Scope and Contents daily record of worked required to be done by contractors or individual property owners; gives the name of the person notified and the nature of the work to be done; marginal notes indicate compliance and/or the name of the party completing the work; also included in the rear of the book are miscellaneous accounts and inventories.An example, from July 16, 1854: "Paul Burgimler--to clean privy, corner Bienville and Treme and remove the same three feet from the line of the nearest...

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daily reports of bridges to be repaired; gives location of bridge (some also including specific nature of work to be done), with the date of the repair also shown; the record is entered into a book that was designed to record the names of person subject to the city's license tax on professions and at the front of the volume are copies of printed forms relative to the same purpose.

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individual dated reports give the number of persons employed on various projects; records are divided by class of worker (i.e., chain gang, cart men, carpenters, laborers, etc.)

An example, from August 10, 1852: "Report of the chain gang being working in Cypress St., forenoon, 7 men & 3 women; afternoon, 6 men and 3 women

Scope and Contents From the Series: generally give the date of expenditure, name of account or person charged for the expense, name of the contractor or individual providing the service or product, and the amount of the expenditure; in some cases there is also a reference to the Common Council resolution authorizing the expenditure; included are such matters as grading & levelling streets and sidewalks, gas lighting (with locations of lights included), construction/repair of streets & sidewalks, stationary supplies...

Scope and Contents From the Series: generally give the date of expenditure, name of account or person charged for the expense, name of the contractor or individual providing the service or product, and the amount of the expenditure; in some cases there is also a reference to the Common Council resolution authorizing the expenditure; included are such matters as grading & levelling streets and sidewalks, gas lighting (with locations of lights included), construction/repair of streets & sidewalks, stationary supplies...