The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1870-01-24
NOTICE..
The following Petition, yil'
To The Hon. Dduid j. Baker, Judge Of
The Alexander CJuHty Circuit Court:


Your petitioner, John II Oberly, Mayor Of the City
Of Caro- "a body polite aud corporate, incorporated
by the people st the state Of Illinois, represented m
tie General Assembly, by an Act approved February
Honor, that by AN act approved February 10th, 4. a.
80 wa 3,nvt ',nss snsG'sa 10y we p,o,
Assembly, that whenever the city Council Of the City
Of Cairo should determine IA the manner provided in
the charter OF said city, 10 which that act was
amendment, aud the ordinances passed In pursu-
ancs thereof, 10 make any public improyemenin said
Inent had been duly ascertaned by the city, poti-
ton should be- presented by the Mayor Of SAID CITY,
eli ofsad CITY the Circuit Court Of Alexander Coun
ty orto the Judge thereof, In vacation which petition
should set forth the character and eXteut and Local
ton Of sueh Improvement and The cost OF estimated
cost thereof, and should particularly describe the real
estate 10 be bouChtted OF injured BY such improve.
menl, and should give the name or names 0f the
owaers Of such real property or II the owner thereof
Was unknown the petition should 80 state, and said
petition should request said court or Judge 20 appoint
Commissioners % ascertain the propOrtOnae 6ene.
fits over injuries e. accrue t. all shch real estate de.
scr.hed IA sad petition, or which might be added To
said list by tho commissioners hereinafter men
toned.
And Il was further provided by said act that for all
improvements within said city heretofore male by
the authority Of the city Of CAIRO, and for the pay.
ent Of which the said city had been unable 10 collect
from former assessments the amount required To
complete the payn ent therefor, by Of defec
tive power in the city charter or iL.orina NV in max
ing any assessment heretofore, by reason of any
other cause whatsoever the said city of Cairo MAS
Thereby authorized AMI fully empowered 10 collect
80 much money as should be necessary 10 complete
payment tor such Improvement - made, by new
scssent OF the property benefited by such improve
mcnt within SAID city upon the like principle of the
proportion Of benefits, and IN like manner ~ hereln-
before provided for az nearly as mg be, 50 far as the
same pToce edings should be required And your pc.
ntiOneT would further represent that by act ap-
proved January 81 A. ID, 1863, 1t was enacted 10y the
people OF the State Of Illinois, represented IN the
General Assembly that the CRY Council OF the city
Of Cairo should have power from time 20 time 20
cause any street, avenue, highway la said city 20
be filled, Tehed, graded, regarded, leyelled paved
Tepayed, macadaInzed, or plankod and repaired and
u alter and ehangethe same and your petitioner fur
ner represents, that by an ordnance approved April
tn, A. D. lsU, and by an ordinance approved March
sLD, A. ls0i, both ord nances'ented ran ordinance
dreotng and authorizing the grading and filling of
certain streets anc avenues, II was ordained by the
City Council of the city of Cairo, that the highest
natural ground, az the corner of Commercial avenue
and sixth street should be and was thereby adopted
and liked as temporary grade 10 which the streets
and avenues should be first filled and that CONNIE r
cal avenue from the line Of its intersection with the
ground of the Illinois Central Railroad Company be-
low FIRST street TO the northwest side Of Twentieth
street should DO filled to that grade said filling 10 be
thu width of seventy five feet top, thiTty-seyen
and half feet Of each side Of the center line
OF said avenue; and that Second, Fourth, Sixth
Eighth, Tenth, Twelfth, Fourteenth, Eighteenth and
Twentieth streets, from LeYee street CONNIE Tcial
avenue, should be hlled to the same grade, 70 the
width OF forty feet on top, and twenty feet on each
side OF the center line OF each OF said streets Add
your petitioner further represents that it was aer-
wards ordained by said Guy Council IN ordinance No.
S. entitled IAN ordinance IN relation 10 the grade OF
certain streets IN iheelt approved July nth A. D..
1865 that me grade ofseeond, Fourth Sixth, Eighth,
Tenth, Twelfth Fourteenth. Sixteenth, Eighteenth
and Twentieth streets from Lcyee street 20 CONNER
cia avenue, should lac equal and uniform, and said
grade should be OF the eight with the grade Of
said streets at the period of intersection Herewith
And II was afterwards ordained BY said CITY Council