The Van Buren press., 1859-08-03
CITY ORDINANCE.


City of Van Buren.
SEC l. Be il ordained by the Mayos and Aldermen
of the City of Van Buren, That all grading, Mead
amizing or other improvements to be made on any OF
he made by contract contracts let out to the low
est bidder by direction of the City Council in man
ner hereinafter prescribed.
SEC. 2 Be- further ordained That whssnever it
shall be deemed expedient by the council Of said
city to grade pave and McAdamize any Of the
street. alleys in the City Of Van Buren. the
ell shall make an order mentioning the streets, and
specifying the manner and quality of the work to be
done on such street and directing the street com
missioners to advertise for bidders in writing for
the at time and place to he mentioned in such
| ordinance.
SEC 3 Be hfirther ordained That at the next
regular meeting of the Council, after the bids for
such contracts shall be received, the street commit
tee shall report to said Council the bdsoo received
and said Council shall examine the same
and accept the lowest responsible bid, il
not deemed too high, and require said committee to
take bond with good security from snch bidder or
bidders in double the amount bid, conditioned
for the faithful performance of such work within the
time and manner prescribed by such ordinance.
SEC 4. Be IL further ordained That whenever
any contract contracts for the improvement Of any
street alley in said city shall be made in manner
aforesaid, and such bond of the bidder above
quired, executed, the Council shall ascertain the
amount of money required to pay for such contract
or contracts, and make an order assessing equal
tax on all lots fronting such street alley in
proportion to the number of feet any such lot shall
front such street alley. Such tax when ascer-
tained, to be paid by the owner owners of such
lots and to be collected by the constable of the CITY
of Van Buren, other tixes are now collected in
said city,
SEC. S; Be It further ordained That whenever the
amount of taxes assessed on the lands fronting
such street or alley. ordered to be improved as
aforesaid, shall be ascertained by the Council the
same shall be entered of record. A tax book, de-
scrbing the lots and the amount of taxes assessed
hall Ia
city, and delivered to the constable thereof, whose
duty it shall be to give notice to the
of such lots fronting such street alley, of the
amount of their respective taxes assessed the lots
by the Council and the time when the same is or
dered to be paid.
Sec 6. BE it further ordained That whenever
any owner owners Of any such lot or lots shall be
non resident of the City of Van Buren, or cannot
be found is unknown it shall be sufficient notice
to such owner or owners to post up at the Court
House door of the County of Craw ford, o written
notice containing statement Of the street, the num-
Der of the lot or lots. and the block in which the
same is situated and also publish the in some
newspaper published in Van Buren, for two weeks :;
giving the amount of taxes assessed such lot or
lots, and the time when the same is ordered to be
paid such notice to be given within twenty days
aer the reception of the tax book by the Constable
SEC. 7. Be 1t further ordained That if any owner
or owners of any lot lots shall neglect refuse to
pay the amount of taxes assessed on the lots on
such street so to be improved within ten days after
ell it shall be the duty of the Constable of said city,
after giving thirty days notice in a newspaper in
manner hereinafter prescribed to sell such lot or lots
or so much as may be necessary to pay the taxes as
sessed thereon in manner hereinafter directed
Sec. g.. Be further ordained That whenever
any owner or owners of any lot lots in said city
SO taxed aforesaid, for the payment of the i'm
provement Of the street or alley which such lot
is situated shall neglect refuse to pay the so
assessed thereon within ten days after the same is
ordered 10 be paid by the order assessing the same
the constable of said city shall advertise the same
for sale, giving thirty days notice. stating in such
advertisement description and number Of such lot
or lots and the name of the owner or owners, if
known, and the day and place of SALE which adver-
tsement shall be published for two weeks success
lively in some newspaper printed in the City Of Van
Buren,. And if said taxes together with the expense
OF advertising, and all other necessary expenses
not paid on before the day of SALE the constable
shall sell the said lots much thereof as shall
be necessary to pay the assessed thereon and
the costs which may have accrued on aacout of such
neglect or refusal to pay such taxes.
Sec 9. Be further ordained That if the own
er or owners Of any lot or lots which may be sold
under this ordinance for the payment Of taxes
shall fail to appear within twelve months from the
day Of a.le and redeem such lot lots so sold by
paying the purchase money, with ten per cent in
Of said city after that tin.e to execute to the pur
chaser of any lot or lots part of lot, deed in
the name Of the Ci}y of Van Buren, County of
Crawford and State OF Arkansas, and acknowledge
the same before any officer of the State authorized
to take Acknowledgements of deeds, which deed
shall be sufficient to convey TO the purchaser an alb
solute title in fee simple to the said lot OF lots or so
much thereof as shalt have been sold and conveyed
by said constable.
Sec 10. Be further ordained That this ordi
nance be in force from and after its passage
A.. J. WARD, Mayor
70 Geo. W. NEwLANp. Recorder.
Approved June 81, 1859,