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ORDINANCE NO. 1868.
(Published in the Salina Evening Journal Aug. ��. 1915.)
An ordinance providingfor the curbing and guttering of East Ash Street,
in the city of alina, Kansas, from the east line of Fourth
Street to the west line of Ohio Street, and providing for the
cost thereof and the manner of payment.
WHEREAS, by resolution duly adopted on the 3rd day of May, 1915,
the Mayor and Council of the city of Salina, Kansas, have declared that
they deemed it necess ary to curb and.gutter East Ash Street in said
City from the east line of Fourth Street to the west -line of Ohio
Street, and,
WHEREAS, said resolution was published for more than five conse-
cutive days in the Salina Evening Journal, a daily newspaper published
in the City of Salina; and,
WHEREAS, a majority of the resident owners of property liable to
assessment and taxation for the cost of such curbing and guttering of
such street did not, within twenty (20) days from the last publication
of such resolution, file with the city clerk of said city their protest
against such improvements of the making thereof; therefore,
$e it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Salina:
Section 1. That it is necessary and hereby ordered that East
Ash Street, in the city of Salina, from the east line of Fourth Street
to the west line of Ohio Street, be curbed and guttered On both sides
thereof with cement curbing and guttering, according to the specifica-
tions of the city engineer of said city hereinafter provided for, the
curb part thereof to be six (6) inches in thickness on the top, and the
gutter part thereof to be six (6) inches in thickness next to the curb,
and eight (8) inches in thickness next to the paving, and forty-two
(42) inches in width from the back edge of such curb to the paving line
of said street, and the lot line edges of such curbing shall be set a
distance from the center line of said street, as the mayor and coun-
cil may hereafter determine.
Sec. 2. For the work and improvement herein provided, the City
Engineer, shall make and file with the city clerk of said city, on or
before the sixth (6th) day of September, 1915, plans and specifications
for the curbing and guttering of such street with cement curb and gut-
ter, of the dimensions, substantially, as hereinbefore described, and
on or before said last named date, said city engineer shall file with
the said clerk an estimate of the cost of such curbing and guttering;
Provided that at the intersections of streets and alleys said curb
and gutter shall return to -the lot line on said East Ash Street -
Sec. 3. That after such plans and specifications shall have,
been filed with said clerk as aforesaid, the mayor and council shall -
determine the distance such curb and gutter shall be set from the cen-
ter line of said street, and may then advertise for bids for the con-
struction of such improvements, and may, after the receipt of such bids,
let the contract for such improvements to the most satisfactory and
responsible bidder, as determined by said mayor and council; or the
said mayor and council may reject any and all bids for the making of
such improvements.
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Sec. 4. After the passage and publication of this ordinance the
mayor and council shall appoint three disinterested householders, who,
after having taken an oath. to faithfully and impartially appraise all
lots and pieces,of ground liable to taxation and assessment for the cost
of the improvements herein provided for, shall, within thn days after
having been notified of their appointment, proceed to appraise said lots
and pieces of ground liable to assessment and taxation, as aforesaid,
without regard to the buildings or improvements thereon, and after making
said @)ppraisement shall return the same to the mayor and council at the
first meeting thereof after such appraisement shall have been completed,
and after said appraisement is returned to the mayor and council the said
mayor and council shall desigante a time for holding a special session
for the purpose of hearing complaints and equalizing said appraisement,
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 appraisement.
Sec. 5. For the purpose of paying for the work and improvements
in this ordinance provided for, the mayor and council are hereby author-
ized and directed to issue bonds of the city of. Salina in an amount not
to exceed the contract price and cost of such improvement, and to run
for a period of not exceeding ten years and be pyaable in not exceeding
ten equal dnnualTinstallments, together with interest not to exceed
five per cent {50} per annum, which bonds shall be 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 that
mayor and council shall apportion and assess against the lots and pieces
of ground within the taxing district of such improvements special assess-
ments covering the cost of such impr6v6ment, and the apportionment there -
.in contained shall hold good for all the installments that are to be col-
lected.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 such tax is to be collected; and thereafter the city clerk shall
annually, at the same time as other taxes are to be certified, certi-
erti-fy
fyto the county clerk of Saline county, Kansas, 'a full list of all pro-.
perty liable for such work and improvement, 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 five per cent per annum, and such
amounts so certified shall be collected as other taxes are collected;
Provided, that 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 the taxable property of the City..
Sec. 6. This ordinance shall take effect and be in forte from
and after its publication once in the official city paper.
Passed and approved, August, 2nd, 1915.
J. E. Putnam,
Mayor.
(SEAL)
Attest:
Chas, E. Banker,
City Clerk.
STATE OF KANSAS )
COUNTY OF SALINE) SS.
CITY OF SALINA
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is
a true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Council and ap-
proved by the Mayor of the City of Salina, August 2nd, 1915; and a
record of the,, vote on its final adoption is found on page1� �' of
J.ourna 1 N o . 8.
City Clerk.
(Published in the Salina .Evening `' ournal Aug. �_ _, 1915.)
ORlD. INAiN GE 1\10. 1868
An ordinance providing for the curbing and guttering of East Ash Street,
in the city of Salina, Kansas, from the east line of Fuurth
Street to the west line of Ohio Street, and providing for the
cost thereof and the manner of payment.
WHEREAS, by resolution duly adopted on the 3rd day of May, 1915,
the mayor and council of the city of Salina, Kansas, have declAred that
they deemed it necessary to curb and gutter Eash Ash Street in said City
from the east line of Fourth Street to the west line of Ohio Street; and,
WHEREAS, said resolution was published for more than five consecu-
tive days in the Salina Evening Journal, a daily newspaper published in
the city of Salina; and,
WHEREAS, a majority of the resident owners of property liable to
assessment and taxation for the cost of such curbing and guttering of
such street did not, within twenty (20) days from the last publication
of such resolution, file with the city clerk of said city their protest
against such improvements or the making thereof; therefore,
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Salina:
Section 1. That it is necessary and hereby ordered that East Ash
Street, in the city of Salina, from the east line 'of Fourth Street to
the west line of Ohio Street, be curbed and guttered on both sides there-
of with cement curbing and guttering, according, to the specifications of
the city engineer of said city hereinafter -provided -for, the curb part
thereof to be six (6) inches in thickness on the top, and the gutter part
thereof to be six (6) inches in thickness next to the curb, and eight
(8) inches in thickness next to the paving, and forty-two (42) inches in
width from the back edge of such curb to the paving line of said street,
and the lot line edges of such curbing shall be set such a distance from
the center line of said street, as the mayor and council may hereafter
.. determine.
Sec. 2. For the work and improvement herein provided, the City
Engineer shall make and file with the city clerk of said city, on or
before the sixth (6) day of September, 1915, plans and specifications
for the curbing and guttering of such street with cement curb and gutter
of the dimensions, substantially, as hereinbefore described, and on or be-
fore said last named date, said city engineer shall file with the said
clerk an estimate of the cost of such curbing and guttering; Provided
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that at the intersections of streets and alleys said curb and gutter
shall return to the lot line on said Fast Ash Street.
Sec. 3. That after such plans and specifications shall have been
filed with said clerk as aforesaid, the mayor and council shall deter-
mine the distance such curb and gutter shall be set from the center
line of said street, and may then advertise for bids for the construc-
tion of such improvements, and may, after the receipt of such bids, let
the contract for such improvements to the most saltisfactory and re-
sponsible bidder as determined by said mayor and council; or said mayor
and council may reject any all bids for the making of such improvements.
Sec. 4. After the passage and publication of this ordinance the
mayor and council shall appoint three disinterested householders, who,
after having taken an oath to faithfully and impartially appraise all
lots and pieces of ground liable -to taxation and assessment for the cost
of the improvements herein provided for, shall, within Ven days after
having been notified of their appointment, proceed to appraise said
lots and pieces of ground liable to assessment and taxation, as afore®
said, without regard to the buildings or improvements thereof, and
after making said appraisement shall return the same to the mayor and
council at the first meeting thereof after such appraisement shall have
been completed, and after said appraisement is returned to the mayor
and council the said mayor and council shall designate a time for hold
ing a special session for the purpose of hearing complaints and equal-
izing said appraisement, 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 appraisement.
Sec. 5. For the purpose of paying for the work and improvements
in this ordinance provided for, the mayor and council are hereby author-
ized and directed to issue bonds of the city of Salina in an amount not
to exceed the contract price and cost of such improvement, and to run
for a period of not exceeding ten years and be payable in not exceeding
ten equal annual installments, together with interest not to exceed five
per cent per annum, which bonds .shall be riade payable at the fiscal age*,
cy of the State of Kansas; and for the purpose of paying principal and
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interest on said bonds as they severally become,due and payable that
mayor and council shall apportion and assess against the lots and pieces
of ground within the taxing district of such improvements special assess
menta covering the cost of such improvement, 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 such tax is to be collected; and thereafter the city clerk shall
annually, :'at the same time as other taxes are to be certified, certify
to the county clerk of Saline county,, Kansas, a full list of all pro«
perty liable for such Work and improvement, together with the respective
amounts due on each of said tracts, pieces and parcels of land, which
amount shall include the annual installments and 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, that for thepurpose 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 agains
all the taxable property.of the city.
Sec. 6. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and
after its publication once in the official city paper.
Passed and approved
Attest: r M a y o r.
City Clerk. 1.