moore, for attending certain cases
of the small pox, on just and equitable terms. *
Jīpproved, JMay 12th, 1819.
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CHAP. 55.
AN ACT for the relief James Greenleaf, and others.
Be it enacted by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
register of this corporation be, and he is hereby autho-
rized and directed to audit and settle the tax account of
Pratt and others, Greenleaf and Eliot and James
Greenleaf, on the following principles, to wit; charge
the aforementioned parties, severally, with the whole
amount of taxes, which have accrued on the property
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now assessed in their names, jointly or individually,
since the first assessment of property in this city, and
all other property on which any or all of the aforemen-
tioned parties claim the right of paying the taxes; at
the said time crediting the said parties, jointly or indi-
vidually, as the case may be, with the amount actually
raised by the sale of said property under the direction
of the collector of the second ward, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventeen, in proportion to
the amount so raised on the property of each individual
or company of the parties concerned, passing to the
credit of the aforesaid parties (on account of future
taxes) the excess or balance which may appear to be
due (if any) to each party after settling their tax account,
including the tax for the year one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighteen, in the same proportion as is herein
before directed. -
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That all interests actually
paid by Pratt and others, Greenleaf and Eliot, and
James Greenleaf, for redeeming their property sold in
eighteen hundred and seventeen, for taxes due this cor-
poration prior to the passage of this act, not exceeding ten
per centum per annum, shall, upon producing a receipt
or voucher therefor, be passed to the credit of the party
whose property has been so redeemed, on account of
future taxes, agreeably to the provisions of the first
section of this act, any thing in any former law to the
contrary notwithstanding. -
Sec. 3. Jind be it enacted, That the provisions of
this act shall not take effect, until the parties named in
the first section thereof, file, either in person or by attor-
ney, in the office of the Register of the corporation, a
full and entire discharge, in writing, of any claim or
claims which they respectively may be supposed to have
against the Corporation, by reason of the illegality or
irregularity of the sales for taxes during the year eighteen
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hundred and seventeen, or at any former period; and
also the respective declarations of their assent, that, in
relation to the right of the several purchases at any of
the said sales, the said sales shall be held to be valid
and binding, as if they had not been illegally or irregu-
larly held or conducted.
Approved, JMay 12th, 1849. *
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REsolutions.
CHAP. 56.
RESOLUTION to raise, by lottery, ten thousand
dollars for the purposes therein mentioned.
Itesolved by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That it
is expedient to raise, by lottery, the sum of ten thousand
dollars (clear of expenses) in addition to the sums here-
tofore authorized, for the following objects, to wit: for
building, establishing and endowing public schools, for
building a penitentiary, and for building a town house
or city hall, in the city of Washington.
Resolved, That the mayor present the foregoing
resolution to the president of the United States, and
respectfully solicit his approbation.
..Approved, 19th October, 1818.
J!pproved, JW ovember 4th, 1818,
JAMES MONROE.
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CHAP. 57.
REsolution affixing names to certain avenues.
Resolved by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
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following avenues in the city of Washington, shall
hereafter be designated by the names hereinafter res-
pectively annexed thereto, to wit:
• The avenue, as laid out on the ground plan of the
city, running in a north eastern direction, from the open
space formed by the intersection of East Capitol street,
with Massachusetts, North Carolina and Kentucky
avenues, to the boundary of the city, Tennessee Avenue.
The avenue, as laid out on the ground plan of the
city, running in a south western direction, from the
Judiciary square, to Canal street, Louisiana flvenue.
The avenue, as laid out on the ground plan of the
city, running in a south eastern direction, from Fifteenth
street west, to Canal street, Ohio Avenue.
The avenue, as laid out on the ground plan of the
city running in a south eastern direction from the Judi-
ciary square to First street east, Indiana Avenue.
Resolved, That the mayor be requested to present
the aforegoing resolution to the president of the United
States, and respectfully solicit his approbation.
.Approved, 19th October, 1848.
..Approved, JW ovember 4th, 1848,
JAMES MON ROE.
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CHAP. 58.
RESOLUTION concerning the renewal and amend.
ments of the charter of the city of Washington.
Resolved by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That a
joint committee, to consist of two members of each
board be appointed, in conjunction with the mayor,
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whose duty it shall be, to prepare and have presented
to congress, at the present session thereof, a petition
praying for the renewal of the charter of the city; and
that they be instructed to endeavour to procure the
enactment of the following provisions, as amendments
to the said charter, to wit: . * *
A mayor’s court to be created with such judicial
powers, officers and organization as congress may deem
expedient. - f
The mayor to be vested with authority to remove any
of the officers of the corporation at pleasure.
Of the powers of the Corporation.
The corporation, in addition to the powers already
possessed, to have the power of opening alleys through
the squares, and of extending those already made : of
increasing the aunount of tax for paving foot-ways and
setting kirb stones, to three dollars per front foot, and
of laying such tax, upon application of a majority of
the owners of the property, upon any portion of a
street; of laying a tax for paving carriage ways of the
streets, not exceeding the actual expenses thereof; of
adding ten per cent. per annum on, and in adition to the
tax imposed, upon any individuals refusing or neglect.
ing to pay such special taxes within thirty days after
the improvements shall have been made by order of
the corporation ; of regulating from time to time, the
prices of builders’ work; of creating a board of health,
and providing for the appointment of such officers as
may be necessary to enforce its regulations; of selling.
improved property for taxes under the same regulations
as now exist with regard to the sale of unimproved
property ; of changing the present regulations concern.
ing the redemption of property sold for taxes, so as to
enable the owners thereof, to redeem the same by
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depositing the sum necessary in the hands of some
officer of the corporation; of prohibiting the transpor-
tation of slaves through the city, or depositing them in
the city for the purpose of transportation by negro
traders, or other persons, with authority to provide for
the punishment of the violators of the laws on this
subject, their agents or assistants, by fine or imprison-
ment.
Of the Public Grounds.
The commissioner of the public buildings, to be
directed to reimburse to the corporation, a moiety of the
expense which may be incurred, in opening and im-
proving any street or streets, which form the boundary,
or adjoin any of the United States’ squares or reserva-
tions, or which may pass through the same, and to
cause the kirb stones to be set, and foot-ways to be
paved on the side of any such street, adjoining any
such square, whenever the corporation shall order the
like improvements to be made by the proprietors of the
lots opposite or adjoining thereto. - f
(ºf the Levy Cºurt.
The corporation to be exempi from contributions to
the levy court on account of the erection or repairs
of bridges over Rock creek; but to be vested with the
sole controul, and chargeable with the expense of
building or repairing; the bridge at the termination of
K street north. /
Of the Transfers of Real Property.
The clerk of the circuit court of the county of Wash-
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ington to be directed, to deposit. semi-annually, to wit:
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on the first Mondays of January and July, a correct list
of all transfers of real property in the city, so far as can
be ascertained, by the records in his office, to have taken
place during the preceding half year, in the office of .
the register, or other officer appointed by the corpora-
tion to receive the same. •
The register of wills for the county of Washington
to be directed to deposit semi-annually, on the first
Mondays of January and July, a correct list of transfers
of real property in the city, so far as can be ascertained
by the records of his office, to have taken place in the
course of inheritance, or by bequest, during the preced-
ing half year, in the office of the register or other officer
appointed by the corporatien to receive the same.
. The corporation to be directed to make compensation
to the clerk of the circuit court and to the register of
wills for those services, not exceeding six cents for
each transfer on said lists.
JApproved, 47th Movember, 1848.
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CHAP. 59.
RESOLUTION requesting a general meeting of
the citizens to be convened.
Whereas the mayor of the city of Washington
having laid before the board of aldermen and
board of common council, a communication from
the honorable John C. Herbert, chairman of the
committee of the District of Columbia in the house
of Representatives of the United States, requesting
that a deputation may be appointed by the munici.
pal authorities of the city, to confer with said com-
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mittee on the subject of that part of the message
of the president of the United States of the
seventeenth ultimo, which relates to the creation
of a local government for said district; and,
whereas, the two boards believe that the expres-
sion of any opinion, or the performance of any act,
in behalf of their constituents upon that subject,
are not amongst the duties or powers delegated to
them; but of right belong to the people them-
selves :-Therefore, -
Resolved by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
mayor be, and he hereby is requested to convene on the
thirtieth instant, by proclamation, the people of this
city in general meeting, that they may make an expres-
sion of their sentiments in relation to the subject of the
aforementioned communication ; and, that he be re-
quested to communicate the result of the deliberations
of said meeting to the two boards on Saturday the
second day of January next. !
| Itesolved, That the aforegoing preamble and resolu-
tion be published in the National Intelligencer and City
Gazette. - \
.ipproved, 24th December, 1818.
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* º CHAP. 60.
RESOLUTION authorizing the mayor to offer a re-
ward for the apprehension of incendiaries.
Resolved by the board of aldermen and board of
common council of the city of Washington, That the
mayor be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered
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to issue his proclamation, offering a reward of a sum
not exceeding five hundred dollars, for the apprehension
and conviction of any person or persons who may have
been concerned in causing any of the late fires, and
that the same be paid out of any unappropriated monies
to the credit of the general fund. }
•Approved, 13th .April, 1819.
sixTEENTH councIL.
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J. List of the Officers of the Corporation.
Benjamin G. Orr, JMayor.
William Hewitt, Register.
Henry Whetcroft, Treasurer.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF • AL DERMEN.
James H. Handy,
Joseph Forrest, ; First Ward.
Christopher Andrews,
Thomas H. Gillis, - ; Second Ward.
Alexander M'Cormick, President, tº , •
John G. Macdonald, ; Third Ward.
Joseph Cassin, t …
Samuel Miller, } Fourth Ward.
William Hewitt, Secretary.
MEMBERS OF THE BoARD of common councIL.
John N. Moulder, *
George M’Daniel, First Ward.
William O'Neal, ;
George Sweeny, President,
James M. Varnum, - Second Ward.
Enoch Reynolds, , -
James Young,
John Chalmers, Third Ward.
Henry Tims,
Israel Little,
John B. Forrest, w Fourth Ward.
Thomas Reynolds,
Pontius D. Stelle, Secretary. . .
SURVEYor.
Joseph Elgar.
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TRUSTEES OF THE POOR,
Thomas Barclay, for the first } -
Enoch Reynolds, for the second Ward.
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Alexander M'Cormick, for the third
Thomas Haliday, for the fourth
John Chalmers, for Greenleaf's Point.
INSPEctor of TopAcco.
Michael Lowe.
COLLECTORS.
Joseph Brumley, for the first T
Joseph Ingle, for the second Ward
William Ingle, for the third tº
George Adams, for the fourth
Assessors.
William Worthington, for the first
Thomas Hughes, for the second l Woºd
Daniel Rapine, for the third -- (UT’(l.
John Crabb, for the fourth J \
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF APPEAL.
Thomas Carberry, for the first Y
Thomas Dougherty, for the second Ward
Samuel Burch, for the third (17°0'.
Isaac S Middleton, for the fourth • *
CITY commissionERs. .
William Waters, for the first * -
John Sessford, for the second Wardſ
Henry Ingle, for the third
John W. Brashears, for the fourth J
CITY CONSTABLES,
Nathan Moore, for the first
Ward.
Thomas Edmonston, for the second
Launcelot Griffin, for the third ! . .
George Adams, for the fourth J
Samuel A. Childs, additional.
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WOOD CORDERS AND COAL MEASURERS.
Thomas Taylor, junior, for the first
Thomas Burch, for the second Ward
George Sandford, for the third (LTOl.
}. Wilson, for the fourth
William Wise, for Greenleaf's point,
Benjamin Bryan, additional.
INSPECTORS AND MEASURERS OF LUMBER.
Benjamin Bryan, -
Clotworthy Stephenson •
Joseph Harbaugh,
James Middleton,
Thomas Wilson,
Thomas Sandiford, jr.
CLERKS OF THE MARKETS.
Philip Williams, for the west -
James B. Herd, for the centre
Benson ºś. for the Capitol Hill arket-houses.
Joseph Wilson, for the Easterm-branch J
Amon Woodward, contractor to keep Pumps and Hydrants in
repavr.
CONTENTS.
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Page.
An Act authorizing the payment of a balance due for repairing
the tobacco warehouse, ( ) º ſº º º ©
An Act placing the superintendance of certain expenditures of
the temporary workhouse in the trustees of the poor, and
making an appropriation for the support thereof, . . .
An Act making an appropriation for the temporary relief of
such poor persons as may be afflicted with any infectious
disease, . . e c e e o e º e
An Act to authorize the purchase of a Bull for the fourth ward,
An Act making an appropriation for the purchase of a Bull
for the first ward, e Qe e e e • *
An Act to authorize a loan for the use of the city of Washing-
ton, and for funding the debt-due by the corporation, , , .
An Act making provision for the redemption of the debt due
- by the º of the city of Washington, and for the
payment of the interest thereof, . e º o o
An Act in addition to the act to amend “An Act to establish
and endow a permanent institution for the education of
youth in the city of Washington,” . . . . . .
An Act making an appropriation for the support of the school
in the second district, . . . . . . . .
An Act for the more effectually supplying the inhabitants of
Washington city with water, º e e •
An Act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act for the pre-
servation of springs, wells, hydrants and pumps and for
other purposes,” o e ... • * e O
An Act to compel collectors to give a detail bill of taxes,
An Act to authorize the mayor to appoint an additional wood
corder and coal measurer, . . e e G ©
An Act making compensation to John Law, for a revision of the
laws of the corporation, & 6 G e e º
An Act to compensate F.C. De Kraft for copying the squares
of the city of Washington, and to repeal the act therein
mentioned, . . º e e ‘ e © e ©
An Act making an appropriation for the casual repairs of streets,
bridges and footways, and for the removal of nuisances,
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An Act making appropriations for defraying the general ex-
penses of the corporation of the city of Washington, for
the year ending on the second Monday in June, one thou-
sand eight hundred and nineteen, {º * º tº
An Act to set the kirbstone and pave the footways on the west
side of Seventh street west, between D and F streets
north; also on the east side of Seventh street west, be-
tween E and F streets north, . . . º te º
An Act to set the kirbstone and pave the footways on the south
side of square numbered four hundred and fifty-eight; on
the west side of square numbered four hundred and thirty-
two ; on the south side of square numbered four hundred
and seven ; and on the south side of square numbered
four hundred and thirty-two, e e e ©
An Act to pave the footway on the south side of square num-
bered four hundred and fifty-nine, tº ſº º
An Act to set the kirb stone and pave the footways on the
north and south sides of East Capitol street, from First
to Second streets east, e º © & º º
An Act supplementary to an act, entitled “An act to authorize
a loan for the use of the city of Washington, and for
funding the debt due by this corporation,” passed on the
eleventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
eighteen, e º º º e • • tº
An Act directing a general assessment of property in the city
of Washington and the appointment of a board of appeal,
An act to authorize the mayor to issue certificates of stock for
monies advanced on account of improvements, ©
An Act making appropriations for the improvement of streets
and avenues in the city of Washington, e e
An Act making an appropriation for securing the abutments on
each side of the upper bridge over Rock creek, . .
An Act making an appropriation for completing the bridge
across the canal on New Jersey avenue, we ſº
An Act to open and gravel a carriage way on the east side of
square numbered one hundred and sixty-seven, º
An Act making a further appropriation for the support of the
poor, aged, and infirm of the city of Washington,
An Act amendatory of the several acts respecting city com-
mlSSIOllerS, ſº gº © © e e e gº
An Act granting certain fees to the police constables in addi-
tion to their present compensation, e Gº tº
An Act to fix the compensation of the ward assessors for the
year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, .
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An Act for the relief of the commissioner of the third ward,
An Act to set the kirb stone and pave the footway, on the
south side of square 322, and for other purposes,
An Act making an appropriation for improving South Capitol
street, e © º tº e tº e * } º
An Act supplementary to the act, authorizing the appointment
of inspectors and measurers of lumber, © e
An Act to carry into effect certain resolutions authorizing the
raising of money by lottery, • s gº º
An Act making an appropriation for repairs and improvements
of the infirmary, * § e ‘º tº tº
An Act making an appropriation for repairing the West Mar-
ket house, . © © tº tº gº g * g
An Act to authorize the holding of markets in the Capitol Hill
and West market houses, on Saturday evenings, º
An Act making a further appropriation for repairing the bridges
over Rock creek, . . e tº tº • , , , gº
An Act making an appropriation for the completion of the en-
gine house in the fourth ward,
An Act for the relief of Henry Ingle, gº tº º
An Act to amend the act, entitled “An act amendatory of the
several acts respecting city commissioners,” ſº º
An Act making an appropriation for the purchase of additional
apparatus for the use of the different ward fire companies,
An Act for the purchase and erection of alarm bells,
An Act for the relief of William A. Bradley, tº º
An Act to prevent goats from running at large within the city
of Washington, • • . . . wº ge
An Act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act directing a
general assessment of property in the city of Washington,
and the appointment of a board of appeal,” passed seven-
teenth day of October, eighteen hundred and eighteen,
An Act making an appropriation for building a bridge over the
canal, and for other purposes, tº g dº e
An Act making appropriations for the improvement of certain
streets and avenues, and for other purposes, * g
An Act making appropriations for deſraying the expenses of
the ensuing election for members of the corporation of the
city of Washington, and for other purposes, e
An Act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act making ap-
propriations for defraying the general expenses of the cor-
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poration of the city of Washington, for the year ending .
on the second Monday in June, one thousand eight hun-
dred and nineteen. tº * gº
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An Act to auditand adjust the accounts of William Waters and
others, , . ſº tº tº • . . . . .
An Act for the relief of James Greenleaf, and others,
Resolution to raise, by lottery, ten thousand dollars for the pur-
poses therein mentioned, * > ©
Resolution affixing names of certain avenues, g . G.
Resolution concerning the renewal and amendments of the char-
ter, of the city of Washington, . . . .
Resolution requesting a general meeting of the citizens to be
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Resolution authorizing the mayor to offer a reward for the ap-
prehension of incendiaries. . . .
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