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 128 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 108. 1870. bow ¤°b° ¤P· expended by and under the direction of the city government of said city Pima; for the support and relief of the poor of said city and of the District of P¤Ym°¤¤ h°“' Columbia; and said city may enforce the payment of Said Sum from time °°f°r°°d' to time as the same shall become due, either by an action at law or by the same proceedings now authorized by law for the collection of taxes by said city. Iffranchiseis SEO. 15. And be it further enacted, That if the corpomtors named in Q3; *;f_g*:gI[;"lO;’£ this act, or a major part of them, shall refuse 01* neglect, for sixty days fo,;i;;mq_wi,0 from and :1fter the passage of this act, to accept the franchise hereby ¤¤¤Y ¤¤j¤Yi¤· created, or if, having nee-opted the same, they shall have fort"eitod the rgb R"' N"' 1* same within two years from and after the passage of this act, then and in st, p. 689. _ . . . that <-use it shall and may be lawful for any citizens of the city of Washingtou, to the number of twenty or more, to associate themselves together by articles in writing subscribed by them, whereby they shall undertake and ngree to accept the franchise conferred by this act and to perform all the conditions therein imposed ; said articles shall be recorded in the oflice of the register for the city of Wasliington, and thereupon such associates shall become a body corporate and be invested with all the rights, privileges, and immunities conferred by this act upon the corporators named therein. Open space Sue. 16. And be it further enacted, That the city government ot" .Washgjglzdaggélgr ington shall have the right to hold and use, under such rules and regulacm-mu pwd- tions as the said corporation may prescribe, the open space at the inter. ¤°*¤· section of Ohio and Louisiana avenues with Tenth and Twelfth streets as a market for the purchase and sale of the following articles, to wit: Huy, straw, oats, corn, corn·mcal, seed of all kinds, wood for sale from the wagon, cattle on the hoof, swine on the hoot, country produce, sold in quantities, from the wagon, and such other bulky and coarse articles as Such products the said corporation may designate. And from and after sixty days from l';;§t¥n°g:g°r the passage of this act marketing of the products named herein shall be places. excluded from Pennsylvania and Louisiana avenues and the sidewalks and pavements thereon. R<>r><>=¤li¤z Sec. 17. And be it jierzfzcr enacted, That all acts and parts of acts of °l“"°’ &°' the board of aldermen and board of common council and of Congress, inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed, and that this act shall be deemed a public act, and shall take effect from and after its passage. But Congress hereby reserves the right to legislate in respect to said property hercby gran ted, and to amend or repeal this act. SPI·:cIF1cATIONs FOR WASIIINGTON CITY MARKET BUILDING. Speciticntions Schedule.- Specifications of materials and workmanship required in °f§;Ql2:}§‘ scc_ carrying out and completing the improvements proposed to be made by tion b,p.1h8. the Washington City Market Company, on Center Market Space, at \Vashington, District of Columbia, and more particularly within the metes and bounds prescribed and enumerated in the accompanying act. Drawings. The work to be executed according to the annexed drawings, which are hereby made a part of these specifications, and which consist of - 1. An elevational view in perspective; 2. Ground plans of first story; 3. Ground plans of second story; 4. Ground plans of third story; 5. Ground plans of fourth and fifth stories, and sectional views, showing the interior arrangement of the main building, as well as the open structures for market purposes, to wit: 6. By a line running due east and west through center of square; 7. By a line running due north and south through center of the square; 8. By a line running transversely through wings of main building. The work must be done also in accordance with all working-plans and detaihsheets in explanation of the above designs, such as the architect may find necessary in order to give full artistic effect to most substantial and permanent structures.