SPECIAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES. SECTION. CHAPTER 1. BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. SECTION. 1. City of Chicago to pay over per-centage of insur- 2. Preamble of ordinance. ance rates received. 3. Comptroller ordered to pay over. An act to incorporate the Benevolent Association of the Paid Fire Department of the city of Chicago, etc. 1. PER-CENTAGE OF INSURANCE RATES TO BE PAID TO.] SECTION 3. The object of the association shall be to create a fund and provide means for the relief of the distressed, sick, injured and disabled members thereof and their immediate families; and all the property and money acquired by said association shall be held and used solely for that purpose; and the business, property, funds and estate of the said association shall be conducted and controlled according to the constitution, by-laws, rules and regulations above authorized: And it is further provided, that the one-eighth of the amount of all fire insurance rates now annually paid into the city treasury, to create a fund for the benefit of disabled or distressed firemen, who may become disabled while in the service of the city of Chicago, shall be annually paid by the comptroller of the city to the association, to be invested and held by them as a trust fund for the benefit of firemen who shall or may become disabled while in the service of the city. 2. PREAMBLE.] WHEREAS, The legislature of the state of Illinois did, during the winter of 1867, pass an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Benevolent Association of the paid fire department of the city of Chicago, and for other purposes," which was approved March 5, 1867; and WHEREAS, It is provided by section three of said act that one-eighth of the amount of all fire insurance rates, now annually paid into the city treasury, to create a fund for the benefit of disabled and distressed firemen who may become disabled while in the service of the city of Chicago, shall be annually paid by the comptroller of the city to the said association; therefore, be it 3. COMPTROLLER TO PAY OVER.] ORDERED, That the comptroller of the city of Chicago be, and he is hereby, ordered and directed to pay to the proper officer of said association one-eighth of the amount of all fire insurance rates now annually paid into the city treasury, to create a fund for the benefit of disabled or distressed firemen, who may become disabled while in the service of the city of Chicago, semi-annually, on or about the first day of February and August of each year. An ordinance concerning the vacation of a part of Egan avenue, etc. [Passed September 10, 1869.] Be it ordained by the Common Council of the city of Chicago: 1. BRIDGES OVER CANAL WHEN TO BECOME PUBLIC CHARGE.] SECTION 1. That as soon as "F" street shall have been opened or extended from its present western terminus in a straight line west to intersect with the north and south part of the canal, as shown on the plat hereto attached, and a new street shall have been opened and improved, running parallel with the east and west part of the canal as shown on the plat hereto attached, and about five hundred feet south thereof, commencing at Halsted street and running twenty-two hundred feet, more or less, west, as shown on the plat hereto attached, and said streets so extended and opened shall have been dedicated for public use, and a plat thereof, the same to be substantially as shown on the plat hereto attached, shall have been recorded, then that part of Egan avenue lying west of Halsted street, together, with the south seventy-five feet of Tucker, Gage, Laurel and Ullman streets, where the same intersect with said Egan avenue, as shown on the plat hereto attached, be and the same are hereby ordered vacated: Provided, it shall be the duty of the owners of property fronting on the canal shown on the plat hereto attached, to make said canal navigable for vessels of all description entering our harbor, and to so maintain it forever as a free canal, and to erect and maintain such swing bridges across said canal as may be necessary for con venience of the public: Provided, that in the event of the extension of the city south of said Egan avenue, the bridge or bridges shall become a public charge. An ordinance for the construction of a bridge at State street. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the city of Chicago: 2. CONDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR STATE STREET BRIDGE.] SECTION 1. That whenever a good and reliable subscription, to the amount of fourteen thousand dollars, for the building of a bridge across the Chicago river at State street, payable, the one-half on the execution of the contract, and the remaining half on the completion of the bridge, shall have been obtained and the right of way secured to the North side of the river, which shall be satisfactory to the city comptroller, that then the net proceeds of twelve bonds of one thousand dollars each, to be issued, as hereinafter provided for, be and are hereby appropriated from the city treasury to pay the remaining half of building the same. 3. BIDS TO BE INVITED.] SEC. 2. That the board of public works is hereby instructed to advertise, in the corporation newspaper, for bids for the building of a bridge across the Chicago river at State street, and in accordance with the plans and specifications to be prepared in the office of the said board of public works, which plans and specifications shall be submitted to the common council for approval. 4. BONDS TO ISSUE.] SEC. 3. That the mayor and comptroller are hereby authorized and directed to issue twelve bonds of one thousand dollars each, bearing interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum, in accordance with and by authority of Section 66 of the charter amendment of February 18th, 1861, and Section 36 of chapter 5 of the act to reduce the city charter of Chicago into one act and to revise the same, approved February 13th, 1863, and to apply the proceeds of said bonds in carrying out the provisions of this ordinance. An ordinance for the construction of a bridge at State street. [Passed July 11, 1864.] Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Chicago: 5. ADDITIONAL BONDS AUTHORIZED.] SECTION 1. That the mayor and comptroller be and are directed to issue three bonds of one thousand dollars each, bearing interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum, in addition to the twelve bonds directed to be issued by said ordinance of March 23, 1863, and under the provisions of the sections of the city charter therein mentioned. 6. CONTRACT FOR AUTHORIZED.] SEC. 2. The board of public works shall proceed immediately to contract for the construction of said bridge. Ordinance authorizing the construction of a bridge at Twenty-second street and the widening and docking of the river at that point. [Passed February 7, 1870.] Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Chicago: 7. BRIDGE AUTHORIZED DOCK-LINES ESTABLISHED.] SECTION 1. |