The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-10-10
City Council Proceedings.

Lafayette. La, Sept. 8, I9o3.-A regular
meeting Of the City Council was this day
Members present: J. o. Mou,on, A. +.
M"u,on, +. Dcmanadc, II. l.. Fontenot,
NJ. RosenGelG, 6. a. DeBlanc. Absent:
ID. V. Gardehled.
seconded, and carried that the following
ordinance be adopted:
AN ORDINANCE, providing for the con-
struction and paving of side walks
along the streets of the town of Lafa-
vettc, La, and for keeping same in
repair.
Section BE it ordained that the City
Council shall hereafter, whenever in its
judgment the public interest requires It,
build and construct along the streets of said
town, side walks and CURLING, concrete,
brick plank, said Council may deter
mine, and same shall be built according to
plans and sp cifcat;ons to be adopted by said
Council.
Section BE it further ordained, thai,
said walks may be built under the direct
supervision of the Council, or by contract,
and in the event the same is to be built by
contract, then said work shall be let to the
lowest responsible bidder from whom there
shall be exacted satisfactory security for the
faithful execution of said contracts, that hf-
teen days notice for bids for said work shall
be given in an official journal of said town:
provided in the event no satisfactory bid is
received, then that said Council shall have
the right to reject any and all such bids.
and thereupon to exercise its original rights
to cause said work to he done under the
supervision of the street committee OF said
town.
Section S--Be it further ordained that the
provisions of this ordinance shall also apply
to all repairs to be hereafter made upon the
side walks of said town.
Be it further ordained that the cost of all
work done under the provisions Of this Or
dinance shall be borne follows: two
thirds by the owners of the lot abutling the
side walk, CURLING or portion thereof to be
paved, improved or repaired, and one third
by said town.
Section 4-Be it further ordained that
whenever said Council shall determine to
enter upon the construction of any work
under this ordinance, the cost thereof shall
be determined practicable, and
thereupon said Council shall provide by or
dinance for the assessment of all real estate
abut;inS the side walk or curbing to be built
or repaired to cover two thirds of said cost;
said assessment to be upon the basis of the
| respective frontage of said properties on
said walk.
Section 5-Be it further ordained that the
sum assessed against the lot or real estate SO
abutting shall be due and col!eCtable within
| ten days after the completion of the work
J and Its acceptance by the Council, and if
| not paid within that time, the City Council
shall have the power to proceed by SUIT
! against the said owners and said real estate
to collect the delinquent assessment, and the
sa id munici pality shall have special pri-
vilege on said property or properties TO Sc
| cure the sum assessed against 1t, with SIX
per cent per annum interest thereon from
| the expiration of the said days until
paid, which lien shall be the first privilege
| over all other claims except taxes; said pri-
viiege shall affect third persons from the
date of the registry of the assessment in the
| mortgage book of the parish in which said
real estate is situated, provided that the
town Council, instead of enforcing the said
assessment above fixed, upon the pay
ment cash by the property owner Of
twenty-five per cent of the amount due b,
the said PROPERTY owner, may in their dis
cretion, authorize the mayor to approve
notes certificates signed by said owner
| showing the amount respectively due by the
persons and properties said side walks o.
curblng SO paved or improved, which shall
| be payable in one, two and three years, o.
sooner at the option of the property owner
with six per cent interest per annum, inter
est payable annually, which said notes O
certificates (when copy of the same IS re
corded with the assessment aforesaid) dull,
, paraphed being recorded by the re
corder of mortgages, shall be secured b!
privilege, on the property, prior to al
J other charges, except taxes, and may b.
transferred. carrying the lien, and privileg
hereinabove provided for, to any contracto
or other person provided that when the
work is done by the town, said certificate
may be made to bearer or any person VIII
may desire the same, and they shall EMO
the lien and privilege aforesaid.
Section 6-Be it further ordained tina
this ordinance shall take effect forthwith
Be it further ordained tina: in accordanc
with the provisions of the ordinance this da
adopted relative side walks, that Shillir
ger pavement feet wide including tn
curbiny be built, starting on Grant avenu
at the center line of Crescent News Hote
, running TO the corner of Lincoln Avenue t
Pierce street, thence along the southea
. side of Pierce street to Nermilion street
thence along the north side of NermiliC
street to Lafayette street, thence along tn
east side of Lafayette street to north Mai
street.
Be it further ordained that the street con
mittee be and is hereby instructed and en-
powered to have specifications prepared f.
said walk, and thereon to call for bids f
said work to be submitted within IS da
notice, contractor to furnish bond in II
sum to be hereafter determined, for It
faithful compliance of his contract. Adopte
unanimously.
CHAs. ID. CAFFEEY, Mayor.
LOUIS IACOsTE, Secretary.