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1543 Improve Tenth Street(Published in the Salina Evening Journal larch , 1910). ORD INANCE = . 1,% An ordinance providing for the paving, curbing, guttering and excavating of Tenth street, in the city of Salina, between Walnut and South streets, specifying the manner of construction and providing for the cost thereof and the manner of payment. Whereas, by resolution duly adopted on the 17th day of January, 1910, the mayor and council of the city of Salina have declared that A hey deem it necessary to pave curb and gutter Tenth street in said city, between the south side of Walnut street and the north side of South street; and, Whereas, said resolution was published for ten (10) consecutive 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 paving, curbing and gutter- ing of said street did not, within twenty (20) days 'from the last publi- cation of such xxtiaa 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 Tenth street, in the city of .Saline, between the south side of Walnut street and the north side of South street, be paved, with such material as the mayor and council may hereafter designate and select, as hereinafter provided, said paving to be ''ls i-_ 1feet in width from gutter to gutter,except that at the inters zet#erns of streets and alleys such pavement shall extend from lot line to lot, line. See. 2. That itis necessary and hereby ordered that said Tenth street, between the limits defined in section one hereof, be curbed and guttered on both sides thereof with cement curbing and guttering, accord- ing to the specifications hereinafter provided for, the curb part of the same to be six (6) inches in thickness and the gutter part thereof to be thirty (30) inches, more or less, from the back edge of such curb to the street, and the lot line edge of such curbing shall be set / 6*% - feet from and parallel with the center line of said street north and south; Provided, That at the intersections of streets and alleys such curb and gutter shall return to the lot line of said street. See. 3. That all excavating, filling and rolling necessary for the proper construction of said paving, curbing and guttering be done -;:.-and such paving, curbing and guttering shall be constructed according to the established grade of said street, as heretofore and hereafter established by the ordinances of said city. Sec. d• For the wor'c and improvement herein provided for, the city engineer shall make and file with the city clerk, on or bsfore the 17 - day Y day of Larch, 1910, plans and specifications for the paving of said street with asphalt asphaltic conereteland bitulithic sheet pavements, on five inch concrete and six-inch macadam base, and for brick block pave- ment on five inch concrete base, with sand filler and with asphalt filler, and for the curbing and guttering of said street with cement curb and gutter of the dimensions, substantially, hereinbefore described; and on or before the 21st day of March, 1910, said city engineer shall file with said clerk estimates of., the cost of _paving, curbing and guttering. --said said street with the different kinds of material aforesaid. Sec. 5. That after such plans and specifications shall have been filed with the city clerk, as aforesaid, said clerk shall advertise .for bids or proposals for the paving of said Tenth street with the different kinds of street paving named and specified in the preceding section hereof, and for the curbing and guttering of said street, said advertisement to be published in the officin.1 city paper for at least four issues, and said bids or proposals shall be filed with said clergy: on or before the 21et day of March, 1910; and after the receipt of such bids or.proposals the mayor and council shall select from the kinds of street paving so specified in section four hereof, and on which bids shall be received as aforesaid, the kind of paving ro be used on said street, and may, and are hereby authorized, to let the contract for the paving of said street with the material so selected and for the curbing and gutterin of said street, to the lowest, most satisfactory and responsible bidder, as determined by the said mayor and council, for the kind and character of paving which shall be determined upon by the said mayor and council, the said mayor and council reserving the right to let the contract for tjae paving and excav- ating separately, or all together, and to reject any and all bids. Sec. 6. After the passage 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 for the improvements herein provided for, shall, within ten days after having been notified of their appointment, proceed to4appraise said lots and pieces of ground liable to taxation, without regard to any buildings or improvements thereon, 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 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. 7• For the purpose of paying xxk for the work and improvements in this ordinance provided for, the mayor and council are hereby author- ized and directed to issue bohdo of the city of Salina, in an mount not to exceed the eonjtract price of such work and improvement, and to run for a period of ten years and be payable in ten (14) equal annual in- stallments, together with 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 bedome due the mayor and council shall each year, during the life of said bonds, levy an assessment against the lots and pieces of ground,liable to taxation for the improvements herein provided for in an amount sufficient to. pay the principal and interest for that year; Provided, That for the purpose of defraying the cost of IFS, curbing, guttering and 5X4W9=X9 otherwise improving the squares formed by the crossing of streets,. -for which the city would be liable, the assessments shall be made against all the taxable property of the city; and the city clerk shall certi_fy.such assessments, as they are sev- erally made, to the county clerk of Saline county, Kansas, at the same time and in the same manner as other city taxes are. certified, and the said assessments shall be liable to the same penalties and rebates as other city taxes. Sec. 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication once in the----DDSalinaE�vening Passed and approved Mareh ''191(?. Zc e Mayor. Atte Journal.