The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-18
ORDINANCE No 81.

An ordinance providing Tor the construction o
| certain sidewalks
| Be itordained by The City Council OF the city O.
! Cairo.
Section l. That Sidewalks ne constructed Of
wood on the northerly side Of Th;ry.second street
| from Commercial avenue to Poplar street and on
the eastery side Of Poplar street from Thirty sec
ond street TO Thirty fourth street, in the First ad
dition to said city.
Section > That the sidewalks above provided for
be constructed in accordance with the requirements
OF the existing ordinances of the city providing for
the construction OF sidewalks, excepting that the
grade to which said sidewalks shall be laid shall
only be 30 much above the natural surface OF the
ground, as the proper construction OF said walks
without trestleworks may require.
Section 3 The local improvement herein pro.
vided for shall be made by special assessments
ana In accordance with the provisions of sections
Is to 81 inclusive of Art o. of the act of the pener
al assembly of the state of Illinois, approved April
ION, lsT2, and entitled IAN act to provide for the
incorporation Of CT les and villages" and the coat
ana expenses of the construction and reconstruc
ton OF said sidewalks shall be paid out of the
funds arising from said special assessments
Secaon 4. The owner OF any lot fronting on the
sideWnilk provision for the building OF which IL
made by THIS ordinance, shall be allowed thirty
days after the time at which this ordinance takes
euect IN which to build that portion of said side
walk opposite his lot, and thereby relieve the
same from assessment; provided the work shall
conform In all respects to the requirements of ths
ordinance and be done to the satisfaction and ap
prJval OF the committee on stree \.
Section 5. Upon the expiration of the said thir-
" days, the city clerk shall publish notice. for
twelve days, IN the news paper publishing the WrdI.
nances Of the city, setting forth that sealed bids for
furnishing the material or doing the work, or both,
or the construction and reconstruction
OF said sidewalks directed to the City
ouncil will he receive at this, Office up
to the tmeoi the meeting OF the city council TO- the
opening OF said bids, which meeting shall not be-
earlier than twelve days, nor later than eighteen
days from the date of said notice, which notice
shal state the time Of said meeting and depclbe the
work to be done, by re referring to this ordinance,
giving It's number and date Of approval and that
said ordinance IL srbject to examination Mt any
time at HIS oifce. Said bids shall be opened BY The
clerk IN the prest nee Of the council, and the con.
tract for doing the work, or furnishing the material
or both, for constructing and recOnstructinp said
sidewalks shall BIO awarded to the lowest respon-
sfbe bidder, who shall sufficiently guarantee to the
satisfaction OF the City Council the furnishing of
SAID material, or the performance of said work, or
hoih, under tho supervision Of the Committee on
streets, within such time IN may be fixed Nv con.
tract, II sal City Council ehal deem ID expedicnt
70 DO so II said bids are not satsfac tory TO tho
CITY Council they may reject any or all OF them,
ana may then or thereafter authorize said sidewalk
to be constructed by oh agents ~ they may
Approved February 18th, A. y. 1889.
NJ B.TIIISTLEWOOD, Mayor,
Attest. D. j. FOLEY, City Clerk.