The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-26
AN ORDINANCE

Repeal an Ordinance Passed and Approved
april 5, 1881; and all Ordinances Amendatory
Thereof Entitled, An Ordinance Providing for
the Construction Of Sidewalks, Prescribing the
Material and the Manner Of Enforcing Payment
by Delinquenls when Constructed by the City.
BE 1t ordained by the City Council OF the
City of san Antonio:
SECTION 1.-All ourbing for sidewalks
shall be constructed by the City of San
Antonio out Of the general revenue ofthc
city. Such curb shall be G inches wide
and 20 inches Deep TO be set In trench
Is inches wide OF bed Of gravel inch
es thick, the gravel to be thoroughly con
soldated by ramming. The curbing to
be of such material as may be ordered by
the city Council.
SIC. 2.-No sidewalk shall be ordered
to be constructed under this Ordinance
until after the curb has been set and nc
oepted by the City.
SIC. 3.-Whenever sidewalks are or
dered to be constructed, graded or filled
up along the line of any of the streets Of
| the City, the owner or agent Of property
along the line Of said street shall be noti-
fled through the Mayor of the class Of
sidewalk to be constructed, graded or
filled up.
SIC. An curbing and sidewalks
constructed under the provisions of this
| Ordinance shall conform TO the grade
| established by the City Engineer and
approved by the City Council, the side
walks to have nm inclination Of one inch
in three feet rising from the curb to the
property line.
SIC. j.-'rhe sidewalks TO be construct
ed shall be, and they are hereby, divided
into two classes, viz: Glass "a" and
Glass "B"
six inches thick Of Hydraulic Cement
Concrete, the concrete to be mixed in the
following proportion, viz: one part ce-
ment, one part Of clean sharp sand, and
four parts Of clean broken stone. The
surface to be of either of the following
materials MS may be determined by the
City Council, hydraulic cement one inch
thick. tile laid in cement. or shaped mes
quite blocks.
Glass "B."-The foundations shall be
six inches thick Of sand or fine screened
gravel well oompacted by ramming.
The surface to he OF either of the fol-
lowing materials us may be determined
by the City Council: Hard stone flag
ging with smooth surface, the tagging
to be fitted together so as to have close
Joints; brick laid in sand. or unshaped
mesquite blocks; the surface in all cases
when finished to be covered with one
half an inch of sand after all joints have
been swept full.
SEC. G.-All sidewalks shall be com
pletcd within GO days from the service of
the notice herein provided for.
SEC. The notices to owners or
agents provided for in Section 3 shall be
signed by the Mayor and aitested by the
City Clerk, and it shall only be necessary
in said notices to describe the sidewalk
ordered to be constructed by the class as
defined in Section of this ordinance
When the owners or agents are unknown,
such notice shall be served by publica-
ton in some newspaper published in the
City Of san Antonio for one week, the
cost of such publication to be n charge
against the property of such unknown
owner in front of which such sidewalk IS
ordered to be constructed.
SEC. Sat the expiration of the time
when such sidewalk is to be completed,
the City Engineer shall inspect the same
and make his report in writing to the
City Council, showing what portions of
said sidewalk have been constructed and
what portions have not been constructed
SIC. o. Upon the acceptance and APP
proyal by the City Council of the report
of the City Engineer, provided for in
Section 5 of this ordinance, it shall be
the duty of the Mayor, in conjunction
with the Chairman Of the Committee on
Public improvements and Streets and
Bridges, to contract for the construction
of such sidewalk along the line of said
street and fronting the property of the
owner or agent, failing, negecting or re-
tusing to construct such sidewalk in ac-
Cordance with the notice served upon
him or his agent, and the cost of con-
structon shall be a charge against the
owner of and a lien upon the lot, or part
of lot or block, fronting on such side
walk, each lot, part of lot or block, to be
charged with the construction of that
portion Of the sidewalk on which it
fronts.
SIC. l0.-When such sidewalk shall
have been constructed as is provided for
in Section 0 of this ordinance, it shall be
the duty of the City Clerk to correctly
estimate the cost of the construction,
grading or filling up Of said sidewalk
fronting each lot, part of lot or block
along the line Of said street, and he shall
enter into book regularly kept for that
purpose opposite each lot, part of lot or
block, the estimated cost of the con-
struOtion of said sidewalk directly 'front.'
ing each lot, part of lot or block along
the line of said street, the correctness of
which estimate shall be approved by the
Mayor and attested by the City Clerk,
whose duty it shall be to certify the same
to the City Collector for collection.
SIC. 1.-THE City Collector shall, i'm
medialely upon the receipt OF the list
provided for in Section 10 of this ordl-
nance. notify the owners or agents, II
known, Of any lot, part of lot or block in
front of which sidewalks have been CON
structed In accordance with Section 0 of