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ed, the name of the street, alley or highway, a parti-
cular description of the proposed improvement and
the length of time allowed for the completion therof.
And any such person procuring such permit and
commencing the proposed improvement and failing
to complete the same within the time allowed by such
permit, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not
exceeding one hundred dollars, to which may be ad-
ded imprisonment not exceeding thirty day : Provided[italics]
however[italics], that the Chairman of the Street Committee
may extend the time for the completion of such im-
provement.

SEC 3. - That all work done under any such
permit, shall be done under the supervision of the
Chairman of the Street Committee, who after the com-
pletion thereof, shall grant a certificate to the person
or persons making such improvement, that the work
has been done in accordance with the provisions of
this Ordinance, if such is the tact, which shall be con-
clusive of the facts therein stated.
SEC 4. - That all sidewalks hereafter laid, shall
correspond to the provisions of this section, unless
otherwise ordered by the Common Council; and no
permit shall be granted for the construction of any
other or different sidewalk than such as are provided
for in this section, without express permission from
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(1st.) The width of all sidewalks hereafter con-
structed or re-laid upon the following named streets,
to-wit: Commercial, Front, and all sidewalks running
east and west or nearly so, on King, Main, Wash-
ington and Mill as far east as Third Street and on
James, Cherry, Columbia, Marion and Madison, as far
east as Second Street, shall be twelve feet in width.
(2d.) The width of all other sidewalks hereafter
constructed or re-laid, shall be eight feet in width.
(3d.) The sills under all sidewalks shall be not
less than sixteen feet in length and not less than four
by six inches in thickness, resting on solid, safe and
secure foundation with posts or other solid support
not more than eight feet apart, and the planking of
each sidewalk shall rest upon at least three sills in an
eight foot sidewalk and four sills in a twelve foot side-
walk, running parallel with the line of the adjacent
lot and parallel with each other and equal distances
apart. And the outside sills on each side of the side-
walk shall not be more than two inches from the ends
of the planking.
(4th.) The covering shall be at least two inches
thick, laid at right angles with the sills, and each and
every plank shall be securely spiked to such sills by
two thirty-penny nails to each sill.
(5th.) The planking and timbers used in the con-
struction of any sidewalk shall be sound and substan-
tial, and no decayed or defective or unsound planks