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1558 Improve South Street0RDI41APICPs N0. .5 An ordinance providing for the curbing and gutteri of South street, in the city of Salina, Kansas, between Fourth street and the west line of College avenue, in said city; specifying the material to be used, the manner of construction and providing for the payment of the cost thereof and for the manner. o such payment; and letting the contract for such work and improvement. Whereas, a petition, signed by three-fourths of the resident prop- erty owners fronting upon. South street between Fourth street and the west line of College avenue, has been presented to the mayor and council, requesting said mayor and council to cause said South street, between the limits above set forth, to be curbed and guttered on both sides of said street; therefore,, Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Salina: -- Section 1. That it is necessary and hereby ordered. that South. street, in the city of Salina, Kansas, between line of Fourth street, and the west line of College avenue, be curbed, on both sides thereof, with cement curbing, and guttered on both sides thereof with cement gutter, such.cur-bing and guttering to be made and constructed as a combined curb and gutter, 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 backed 'of such curbing to the outer edge of such gutter, and such curbing . 'shall be set eighteen and one-half (18 1/2) feet from and parallel with the lot line on either aide of said street between said point about 51 feet east of the west line of Fourth street and the east line of Ninth street, and --between Ninth street and College avenue such curbing shall be set ft-fteen (15) feet from and parallel with the center line of said street as established by the city engineer,except Salina and now on file with the city clerk of said city, are hereby � �w adopted and approved as and for the plans and specifications for the curb.. ing and guttering.of said street, and are hereby specially referred to and made a part of this ordinance in all respects as if the same were written out in full herein.,, and the work and improvement provided for in this ordinance shall be done in accordance with and under such plans and specifications. Sec. 3. That all excavating, filling and rolling necessary for*the proper construction of such curb and gutter shall be done. Sec. 4. That a contract be and is hereby let and awarded to L. H._ Lyon, for the curing and guttering of said South street, with the material and in the manner and form provided for in'this ordinance and -said specifications, J at and for the uniform prices of forty -two -(-42) cents per lineal foot for the number of lineal feet of curbing and thirty -five -M) cents per lineal foot for the lineal feet of guttering actually put in place, engineer of said city, such pricesfor such curb and gutter being fair and reasonable and being within the estimate of the cost per lineal foot of such work and improvement made by the city engineer and now on file with'the city clerk. Sec. 5. Thdit after the passage of this ordinance the mayor and counr cil 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 improvement provided for in this ordinance, shall, within,ten (10) days after having been notified of t#eir appoittment, proceed to appraise said lots and pieces of ground liable to taxation as aforesaid, without regard to any buildings or im.. ppovements thereon, and after making said appraisement shall r9turn the same to the city council at the first meeting thereof after after said appraisement shall have been completed, and after said appraisement is returned to the city coOncil the 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. }-M� 1 Sec. 6. For the purpose of paying the cost of the work and imK provement herein provided for in installments instead of levying the entire tax or special assessment for the same at one time, the mayor and council are hereby authorized to issue improvement bonds of said city, pgyable in installments of equal amounts each year,, none of which bonds nor any of the installments thereof shall run longer than ten years nor bear interest exceeding five (5) per cent per annum. Such bonds may be oissued to the contractors constructing such improvement in payment thereof;, or the mayor and council may sell said bonds, at not less than their par valte,, and pay the proceeds thereof to the contractors, and such bonds shall be of such denominations as the mayor and council may deem proper; and for the purpose of paying principal and interest on said bonds, as they severally become 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 said improvement in an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest for that year; Provided, that for the purpose of paying the cost of curbingz and gut,. tering the squares and areas formed by the crossing of streets and illeys, for which the city would be liable, assessments shall be made against all the taxable property of the city; and the city clerk shall certify said assessments,, as they are severally made, to the county clerk of Saline county, Kansas,, at the same time andin the same manner as other city taxes are certified, and to be collected as other taxes are col. lected. Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication once in the Salina Evening Journal. Attee Passed and approved, June 30, 1910. yor•