2928 Street Improvements Iron AvenueAn Ordinance providing for the excavating grading and paving of
all of the unpaved portion of iron Avenue in the City of
Salina, Kansas in the center of said Iron -avenue occupied
by the tracks of The Salina Street Railway Company from the
east line of Penn Avenue to the west line of Delaware
Avenue in said City, and providing for the cost thereof,
how the same shall be assessed and the manner of payment
therefor.
IHERAS, by resolution duly adopted on the 27th day of Feb-
ruary 1922, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina,
Kansas have declared that they deem it necessary to excavate,
grade and pave all of the unpaved portion of Iron Avenue in the
City, of Salina, Kansas in the center of said Iron Avenue and
occupied by the tracks of The Salina Street Railway ompany from
the east line of Penn Avenue to the west line od Delaware 6treet
in said City, and
VII-EREAS, said resolution was published for six days in The
Salina Evening Journal, a daily newsppaer published in the City
of Salina, the official City paper of said City, and
VMREAS , the majority of the resident property owners own-
ing a majority in square feet of the lots or real estate liable
to taxation for the cost of said improvements did not., within
twenty days from the date of the last publication of such reso-
lution file with the City Clerk of said City their protest in
writing against such Improvement or the making therefor, THERE'
FORE,
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Secgon 1. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered
that all of the unpaved portion of Iron Avenue in the -center of
said Irdon Avenue and now occupied by the tracks of The Salina
Street Railway Company between the east line of Penn Avenue and
the west, line of Delaware Street, all in the City of Salina,
Kansas (with the exception however of the intersections of said
Iron Avenue with Columbia Avenue, Kansas Rvenue, Ohio Avenue and
Connecticut -avenue, which said intersections have already been
excavated, graded and paved) be excavated and graded to the estab-
lished grade thereof as established by ordinance of the City
of Salina, Kansas.
Section. 2. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered
that all of the unpaved portion of Iron avenue in the center of
said Iron avenue and now occupied by the tracks of the Salina
Street Railway Company, from the east line of Penn Avenue to the
gest line of Delaware Street, all in the city of Salina, Kansas,
(excepting however the intersections of said Iron .Avenue with
Colubmis 'venue, Kansas Avenue, Ohio Avenue and Connecticut Avenue,
whcih have already been paved) be paved with such material as the
Board of Commissioners may hereafter designate and select as here-
inafter provided for according to the specifications of the City
Engineer of said City, and that said Iron Avenue between the lim-
its aforesaid be paved for a width of eight and one-half (81 )
feet.
Section 3. For the work and improvements herein provided for
the City Engineer shall make and file with the City Clerk on or
before the 25th day of February 1924 complete plans and specifica-
tions for the paving of said street with the follcriing material:
3 -inch vertical fiber plain wire out brick,
5-icnh concrete base,
Asphalt filler.
and that on or before the last said named date said City Engineer
shall submit to the Board of Commissioners., under oath,, detailed
estimates for the cost of such paving of said street with the
different kinds of material herein mentioned and of the excavation
and grading of said street.
Section 4. That after such plans and specifications have beEn
made and prepared by the City Engineer asn filed with the City
Clerkas aforesaid, the Board of Commissioners nay advertise by
advertisement published in the official City paper of the City of
Salina for 6 consecutive days for the receipt of sealed proposald
for the paving of said street with the different kinds of paving
material named and specified in the preceding section hereof, and
for the excavating and grading of said street to the estzblished
grade thereof, as herein provided for; and after the receipt of
such proposals the Board of Coriziissioners shall select from the
different kinds of street paving material the kind with which said
street ought, in their judgment be paved, and said Board of Con-
missioners may and are hereby authorized to let contract for the
grading and excavatir-L of said street to the lov�est, responsible
bidder therefor, and for the paving of such street irrith the 2nater-
ial so selected to the ioaest responsible bidder there. -Lor, as
determined by said Board of Commissioners, for the kind and charact,
er of paving which shall be detennined upon b -IT said Board of 0 om-
missioners, and for such excavating and grading. Said Board of
Commissioners reserve the right to reject any -and all bids.
Section 5. That for such paving special assessments shall
be made for the 'Lull cost thereof on each block separately on all
lots or pieces of land to the center of the block on either side of
the street, according to the appraised value thereof, without re-
gard to the buildings or improvements thereon for the distance to
be improved. Theentiredistance to be graded shall constitute
one grading district.
Section 6. That after the passage and publication of this
ordinance the Board of Commissioners shall appoint three disinter-
ested appraisers., householders, who after having taken an oath to
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make a true and impartial appraisement of all lots and pieces of
land liable to assessment and taxation for the cost of the improve- ~�
meats herein provided for, shall within five days after having been
notified of their appointment proceed to appraise said lots and
pieces of land liable to assessment and taxation as aforesaid, as
may be designated by the Board of Commissioners of said City, with-
out regard to the buildings or improvements thereon; and after mak-
ing said, appraisement shall return the s ame to the Board of Com-
missioners and said Board of Commissioners shall designate a time
for the holding of a special session of such Board for the purpose
of hearing any complaints that may be made as to the value of any
lots or pieces of land appraised as aforesaid, of which special
session due notice shall be given in the official City paper,
at which special session the Board. of Commissioners may alter the
valuation of any lot or piece of land, if, in their opinion, the
same has been appraised too high or too low.
Section 7. For the purpose of yaying for the Mork and im-
provements in this ordinance provided for, the Board of C ommi s s i on-
ers are hereby authorized and directed to issue internal improvement
bonds of the City of Sali
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all unpaid balances for one year at the rate of not to exceed
five (5%) per cent per annum and such amounts so certified shall
be collected, as other taxes are collected, provided that where
the improvement is through or adjacent to the property of the City..
for which the City would be liable, the assess -Tent shall be made
against all taxable property of the City and paid by the City
at large.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force from and after its publication once in the official City
paper.
Introduced for first reading, February llth, 1924.
Passed and approved ......... February 18th, 1924.
S. Hargett.,__
(
(SEAL) a'r
Attest:
Chas. E. Banker,_--
-' Olt Clerk.
STATE OF KANSAS )
) SS.
COUIVIPY OF SALINE )
I. Chas. E. Banker, City Clerk of the City of Salina,
Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true
and correct copy of Ordinance Nuxaber 2928 passed and approved by
the Board of Commissioners February 18th, 1924; and a record of
the vote on its final adoption is found on Page -'11 of Journal
Number 10. Said Ordinance was published in The Salina Evening
Journal February 23rd., 1924.
City Clerk.
(Published in The Salina Evening Journal. �_,� 31924)
ORDINANCE NO. 2928
An Ordinance providing for the excavating, grading and paving of
all of the unpaved portion of Iron Avenue in the City of
Salina, Kansas, in the center of said Iron Avenue occupied
by the tracks of The Salina Street Railway Company from the
east line of Penn Avenue to the west line of Delaware
Avenue in said City, and providing for the cost thereof,
how the same shall be assessed and the manner of payment
therefor.
WHEREAS, by resolution duly adopted the 27th day of February,
1922, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas.
have declared that they deem it necessary to excavate, grade and
pave all of the unpaved portion of Iron Avenue in the City of
Salina, Kansas, in the center of said Iron Avenue and occupied
by the tracks of The Salina Street Railway Company from the
east line of Penn Avenue to the west line of Delaware Street in
said City, and
WHEREAS, said resolution was published for six days in The
Salina Evening Journal, a daily newspaper published in the City
of Salina, the official City paper of said City, and
WHEREAS, the majority of the resident property owners, own-
ing a. majority in square feet of the lots or real estate liable
to taxation for the cost of said improvements did not, within
twenty days from the date of the last publication of such reso-
lution, file with the City Clerk of said City their protest in
writing against such improvement or the making theroof, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of
Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered
that all of the'unpaved portion of Iron Avenue in the center of
said Iron Avenue and now occupied by the tracks of '.Uhe Salina
Street Railway Company between the east line of Penn Avenue and.
the west line of Delaware Street, all in the City of Salina,
Kansas (with the exception however of the intersections of said
Iron Avenue with Columbia Avenue, Kansas Avenue, Ohio Avenue and
Connecticut Avenue, which said intersections have already been
excavated, graded and paved) be excavated and graded to the estab-
lished grade thereof as established by ordinance of the City of
Salina, Kansas.
Section 2. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered
that all of the unpaved portion of Iron Avenue in the center of
said Iron Avenue and now occupied by the tracks of The Salina
Street Railway Company, from the'east line of Penn Avenue to the
west line of Delaware Street, all in the City of Salina, Kansas,
(excepting however the intersections of said Iron Avenue with.
Columbia Avenue, Kansas Avenue, Ohio Avenue and. Connecticut Avenue,
which have already been paved) be paved with such material as the
Board of Commissioners may hereafter designate and select as here-
inafter provided for according to the specifications of the City
Engineer of said City, and that said Iron Avenue between the limits
aforesaid be paved for a width of eight and one-half (8.1/2) feet.
Section 3. For the work and improvements herein provided for
the City engineer _ shallmakeand file with the City Clerk on or be-
fore the day of Ojrele,_ , 1994' , complete plans and spec -
ifications for the paving of said street with the following material:
3 -inch vertical fiber plain wire cut
brick.
5 -inch concrete base.
Asphalt Filler,
and that on or before the last said named date said City Engineer
shall submit to the Board of Commissioners, under oath, detailed
estimates of the cost of such paving of said street with the
different kinds of material herein mentioned and of the excavation
and grading of said street.
Section 4. That after such plans and specifications have been
made and prepared by the City Engineer and filed.with the City
Clerk, as aforesaid, the Board of Commissioners may advertise, by
advertisement published in the official City paper of the City of
Salina for ( consecutive days for the receipt of sealed proposal&
for the paving of said street with the different kinds of paving
material named and specified in the preceding section hereof, and
for the excavating and grading of said street to the established
grade thereof, as herein provided for; and after the receipt of
such proposals the board of Commissioners shall select from the
different kinds of street paving material the kind with which said
street ought, in their judgment be paved', and said Board of Comm-
issioners may and are hereby authorized, to let contracts for the
grading and excavating of said street to the lowest responsible
bidder therefor, and for the paving of such street with the mater-
ial so selected to the lowest responsible bidder therefor, as
determined by said Board of Commissioners, for the kind and character
of paving which shall be determined upon by said Board of Commission-
ers, and for such excavating and grading.. Said Board of Commission-
ers reserve the right to reject any and all bids.
Section 5. That for such paving special assessments shall
be made.for the full cost thereof on each block separately on all
lots or pieces of land to the center of the block on either side of
the street, according to the appraised value thereof, without re-
gard to the buildings or improvements thereon for the distance to
be improved. The entire distance to be graded shall constitute one
grading district.
Section 6. That after the passage and publicatign of this
ordinance the Board of Commissioners shall appoint three disinter-
ested appraisers, householders who after having taken an oath to
make a.true and impartial appraisement of all lots and pieces of
land liable to assessment and taxation for the cost of the improve-
ments herein provided for, shall within five days after having been
notified of their appointment proceed to appraise_ said lots and
pieces of land liable to assessment and taxation as aforesaid, as
may be designated by the Board of Commissioners of said City, with-
out regard to the buildings or improvements thereon; and after making
said appraisement shall return the same to the Board of Commissioners
and said Board of Commissioners shall designate a time for the hold-
ing of a special session of such Board for the purpose of hearing
any complaints that may be made as to the value of any lots or
pieces of land appraised as aforesaid, of which special session due
notice shall be given in the official City paper, at which special
session the Board of Commissioners may alter the valuation of any
lot or piece of land, if, in their opinion, the same has been
appraised too high or too low.
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Section 7. For the purpose of paying for the work and Im-
provements in this ordinance provided for, the Board of Commissioners
are hereby authorized and directed to issue internal improvement
bonds of the City of Salina in an amount not to exceed the contract
price of such improvements and to run for a period of ten (10)
years and be payable in ten (10) equal installments, together with
the interest not to exceed five per cent (5f) 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 and payable the Board of Commissioners
shall apportion and assess against the lots and pieces of land
within the taxing district of such improvements special assessments
covering the cost of such improvements and the apportionment therein
contained shall hold good for all of the installments that are to
be collected from the specific property chargeable with said improve-
ments. Such assessment and apportionment ordinance shall contain
the total amount of tax apportioned to each tract, piece and parcel
of land within the taxing district and shall state the number of
annual installments in which such tax is to be collected; and there-
after the City Clerk shall annually, at the same time other taxes
are to be certified, certify to the County Clerk of Saline County,
Kansas, a full list of all property liable to assessment for such
work and improvements, together with the respective amounts due on
each of said tracts, pieces and parcels of land, which amounts shall
include the annual installments and interest on all unpaid balances
not -to exceed (5%) per cent
for one (1) year at the rate of a„^ } per annum and such
amounts so certified shall be collected as other taxes are collected,
provided, that where the improvement is through or adjacent to the
property of the C-ity, for which the City would be liable, the assess-
ment shall be made against all taxable property of the City and paid
by the City at large.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force from and after its publication once in the official
City paper.
Introduced for first reading, February llth� 1924.
Passed and approvedo ........ February 18th, 1924
Mayor
Attest: ,
Uity Clerk