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MONDAY, FEBRUARY' 15,' 11369
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Ws mornirzp's GAzETT —Seeond page:
"After Many Days," a choice English
. story, complete. Third and Sixth pages:: ,
Financial, Commercial, \Mercantile and
River News, Markets, Imports Seventh
page: February Fashions, Miscellaneous
Readin - g Matter.
U. S. BONDS at Frangort, 82.
PETROLEII I II at Antvi4rp, 5131@59f.
GoLD closed in New York on Saturday
at 135 k.
Tim lower branch oi‘ f the West Vir
ginia Legislature votes or Parkersburg as
the Capital of the State
Recausr. a promin4t Ohio politician
lately resigned the Presidency of a rail
way in a hurry, his neighbors at once
concluded that GR.-12•ZT must have sent for
him, to enter the Cabinet. Could'nt they
have found a reason nearer home?
A NATIONAL LEAGUE, of all favorable
to the protection of home-industry, is to
be organized at Philadelphia, on Wednes
day, the 17th. Manufacturers, miners
‘ v
and all others interes I d in the health and
growth of, our home . I dustry are invited
to attend. Will not estern Pennsyl
vania'be fully represented
AN ATTEISP.T of the Erie folks to un
load some of their Cleveland and Pitts
burgh stock, in Wall street, on Thurs
day, found the street "unprepared to take
it." The stock was very desirable, and
probably it is yet, bat it got a terribly
black eye when dist crowd seized it, and
this seems to be Wall street's idea about it.
GEORGIA resolves to elect Congress
men in April next. She adopted this
resolution after learning that her bogus
Electoral vote had gone through as good
as any, and that a Joint Conventionhad
socomplished what the regular legislation
of Congress had failed in—her recogni
tion as a completely reconstructed State.
Why should she neglect her advantage
now ?
THE ' CLOSE of ate testimony taken in
the contest.of the election in the Third
Congressional District, finds the title of
-31 r. 'M'Ens conclusively established; Mr.
• MOFFET, (Dem.) who now holds the cer
tificate, has failed to vitiate more than
twenty or;thirty Republican votes, while
. at least three hundred of his own ballots
are proved illegal. His ostensible major
ity was only 127, and is demolished more
than twice over.
SATURDAY was a day of great interest
at Washington. We have eiseyhere spo
ken of the interview between a Corn
mittee of Congress and the President
elect. The legislative proceedings of the
•I day' were of an unusually. important
'`character, especially in the House. Now
that fifteen working days of the session
remain, we may looks for the maturing of
a large amount of the' public business,
and our columns will Fe fully taxed with
the daily reports.
- EVENTS in New York indicate an ur
gent need for an instant and radical re
form in the administration of the laws,
for the protection of life and property
against the army of, villains who have
been stuffing their ballot-boxes, run
ning their Courts and robbing the tax
payers all through the medium of
the, municipal authOrity. Personal out
rage has become so flagrant and reckless
that no one is any longer safe, eyen in
theory. The city is therefore very/ nearly
if not quite ready , for the correctional and
effective intervosition of Vigilance Com
mittees.
THE ALLEGED compromise of the diffi
culties in the Cleveland and Pittsburgh
Railway, is denied, in quarters usually
well-informed.
The consolidation of the railways from
Buffalo t 0 ,.. Toledo °has been finally per
fected.
The capital stock of the Indianopolis
and Terre Haute road, originally $625,-
000, has since been "watered up" to s3,=
000,000, on which it has paid' handsome
dividends.
The North Pacific Railroad Company,
lespairing of its chances for any subsidy
at the present session of. Congress, noi'
proposes to go to work, relying upon its
own credit—a sensible example for the
rest of the, railway lobby.
A CONTENTION of Philologists fait° be
held at Poughkeepsie, •N. Ir,, July nth
next. It is proposed then, to organize a
permaneit National Society for thepro
motion of Philological studies and re
search in America. Papers will be read
by distinguished linguists, and the Con
vention will discips the study of language
in all its phases, particularly considering
the question of the relative importance of
familiarity with ancient or modern
tongues not our own, and in what direc
tions the study of all language should be
divided up. We are not surprised taper
ceive that the call is signed by more than
one hundred of the most eminent scholars
and instritctorsof the conntry. It is grat
ifying, too, to I:now that questions of so
much concern to a just and useful system
of education are about to gain a practical
consideration in the most needful'quarter.
NEVER BEFORE iILISTE Pittsburgh was
erected into a municipality have its pros
pects been better or more encouraging.
Our population is rapidly, increasing, a
good class of =people constantly pouring
in from all parts of the country and set
tling down to active life in our midst..
WhEit were a few years ago rural districts,
devoted to garden purposes, are be
ing transformed into closely populated
neighborhoods, and it is not beyond the
range of the memory of our youngest
citizens since picnic parties were held in
localities now forming the heart of the
business city. The effect of the consoli
dation with the outlying districts is com
mencing to be felt and evidences are
everywhere apparent that fresh individ
ual and municipal enterprise were im
parted to the people and city by that wise
movement. Private improvements in the
way of costly residences and palatial
places for the transaction of business are
vigorously going forward on all sides,
while the City Councils are developing an
activity and enterprise which clearly
betoken that they are in the lead• of the
people in their ideas of municipal pro
gression and advancement. All the im
provements and reforms which now se
cure the attention of those well constitu
ted bodies must necessarily come in the
course of time. The propriety, howev
er, or their adoption at this particular
date, is questioned by many. It is not our
purpose to discuss at this time the
merits or demerits of a Paid Fire Depart
ment, the wisdom of creating a Water
Commission, or the necessity of making
a move towards securing for the people a
breathing spot free from the sulphurous
atmosphere of the city. Each of the pro
jects will be safe in the keeping of Coun
cils, in whose judgment, prudence and
discretion we have the utmost confidence,
and we feel that the 'people will heartily
acquiesce in any action they make take,
favorable or adverse;as the case may be-.
THE NEW PRESIDENT
General GRANT was, on Saturday, for
mally notified of his election i to the Presi
dency. The official certificate thereof
was delivered to him by a Committee of
Congress. The interest of khe occasion
was increased by the remarlis both of the
Committee and of the President Elect.
The declaration by Gov. 3foirroN, that
the new administration would be sup-'
ported by many citizens who had not
usually given Republican votes, was re
inforced by Mr. PRUAN, a Democratic
Representative, that' the administration
would be sustained by the Democracy in
carrying out the principles which Gen
eral GRANT had just pledged himself to
enforce. These, as he announced them
emphatically, are to be honestyi-economy
and retrenchment. The revenue laws in
particular are to be faithfully executed.
All subordinate officials are to be held
rigidly responsible for their fidelity to
these leading ideas of his administration.
The people will w‘dcome these renewed
declarations of their President-elect with
the greatest' satisfaction, not because
_there has arisen a shadow of a doubt that
General GRA.NT would be faithful to his
former pledges in the same direction, but
in view of the multiplying prpof4 that the
public service has been, and !yet is more
and more, dishonored and betrayed by
corrupt and -even dishonerat officials of
every grade. With each—day, come such
fresh revelations of the flagrant, shameless
and unmeasured venality of those who fill
the public employments, that each re-
newed assurance, of the reformation
which is about to be inaugurated, and in
that all-powerful quarter, is eagerly wel
comed. We already feel that the better
day is dawning, and our only fear is that
the enemies of the public credit and honor
will be able to retire with full hands be
fore the hour comes for that relief which
all honest men‘..pray for, and which Pres
ident GRANT will give us.
THE NEW CABINET
We have at last, from the President
elect,, 1
the explicit statement that the
names of his Cabinet-advisers will not
be made publicly known, nor even to the
gentlemen themselves .whom he shall
select, until he sends them to the Senate
for confirmation. i This defers the matter
until the 4th . of March, when, after his
inauguration, the Senate will sit awaiting
his first communication. Until then,
nothing will be known. Since, however,
't can hardly be possible that General
GRANT will nominate those seven high
officers without a reasonable certainty of
their willingness to serve, or that they are
prepared to come to his side without any
delay, we presume that few, perhaps not
oue of them, will he entirely without some
informal previous intimation.
In deferring his announcements to the
latest moment possible, General GRANT
follows many precedents.. General JACK
son's Cabinet " r yas not semi-officially pro
sb aimed until February 27th, and two of
t e names were subseivently changed.
ratisoN announced his Secretaries
F - ruary 13th. Polar made no an
no ncement until March Ist. General
TAYLOR relieved public anxiety on the
:1 ' AZEITE MONDAY, - FEBRUARY -.15;
the' 3d. PIERCE'S Secretaries were ap
parently named February 17th, but only
one of them kept . place on the list, the
actual appointments not transpiring until
their names were sent to the Senate.
BUCEIANAN made knownlis choice Febru
ary 26th. Mr. LINCOLN'S selections were
not positively known until the very eve
of his inauguration. It is thus seen that
General GRANT proposes to himself the
same policy in this regard which has been
adopted by most of his predecessors, and
will be like l ly to succeed quite as well as
any of them in keeping his own counsel.
It is his privilege, nay more, it is his
duty to take all possible precautions that
his administration• shall enter office freed
from the embarrassment to which he
pointedly alluded — on Saturday. It is
enough for the country, and for the great
i f i
party which el cted him, to know that,
whomever he ay call about him as his
Secretaries a d confidential advisers,
these are certain to be men in whom the
country can trust, and who will have, as
they now have, the absolute confidence
of the Republican masses. A few promi
nent men who are merely politicians, and
who are at heart only anxious about "axes
to grind," may find the delay irksome and
decidedly unfavorable to the little combi
nations and "slates" which they love to
make un, but all these must possess their
souls patiently, and exercise their talents
in ingenious conjecture. ,
it ashlngton Items.
The measure agreed upon by the Re
construction Committee, relative to the
case of Mississippi, is intended only as a
temporary relief. It authorizes the old
Convention to convene within thirty days
and not to remain in session to exceed
one month, and re-submit the Constitul
Lion heretofore framed, to the people,
with or without amendments, as they may
indicate, the Convention to appoint a
Provisional Governor with full power to
appoint or remove all State or county
officers. '
It is said that the Senate Committee on
Judiciary has determined to report in fa
vor of modification of the constitution of
Virginia, as suggested by the committee
of nine.
It is now believed that General Grant
neither expects nor favors any legislation
by which he can be restored to his posi
tion as General-in-Chief of the Army at
the expiration of his Presidential term;
that Sherman will be appointed his suc
cessor, and that Sheridan will be selected
Lieutenant General in the place of Sher
man.
The certainty that a thoroughly Repub
lican Cabinet will be called around Gen
eral Grant is everywhere conceded, a fact
which entirely destroys the theory that
Seward will be invited to remain in the
State Department.
The pardon of Dr. 3ludd, one of the
conspirators for-the assassination of Pres
ident Lincoln, has been signed by the
President, The pardon is accompanied
by a report of the Attorney General, re
citing the various considerations moving
the Executive to grant .the same, which
are chiefly that there now appears to- be
some doubts as to the complicity of said
Mudd in the conspiracy, he only render-I
iug aid by attending to the wounds of the
chief conspirator; that the medical profes
sion of Hartford county, Maryland, have
satisfactorily shown that it was the pril,- ,
fessional duty of _said Mudd, as a physi-.
'clan, to attend Booth when called upon,
and further, that he was attentive to the
sick at 'the Dry Tortugas during the prey
alence of the yellow fever at , that post
last summer, saving the lives of many
officers and soldiers. It further recites
\that his pardon has been recommended
by thirty-nine Senators and members of
the House of Representatives, by over
- three hundied of the officers and soldiers
of the Dry Tortugas, and others.
There is every indication that the•Pres
,l ident elect will not allow himself to be
I associated in any way - with Andrew
1 Johnson during the inauguration ceremo-
I flies..
General grant gives it 'as his opinion
that one of the best Governors in the
South is General Clayton of Arkansas.
In a recent conversation between Gen.
Grant and a prominent. politician the
General spoke very frankly of the efforts
of certain of the Democratic papers to
produce a breach between him and the
Republican party, and added that any
man who would undertake such a task,
after Andrew Johnson's attempt, would
be a madman indeed. The General seems
to understand - the whole drift of the Oppo
sition, and is evidently resolved to co:op
erate with the great party which elected
him.
THE particulars of the shocking fratri
cide in Clinton county, Missouri, Sunday,
are said to be as follows: The name of
the two brothers was Evans. The
younger of the brothers had been
church'and on returning found an old
hadhorse broken into the oat stacks. He
was unable without assistance to get the
horse out, and called to the house for
some one to help him. Failing to get any
response, he went to the house much ex
cited, took a pistol and started back,
threatening to shoot the horse. The older
brother eaught up a hatchet and followed
on. As he came close to his brother, he
raised the hatchet (as is believed to scare
him) in a striking attitude. The brother
with the pistol turned and fired,
killing him instantly. The affair is the
source of the greatest distress to the fam
ily and the community, as the young
men were highly respected, and no quar
rel had ever before occurred between
them.
ON Thursday last a Celestial sailed from
San Francisco for China, with $18,050
worth of goods stolen from California
merchants. The victims at once sent a
dispatch describing the thief to New
York, whence it was forwarded to Lon
don via the Atlantic Cable, and from
there telegraphed by the Persian Gulf ca
ble to Ceylon, in time to catch the Hong
Kong bteamer. When the Celestial reach
es Hong Kong, the officers there will have
been fully a week on the lookout for him,
and.of course they will recover the goods
and send the swindler back to San Fran
cisco. This incident marks a wonderful
progress in telegraphing during the past
five years. The tune cannot be far dis•
tent when offenders will' be tripped by
lightning in the most remote corners of
the globe.
IT is estimated that there are nearly
thirty thousand young men in Boston un
der marriage engagements, waiting for
better times.
CITY_ COUNCILS.
(Continued from Eighth Page.)
of the several bdildings and premises
and property and appurtenances thereto,
and all apparatus, hose, implements and
tooli of any and all kinds,
which at the
time of the appointment of the Commis
sioners aforesaid, were under the charge
and control of any and all city-oflicers or
officers of the Fire Department in said
city, for the use and benefit of the Fire
Departmeht of the city of Pittsburgh.
And it shillll be the ;thity of all persons
and of c - Mi in possession of any proper
ty, real or personal, belonging to or set
apart for or in use by or for the Fire De
partment of said city, to deliver the same
to the possession and control of said Pitts-
burgh Fire Department.
SEC. 7. The Treasuier of -the city of
Pittsburgh shall be the custodian of all
moneys of the Depaitment. He shall,
on checks or vouchbrs drawn by the said
Commissioners and approved by the City
Controller, disburse and use all moneys
raised for the purpose of said Pitts-
burgh Fire Department.
Sc.E S. The Pittsburgh Fire Commin
sioners, the Mayor of the city of Fittp4-
burgh, the Presidents of the_ Select and
Common Councils, the Chairman of the
Finance Committee of said Councils and
the Controller of said • city, shall consti
tute a "Board of Estimate," and shall
annually, on or before the first Monday
of January in each 'year, estimate the
sum required for the support and main
tenance of the said Department for the
ensuing fiscal year, and order and cause
to be levied, raised 'end collected upon
estates, property and all things at bject to
taxation according to law within said
city. The sum so aforesaid and esti
mated for the annual, expenses author
ized by this act and the monies so col
lected shall be deposited in the city
Treasury and placed to the credit of the
Pittsburgh Fire Department, and in
making such estimate and raising and
collecting said sum l it shall be lawful for
said Board of Estimate to asses`s anually
upon all tire, marine, mutual and life in
surance companies doing business within
said city of Pittsburgh a special tax, the
payment whereof shall be precedent to
the right of any such company or com
panies or their agent.or agents to do bus
iness in said city; all of which taxes
shall be collected as - other city taxes are
now by law collected. •
SEe. - 9. The Board of Estimate created
by section Bth of this act- shall immedi
ately after the organization of the Pitts
burgh Fire DepartMent make an .esti
mate of the probable expenses of the
said Department for the year 1869 ; and
thereupon proceed at once to levy, assess,
and collect the same in the manner pro
vi ded,in section Bth of this act; and in
the meantime it shall be lawful for the
Said Pittsburgh • Fire Commissioners to
negotiate a temporary loan, not exceed
ing the full amount of said estimate so
as aforesaid made.
SEc. 10. The said Commissioners shall
provide such offices and business accom
modations as may ,be requisite for the
transaction of its buSiness and that of its
subordinates in said( city of Pittithufgh.
• SF:o. 11. Thesaid ymmissioners shall
have power to selec a Secretary, Chief
and Assistant Engineers, and as many
officers, clerks, tireinen and appointees
as may be necessary,and the same shall
\
at all times be under the control of the
said Commissioners, hand perform such
duties as may be assigned to them by the
said Commissmners,and may be removed
by said Commissioners. The firemen
and employees mentioned in this section
shall he selected as 'far as practicable
from the te:tive and honorary members
of the present "Fire Department of the
city of Pittsburgh."
Sc.i 12. The aforesaid officers and men,
with their apparatu's of all kinds, when
on duty, shall have the right -of way at
any Pre, and hi any highway, street or
avenue, over any and all ies of any
kind; except those carrying the United
States=mail, and the passage of street
cars, and any person in, or upon, or own-
ing iuic vehicle, who shall refuse the
right of *ay, or in any way willfully ob
struct any fire apparatus; or any Of said
officers, while in pe , forinance of duty,
shall be guilty Of a Misdemeanor, and be
liable to punishment for the same, and
be subject to a penalty not to exceed live
hundred dollars.
Site. 13. On and after the organization
of the Department, all real estate, lire
apparatus, hose, implements; tools, and
all property of whatever nature thed or
therefor in use by the, firemen or Fire
Department of the city of Pittsburgh,
shall be transferred by all persons hav
ing charge of the saute. to the keeping
and custody of the "Pittsburgh Fire De
partment" (hereby created) and for the
use of said Department thereafter. But
the salij property shall remain the prop
erty of, the city of Pittsburgh, subject to
the pulic uses of said Department, as
afore,said, and fur the purposes provided
by this act. And whenever any of the
sitid property shall no longer be needed
by the said Department for the purposes
of this act, they shall dispose of the same
to the best advantage and apply the pro
ceeds to the ' , Eire ,Departthent Fund."
14. The Department hereby crea
ted may adopt a . common seal and direct
its use, and may institute and maintain
suits and proceedings, (and may pay
any costs, expenses or iudgments there
in) for the enforcement of its rights
and contracts, and for the protection,
possession and maintenance of the prop
erty under the c- 'tarot of said Ddpart
inent, and all sums recovered shall be
for the benefit of said Department Fund.
Sac. 15. It shall be the duty of said
Department annually to present to ,the
Select and Common Councils of the City
of Pittsburgh, in the month of January
in each year, a full, complete and detail
ed statement of its expenditures during
the previous year, and to set forth there
in generally the action of said Depart
ment and the classification and number
of 'its officers and men. The first report
•of said Department shall contain a copy
of. the Rules and By-laws adopted by
said Department, and the several subse
quent annual reports shall set forth all
amendments to said Rules and By-laws.
SEC.' 16. It shall be the duty of the De
partment hereby created, and of the po
nce force of the city of Pittsburgh, their
respective officers and men, to co-operate
togother in all proper ways, and the said
police force and this Department may
respectively provide for the protection
against fire, and for the arrest of all per
sons who may, at or near any fire,„ com
mit or attempt to commit any crime
against the laws of this CoMmonwealth,
or may violate any rule or regulation of
said Department, and on the first Mon
day of February in each year, the offi
cers and men under the control of the
Pittsburgh Fire Commissioners shall be
sworn, in like manner as the police force
of said city, and Incake of emergency,
the Mayor of said city Ohall have power
and control over them as he has over the
police force of said city.
SEC. 17. This act shall take effect im
mediately.
Wm. PHILLIPS, Chairman,
John Shipton, t John J. Torley,
A. M. Brown, s R. D. Horron,
• Andrew Scott, R. C. Elliot,
John H. Stewart.
Mr. Rafferty moved an amendment
that the Matter be referred to a vote of
the people.
Mr. Holmes moved-to lay Mr. Raffer
ty's amendinent on the table. The mo
tion was adopted.
Mr. Schmidt moved that the act be
1869.
published in the official papers- of the
•
city one time.
On motion of Mr. Hailinan, the matter
was postponed until next meeting.
PETITIONS.
Mr. Torrens presented a petition re
questing Councils to reconsider their ac
tion in locating .Ridge street. Referred
to the Survey ComMittee.
Also. a petition for a board walk from
Minersville to Lawrenceville station,
and an ordinance authorizing , the same.
The petition was received and the ordi
nance passed to a socond reading and
laid over under the rules.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The' President read a communication
from the Secretary of the Board of Health,
stating that there were two vacancies in-.
said Board, occasioned by the resigna
tion of David Fittsimmons and Samuel
McKee. Accepted.
WATER WORKS.
Mr. Philiips presented a proposed act
relative to the water works, as follows :
AN ACT to create a Board of Water Com-
inissionere of the City of Pittsburgh, and
to provide for the maitagemmt and con
trol of the Water Works of said City:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
ofßepresentatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in general assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by the au
thority of the same, that
be and they are
hereby named, constituted and appoint
ed as Commissioners of the Water
Works of the city of Pittsburgh, who.
with their successors in office, shall be
known and designated as the Board of
Water Commissioners of the City of
Pittsburgh, and shall perform all the ser
vices herein required of them without
compensation.
The members of said Board shall hold
their offices respectively during good be
havior, subject to removal by Councils in
the same manner that elective officers
of the city are by law removable, and
whenever any vacancy shall ;occur in
said Board by death, resignation, remov
al from office or removal from the city,!
it, shall be the duty of said Board to no
tify the said Councils of the fact and nom
inate some person to fill said vacancy,
and if said nominee be approved by a
, majority of Councils in joint session he
'snail thereupon become a member of
, said Board; provided, however, that no
person shall be authorized to serve as a
member of said Board who is not a resi
dent freeholder of said city of Pittsburgh,
and a qualified voter therein.
The said Commissioners shall, within
thirty days after the passage or this act,
having been duly sworn by the Mayor
to faithfully discharge the duties of their
appointment, meet and organize the
Board by the election of one of their num
ber to serve as President and one as Vice
President, who shall hold their offices
for such term as said Board shall by bye
law prescribe, and they may also at the
same time elect a suitable person as Sec
retary, who shall hold his office during
the pleasure of the Board, and receive
such compensation as the Board may de
termine. A majority of said Board shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business. r.
Said Board shall keep full and perfect,
minutes of all their proceedings, which
shall at all proper times be kept open for
the inspection of the City Controller, or
any committee duly appointed by Coun
cils for that purpose. Said Board shall
make report to Councils of their proceed
ings and of all monies received and ex
pended by them at the last regular meet
ing of said Councils in December of each
year, and at such other times as Councils
may by ordinance or resolution direct.
The said Board of Commissioners are
hereby authorized and empowered to
purchase such lands and materials and
to Construct such reservoirs, buildings,
machinery and daturas as May bedeetM
ed necessary for a full and ample supply
of water to the said city of Pittsburgh,
and with a view to a largely increased
cansumpOon thereof •in the future,
and also, with a view to obtaining
a Ljitter quality of water than is
no supplied to said city, and
said Board is further authorized to
procure and lay down water pipes in such
localities as they think proper, and to
maintain and keep in operation said
works when constructed, and to regulate,
manago and control all lands, lots, build
ings, machinery, pipes: and fixtures now
used in connection with the City Water
Works, or which may hereafter lie• ac
quired; provided, that all contracts for
the erection and construction of build
ings, reservoirs, laying pipes, or the fur
nishing of materials and supplies for or
in connection with said Works, whenever
the same is practicable, shall be let to the
lowest and best bidder upon proposals to
be made in writing, and said Board shall
give notice of the time and place of re
ceivingl proposals by advertisements in
the papers authorized to do the city
printing,, and such other papers as they
may think advisable, at least ten days
before the time fixed for receiving the
same. •
Said Board Of Commissioners shall
have ana l ioasess all the powers to bor
row money and issue bonds conferred
upon the city of Pittsburgh by an act of
Assembly, entitled "An act to author
ize 'the city of Pittsburgh to borrow
money," approved the twenty-eighth day
of February,-.1. D. ISIIB, and all bonds is
sued in pursuance' hereof, shall be sub
ject to the provisions of said act; except,
that the limitation as to the amount to be
borrowed shall be extended to the sum
of two millions of (killers.
All bonds which may be authorized
by said Board sball he signed by the
Mayor, countersigned by the Controller,
and sealed by the Mayor with the cor
porate seal of the city of Pittsburgh.
. Said bondS shall bo sold under the di
rection of the Board of Commissioners,
whOl i tshall report all sales to the Control
ler, who shall keep a correct and accurate
account of all bends which may be is
sued In pursuance of this act, and of all
money which majf be paid for or on ac
count thereof,,and shall cancel and file .
all bonds andcoupons which may, at any
time, be paid by the City Treasurer.
All money received for the sale of bonds
shall at once be paid to the City Trees
' urer, who shall keep an accurate account
thereof.
It shall be the duty of said Board, as
soon as practicable after their organiza
tion, to make an estimate of the amount
required to defray; the expenses of the cur
rent year, and if the same shall exceed
the amount already appropriated by
' Councils to the Water k 'und,it shall be the
duty of Councils to add to said appropri-
ation an amount sufficient to make up
the deficiency, and said amount shall be
provided for by said Board, by the issue
and sale of bonds.
In each year hereafter, it shall be the
duty of said Board to make out an'/esti
mate of the receipts and expendatures of
the Water Department for the current
year, and furnish the same to the Presi
dent of Select Council within one week
after his appointment for submission to
the Finance Co m milted; and it shall be the
duty of Councils to make appropriation
to the Water Fund to the amount of ex
penditures so estimated, provided the
' same shall not exceed the amount of es
. tima , ed reeelptii.
The said Board of Commissioners shall
be and are hereby authorized and em
powered to make such by-laws, rules
and regulations as they may deemneces-)
sal y and propeffor the safe, economica
and efficient management and protectio
of the Water Works, to fix the rates o
Water rents, provide for the asseasmen
and collection thereof, and generally to '
regulate, manage and control all matters
relating to the supply. of water to said
city, and the maintenance
. and manage
ment of the Water Works now existing •
or hereafter to be constructed. All by
laws, rules and regulations of said' -
Board, when adopted, shall be recorded
in the same, manner and have all the
force and effect of city ordinances. All
ordinances of said city relating to Water
Works now in Mrce shall be and remain
in full force and virtue until the same
shall be altered or supplied by said
Board of Commissioners,.
All the powers heretofore conferred
upon the Councils of the City of Pitts
burgh, or possessed by them, to prevent
and punish injuries to the Water Works
and the contamination of the water, are .
hereby conferred upon the Board of
Commissioners hereby created.
is hereby appointed
Chief of the Water Department, whose
duty it shall be to superintend all the
business connected with the Water
WOrks, and all officers and employees
thereof, to keep the accounts -of the re
ceipts and expenditures,' to see
that all contracts are faithfully
executed, and perform such other
duties as shall be prescribed by the
Board of Commissioners. He shall
hold his office during good behavior and
may for any cause be removed by the
Board of Commissioners by a two-third
vote of the' members present at any reg
ular meeting, and when any vacancy
shall occur in said office it shall be filled
by appointment of the Board, subject to
approval of Councils.
The Chief of the Water Department
-shisli f before entering upon the duties of ,
his appointment, make oath - before the
Mayor to faithfully discharge the same.
and give bond in the sum of ten thou
sand dollars, with sureties, to be ap
proved by the Board, and shall'receive
in compensation for his services the an
nual salary of-four thousand dollars.
The said Board of Commissioners shall
by resolution or by-law direct the
employment l of such superintendent\
clerks, assessors, engineers, survey.;
ors and other persons ; as in their opinion
may be necessary for the pioper per
formance
of the duties mentioned in
this act, and to determine the compen
sation
to be paid to those so employed.
They shall also direct what officers and
employees shall give bonds, the amount 1
and terms thereof, and the sureties re
quired therein.
All such officers and employees shall
be appointed by the Chief of the Water
Department, subject to the approval of
the Board, and may be removed or dis
missed by him subject to the same ap
proval. Provided, that the officers now
serving, who have been elected by Coun
cils, shall retain their respective posi
tions until the end of the term for which
they were elected.
The Chief of the Water Department
shall make monthly statements in de
tail of all transactions of the Water De
partment to the Board for their infor
mation.
It shall belthe duty of the President of
the Board of Commissioners to certify to
the Controller, in writin,c , all claims ap
proved and altbwed by ~
the Board, who
shall certify warrants for the amount
thereof, upon the Water Fund, i ' there is
at the time an* money in said nd un
disposed of, which warrants whe i signed
by the Mayor shall be paid byte City
Treasurer from the money in said fund. I
No Commissioner, officer or employee
shall be interested directly or indirectly .
iin any contract entered into by 'them or
any of them for or on account of said,
Water Works,nr r shall they be interested
directly or indirectly in the sale or pur
chase of any 'real estate or ofny mate
rial§ for t Lie use or purposes of sal d
Works,
and any contract in which a y of said
parties may be so interested shall be null
and void, and no suit or suits r
shall be maintained against the city
..of Pittsburgh on the same or for
or on account of anything that may have
been done under or in pursuance thereof.
And any moneys which may have been
paid by said city on account' hereof, may
account` hereof,
recovered fiord the par y receiving
the same in an action of de t or assump.
sit in the name of said city.
Wheneyer said Board of ' mmission
, ers shall desire to procure apy lands for
the purpose of erecting thereon basins,
reservoir, engine -houses, or other build
ings necessary for said Water Works, or
to be used in connection th rewith, and.
are unable to agree with t e , owner or
owners thereof for the sale and nurchase
thereof, or bv reason of the absence or
legal incapacity of such owner or owners
no such agreement can be made, it shall
and may be lawful for the Ditrict Court of
Allegheny county, on appli ation there
to by petition of said Corn issioners, in
the name and on behalf o the city of
Pittsburgh, to appoint tree disin
ii
terested freeholders of slid county,
neither of whom shall be residents
or owners of property ha said city,
and appoint a time not lessithan ten nor'
more than twenty days thereafter, when
they shall meet upon the premises, and
having been first duly sworn or affirmed
to faithfully discharge their duties, ap
praise and value the ground proposed to
bo taken, of which meeting notice shall
be given at least ten days before' the time
appointed therefor to the attorney of the
city of Pittsburgh and to the owner or
owners of said property, 'or in the case of
absence or legal incapacity of the owner
or owners, to the agent,, guardian, com
mittee or other representative of such
owner, if such agent or other representa
tive reside in the county of Allegheny,
and if not in at least two newspapers
published in the city of Pittsburgh, and
in Such other paper as the Court may di
rect. '
Said viewers having viewed the prem
ises shall estimate aud appraise the value
of the property so to, be taken, at its fair
cash value, and within ten days after
said meeting report the same to said
Court, which k report shall be filed
In said Court, and if no excep
tions thereto be filed within ten days
thereafter, the same shall become abpo
lute and binding upon - all parties; but if'
exceptions shall be filed by either of said
parties, within the time aforesaid, the
said Court may make such order for
disposing \of the same as may seem
proper, and if deemed necessary may
order an ia . ue in such form as the Court
may direct,•und try the same before said
Court and a 'jury, and after final judg
ment either party may - have a writ of
error from the Supreme Court, as in
other cases.
When the report of viewers shall have
been m de and 'returned to Court, as
aforesai ' said Commissioners may, if
they thi k proper, tender the amount of
he apprised value of said grounds to
the own r or owners, his, her or their
igent or representative, or may pay the
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same in o Court, and may thereupon
take pos ession of and use and occupy
the grou ds so appraised.
When aid proceedings shall be deter
mined,nd final judgment given there
on,i an the amount of the appraised
value o the grounds fixed, and the
same shall have been paid or tendered
to th 3 owner or owners, his, her or their
agent or , representative, or paid into
Court, the grounds so appraised shall be
come vested in the city of Pittsburgh in
fee simple..
Whenever said Board of Commission
ers shall desire to occupy any grounds
for the purpose of laying water pipe or
constructing conduits thereon, viewers
may be appointed to appraise the dam
ages which may be done to the owner