1847 Improve Iron Avenue27
ORDINANCE N0. 1847.
(Published in the Salina Evening Journal June /,t/ 1915.)
An ordinance providing for the paving, curbing, guttering and ex-
cavating of Iron Avenue, in the city of Salina, between Penn Avenue
and Delaware street,' specifying the manner of construction, providing
for the cost thereof and the manner of payment, and letting the con-
tract, therefor.
WHEREAS., by resolution duly adopted on the 15th day of February,
1915, the mayor and council declared it was necessary to pave, curb,
gutter and excavate said street within the limits above and herein-
after defined; and,
WHEREAS, said resolution was published for more than five conse-
onse-
cutive
cutive days in the Salina Evening Journal, a daily newspaper printed in
the city of Salina, and,
WHEREAS, a majority of the resident owners of property liable to
assessment and taxation for the cost of said improvements did not, within
twenty days from the last ' publication of such resolution, file with the
city clerk their protest against such improvements or the making there-
of ; theref ore,
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Salina:
Section 1. That it is necessary and hereby ordered that Iron Av-
enue in the city of Salina, between the west line of Penn avenue and
the west line of Delaware Street, be paved with one course of Vitrified
vertical finer side wire out Buffalo brick block paving material, on
a five inch bonerete base and according to the specifications made and
prepared by the city engineer of said city and now on file with the
city clerk, said paving to be 36 feet in width from gutter to gutter
except that the intersections of streets and alleys such paving shall
extend from lot line to lot line on said street, except that the street
car line shall not be paved for a width of eight (8) feet.
Sec. 2. That it is necessary and hereby ordered that said Iron
Avenue, between the limits defined in sectione one (1) hereof, be curbed
and guttered on both sides thereof, with cement curb and gutter, accord -
Ing to the specifications hereinafter provided for, the lot line edge
of such curbing to be set twenty and one-half (2021) feet from and para-
llel with the center line of said street east and west; Provided, that
at the intersections of streets and alleys such curb and gutter shall
return to the lot line of said street.
See. 3. All excavating, filling and rolling necessary for the
proper construction of such improvemente shall be done and all of said
improvements shall be made and done in conformity to and compliance with
the plans and specifications therefor made by the city engineer and now
on file with the city clerk, and such plans and specifications are
hereby incorporated in and made a part'of this ordinance in all respects
as if the same were written out in full herein.
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Sec. 4. After the passage of this ordinance the mayor and council
shall appoint three disinterested hoa.seholders of the city of Salina,
who, after after having taken an oath to faithfully and impartially
appraise all lots and pieces of ground liable to taxation and assess-
ment for the cost of making such improvements, without regard to any
buildings or improvements thereon, and after making said appraisement
said appraisers shall return the same to the city c ounc i at the .first
meeting thereof after said appraisement shall have been made and com-
pleted, and after said appraisement is returned to the city council,,
the mayor and council shall designate a time for holding a special
session for the purpose of hearing complaints and equalizing said ap-
praisement, of which special session due notice shall be given in the
official city paper, and at such special session the mayor and council
small, if they deem it just and proper, alter or chang3 such appraise-
ment.
See. 5. That a contract be and is hereby awarded to J • B • Watts
and M. R. Amerman, partners doling business as Watts & Amerman, for the
paving and excavating of said Iron Avenue between the limits aforesaid
with the material specified in Section One (1) hereof, on a five inch
concrete base, at and for the uniform price of one dollar and seventy-
four cents ($1.74) per square yard for" the square yards of such pave -
merit and base actually laid and in place.upon said street, and for the
excavating necessary to properly construct such paving, said contractors
shall be paid at the rate of thirty-three cents (33�) per cubic yard
for the cubic yards of dirt actually removed from said street; and that
a further contract is hereby let to said Watts & Amerman for the curbing
cl
and guttering of said street, as above defined, at and for the uniform
price of fifty-two cents (52¢) per lineal foot, for the lineal feet, cif
curbing and guttering actually laid and put in place upon said street;
all as measured by the city engineer of said city; and the mayor . and
council hereby determine and find that the price hereby agreed to be
paid for the improvements aforesaid are less than the estimated prices
and cost of each and all of said improvements as made and furnished
by the said city engineer, which estimated cost of each and all of such
improvements as made by said city engineer is now on file with the
city clerk.
See. 6. For the purpose of paying for the work and improvement
herein provided for the mayor and council are hereby authorized and di-
rected to issue bonds of the city of Salina, • in an amount not to exceed
the cost of such improvements, and to run for a period of ten years,
and payable in equal annual installments, together with interest at the
rate of five per cent per annum, which bonds, shall be made payable at
the fiscal agency of the State of Kansas, at Topeka; and for the pur-
pose of paying principal and interest on said binds as they severally
become due and payalbe the mayor and council shall by ordinance a ppor-
tion and assess against the lots and.pieces of ground in the taxing
district of such improvemente special assessments covering the cost of
said improvements and the apportionment therein oontained.shall hold
good for all .the installments that are to be collected from the specific
property chargeable with said improvements. Such assessment and appor-
tionment ordinance shall contain the total amount of tax apportioned to
each tract, piece and parcel. of land within the said 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 other taxes ante to be certified, certify to the county clerk of
Saline county, Kansas, a full list of all property liable for the cost
of 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 the interest on all unpaid balances
for one year at the rate of five per cent . per annum, and . such amounts so
certified shall be collected as . other taxes are collected; Provided,
Vhat for the purpose of defraying .the. cost of improving the squares and
areas formed by the crossing of streets and alleys as well as where the
Improvement is through or adjacent. to property of the city, for which
the city would be liable, the assessments shall be made against all
taxable property of the city.
Seca 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in for6e from
and after its publication once in the . Salina Evening Journal.
Passed and approved, June'7th, 1915.
(SEAL)
Attest:
Chas, E: Banker.
City Clerk.
STATE OF KANSAS )
COUNTY OF SALINE ) SS.
CITY OF SALINA )
J. E. Putnam.
Mayor.
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is
a true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Council and approv-
ed by the Mayor of the City of Salina, June 7th, 1915; and a record of
the vote on its final adoption is found on Page' / 3/ of Journal N o . 8.
City Clerk.
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(Published in the Salina Evening Journal 1915)
ORDINANCE No.
An ordinance, providing- for the paving, curbing, guttering and excavating
of 11.20�
in the, city of Salina, betyipen
and street, specifying the manner of construc...
tion, providing for the cost thereof and the manner of payment,
and letting the contract therofor.
%ereas, by resolution duly adopted on the _day of �
1915 the mayor and coiincil declared that it was necessary to pave, curb,
gutter and excavate street -within the limits above and
hereinafter defined-, and.,
V1,ereas, said resolution was published for-mmor tWa five consec-
utive dayp- in the Salina Evening Jorxnal, a daily newspaper printed in
the city..of Salina;- and-;
Vhnre'as. a majority of the resident owners of property liabl to
assessment- and taxation for the cost of said improvements did not, ,ev th-
in
h-in twenty days from the last publication of such nesolution, file with
the batty -clerk of said city their protest against puch i
mprovem6nts or
the mal ix g thereof'; therefore
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Salina:
Section 1. That it is necessary end hereby ordered that
street, in the city of Salina, be►een the.4�lin.e of
street aced tie 1 i ne of street
bepayed Frith A7 -Z -t
accordibg to the .specifications
ications
lmazeriai on a five inch concrete base and
made and prepared by the city engineer of said city and now on, file
with the city clerk, said paving, to be 3f feet in width from
p
gutter to gutter, except that at the instersections of streets, and
alleys such pavirv, shall extend frorp lot lie to lot line on j3street.
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See. 2. Th a t it is nebabsary and hereby ordertA that said
street, between the limits defined in section one hereof., be curbed add
and f
gnittered on both sides thereof, with cement curb and gutter, accord
ing to the specifications hereinafter provided for, the lot line edge
of such. curbinr.,r, to be feet from and parallel
with the center line of said street east and west- Provided, that at
the intersections of st-rects and alloys ,such curb and gutter shall return
to the lot line of said street.
See. 131. All-excavatin—g, filling and rolling necessary f or the
proper constrtetion of such improvements shall be done and all of said
improvements shall be made and. done in conformity to and corq.)Iiance,with
the plans and specifi6ations therefor mtade by the -city engineer and now
on file vith the city clerk, find such p1sne and Rpecifications are
hereby incor-porated in and made a part of this ordinance in all respects
as if the stvne were written out in full herein.
See. 4. After the passu ,,e of this ordinance the mayor and council
shall ap
.point, three disinterested householders of the city of Salina,
who, after havirr
taken &n Oath to faithfully and ixopartially wppraise
all lots a=d pieces of -,ground liable to taxation and assessment for the
coot of making stich improvements, vvi th out, regard to any bu i I di nF,,s or
improw.ime,nts Jhareon,. and after making, said appraiisi.-mment said a,�:ppraiiqprs
shall return the swue to the city cotnwil el, tlia first meetlyk.r thereof
after said appraisament shall have been. mkiide and completed, and after
said appraisement is returned to the city council the mayor and council
shall desit.,giate a time for holdiW, a special session for the purpose of
he ar i rkg complaints and equalizing- said appraisement, of -which special
sessiondazenotice shall be given, in the official city paper, and at such
special session the mayor andcoimcil shall, if they deem it just and
propor, alter or change such appraisement.
Sec. 5. That a contract be and .is hereby awarded to J. B. Watts
and M. R. Ammerman, partners doing business as EMW#tts & Ammer-
-ex said street between the
M24, for the pav:L d excavating Of
the
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_limits �af aforesaid wii h on a five inch
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concrete base at and for the uniform price of one dollar and
($1.7�) per square yard for the square yards of such pavement, and base
actually laid andin place Tion said 8treet, and for the. excavating ne-
cessary to properly construct such, pavirf, eaid contract d"shal l be. paid
at the rate of thirty-three (.331 cents per cubic Yard for the cubic
yards of dirt actually rKnoved from said street; oaid t1tat a further con-
tract is hereby let to said, IbIto . rmun for the curbing, and 4Nttar-
ing of said street, as above def ihod, at and for the unif orm pr Ii ce of
(.W per lineal foot for the lineal feet of curbing
Azad gat-'Lering., actually laid and put in place i4)on said street- all as'
measured by `L-Ihe city engineer of said city; and the mayor and council
hereby detarmine Emd find that the price hereby a;geed to be paid for
the iteprovements aforeeaid are less than the esti=ted prices and cost
of each and all of staid improvements as made and furnished by the said
city en,7ineer, which estimated coat of each and all of such improve me
a& mado by rmid city erigineer is now, on file ivith the city clerk.
Sec. 6. For the purpose of -,wayiinp
for the viork and improvemnt
herein
provided
for thy: may -or
and
council are
heroby -authorized
and dji_
rect-ad
to i6eue
bcnds of 1%,-)
city
of Salina,,
in an amount, not to
exceed
the cost of auch improwments, and to run for d ofL "s
a perio I
C fol yew
and payable in eq*�ual anniial installments together .with interest jamkx1a
at the rate of five per cent per annum, rwhich bonds shall be made pay-
able at, the fiscal agency of the State of Kansas, at Topeka; and for the -
purpose of paying principal and interest on said 'bonds as they several-, IV
become due and, payable the mayor and council,shall by ordinance appor-
tion and assess agairnst the, lots and pieces of ground in the taxi%
district of such it 6pecial assessments covering' the cost of
said improv'ement,s and the apportionment therein contaii-ed
shall hold
good for all the installments that are to be collected from the 'specific
property chargeable with said improvements ..
ent and appor-
tionment ordinance shall contain the total amount of tax apportioned to
each tract, piece and parcel of land within,said taxing district and
shall state the number of annual installments an which such tax is to
be collected, and thereafter the city
clerk shall
annually,
at the same
time other taxes are to be certified.,
certify to
the county
clerk of
Saline county, Kansas, a full list of 01 property liable for the cost
of such work and i%provemants, together with the respective amun.ts due
on each of said tracts, pieces and parcels of'land, which amounts shall
include the annual installments and the interest on all unpaid balances
for one year at the rate of five per cent per annum., and such anmiants so
certified shall b, collected as other taxes are collected; Provided, that
for the purpose of defraying
the cost of improvixy, the squares and
med by the crossiw well as who
areas for of atrents 'and alleys as re the
imp�ro,� remqnt is Unrough or adjacent to property of the ei'4'Uy;, for which
the city would be liable, the assessments sheall be mide ap
,ainst all
t axab 1,9property of fle city.
Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take affect and be in force from
And after its Y)�ublication once in the Salina Evening Journal.
app ro, ve d
Passed and IL
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Mork.
City
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