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gives date, number of certificate and amount paid; in some instances (street and bridge repairs, for example) the location (municipal district or street) is also indicated.

Scope and Contents copies of outgoing letters to other city officials, contractors, etc.; the first 36 pages of this volume have been torn out and are missing.An example, from December 24, 1857: "[To Mayor Waterman] ...I learn that a great portion of the Bulkhead near Desiree St., together with the levee at the foot of said street has been carried away and as the River is rising very rapidly, [I have been requested] to ask you to call a meeting of both boards of the Council to take steps against an...

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#1-265; a manuscript record giving certificate number, name of contractor, date, description of work (with reference to the ordinance authorizing the contract), amount due (less any discount or other deductions), and signed by the Street Commissioner.

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#266-398; made up of duplicate copies of the certificates (printed forms with manuscript entries), giving the same data. Included are certificates for street repairs, lighting, cleaning of streets, attending to the nuisance boats and wharves. At the front of volumes one and two are "index" lists of the contractors.

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#780-1094; made up of duplicate copies of the certificates (printed forms with manuscript entries), giving the same data. Included are certificates for street repairs, lighting, cleaning of streets, attending to the nuisance boats and wharves. At the front of volumes one and two are "index" lists of the contractors.

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stubs from notices directing private citizens and contractors to take specific actions regarding their property and/or work projects; gives date, name of person being notified, action to be taken, and the number of days in which work is to be completed.

An example, from March 3, 1863: "Mr. C. Bellenot, stop roofing your house with shingles on Terpsichore St. b[etween] Camp and Magazine."

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stubs from notices to owners of city lots to cause certain work to be done; there are only ten stubs with entries, most of them calling for fences to be erected; gives date, name of lot owner, nature of work to be done, time allowed for the work to be completed, and signature of the officer issuing the notice; some also have notes referring to when and where the notice was served.