[Ord. 148 §§ 1 –
4, 1876]
(A) The
center line of Park Avenue, as presently located, extending from the
south to the north line of the city limits, and the center line of
Chestnut Street, as presently located, extending from the east to
the west line of the city limits are hereby declared the permanent
base lines of the city.
(B) The
center of each street or alley intersecting either of these base lines
shall be located with reference to and be described by angles or deflections
from the line it intersects, and the distance shall be measured from
the point of intersection.
(C) All
other streets and alleys which do not intersect either of the base
lines as aforesaid shall be located with reference to and be described
by angles of deflection from the line which it intersects which has
already been established from the base lines.
(D) It
shall be the duty of the city engineer to cause the courses and distances
of such base lines to be accurately defined by permanent monuments
set apart at proper distances.
[Ord. 95 § 1, 1875]
The horizontal datum line for all surveys and grades in the
city shall be an imaginary line 100 feet below the top edge of the
stone water table of the courthouse in the city, as it stands at the
present date, taken immediately under the stone tablet at the southwest
corner of the courthouse.