Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-05-21

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city taxes therein levied on such lane
to he collected Herewith.
CHAPTER TX.
STREETS, SIDEWALKS, BRIDGES
/ AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.
| SECTION ONE.
POWER OVER STREETS, PUBbr
GROUNDS, ETC.
The city council shah have the care
supervision and control of all high
ways, bridges, streets, alleys, lanes
publicparks, public squares and pub
lie grounds within the limits of th,
city, and shall have power to buill
and keep in repairs bridges and al
leys, and lay out, open and altel
public squares, parks, lanes, public
grounds, streets, highways and al
leys, and to extend, narrow, wider
or straighten the same, and to pur
chase, hold and convey lands in fet
simple, and to take grounds for the
sites OF public buildings and public
parks, subject to the assessments o.
damages hereinbefore provided.
SECTION TWO.
ROAD DISTRICTS; DUTIES OF STREET
COMMISSIONERS.
Said city shall constitute one road
district and the streets and highways
shall be under the exclusive care and
supervision OF the city council, and
the powers and duties OF the street
commissioner shall be the same as
those OF road overseers under the
laws OF this state except as herein
otherwise provided.
SECTION THREE.
GRADES OF STREETS.
The city council shall have power
to establish the grade OF any street
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when such grade has not been estab-
lished, and may by vote OF FOUR ifths
(4-5) OF the members OF the council
change the grade OF any street after
such grade has been established. 1t
shall cause accurate profiles OF the
grades Of all streets to be made and
kept in the office OF the city recorder.
SECTION FOUR.
WORK DONE UNDER CONTRACT; WHEN,
All work done pursuant to the pro-
visions OF this chapter calling for an
expenditure OF one hundred dollars
($10O) or more, shall be done under
contract. A public notice shall be
given'and proposals invited for do.
ing the same in such manner as the
council shall direct.
SECTION FIVE.
EXPENSE OF. GRADING STREETS, ETC.
The expense OF filing, grading,
-planking and macadamizing streets,
highways and alleys, and OF con
structing and repairing sewers, gut
ters and bitches, shall be charged BILE
to the lots or parcels OF land abut-
ting upon such streets, highways, al
.leys, sewers, cutters and bitches in
proportion to the frontage without
reference to the value of the land.
SECTION SIX.
PROCEEDINGS UNDER PETITION.
Whenever petition OF the owners
OF more than one-half (Hl) OF the land
abutting on any street, highway OF
alley, Or any part thereof, or of. the
owners OF more than one-half * 81
the land abutting any street, high.
way or alley, or any part thereof, in
OF under which it is proposed toscon.
struct or repair any sewer, gutter Of
ditch, shall be presented to the city
council, requesting that they shall
fill, grade, plank or macadamize any
such street, highway or alley, or any
part thereof, or construct or repair
such sewer gutter or ditch, at the
next meeting thereafter, or as soon
as may be, such council shall pass q
resolution ordering that such street
highway, alley, sewer, gutter or ditch
shall be filled, graded, planked
paved, macadalnized, constructed OF
repaired as requested in said petit
tion, and shall file such order in the
office OF the city recorder. Both said
petitions and said order shall be re-
corded in the records of the city
The city council shall thereupo1
cause plans and Specifications OF tho
work to be done, to be made anC
filed in the office Of the city recorder
for the use Of all persons interested
and thereupon the recorder shall give
public notice that at a time STATED
thecity council will meet at it's usua
place OF meeting, and receive seale6
bids for the performance OF sucf
work. Such sealed bids shall be left
with the city recorder At the time
stated in the notice the city recorder
shall open all bids in the presence o
the city council, and the city council
shall consider the same, but shall
have the right to reject any OF. al
bids. In case. a bid is accepted tn,
city council shall enter into q con
tract in writing with the person O
persons whose bid is SO accepted fol
the performance of such work, ane
the council may require a bond 10,
the performance of the contract