1639 Improve Elm Street(Published in the Salina Evening Journal, November 2 ,1911.)
OPDINANCE N0.1639.
An Ordinance providing for the paving and excavating of Elm street, in
the city of Salina, between the west line of Seventh street and the
east line of Ninth street, specifying the manner of construction
and providing for the cost thereof and the manner. of payment, and
letting the contract therefor.
Whereas, by resolution duly adopted on the 16th day of October,
1911, the mayor and council of the city of Salina,. Kansas, have de-
clared that they deem it necessary to pave and excavate Elm street in
said city between thb west line of Seventh street and the east line of
Ninth street; and
Whereas, said resolution was published -for ten (10) consecutive
days in the "Salina. Evening Journal", a daily newspaper publishedin
the city of Salina; and,
Whereas., a majority of the residentowners of property liable to
assessment and taxation for the cost of such paving., curbing, gutterigg
and excavating of said street did not, within twenty (20) days from the
last publication of such 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 herebjr ordered that Elm street
in the city of Salina., Kansas, between the west line of NbiAertth street
and the east line of Ninth street, be paved with asphaltic -concrete
paving material, laid on a five (5) inch concrete base, forty-three
(43) feet in width from gutter to gutter, except at the intersection
of streets and alleys where such paving shall extend from lot line to
lot line.
`- "- -- Sec. 2. All excavating, filling and rolling necessary for the
proper construction of said paving shall be done and such paving shall
be laid according to the established grade of such Elm street as here-
;.tofore established by the ordinances of the city of Salina.
Sec. 3. That the plans and specifications of the city engineer
for the paving of such street, now on file with -the city clerk, are
hereby adopted and approved as and for the plans and specifications for
such. paving, and all the work herein and in such plans and specifications
provided for shall be done in accordance therewith, which plans and
specifications are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this ordi-
nance; and all the work herein and therein provided for shall be done
under the direction of the city engineer or his duly authorized aosistatt
Sec. 4. That a contract be and is hereby let to the Kaw Paving
Company, of Topeka, Kansas, for the paving and excavating of said Elm
street, at and for the following price, viz: for asphaltic -concrete
pavement, laid on a five (5) inch concrete base, as specified, one dollar
and sixty five cents ($1.65) per square yard for the square yards of
said asphaltic -concrete pavement actually laid on said street, and for
all excavating on said spreet, as specified, thirty-three (33X) cents
per cubic yard, which such prices are duly found to be fair and reason-
able prices for such work and do not exceed the price of such work and
improvement as shown by the estimate of the city engineer therefor made
by him and now on file with the city clerk. Payment for such work shall
be made on measurements made by the city engineer, and said city shall
pay for such work in cash or in.improvement bonds as hereinafter pro-
vided and described, at the option of the -mayor and. council.
Sec. 5. After the passage of this ordinance, the mayor and council
shall appoint three disinterestbd 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 (10) days after having been notified of their appoint-
ment, proceed to appraise said lots and pices of ground liable to taxa-
tion (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 such 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 equalising
said appraisement, of which special session due notice shallrbe 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
apprai seipeint.
Sec. 6. For the purpose of paying for such paving, curbing and
guttering and excavating, the mayor and council are hereby authorized
and directed to issue bonds of the city of Salina, in an amount not to
exceed the contract price and to run for such a period of time as the
mayor and council shall determine, not exceeding however ten years from
the date of such bonds and be 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, 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 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 improvements herein provid$d for in an amountsufficient to ppy
the principal and interest for that year; Provided, that for the pur-
pose of defraying the cost of paving and otherwise improving the
squares and areas formed by the intersection of streets and alleys as
well as where the improvement is through or adjacent to property of the
city, for which the city would be liable, the assessments shall be made
against all the taxable property def the city; and the city clerk shall
certify said assessments, as they are severally made, to the county
clerk of Saline county, at the same time and in the sane 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 November 20th, 1911.
Attest: f ayor.
City �Cerk.
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