Source:Ordinance-1873-14
"An ordinance authorizing the opening of 55th street, from Butler street to Keystone avenue." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1873, no. 14. Passed Feb. 10, 1873. Ordinance Book 3, p. 329. In The Municipal Record: Containing the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, Together with the Ordinances, &c.: With an Index, vol. IV, p. 34, Pittsburgh Daily Gazette, Pittsburgh, 1872 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1872).
[No. 14.]
AN ORDINANCE — Authorizing the opening of 55th street, from Butler street to Keystone avenue.
Whereas, It appears that a majority in interest has petitioned for the opening of 55th street from Butler street to Keystone avenue; therefore,
Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the city of Pittsburgh, in Select and Common Councils assembled, and it is hereby ordained and enacted by authority of the same, That the City Engineer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to survey and open 55th street, from Butler street to Keystone avenue. The damages caused thereby and the benefits to pay the same to be assessed and collected in accordance with the provisions of an Act of Assembly, entitled "An Act concerning Streets and Sewers in the City of Pittsburgh," approved January 6th, 1864, and the several supplements thereto.
Sec. 2. That any Ordinance or part of Ordinance conflicting with the passage of this Ordinance at the present time, be and the same is hereby repealed so far as the same affects this Ordinance.
Ordained and enacted into a law, in Councils, this 10th day of February, A. D. 1873.
A. H. GROSS,
President of Select Council.
Attest: E. S. Morrow,
Clerk of Select Council.
W. B. NEGLEY,
President of Common Council.
Attest: H. McMaster,
Clerk of Common Council.
