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URiil J4iNGE N.C. 2309
(rublished in The Salina Evening Journal January 24th, 1920.)
An ordinance providing for the paving, curbing, guttering, exca-
vating, and grading of College -venue in the City of Salina,
from the south line of Walnut Street to the north line of
South Street, specifying the manner of construction, pro-
viding" for the cost thereof and the manner of payment.
WHEREAS, a petition has been presented to the Mayor and
Council requesting the Mayor and Council to pave, curb, gutter,
excavate and grade College Avenue_ in the City of Salina, from
the south line of Walnut Street to the north line of South Street,.
and
WHERF,&S, said petition has been examined and found to con-
tain
ontoin the names of a majority. of the resident owners of real pro-
perty liable for taxation, NOW T.I EREFOFE,
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. That it is necessary and is hereby ordered that
College Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas, from the south line
of Walnut Street to the north line of South Street be paved with
such material as the Mayor and Council shall hereafter select
and designate. Suchpaving to be of such width as the Mayor and
Uouncil shall hereafter determine and shall extend to the lot
line on such street at the intersection of such street with any
other street or alley.
Section 2. It is necessary and hereby ordered that said
street, within the limits aforesaid, be curbed, and guttered on
both sides thereof with cement curb and gutter, the curb part
thereof to be six (6) inches in thickness and the gutter part
thereof to be forty-two (42) inches in width from the back edge
of such curbing., and guttering to the paving line on said Streets.
The lot line edge of - such curbing a -rid guttering shall be set such
distance from the center of said streets as the Mayor and Council
shall hereafter determine; Provided, ho`wever,-that at the inter-
section of such street with any other streets and ai leys such
curbing and guttering shall return to the lot line of such streets.
Section 3 411 excavating, rolling and grading for the
proper construction of such paving, curbing and guttering shall
be done and such paving, curbing, and guttering shall be laid and
constructed on the established grade of said streets as hereafter
or heretofore established by the ordinances of the City of Salina.
Section 4. The City Engineer's plans and specifications and
estimates of cost for the making of the improvements herein pro-
vided for, filed with the City Clerk on the 19th day of January,
1920, are hereby adopted and approved by the Council.
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Section 5. The Mayor and. Council shall hereafter by
ordinance determine the kind. of paving, curbing and guttering to
be placed on the above described street, and shall let a contract
for the construction of such paving, curbing and guttering to the
most satisfactory and responsible bidder or person.
Section 6. After the passage and publication of this ordi-
nance the Mayor and Council shall appoint three disinterested ap-
praisers
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praisers of the City who , after having taken an oath to faithful-
ly and impartially appraise all lots and pieces of ground liable
to assessment and taxation for the cost of said improvements,
shall, within ten days after having been notified of their appoint-
ment, proceed to appraise said lots and pieces of ground liable to
taxation for such improvements, without regard to the improvement s
thereon, and after making said appraisement, shall return the same
to the Mayor and Council, and after such 'appraisement is returned
to the Mayor and Council, the said Mayor and. Council shall desig-
nate a time for holding a' special meeting for the purpose of hear-
ing complaints and equalizing said appraisemer_ts; of which special
session due notice shall be given in the official City paper, and
at said special session the Mayor and Council shall, if they deem
it just and proper, alter or change such appraisements .
Section 7, For the purpose of paying for such paving, curb-
ing, guttering, excavating and gradingn,, the Mayor and Council are
hereby directed and authorized to issue bonds of the City of Sali-
na, in an amount not to exceed the contract price therefor, and to
run A:for such a period of time as the Mayor and Council shall de-
termine,
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termine, not to exceed hoever, ten years, from the date of such
bonds, and to be payable in equal amounts. each year during the
life of such bonds, together with interest not to exceed the rate
of five per cent per annum, which bonds shall be payable at the
fiscal agency of the State of Kansas, and for the purpose of paying
the principal and interest on such bonds as they severally become
due, the M@yor and Council shall each year during the life of such
bonds, levy assessments against the lots and pieces of ground lia-
ble for taxation for the improvements herein provided for, in an
amount sufficient to pay the principal and. interest for that year;
Provided, that for the purpose of defraying the cost if paving and
excavating the squares and areas formed by the crossing of the
streets and alleys, as well as where the improvement is through m
adjacent to City property, for which the City would be liable,%
the assessment shall be made against all of the taxable property"
of the City, and the City Clerk. shall certify said assessments as
they are severally made, to the County Clerk of. Saline County,
Kansas, at the same time and in the same manner. as other taxes
are certified, adn said .assessments shall be liable to the same'
penalties as other taxes; Provided that the Mayor and Council
shall by ordinance apportion and assess the special assessments
aforesaid against the lots and pieces of ground in the taxing
districts for said improvements, which assessment and apportion-
ment shall hold good for all the installments that are to be col-
lected from the specific property chargeable with said improve -
merits .
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force from and after its publication once in the official City
paper.
Passed and approved, January 19th, 1920.
(SEAL)
Att est
Chas. E . Pa nke r,_
City Clerk.
STA TE OF KANSAS
)Sa.
COUNTY OF SALINE �
Edd Mathews,
Mayor.
I, Chas. E. -Banker, City Clerk of the City of Salina, Kan-
sas do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of Ordinance No. 2309, passed by the Council and approved
by the Mayor of the City of Salina, Kansas, January 19th, 1920;
and that a record of the vote on its final adoption is found on
Wage of Journal No. 9. Said ordinance was published in
The Salina Evening Journal. January 24th, 1920.
City Clerk:
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(Published in the Salina Evening Journal January �'- � 1920)
OR.DII4ANCE 140.'.2309
An ordinance providing for the paving, curbing, guttering, excavating,
and grading of College Avenue in the City of Salina, from the
South line of Valnut Street to the Eorthline of South Street,
specifying the manner of construction, providing for the cost there-
of and the manner of payment.
WHEREAS, a petition has been presented to the 1uayor and Council
requesting the !Aayor and Council to pave, curb, gutter, excavate and grade
College Avenue in the City of Salina, from the South line of ealnut Street
to the North line of South Street, and
WHEREAS, said petition has been examined and f and to contain
the names of a majority of the resident owners of real property liable
for taxation, NOV,' THEB.EP+ORE,
DE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Salina, Kansas;
Section 1. That it is necessary and is hereby ordered that
College Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas, -from the South line of Walnut
Street to the North line of South Street be paved with such material as
the Mayor and Council shall hereafter select and designate. Such paving
to be of such width as the Mayor and Council shall hereafter determine
and shall extend to the lot line on such street at the intersection of
such street with any other street or alley.
Section 2. It is necessary and hereby ordered that said street,
within the limits aforesaid, be curbed and guttered on both sides thereof
with cement curb and gutter, the curb part thereof to be (6) inches in
thinckness and the gutter part thereof to be forty-t,ao (42) inches. in
width from the back edge of such curbing and guttering to the paving line
on said streets. The lot line edge of such curbing and guttering shall be
set such distance from the center of said streets as the Mayor and Council
shall hereafter determine; Provided; however, that at the intersection of
such street with any other streets and alleys such curbing and guttering
shall return to the lot line of such streets.
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Section 3. All excavating, rolling and grading for the proper
construction of such paving, curbing and guttering shall be done and such
paving, curbing and guttering shall be laid and constructed on the estab-
lished grade of said streets as heretofore or hereafter established by
the ordinances of the City of Salina.
Section 4. The City Engineer's plans and specifications and
estimates of cost for the making of the improvements herein provided for,
filed with 'the City Clerk on the 19th day of January . , 1920 ,
are hereby adopted and approved by the Council.
Section 5. The Mayor and Council shall hereafter by ordinance
determine the kind of paving, curbing and guttering to be placed on the
above described street, and shall let a contract for the construction of
such paving, curbing and guttering to the most satisfactory and respon-
sible bidder or person.
Section 6. After the passage and publication of this ordinance
the mayor and council shall appoint three disinterested house holders of the
City who, after having taken an oath to faithfully and impartially appraise
all lots and pieces of ground liable to assessment and taxation for the
cost of said improvements, shall, within ten days after having been notified
of their appointment, proceed to appraise said lots and pieces of ground
liable to taxation for such improvements, without regard to the improvements
thereon, and after making said appraisement, shall return the same to the
Mayor and Council, and after such appraisement is returned to the Mayor and
Council, the said Jdayor and Council shall designate a time for holding a
special meeting for the purpose of hearing complaints and equalizing said
appraisements, of which special session, due notice shall be given in the
official City peper, and at said special session the T;,�ayor and Council
shall, if they deem it just and proper, alter or chanr_e such appraisements.
Section 7. For the purpose of paying for such paving, curbing,
guttering, excavating and grading, the Mayor and Council are hereby directed
and authrrized to issue bonds of the City of Salina, in an amount .not to
exceed the contract price therefor, and to run for such a period of time
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as the idayor and Council shall determine, not to exceed, however, ten
years, from the date of such bonds, and to be payable in equal amounts
each year during the life of such bonds, together with interest not to
exceed the rate of five per cent per annum, which bonds shall be payable at
the fiscal agency of the State of Kansas, and for the purpose of paying the
principal and interest on such bonds as they severally become due, the
Llayor and Council shall each year during the life of such bonds, levy ass-
essment against the lots and pieces of ground liable for taxation for the
improvements herein provided for, in an amount sufficient to pay theprin-
cipal and interest for that year: provided, that for the purpose of de-
fraying the cost of paving and excavating the squares and areas formed b..y
the crossing of the streets and alleys, as well as where the improvement
is througt. or adjacent to City property, for which the City would be liable,
the assessment shall be made against all of the taxable property of the
City, and the City Clerk shall certify said assessments as they are sever-
ally made, to the County Clerk of Saline County, Kansas, at the same time
and in the same manner as other taxes are certified, and said assessments
shall be liable to the same penalties as other taxes: Provided that the
Isiayor and Council shall be ordinance apportion and assess the special
assessments aforesaid against the lots and pieces of ground in the taxing
districts for said improvements, which assessment and apportionment shall
hold good for all the installments that are to be collected from the
specific property chargeable with said improvements.
erection 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force from and after its publication once in the officialiCity paper.
Passed and approved January 19th 1920.
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Attest:
City Clerk.