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1633 Improve Alley (Santa Fe & 7th)(Published in the Salina Evening Journal I 1911) ORDINANCE NO. /w/ a3 3 An ordinance provingdifor the paving of the alley between the sotth side of Lot No. 15 on Seventh street and Loi No. 116 on Santa Fe 'r avenue(And Walnut street)and located between Santa Fe avenue and Seventh street specifyi the manner of construction and providing for the cost tAereof andhe manner of payment. Whereas, a petition has been filed with the city clerk requesting the mayor and council to pave and excavate the alley between the south line of Lot No. 116 on Santa Fe amenue and Lot No. 115 on Seventh street *F and Walnut street and lying between said Santa Fe avenue and Seventh street; and, Whereas, such petition has been examined by the mayor and council and found to contain a majority of the names of the resident property owners owning property abutting both sides of said alley between the limits above defined; therefore, Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the city of Salina: Section 1.' That it is necessary and hereby ordered that the alley lying between Santa Fe avenue and Seventh street, in the city of Salina, from the south line of Lot No. 115 on Seventh street and the south line f -of Lot No. 116 on Santa Fe avenue(and Walnut street) be paved, with such material as the mayor and counail may hereafter designate, the full width thereof, viz: ten (10) feet. Sec. 2. All excavating, rolling and filling necessary to properly construct such paving shall be done, and such paving shall be constructed according to the established grade of said alley as provided by the oudinances of said city. . Sec. 3. That the specifications for the paving of said alley and the estimated cost of the same, made and prepared by the city engineer and now on file with the city clerk, are hereby approved. Sec. 4. After the passage of this ordinance the clerk shall ad- vertise for bids for the construction of such paving, to be returned on the 27th day of -'October, .1911, and after such - bids are received the mayor and council shall determine the kind of paving to beused in said alley, and are hereby authorized to let; -,the contract therefor. Sec. 5. After the passage and publication of this ordinance the mayor and council shall appoint three disinterested appraisers, who, after having taken an oath to faithfully and impartial all lots and pieces of ground liable to taxation for the improvement herein provided for, shall, within ten days after having been notified of their appoint- ment, proceed to appraise said lots and pieces of ground so.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 'he first meeting thereof after such appraisement shall have been made, and after such appraisemenet shall have been returned the said mayor and council shall designate a time for kmrimg holding a special session for the purpose of hearing complaints and equalizing said ap- praisement, 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. 6. For the purpose of paying for such improvement, the mayor and council are hereby authorized and directed to to issue bonds of the city of Salina, in an amount :i not to exceee contrast price of such work and improvement, and to run for such a Iperiod of time as the mayor and council shall determine, -not to exceed ten years from their date, and made payable in equal installments in each year for the life of said bonds, together with interest not to exceed five (5) per cent per annum, and made payable at the fiscal agency of the State of Kansas, and for the purpose of paying principal and the interest on said bonds as they sev- erally become due the mayor and council shall each year during the life of the bonds levy an assessment against the lots and pieces of ground liable to taxation for the improvements herein provided for in an amount `R sufficient to pay the principal and interest for that year;`and the city clerk shall certify such assessments, as they are severally made, to the county clerk of Saline county, Kansasl at the same time and in the same manner as other city taxes are certified, and said assessments shall be liable to the same penalties as all other taxes. Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication once in the Salina Evening Journal. Passed and approved- 1911. Attest: 9aTror. City CIerk.