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1632 Improve Elm Street� (Published in the Salina Evening Journal Oct.,,,_.,,., 1911) ORDINANCE Nf.JYOZ-�✓, An ordinance providing for the curbing and guttering of both sides of -Elm street in the,'cit of Salina Kansas between the west line of Seventh street and the east line of Niath street; specifying the manner of construction, providing for the cost thereof and the manner of paymentri and letting the contract therefor. Whereas, Seventh street and Ninth street are parallel streets in the city of Salina, and said Seventh street, including the square and area formed by the crossing of Elgin and Seventh streets, has been paved, curbed and guttered, and Ninth street, on both sides of said Elm street, is now being paved, curbed and guttered; and, 'Whereas, said Elm street, between Seventh and Ninth streets, is an intervening connecting street; and, Whereas, the mayor and council deem it necessary and for the best interests of said city that said Elm street between Seventh and streets be curbed and guttered; therefore, Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Salina: -- Section 1. That it is necessary and hereby ordered that Elm street, in the city of Salina, between the west line of Seventh street and the east line of Ninth street be curbed on both sides thereof with cement curbing, and guttered on both sides thereof with cement guttering, the curb part of such improvement to be sig inches in.thi.ckness and the gutter part thereof3 to be thirty inches, more or less, from the back edge of such curb to the street, and the street line of.such curbing, on moth sides of said street, shall be_feet from the center line of said street, and at the intersections of said street with alleys and with -Eighth street said curb and gutter shall recti M..,.to the lot line on said Elm street. Sec. 2. That all excavating, filling and rolling necessary for the proper construction of such curbing and guttering shah be done. Sec, 3. That the specifications of the city engineer now on file with the city clerk for the curbing anuttering herein provided for are hereby adopted and approved, and thw work herein and in such speci'" fications provided for shall be done in all respects in accordance with such specittations, which are hereby made a part of this ordinance, and in obedience to the directions of the city engineer of said dity. Sec. 4. That after the passage and publication of this ordinance the mayor and council shall pmm appoint three disinterested househol.+ dere who after having taken an oat�to faithfully and impartially appraise all 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 city council at the first meeting thereof after such appraisement shall have been completed, and after such ap- prais ement is returned to the c Dunt it the mayor and council shall desig- nate a time for holding a special session for the purpose of hearing com- plaints 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. That a contract be and is hereby let to W. H. Ringle and C. H. Root, partners doing businessunder the firm name and style of Ringle & Root, for the curbing and guttering provided for in this oro dinance, at and for the uniform price of cents per liheal f oot f or such curb and guttero Sec. 6. For the purpose of paying for said curbing and guttering in installments, instead of levying the entire tag or special assess- ment for such cost at one time, the mayor and council are hereby au'- thorised to issue improvement bonds of said city, payable in installments of equal amounts each year, none of which bonds nor any of the install- ments theredf shall run longer than ten years nor bear interest exceed- ing five per cent per annum. Such bonds may be issued to the contractors constructing such improvement in payment thereof, or the mayor and council may sell said bonds at not less than their par value and pay the pro- coeds thereof to the contractors in the amount owing such contractors, and such bonds shall be of such denominations as the mayor and council themay deem proper. And for the purpose of paying bizallash ixprincipal and interest on said bonds, as they severally become due, the mayor and council shall each year during the life of said bonds levy assessments against the lots and pieces of ground liable to taxation for the im- provement to an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest for that year; Provided, that for the purpose of paying the cost of curbing and guttering the sgpxes and areas formed by the crossing of streets and alleys, 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 certify said assessments, as they are severally 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 to be collected as other taxes are collected. Sec. T. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication once in the Salina Evening Journal. Passed and approved October 16, 1911. a Mayor. - Attest: wj:3� City Cierk.