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An ordinance providing for the excavating, grading and paving of.
all of the unpaved portion of Santa Fe Avenue in the City of
Saling, Kansas, in the center of said Santa Fe Avenue as now
occupied by the tracks of the Safina Street Railway Company,
from the south line of Walnut Street in said City to a point
two hundred feet south of South Street therein, providing
for the cost thereof, how the same shall be assessed and the
manner of payment therefor.
TIVIIE EAS' by resolution duly adopted the 27th day of Febru-
ary 1922, the Board of Corimissioners of the City of Salina,
Kansas have declared that they deem it necessary to excavate,
grade and pave all of the unpaved portion of Santa Fe Avenue in
the City of Salina, Kansas, in the'center of said Santa Fe Avenue,
as now occupied by the tracks of the Salina Street Railway Company,
from the south line of Vialnut Street in said City to a point.two
hundred feet south of South Street therein, and
VffIEREASI said resolution was published for six days in The
Salina Evening Journal,. a daily newspaper published in the City
of Salina, :the official City paper of said City, .and
WHEREAS, the majority of the resident property owners,
owning a majority in square feet of the lots or real estate
liable to taxation for the cost of said improvements did not
within twenty days from the date of the last publication and
of such resolution file with the City Clerk of said City their
protest in writing against such improvement or the making thereof,
therefor,
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of
Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered
that all of the unpaved portion of Santa Fe Avenue, in the City
of Salina, Kansas, in the center of said Santa Fe Avenue.as now:-.
oecup ed_,by,the tracks of the Salina Street Railway Company from
the south line of Walnut Street to a point two hundred (200) feet
,south of South Street.in said City (with the exception however,
,of the intersections,of-said Santa Fe Avenue with Mulberry Street
and with South Street in said City, which said intersections have
already been -excavated, graded and paved) be excavated and graded
to the established grade thereof, as established by ordinance of
the City of.Salina, Kansas.
Section 2. That it is necessary and.it is hereby ordered
that all of the unpaved portion of Santa Fe Avenue, in the City
of Salina, Kansas, in the center .of said Santa Fe Avenue as now
occupied by the tracks of The Salina Street Railway Company from
the south line of 'PTalnut Street to a point 200 feet south of
South Street in said City.(with the exception however, of the
intersections of said Santa Fe Avenue with mulberry Street and
with South Street.in said City, which said intersections have
already been excavated, graded and paved) be. paved with such
material as the Board of Commissioners may herafter designate
and select as hereinafter provided for according to the speci-
fications of the City Engineer of said City as hereinafter pro-
vided, and that said Santa Fe Avenue between the limits afore -
said be paved for a width of thirteen (13) feet, except at that
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portion of said Santa Fe Avenue lying south of South Street in
said City and occupied both by the tracks and a switch track
of said Salina Street Railway Company where said Santa Fe
Avenue at said switch.shall be paved for a width not exceeding
eighteen (18) feet.
Section 3`_ For the work and improvements herein provided
for the City Engineer shall make and file with the City Clerk
on or before the 28th day of August, 1922 complete plans and
specifications for the paving of said street with the follow-
ing materials:
1. 3 inch vertical fiber plain wire cut brick.
5 inch concrete base.
Asphalt fillero
and that on or before the last said named date said City
Engineer shall submit to the Board of Commissioners, under
oath, detailed estimates of the cost of such paving of said
street with the different kinds of material herein mentioned
and of the excavation and grading of said street.
Section 4. That after such plans and specifications shall
have been made and prepared by the City Engineer and filed with
the City Clerk as aforesaid, the Board of Commissioners may ad-
vertise by advertisement published in the official City paper
of the City of Salina for six consecutive days for the receipt
of sealed proposals for the paving of said street with the
different kinds of paving material named and specified in the
preceding section hereof, and for the excavating and grading
of said street to the established grade hereof as herein pro-
vided for; and after the receipt of such proposals the Board
of Con'nn.issi oners shall select from the different kinds of
street paving material the kind with which said street ought,
in their judgment be -paved and said Board of Commissioners may
and are hereby authorized to let contracts for the grading and
excavating of said street to the lowest responsible bidder
therefor, and for the paving of such street with the- materials
so selected to the lowest responsible bidder therefor, as de-
termined by said Board of Comnii ssi oners for the kind. and chara-
cter of paving which shall be determined upon by said.Board of
Commissioners and for such excavating and grading. Said Board
of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids.
Section 5. That for such paving special assessments shall
be made for the full cost thereof on each block separately, on
all lots or pieces of land to the center of the block on either
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side of the street, according to the appraised value thereof,
without regard to the buildings or improvements thereon for the
distance to be improved; the entire distance to be graded shall
constitute one grading district.
Section 6. That after the passage and publication of this
ordinance the Board of Commissioners shall appoint three dis-
interested appraisers, householders, who after having taken an
oath to make a true and impartial appraisement of all lots and
pieces of land liable to assessment and taxation for the cost of
the improvements herein provided for shall within five days after
having been notified of their appointment proceed to appraise
said lots and pieces of land.liable to assessment and taxation
as aforesaid, as may be designated by the Board. of Commissioners
of said City, without regard to the buildings or improvements
thereon, and after making said appraisement shall return same to
the Board of'Commissioners at the first meeting of said Board
after such appraisement shall have been completed, and after said
appraisement is returned to the Board of Commissioners said Board
of Commissioners shall designate a time for the holding of a
special session of such.Board for the purpose of hearing any
complaints that may be made as to the value of any lots or pieces
of land appraised as aforesaid, of which special session due
notice shall be given in the official City paper, at which special
session the Board of Coi-mAssioners may alter the valuation of any
lot or piece of land if in their opinion the same'has been ap-
praised too high or too low.
Section 7. For the purpose of paying for the work and im-
provements in this ordinance provided for, the Board of Commiss-
ioners are hereby authorized and directed to issue internal im-
provement bonds of the City of Salina in an amount not to exceed
the'contract price of such improvements and to run for a period
of ten years and be payable in ten (10) equal installments, to-
gether with the interest not to exceed five (5) per cent per
annum, which bonds shall_ be made payable at the fiscal agency
of the State of Kansas; and for the purpose of paying principal
and interest on said bonds as they severally become due and pay-
able the Board of Commissioners shall apportion and assess against
the lots and pieces of land within the taxing district of such im
provements special assessments covering -the cost of such improve-
ments and the apportionment therein contained shall hold good for
all the installments that are to be collected from the specific
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property charegeable with said improvements. Such assess-
ment and apportionment ordinance shall contain the total amount
of tax apportioned to each tract, piece and parcel of land with-
in the taxing district and all state the number of annual in-
stallments in which such tax is to be collected; and thereafter
the City Clerk shall annually, at the same time taxes are to be
certified, certify to the County Clerk of Saline County, Kansas,
a full list of all property liable to assessment for such work
And improvements, together with the respective amounts duo on
each of said tracts, pieces and parcels of land, which amounts
shall include the annual installments and interest on all
unpaid balances for one year at the rate of six per cent per
annum and such amounts so certified shall be collected as other
taxes are collected; provided, that where the improvement is
through or adjacent to the property of the City for which the
City would be liable, the assessment shall be made against all
taxable property of the City and paid by the City at lame.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force from and after its publication once in the official_
City paper.
(SEAL)
Attest:
Introduced for first reading, August 14th, 1922.
Passed and approved ........, August 21st, 1922.
Chas. E. Banker,
City C er
STATE OF KANSAS ) .
) SS.
COUNTY OF SALINE )
F. S. Dyar ,
Mayor.
I, Chas. E. Banker, City Clerk of the City of Salina,
Kansas, do hereby certify, that the above and foregoing is a
true and correct copy of Ordinance Number 2571 passed by the
Board of Commissioners and approved by the Mayor of the City
of Salina, Kansas, August 21st, 1922; a record of the vote
on its final adoption is found on Page 86 of Journal No. 10,
Said Ordinance was published in The Salina Evening Journal
August 26th, 1922.
City Clerrc.
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(Published in The Salina Evening Journal 1922)
ORD INA NCE NO. a
An Ordinance providing for the excavating, gradirg and paving of all of
the unpt.ved portion of Santa Fe Avenue in the City of Salina,
Kansas, in the center of said Santa Fe Avenue as now occupied
by the tracks of the Salina Street Railway Company, from the
south line of Walnut Street in said City to a point two hundred
feet south of South Street therein, providing for the cost
thereof-, how the same shall be assessed ard the manner of pay
meat therefor,
VdHLREAS, by resolution duly adopted the ' 2'7th day of February
1922 the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas have
declared that they deem it necessary to excavate, grade and pave all of
the unpaved portion of Santa Fe Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas, in
the center of said Santa Fe Avenue, as now occupied by the tracks of the
Salina Street Railway Company, from the south line of Walnut Street. in.
said .City to a point two hundred feet south of South Street therein, and
WHEREAS., said resolution was published for six 'days in The
Salina Evening -Journal, -a daily newspaper published in the City of Salina,
the official City paper of said City, and
MEREAS, the majority of the resident property owners, owning
a majority in square feet of the lots or real estate liable to taxation
for the cost of said improvements did not within twenty days from the
date
of the last publication and
of
such reslution
file with the City
Clerk
of said City their protest
in
writing against
such improvement or
the making thereof,,' therefor,
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That. it is necessary and it is hereby ordered
that all ' of the unpaved portion of Santa 'Fe Avenue, in the City of Salina,
Kansas, in the center of said. Santa Fe Avenue as now occupied by the
tracks of the Salina Street Railway Company from the south line of
Walnut Street to a point two hundred ( 200) feet south of South Street in
said City (with the 'exception however, of the intersections of said
Santa Fe Avenue with Mulberry Street and -with South Street in said City,
which said intersections have already been excavated, graded and paved)
be excavated and graded to the established grade thereof, as established
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by ordinance of the City of Salina, Kansas.
Section 2. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered that all
of the unpaved portion of Santa Fe Avenue, in the City of Salina, Kansas
in the cent er of - s aid Santa `Fe Avenue as now ,o ccupied by the t ra cks of
The Salina Street Railway Company from the southline of Walnut Street
to a point 200 feet south of South Street in , s aid City (with the exception
however, of the intersections of said Santa Fe Avenue with Mulberry Street
and with South Street in said City, which said intersections have already
been excavated, graded and paved) be paved with such ma terial as the
Board of Commissioners may hereafter designate and select ashereinafter
provided for according to the specifications of the City Engineer of
said City as hereinafter provided, and that said Santa Fe Avenue between
the limits of oresa id be paved for -a w idth o f thir teen (13) f eet, except
at that portion of said Santa Fe. Avenue lying south of South Street in
said City and occupied both by the tracks and.a switch track of said
SalinaStreet Railway Company where said Santa Fe Avenue at said switch
shall be paved for a width not exceeding eighteen (18) feet.
Section 3. For the %ork and ii provements herein provided for
the City Engineer shall make and file with the City Clerk on or before the
qday of August, 1922 complete plans and specifications for the paving
of said street with the following materials.
1. 3 inch vertical fiber plain wire cut brick..
5�.ineh concrete base.
sphalt filler.
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and that on or before the last said named date said City Engineer shall sub-
mit to the Board of Commissioners, under oath, detailed estimates of the
cost of such paving of said street with the different kinds of material
herein mentioned and of the excavation and grading of said street.
Section 4. That after such plans and specifications shall have
been made and prepared by the City Engineer and filed with the City Clerk
asaforesaid,
the
Board of
Commissioners
may
advertise by advertisement
published in
the
official
City paper of
the
City of Salina for
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consecutive days .for the receipt of sealed proposals for the paging of
said street with the different kinds of paving material named and speci-
fied in the preceding section hereof, and for the excavating and grading
of said street to the established grade thereof as herein provided for;
and after the receipt of such proposals the Board of Commissioners shall
select from the different kinds of street paving material the kind with
which said street ought, in their judgment be paved and said Board of
Commissioners may and are hereby authorized to let contracts.for the
grading and excavating of said street to the lowest responsible bidder
therefor., and for the paving of such street with the materials so
selected to the lowest responsible bidder therefor., a s. determined by
said Board of Commissioners for the kind and character of paving which.
shall be determined upon by said Board of Commissioners and for such
excavating and grading. Said Board of Commissioners reserve the right
to reject any and all bids.
Section 5. That for such paving special assessments shall be
made for the full cost thereof on each block separately, on all lots or
pieces of land to .the center of the block on either _side of the street,
according to the appraised value the reof, without regard to the buildings
or improvements thereon for the distance to be improved; The entire
distance to be graded shall constitute one grading district.
Section6. That after the passage and publication of this
ordinance the Board of Comulissioners shall appoint three disinterested
appraisers, householders, who after having taken an oath to make a true
and. impartial appraisement of all, lots and pieces of land liable to assess-
ment and taxation for the' cost of the improvements herein provided for
shall within five days after having been notified of their appointment
proceed to appraise said lots and pieces -of land liable to assessment and
taxation as aforesaid, as may be designated by The Board of Commissioners
of said City, without regard to the buildings or improvements thereon, and
after making said appraisement shall return same to the Board of
Commissioners at the first meeting of said Boardaafter such appraisement
shall have been completed, and after said appraisement is returned to the
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Board of Commissioners said Board of Commissioners shall designate a
time for the holding of a special session of such Board for the purpose
of hearing any complaints that may be made as to the value of any lots
or pieces of land appraised as aforesaid, of which special session due
notice shall be given in the official City paper, at which special session
the Board of Commissioners may alter the valuation of any lot or piece of
land if in their opinion the same has been appraised too high or too low.
Section 7. For the purpose of paying for the work and improve-
ments in this ordinance provided for, the,Board of Commissioners are
hereby authorized and directed to issue internal improvement bonds of
the City of Salina in an emount not to exceed the contract price of such
improvements and to run for a period of ten years and be payable in
ten (10) equal installments, together with the interest not to exceed
five (5) per cent per annum, which bonds shall be made payable at the
fiscal agency of. the State of Kansas; and for the purpose of paying
principal and interest on said bonds as they severally become due and
payable the Board of Commissioners shall apportion and assess against the
lots and pieces of land within the taxing district of such improvements
special
assessments covering the
cost
of suds
improvements and the
appor-
tionment
therein contained shall
hold
good for
all the installments
that
are to be collected from the specific property chargeable with said
improvements.. Such assessment and apportionment ordinance shall contain
the total amount of tax apportioned to each tract, piece and parcel of
land within the taxing district and shall state the number of annual
installments in which such tax is to be collected; and thereafter the City
Clerk shall annually, at the same time taxes are to be certified, certify
to the County Clerk of Saline County, Kansas, a full list of all property
liable to assessment for such work and improvements, together with the
respective amounts due on each of said tracts, pieces and parcels of land,
which amounts shall include the annual installments and interest on all
unpaid balan ces for o ne ye ar a t the rate of six pe r cent per annum and
such anounts so certified shall be collected as other taxes are collected;
provided., that where the improvement is through or adjacent to the property
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of the City for which the City would be liable, 'the assessment shall
be made against all taxable property of the City and paid by the City at
large.
Section 8. . This ordirance shall take effect and be in full
force from and after its publication once in the official City paper.
Introduced for first reading, August 14th, 1922.
Passed and approved,
Attest;
City Cleric