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2129 Improve Eighth StreetORDINANCE NO. 2129. (Published in the Sa i a Daily tlni on Decemb r 1 917) An ordinance providing for the paving, curbing, guttering and ex- cavating of certain streets in the- city of Salina, Kansas, specifying the manner of construction and providing for the cost thereof and the manner of payment. WHEREAS, Ash Street and Elm Street in said City run parallel to each other and both Ash Street and Elm Street heretofore have been curbed, paved and guttered, and, WHEREAS, Eighth Street in said City intersects both Ash and Elm'Street therein and said Eighth Street is not now paved, and, ,WHEREAS, Eighth §treet between Ash Street and Elm Street as aforesaid consists of but two blocks, and, WHEREAS, Santa Fe Avenue a in said.City and Fifth Street in said City run parallel with each other and both said Santa Fe Avenue and Fifth Street has heretofore been graded, paved, curbed and gut- tered, and, WHEREAS, Mulberry Street in said City intersects both Santa Fe Avenue and Fifth street and is not .now paved and graded, and, WHEREAS, said Mulberry Street between Santa Fe' Avenue and Fifth Street in said City consists of but one block, Now Therefore, Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Salina: Section 1. That it is necessary and hereby ordered that Eighth Street from the south line of Elm Street to the north line of Ash Street in said City shoudl be excavated, paved, curbed and guttered and Mulberry Street from the east line of Santa Fe Avenue to the west line of Fifth Street should be paved with such material as the Mayor and Council shall hereafter select and designate; such paving to be Made of such width as the Mayor and Council shall here- after determine and shall extend to the lot line on such streets at the intersection of such streets with any other street or alley. See. 2. It is necessary and hereby ordered that Eighth Street within the limits aforesaid shall be curbed and guttered on both sides thereof with cement curbing and guttering; the curbing part to be six inches in thickness and the guttering part thereof to be forty-two inches.in width from the back edge of such curb to the lot line of such streets. The Lot line edge of such curb and gutter shgil 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 streets with any other street or alley, such curbing and guttering shall return to the lot .lines on such streets. E:i , See. 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 established grade of said streets as heretofore or hereafter established by the ordinances of the' City of salina. Sec. 4. The City Engineer shall prepare the necessary plans and specifications and estimates of cost for the making of the improvements herein provided for and shall file the same" with the City Clerk forthwith. Sec. 5. The Mayor 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 responsible and satisfactory bidder or person. Sec. 6. after the passage and publication of this ordin- ance the Mayor and Council shall appoint three disinterested householders of the City who, after having taken an oath to faith- fully and impartially appraise all lots and pieces of ground lia- ble to assessment and taxation for the cost of said improvements, shall, within ten days after having been notified of their ap- pointment, proceed to appraise said lots and pieces of ground lia- ble to improvements without regard to the improvements thereon, and after making said appraisement, shall return the same to the Mayor and Council, and after such appraisement is returned to the Mayor and Council, the said Mayor and Council shall designate a time for hodling a special session for the purpose of hearing complaints and equalizing said appraisements, of which special session, due notice shall br 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. See. 7. For the purpose of paying for such paving, curbing guttering and excavating, the Mayor and Council are hereby direct- ed and authorized to issue bonds of the City of Salina, in an amuont not to exceed the contract price therefor, and to run for such a periof 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 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 per cent per annum, which bonds shall be payableat the fiscal agency of the State of .Kansas, and for the purpose of paying the pricnipal and interest on such bonds as.they severally become due, the Mayor and Council shall each year during the life of such bonds levy an assessment against the lots and piecee of ground liable for taxation for the improvements herein provided for, in the amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest for that year; Provicibd, that for defraying the cost of paving and excavating the squares and areas formed by the crossing of streets and alleys as well as where the improvement is thourgh or adjacent to City property, for the City would be liable, the assessment shall be made against all the taxable property of the City, and the City Clerk shall ceritfy said assessments, as they are severally made, to the County Clerk of Saline County, Kansas, at the same time and the same manner as other taxes are certified, and said assessments shall be liable to the same penalties; 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 district afore- said which assessment and apportionment shall hold good for all the installments that are to be collected from the specific property chargeable with said improvements. Sec. 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 this 21st day of December, 1917. (SEAL) _-_Edd Mathews; Attest: Mayor. Chas. E. Banker, City Clerk. STATE OF KANSAS � SS. COUNTY OF SALINE 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 No. 2129 passed by the Council and T- proved by the Mayor of the city of Salina, Kansas, December 21st, 1917; and a record of the vote on its final adoption is found on Page of Journal number 9. Said ordinance was published in the Salina Daily Union December 1917. City Clerk.