Williams news., 1903-08-15
ORDINANCE NO. P.

To Provide for the Construction Preservation,
 Repair a1d Renewal of Sidewalks and the
 Establishment and Enforcement of Liens for
 the Expense Thereof.
 Be it ordained by the common council of the town of Williams us follows:
 Section Tt shall be the duty. the super visor of streets to inspect all sidewalks, to keep informed as to the condition of the same, and whenver any sidewalk, or any portion thereof shall be broken. decayed, or otherwise in bad condition or repair, to, and he shall, notify the owner or owners of the lot or lots part of lot or lots, adjoining such sidewalk or DOT. ton thereof, in writing, to repair or renew the same within fifteen days after the serving of such notice.
 Section 2-Such notice may be served by the supervisor of streets, personally delivering the same to such owner or owners; or, by deposit ing the same in the United States postoffice at the town of Williams, addressed to such owner or owners, at his or their last known place of residence, with the proper postage thereto af- fixed, and upon such delivery, deposit, as aforesaid, service of such notice shall be deemed complete The proof of such service shall be, the certificate thereof, of the super visor of streets. made by him, and filed with the town clerk, and may be in substantially the following form to-wit:
 Town of Williams,
 County of CocOnino, ! SS.
 Territory of Ariz0na.)
 hereby certify that I served notice to- w ..:.................s sidewalk adjoining and along the. .:.......o of. ........... lot .:....:....... Williams Townsite mapped, platted, and surveyed by H. c. Mutt, trustee,
  being the then owner. thereof, by. .....::... ...................-.... on the. day of................, of. A. D., 19O
 Supervisor of Streets.
 Said supervisor to fill in blank spaces, with descriptions, names, manner of service, and date of servlce.)
 Section 3-It shall be the duty of the owner or owners of such lot or lots, or portion of lot or lots, within fifteen days after the service of or portions of sidewalk in such notice men toned or described, in good condition and re- pair, using therefor material similar in char acter and dimensions to that with which said sidewalk was originally constructed; provided, that if such sidewalk was originally constructed of wood with a top of boards or blanks less than two inches in thickness, the same shall be re- newed or repaired by, and all sidewalks here after built or constructed lnder any of the pro- newed and constructed in the following man. ner, to-wit: Unless otherwise ordered by the council, all sidewalks shall be feet in width; and when constructed with lumber, such lum- Der to be blanks inches in thickness, and not more than inches in width, laid 12 inch apart, laid upon not less than three 4X4-inch stringers hereunder laid lengthwise along the street upon a solid foundation, and said blanks to be laid said stringers and fastened down with not less than two forty-penny nails into each of the three stringers hereunder, and to the satisfaction of said supervisor of streets.
 Section 4-Whenever for fifteen days after the service of such notice the owner or owners so served shall fail to repair or renew the sidewalk or portion tnereOf Tn such notice directed, 1t shall be the duty of the supervisor of streets to repair renew the same.
 Section 5-Whenever the said supervisor shall repair or renew any sidewalk or portion thereof, as provided in the preceding section, he shall within ten days after completion of such pair renewal, file in the office of the town clerk Il verified, itemized statement of the cost of such repairs or renewal, which statement when filed shall be deemed and taken as prima facie evidence of the cost of such repairs or renewals, and unless such owner or owners file with the town clerk objections in writing thereto within ten days after the filing of such such statement shall be conclusive evidence of the amount of such cost.
 Section 6-The owner or owners so filing ob- | jections, aforesaid, may appear before the | common council at it's next regular monthly | meeting, and present evidence in support of | their said objections The council shall then | determine the cost of such repairs renewals, | and said determination shall be conclusive of | the amount thereof
 Section 7-Whenever the owners of two-thirds | of the whole line of lots in the town of Will | Hams (and measuring only the front line of such lots as belong to persons resident in said i town), bordering on any street, consisting of one whole square between any two streets | crossing the same, shall petition the common council to have any sidewalk laid, graded or and paved specifying the kind and quality of may by resolution cause the same to be done, 1 by contract given to the best bidder, after | advertising for three successive weeks in d i weekly newspaper printed and published in | said town of Williams, to receive proposals |