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 86 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI for the use of the poor of the district, and the remaiaing angle in the southeast angle for the use of the King. •'In laying out the city, all streets shall be at right angles and four rods wide, includ- ing the foot-paths on each side, which shall be fifteen feet wide, and shall be raised twelve or fifteen inches above the wagon road. No person shall be allowed to encroach on the foot-paths, with either porch, cellar door, or other obstruction to passengers. "All the oblongs, or squares of the city, shall be of the same dimensions, if possible; viz. : extending from east to west eighty rods or perches, and from north to south twelve perches, so that each oblong or square will contain six acres, which shall be subdivided by meridian lines, into twelve lots of half an acre each ; by this means every lot will have at least two fronts, and the end lots will have three fronts. The lots shall be num- bered from No. 1 upward, on each side of every street; extending from east to west; commencing at the east end. "The streets shall be distinguished by names in the following manner: the middle street shall be a continuation of the middle range or road, extending from the first me- ridional line to the Mississippi river, and shall be called King street; and the streets north of this, extending from east to west, shall be called first North street, second North street, and so on, reckoning from King's street or Middle street. In like man- ner all the streets south of Kings street or Middle street, extending from east to west, shall be called first South street, second South street, and so on, reckoning from King street ; so also, all the streets extending North and South shall be distinguished by the names of first River street, second River street, and so on; i-eckoniug the space be- tween the eastmost squares and the river, as first or front River street. "The space between the eastmost squares and the river, shall not be less than one hundred feet at any place, from the present margin or bank of the river, to be kept open forever for the security, pleasure and health of the city, and its inhabitants ; wherefore re- ligious care shall be taken to preserve all the timber growing thereon. "The lots of each square shall be num- bered from the above space fronting the river. The eastmost lot of each square being No. 1, and so on, to the westmost lot of the whole city ; by which means every lot in the city may be easily known and pointed out by any person. "The two lots No. 1 on each side of King street are hereby given forever to the citi- zens for market places. The two lots No. 13 on each side of King street are hereby given forever to the citizens ; viz. : that on the south side for a Roman Catholic school, and that on the north side for a Roman Catholic church. "The two lots No. 13 in the fifth North street are hereby given forever to the citi- zens, viz: that on the south side for an Epis- copal school, and that on the north side for an Episcopal church. "The two lots No. 13 in the fifth South street are hereby given forever to the citi- zens, viz. : that on the south side for a Pres- byterian school, and that on the north side for a Presbyterian church. "The two lots No. 13 in the tenth North street are hereby given forever to the citizens, viz. : that on the south side for a Geraian Lutheran school, and that on the north side for a German Lutheran church. "The two lots No. 13 on the fifteenth North street are herebj^ given forever to the citizens