The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-05-27
ORDINANCE NO. ia,

An ordinance to amend sections l and 3 of Ordi-
nance No. lib, entitled sidewalks and to re-
peal said original sections.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the
City of McCOok, Nebraska, that sections l and
3 of Ordinance No. lib be amended to read as
follows:
struction of all sidewalks hereinafter laid,
widened or rebuilt shall be done under the su-
pervisioD and directions of the committee on
streets and alleys" and under such rules and
qualifications not inconsistent with the provis-
ions of this ordinance as the city council may
from time to time adopt. All sidewalks shall
be laid to such a permanent grade as said cOun-
Gil shall direct or establish. Sidewalks on Main
avenue shall be not less than IA feet wide along
lots admitting said avenue i'll blocks Is, q, rs, IL,
q and u, original town; 10 feet wide on Main
avenue. lots abutting in blocks 9 and 10, and s
feet wide on Main avenue, lots AUDITING in blocks
3 and 1, original town, and 10 feet wide on lots
abutting on DennlsOn street in blocks 10, 20, q,
Y, -, 70, =, 2S, 2S and 81, and the same width
on AUDITING lots on all other east and west
streets within the fire limits. All other side
walks within the city shall be > feet wide. laid
four inches from the lot line. CURLING for 10
and II feet walks shall be of stone, concrete or
cement. > inches thick and q inches wide for II
feet walks and ) inches thick and Is inches wide
for 10 feet walks.
That when a majority of the resident owners
of the lots in any block or blocks fronting on
any streets in the city of McCook shall sign and
present a petition asking for the construction
of sidewalks along that portion of any street on
which the lots of the signers of such petition
shall abut, the city council may, by resolution,
order such sidewalk built, provided where a
majority of the resident lot owners do not sign
said petition or where there are no resident lot
owners abutting upon said street where said
sidewalk is proposed d to be built, then it shall be
lawful for said city council, by resolution, to
order same constructed and provide for the
expense of building said sidewalk. Said resO-
luton shall not be passed until three-fourths of
all the members of the city council shall, by
vote, assent to the passing of the same.
Section 2. Sec. 3 as amended: The city clerk
shall cause a copy of said resolution to be pub
lished in a newspaper of general circulation in
the city of McCook, one publication, and the
publisher of such paper, or his agent, shall file
with said city clerk an affidavit of the publica-
ton of said resolution as soon as the publica-
ton herein required is completed, and such
publication shall be deemed good and sufficient
notice to the owners to property in front of
abutting or adjacent to which the sidewalk is to
be constructed, rebuilt or widened said Aft
davit of the printer or his agent shall be prima
facie evidence of the publication herein requir-
ed and shall be carefully preserved and made q
part of the records of said city.
Section 3. Sections l and 3 of Ordinance No..
113, entitled sidewalks, passed and approved
May 10, 1904, be. and the same is hereby repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance to take effect and
be in force from and after passage and publica-
ton.
Passed and approved this 23rd day of May,
1904. F.. NJ. RATHBUN, Mayor.
Attest: C. 1. HALL. City Clerk.