Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-19
An Ordinance

TO ASSESS A SPECIAL TAX UPON LOTS
AND LANDS ABUTTING UPON FRANK
LIN STREET, FROM THE SoUTHERLY
LINE OF KNOX STREET TOTHE NORTH.
ERLY LINE OF LANCASTER STREET. IN
THE CITY OF MARIETTA, OHIO. AND TO
ISSUE BONDS IN ANTICIPATION OF THE
COLLIE ,TloN OF SUCH ASSESSMENT.
Section /. Be it ordained by the City Coun-
Gil OF the City OF Macietta, ohio. Uwo.thirds of
toe whole number OF the membe-S elected
| thereto conc6' lg as follows: That there be
| levied and assess No each front foot OF
| the lots and lalds aouttirg upon Franklin
street, in the Guy Of Marietta, Ohio, from The
| southerly hn9 o. Knox street to lhe northerly
| line of Lancaster street in The city OF Marietta
| Ohio, the sum OF Two Dlll3rs and Thirty-seven
cents and four mills s4G1U to provide a fund
| TO pay the n1opo. ZION properly assessable up
| on said abdtIinE lots anu lands of the total
| cost OF Improving said frannl street from
the southrriy line of Knox rec. TO the north
! erly line OF Lancaster street. In the city Of
| Marietta Ohio, in accordance with the pro-
Visions Of au ordinance emitted ''Au Ordin-
ance to improve franklin street from the
| southelly lice Of Knox Street TO the northerly
line II Lancaster Street, in he city of Mariet-
! ia. ONO duly passed on theOth day OF March
tfor thai purpose together with the interest
| on tine bonds to be issued as hereinafter pro-
! vided, accordiu5 TO tbe estimate OF the Engil-
| eec Oh file. u being determined by SAID lily
! Council and hereby declared that ga IA of sad
| lots add lands wall be benefited by such im-
provemeut Ia an am ant equal to the sum
! hereby assessed urOn the same
section That the owlers Of the los and
| lands upon each frort foot Of VIII ch said sum
OF $2.SI4u is ass ssed nall pay the amount Of
| their respective assessments TO the treasurer
| Of said city at The Office of the County Treas
urer of the County of Washington, Ohio, in
! 1--WE 2tv semi-aunual installnents as follows
Fourteen cents four mills and four-tenths of
MIL per 'front.' foot on or befOte December
2Oth, lSAI. Fourteen cents one mill and seven
! tenths OF mill per front foot on or betor =
June 10Th, 1898. Thirteen cents and nine mills
| m M lNAfn NlN.,1 } ~
| thirteen cents six mills and three-tenthS OF q
mill per front foot on or before June 10th. 1899
| I'M teen cents three mills and six tenths of a
| mn per 'front.' fOoG on or before December Goth,
| lS9J. Thirteen cents and niue tenths of a mill
Oh or before June tn 1900. Twelve cents
eight mills and two tenths Per front foot on or
before December 9th, 1900. Twelve cents i1ve
mills and hve'tenths per front foot on or be-
fore June 10th, 1901. Twelve cents two mills
ana eight tenlhs of a mill per front foot on or
before Dece mber goth 1901 Twelve cents and
oue-tenth o. a mill per front foot on or before
June 2 tn, 1902 Eleven cents seven mills aud
three this of mills per front foot on or be-
mills and s1N-tenths of a mill per front foot on
or before June goth, ~ 3. Eleven cents one
mill and niue-tenths of mill per front foot
ON or before December goth, 190}. Ten cents
nine mills and twotenthS per front foot on or
before June 10th 1901 Ten cents SIX mills an d
hve-Lenths o. mill per front foot on or befOi e
and eighttenths of a mill per front foot on or
before June goth, 1905. Ten cents one mill and
December 2Oth, 1906. Nine cents eight mills
and four-tenths OF a mill per front foot on OF
before June goth, 1905. Nine cents five mills
and seven-tenths or mill per front foot on OF
before December 20th, 1906 aud nine cents
three mills per front foot on or before June
10th, 1901; provided that any of the owners OF
said lots and lands upon each front foot Il
which said $2,3IiO is assessed, may pay such
assessment upon their respective lots and
lands by paying to the Treasurer of the said
City OF Marietta, at any time prior to August
/ l,S
front foot OF their respective lots and lands
less the amount included therein for int: rest
on the bonds to be issued as hereinafter pro
vided.
Hection8. That to provide fund for the
immediate payment OF the proportion proper
~ assessabie upon said abutting lots ana
lands OF the total cost and eXpedses of improv'
ing said Franklin street and in anticipation
OF the assessment as hereinbefore made the
Mayor and City Clerk be and the. are hereby
authorized ana directed to issue twenty bonds
of the City of Marietta Ohio, to the aggreg ",
amount of IS lS5 GU being for the sum of 500 u
each dated September /, s97, and payable in
six, twelve, eighteen, twenty-four, thirty
thirty six forty-two forty eight. ffty.four
sixty, sixty-six. seventy-two, seventy-eight,
elghty-iOur ninety, ninety one hundred
and two, one hundred and eight, one hundred
and fourIeer ana one hu udred and
twenty months from date respectively
at the agency Of said city in
teres5 ~ the rate OF six per cen
per annun payable seuii-annuaily,
principal aud interest payable in good
ana FIJI money Of the United taJes
of America; said bonds shall be signed
by The Mayor and the City Jerk; shall
be sealed with the seal OF said city
shall have interest coupons attached
thereto authenticated 10y tue engraved
lithOGraphed, or stamped fac smile Of
the signature of the City Clerk and shall
have ieglbly written. printed or lithO'
srarhed upon them the words: Crank
lin Street from Knox Street TO Laucas'
ter Street Improvement bOnd.n Said
bonds shall be advertised for sale and
sold for not less than their ptr Value
an the proceeds thereof shall be ap
piled TO the payment of the said cost
and expenses Ot said Improvement o.
+ auklIn street, and 10 10 other pur
pose wha soeytr, and for the payment
ut said bonds ana the interest thereoI
the revenue and faith and all the rea
and p6rsOual property of said city are
hereby pledged. Provided that shoulC
any OF the owners of said lots and lands
herein ass ssed pay such assessmen
upon their respective lots aud lands il
cash prior to August 25th 1897, as here
inbetOre provided the amount so paiC
shall be applied to the payment of sale
costs and expenses of said improvement
of Franklin street and the total amour
of the bonds to he issued as hereinbe
fore provided shall / g reduced by de
Quoting therefrom the amount so pait
in cash and the twenty bonds to be is
sued and sold shall be for one-twentietl
each, of such reduced amount being
otherwise as hereinDefore provided
such of the assessments hereinbefOrt
made as shall not be paid in cash priul
to August 25th, 1897, as herein before
provided shall when collected be placed
in the sinking fund end shall be applied
to the payment of the bonds issued as
hereinbefOra provided for and the in
terest thereon as the same shall become
due and for no other purpose whatso
ever.
Section 4. That the City Clerk be ant
he is hereby directed to Ger ify the as
sessment made by this ordinance to be
collected hy the County Treasurer O.
Washington County, Ohio, as eXotficiC
treasurer of said city Of Marietta, Ohio
according to Nv.
Section 3, This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after the
earliest period allowed by law