2315 Improving Putnam AveA
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ORDINANCE NO. 2315
(,Published in The Galina Evening Journal January 2�th, 1920)
An Ordinance providing for the paving, curbing, guttering, exca-
vating and grading of Putnam Avenue from the south line of
South Street to the north line of Morrison Avenue, specify-
ing the manner of construction, providing for the cost there-
of 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, excavated'
and grade Putnam Avenue in the city of Salina, Kansas, from the
south line of South street to the north line of Morrison Avenue,* and
WHEREkS, said petition has been examined and found to contain
the names of a majority of the resident owners of real property.:lia-
ble for taxation, NOW Th aEFf'ORE,
BE IT ORDALI'ED by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Salina:
Section 1.. That it is necessary and is hereby ordered that
Putnam Street in the City of Salina, Kansas, from the south line of
South Street to the north line of. Morrison Avenue be paved with such
material as the Mayor and Council shall hereafter select and desig-
nate. 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
streets, within the limits aforesaid, be curbed and guttered on
both sides thereof with cement curb and gutter, the curb part there-
of 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 curb-
ing 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.
Section 30' All.excavating, rolling and grading for the pro-
per construction of such paving, curbing and guttering shall be done
and such paving, curbing and guttering shall be laid and construct-
ed on the established grade of said streets as heretofore or here-
after established by the ordinances of the City of Salina.
Section 4. The City Engineers s plans and specifications and
estimates of cost for the making of the improvements herein provided
for, filed with the City Clerk on the 5th day of January, 1920, are
hereby adopted and approved by the Council.
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Section 5. The k'ayor and Council shall hereafter by ordi-
nance determine the kind of paving, curbing and guttering to be
placed on the above described streets, 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 heuse-
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 .lets and pieces of ground liable to taxa-
tion for such improvements, without regard to the improvements
thereon, and after making said aPPraisement's, shall return the
same to the Mayor and Council, the said Mayor and Council shall
designate a time for holding a special session for the purpose of
hearing complaints and equalizing said appraisements, of which spe-
cial 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. -� or the purpose of paying for such paving, curb-
ing, guttering, excavating and grading, the Myaor and Council
are hereby directed and authorized toissue bonds of the City cif
Salina, in an amount not to exceed the contract price therefor,
and to run for such a period of time as the Mayor 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 I{ansas, and for the purpose of pay-
ing the principal and interest on such bonds as they severally be-
come due, the Mayor and Council shall each year during the life
of such bonds, levy an assessment against the lots and pieces or
ground liable 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 defrying the cost
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of having and excavating the squares and areas formed by the cross-
ing of the streets and alleys, as well as where the improvement is
through or adjacent to gity property, for shish the City would be
liable, the assessment shall be made against all of the takable
property of the City, and the City Clerk shall certify said assess-
ments 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, and 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
apportionment shall hold good for all the installments that are
to be collected from the specific property chargeable with said
improvements.
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.
Edd Mathews.
(SQL) Mayor.
Attest;
Chas. E. Banker,_
City Clerk.
STATE OF KANSAS
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COUNTY OF SALINE
1, Chas. E. Banker, � ity Clerk of the City of Salina,
Kansas, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and cor-
rect copy of Ordinance No. 2315 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 Page 26 q of Journal No. 9. Said .ordinance was published
in The Salina Evening Journal January 24th, 1920.
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(Published in The Salina Evening Journal January 1920)
ORDINANCE NO. 2315
An ordinance providing for the paving, curbing, guttering, excavating
and grading of Putnam Avenue from the South line of South Street to
the North line of Morrison Avenue, specifying the manner of con-
struction, providing for the cost thereof and the manner of payment.
WHEREAS, a petition has been presented to the Mayor and Council
requesting the Liayor and Council to pave, curb, gutter, excavate and
grade Putnam Avenue in the City of Salina, Yansas, from the South line
of South Street to the North Line of I,lorrison Avenue, and
WHEREAS, said petition has been examined and found to contain
the names of.a majority of the resident owners of real property liable
for taxation, NON THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Liayor and Councilmen of the City of Salina:
Section 1. That it is necessary and is hereby ordered that
`Putnam Street in the City of Salina, Kansas, from the South line of
South Street to.the North line of Morrison Avenue be paved with such ma-
terial as the I;,ayor 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 lire on such street at the inter-
section of such street with any other street or alley.
Section 2. It is necessary and hereby ordered that said
streets, 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
and guttering shall be set such distance from the center of saidstreets
as the I•iayor 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 es-
tablished 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 5th day of January, 1920, are hereby
adopted and approved by the Council.
Section 5. The Idayor and Council .shall hereafter by ordinance
determine the kind of paving, curbing and guttering to be placed on the
above described streets, and shall let a contract for the construction
of such paving, curbing and guttering to the most satisfactory and res-
ponsible bidder or person.
Section 6. After the passage and publication of this ordin-
ance the Ivayor and Council shall appoint three disinterested house holders
of the City who, after having taken an oath to faithfully and impar-
tially appraise all lots and pieces of groupd 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 appraisements,
shall return the same to the Mayor and Council, the said Aiayor and Council
shall designate a ti;:e for holding a special session for the purpose of
hearing complaints and equalizing said appraisements, of which special
session, due notice shall be given in the official City paper, and at
said special session the Idayor 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 grading, the Mayor and Council are hereby
directed and authorized 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 as the Mayor and Council shall determine, not to exceed,
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xomever, 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 arm um, 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
Mayor and Council shall each year during the life of such bonds, levy
assessment against the lots and pieces of ground liable 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 of paving and excavating the squares and areas formed
by the crossing of the streets and alleys, as well as where the improve-
ment is through 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 severally made, to the County Clerl: 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: pro-
vided, that the M=ayor and Council shall by ordinance apportion and a ssess
the special assessments aforesaid against the lots and pieces of ground in
the taxing districts for said improvements, which assessment and appor-
tionment shall hold good for all the installments that are to be collected
from the specific property chargeable with said improvements.
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 19t4 1920.
Rayor�
Attest:
City Clerk.