Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-28
6nS TO $3.50 A MONTH CAN BIZ MAI
AN ORDINANCE
For the Improvement of Third
avenue from the West line
of Fifth street to the West
line of Twenty fourth street,
and for the Levying of a
Special tax therefor.

Be q Ordained by the Cay Council Of The CITY Of
Rock Island:
SECTION l. Thst Third avenue from the west
line OF Fifth street 10 the west line OF Twenty
fourth street, all being in the corporate limits OF
the said city OF Rock Island, be and the same Is
hereby ordered curbed with curb stones. guttered
with gutlerstones and improved in manner fol-
lowing:
Curbstones shall be set on each side thereof
at the outer line OF the peciive sidewalks.
said curbstones shall be OF the best quality OF
limestone no section 10 be less than four "a feet
long. twenty inches deep snd five inches thick
when dressed, he top shall he fun and square
and neatly bush-hammered, and the face shall
also be neatly busn-hammered, not less than SIX
teeL (16) inches down from the top. The ends
shall be dressed smooth, so as 10 make clio
Joints through the full thickness OF the stone not
lees than twelve inches down, said curbing at
the Intersections of streets TO form curb and TO
extend north and south on such streets fourteen
40 feet to the building line of the lots. Gutter
RAg shall be 6Il6 inches, not less than four feet
lengths and joiuted midway between the joints
OF the curD; il shall be set Tammsd beds TO
the grade OF the street and with an incline to-
ward the curb of inch in the width of the stone.
The gutter stone must be jointed to the curb and
leave the curb exposed not less than eight nor
more than IL inches as drainage may require, and
the joints between the curb and gutter must be
run full Of cement. IL must be smooth hammered,
dressed on top, both ends and both edges; the
ends must Ct neatly and be grouted " tn cement,
such guttering OF the ersecions Of streets also
TO extend north and south on such streets four
teen Cl4) feet to the building line Of the lots.
SEC. = That the whole cost and expense Of the
Improvement provided for In Section /. of this
dinance, including the cost, making the assess
ment and collecting the specislt tax shall be raised
and paid by special taxation and said special tax
shall be levied. assessed and collected upon and
from the blocks lots and parts OF lots contingent
to and touching those parts OF sad avenue which
is hereby ordered TO be cuTbed and gutiered, in
proportion 10 the frontage OF SAID blocks lots and
parts Of lots upon the said avenue which Is to be
cGrbed and quit red aforesaid. said spt cisl
tax IL 10 be levied under and in accordance with
Article or an act OF the General Assembly
] EufNf Lad TarNr
OF cities and villages approved April 10, is7s,
and the amount OF the special tax hus TO be lev
led and raised shall be t~euty-one thousand dol
lars 1921 .0O0.)
SEC. 8. That the amount Of said .pe cial tax
| for said improve eni shan be divided into in
sialments, the first OF which shall be twenty Ave
per cent OF the total OF said assessment. The re-
naming portion Of said assessment, after deduct
ing the said arst installment, shall be divided in
| 10 four annual instaliments, which said Install
ments shall be payable annually thereafter, and
| collected Ia the same msnner that other Sc
| sess nents are now collected. Each of said foar
! last named installmenis shall besr interest At the
rate Of six per cent per annum from and after the
| first day OF July next succeeding tie copnrma-
| ton of said assessment. Provided. that the
whole OF said assessment, or any installment OF
| installments thereof, may he paid al any time al
ne option OF The owner OF owners OF esid lot,
oloek, piece or tract frovlded, further. that any
owner or owners Of said lot or lots, block. piece
| or tract wishing TO pay the whole OF said assess
| ment thereon in cash in advance shsll be allowed
| q reduction OF ten per cent on the whole amount.
| SIC. Z. Payment for said Improvement shall
be made in the following manner: From the
amount OF the first payment. when it shall be COL
ected shall first be paid all the OF max ing the
| said assessment including court costs. The re
msinder OF said payment sh al then be paid TO the
person or persons entitled thereto on the eontraC,
for said work. The amount remaining due upon
! the contract for said improvement shall then be
| divided into four equal parts and voucher shall
be issued by the said city TO the person per
sons entitled thereto for each part payable in the
same order and manner that the installments are
| payable, and said vouchers shall bear the same
| rate OF interest per annam that the said install
| N ent- bear. and be made payable to the order OF
| the person OF persons entitled thereto and state
| the improvement and the installment for which
they are Issued, and any person or persons, &C
| cepting the vouchers a. provided herein for work
| done performed upon said improvement OF
their assigns, shall have no claim lien upon the
city IN any event, for the payment Of said youch
ere the interest, except from the collection OF
the installment for which said vouchers issued
sEc. 5. That Aldermen Frank III, d. Cork.r
| and VIM Edwards be and they are her by appoint
| ed commissioners TO make estimate OF the
| cost Of said improvement and each part thereof,
including n separate estimate Of the cost of labor
| material and lawful cost and expense of making
and collecting said assessment, and all legal cost.
and charges Of the court relating thereto, and re
| port the same 10 this council in writing.
| SEC g. Upon the approval OF said report By
the city council IL shall be the duty of the city
| clerk to advertise In the daily papers of the
city OF Rock leland for at least twenty days, for
| bids for the improvement specified, and he shall
| mail marked copies Of said advertisement TO ali
| contractors whose names shall be furnished by
any citizen Of this city. All bidders shall be re-
CURED 10 deposit sealed bids for said work with
! the city clerk prior TO O'Clock.
SEC. z. Each proposal must be accompanied BY
certified check upon some Rock Island bank foI
$3.50. payable 10 the order Of the mayor of the city
OF Rock Island, which check is to be forfeited and
paid TO the city OF rock leland in case the party
TO whom the contract II awarded shall fail 70
| cute the contract SO awarded and furnish bond in
the eum OF i've Thousand collars $4,000 with
sureties and conditions satisfactory 10 the mayor
| within ten days after the awarding of said con-
tract, and the council shall have the right 70 re
| tect any and all bids.
Passed October z, 1889.
| Approved:
Attest: Mayor.
ROBERT koKHLER,
| fSeal1 City Clerk