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An ordinance providing; for the curbing,_ guttering, excavating,
grading and paving of Elm Street in the City of Salina,
Kansas from the east side of Elm Street Bridge to the
wrest line of Ohio Street in said City, and provi ding
for the cost thereof, how the same shall be assessed
and the manner of payment therefor.
VIHEREAS, by resolution duly adopted on the lst day of
May, 1922 the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina,
Kansas have declared that they deem it. -necessary to,excavate,
grade, pave, curb and gutter Elm Street in the City of Salina,
Kansas from the east side of Elm Street Bridge to the west line
of Ohio Street in said City,,_ 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
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 of such
resolution file with the City Clerk of said City their protest
inwritingagainst such improvement or the making thereof, there-
for,
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 Elm Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the east side
of Elm Street Bridge to the west line of Ohio Street in said City
be excavated and graded to the established grade thereof as es-
tablished by Ordinance of the City of Sa lina $ Kansas., -provided
that at the intersections of streets and alleys., said excavation
and grading shall be carried to the.lot line of the street so
improved and that at such lot line the grade be made to conform
to the established grade of such street or -alley if the same has
been established.
Section 2. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered
that Elm Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the east side
of Elm Street Bridge to the wrest line of Ohio Street in said City'
be curbed and guttered with such material as the Board of Comm-
issioners may hereafter designate and select as hereinafter pro-
vided for according to the specifications of the City Engineer of
said City hereinafter provided for and that at the intersections
of streets and alleys said curbing and guttering be carried back
to the lot line of the street so improved.
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'...Seca- ori '3.:.:That it,, is". ne.eessary' `and: it -.1s hereby -ordered
that Elm Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the east side
of Elm Street Bridge to the west line of Ohio Street in said City
be paved with such material as the Board of Coimnissioners may
hereafter designate and select as hereinafter provided for ac-
cording to the specifications of the City Engineer of said City
hereinafter provided for, and that at the intersections.of streets
and alleys said paving be carried back to the lot line of.the
street so improved. Said street shall be paved for a width of
thirty-three (33) feet excluding curb and gutter which are pro-
vided for herein.
Section 4. For the work and improvement 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 specifica-
tions for the curbing, guttering and paving of said street with
the following materials:
PAVING
1. 3 inch vertical fiber plain wire cut brick.
5 inch concrete base.
Asphalt filler.
2. 2 inch asphaltic concrete.
5 inch concrete base.
CURBING AND GUTTERING
Combined curb and gutter - concrete.
From back of curb to paving line 30 inches.
Curb to be 6 inches at top, 7 inches at bottom,
12 inches deep.
Gutter to be 6 inches at curb and
7 inches at paving line,
and that on or before the said last named date said City Engineer
shall submit to the Board of Commissioners, under oath, detailed
estimates of the cost of such paving and of such curbing and
guttering of said street with the different kinds of material
herein ::mentioned and of the excavation and grading of said street.
Section 5. 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, Kansas for six consecutive days for the
receipt of sealed proposals for curbing, guttering and paving
of said street with the different'kinds of material named and
specified 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
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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 curbing and guttering of said street with
the materials so selected to the lowest responsible bidder
' therefor, and for the paving of said street with the materials
so selected to the lowest responsible bidder therefor, as de-
termined by said Board of Commissioners, for the kind and
character of curbing, guttering and paving which shall be de-
termined upon by said Board of Cor:Tnissioners and for such ex-
cavating and_grading;.said Board of Com-nissioners reserve the
right to reject any and all bids.
Section 6. That for such excavating and grading special
assessments shall be made for the full cost thereof on all lots
and pieces of land to the center of the block -on either side of
the street for the distance to be improved according to the ap-
praised value of said lots or pieces of land without regard to
buildings or improvements thereon, said appraisement to be made
in the manner as hereinafter provided for; the entire distance
to be graded shall constitute one grading district.
Section 7. That for such curbing, guttering and paving
special assessment 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 thereof without regard to the buildings or
improvements thereon, for the distance to be improved.
Section Be 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.ap-
praise 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 Commis -W...
signers 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 of which special
session due notice shall be given in the official_ City paper,
at which special session the Board of Conun.issioners 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 9. For the purpose of paying for the work and
improvements in this ordinance provided for, the Board of
Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to issue in-
ternal improvement 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 equal in-
stallments, together withe 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 CommAssioners shall apportion
and assess against the lots and pieces of land within the taxing
district of such improvements special assessments covering the
cost of such improvements and the apportionment therein contained
shall hold good for all the installments that are to be collected
from the specific property chargeable with said. improvement.
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 said 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 for such work and im-
provements, 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 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; pro-
vided, that for the purpose of defraying the cost of improving
the intersections and areas formed by the crossing of streets and
alleys as well as 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 large.
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Section 10. 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. Hanker,
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 2574 passed by the
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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 87 of Journal No. 10.
Said Ordinance was published in The Salina Evening Journal
August 26th, 1922.
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(P,ubli sh ed in The Salina Evening Journal �'�O 1922) .
ORDINANCE NO.-
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An Ordinance providing for the curbing, guttering, excavating, grading
and paving of Elm Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from
the east side of Elm SEreet Bridge to the west line of Ohio
Street in .said City, and providing for the cost thereof, how
the same shall be assessed and the manner of payment therefor.
WHEREAS". --by resolution duly adopted on 'the 1st day of 'May,
1922 the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas have de-
clared that they deem it necessary to excavate, grade, pave, curb and
gutter Elm Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the east side of
Elm Street Bridgeto the._.west line of Ohio Street in said City, and
WHEREAS, said resolution was published for six days in The
Salina Evening Jour nal, 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 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
th%t Elm Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the east side of
Elm Street Bridge to the west line of Ohio Street in said.City be exca-
vated and graded to the established grade thereof as established by
Ordinance of the City of Salina, Kansas, provided tYBLt at the intersec-
tions of streets and alleys, said excavation and grading shall be carried
to the lot line of the street so improved and that at such lot line the
grade be made to conform to the established grade of such street or
alley if the same has been established.
Section 2. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered
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that Elm Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the east. side of Elm
Street Bridge to the west line of Ohio Street in said City be curbed and
guttered with such material as the Board of Commissioners may hereafter
designate and select as hereinafter provided for according to the speci-
fications of the City Engineer of said City hereinafter provided for,
and that at the intersections of .streets and alleys said curbing and gut-
tering be carried back to the lot line of the street so improved.
Section 3. That it is necessary and 'it is hereby ordered
that Elm Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the east side of Elm
Street Bridge to the west line of Ohio Street in said City be paved
with such material as the Board of Commissioners may hereafter designate
and select as hereinafter provided for according to the specifications
of the City Engineer of said City hereinafter provided for, and that at
the intersections of streets and alleys said paving be carried back
to the'lot line of the street'so improved. Said street shall be paved
for a width of thirty-three . (33) feet excluding curb and gutter which
are provided for herein.
Section 4. For the work and improvement herein provided for
the City Engineer shall make and f ile with the City Clerk on or before
thedad of August, 1922 complete plans and specifications for the
curbing, guttering and paving of said street with thefollowing materials e
PAVING -
1. 3 inch -vertical fiber plain wire cut brick.
5 inch concrete base.
Asphalt filler.
2. 2 inch asphaltic concrete.
5 inch concrete base.
CURBING AND GUTTERING
Combined curb and gugter - concrete.
From back of curb to paving line 30 inches.
Curb to be 6 inches at top, '7 inches at bottom,
12 inches deep.
Gutter to be 6 inches at curb and
7 inches at paving line#
and that on or before the said last named date said City Engineer shall
submit to the Board of Commissioners, under oath, detailed estimates of
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the cost of such paving and of such curbing and guttering of said street
with the different kinds of material herein mentioned and of the exca-
vation and grading of said street.
Section 5. 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 advertise by
advertisement published in the official Citypaper of the City of
Salina, Kansas for, con secutive' days for the receipt of sealed
proposals for curbing",guttering and paving of said street with the
different kinds of rue terial. named and specified in the, preceding see -
tion hereof and for the excavating and grading of said street to the
established grade ?thereof as herein provided. for; and after the receipt of
wuch 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
curbing and gzttering of said street with the materials so selected to
the lowest responsible bidder, therefor, and for the paving of sai
street- with the materials so selected to the lowest responsible bidder
therefor, as determined by said Board of Commissioners, for the kind
and character of curbing, guttering and paving which shall be deter-
mined 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 6. That for such excavating and grading special
assessments shall be made for the full cost thereof on all lots and
pieces of land to the center of the block on either side of the street for
the distance to be improved according to the appraised value of said lots
or pieces of land without regard to buildings or inproveiments thereon,
said appraisement to be made in the manner as hereinafter provided for;;
The entire distance to be graded shall constitute one grading district.
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Section 7. That for such curbing,guttering and paving. special
assessment 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 thereof
without regard to the buildings or improvements thereon, for the
distance to be improved.
Section 8, lifter the passage and publication of this ordin-
ance the Board of Commissioners 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 assessment and taxation for the cost of the improvements herein
provided for shall within five day's 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 6aid City, without regard to the build-
ings or improveiTents thereon, and after making said ap praisement shall
return same to the Board of Commissioners. at the first meeting of said
Board after such apprai sement shall have been completed, . and after said
appraisement is returned to the Board of Commissioners said Board of
Commissioners„shall.designat,e a time for the holding of a special session
of such Board -fot the purpose of hearing any complaints that may be made
of which special session due notice shal:i 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 eppra ised too high or too low.
Section 9. 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 amount not to exceed the contract price of such
improvements and to run for a period . of ten years and be payable in ten
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
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of the State of Kansas; and for the purpose of paying principal and inter-
est 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 such improvements and the apportionment therein
contained shall hold good for all the installments that are to be' collect-
ed from the specific property chargeable with said improvement. Sudh
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 said tax is to be collected; and thereafter the City Clerk shall
annually, at the same time taxes are totified, certify to the
County Clerk of Saline County,
Kansas, a full
list
of all property liable
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 balances
for one year at the rate of six per .cent per annum and such amounts so
certified shall be co 1 le eted as other
taxes
are collected;
Provided,
that for the purpose of defraying the
cost
of improving the
intersec-
tions and areas formed by the crossing of streets and alleys as well as.
where the improvement is through or adjacent to the p ro pe rt y 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 101 This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force from and after its publication once in the official City paper.
Introduced for first reading., August 14 th, 1922,
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Mayor
Attest:
City