The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-24

J. c. MURRAY, ciey Clerk.
Age-Herald, June "a 1905.

IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE NO. 20
To provide for grading Avenue c from
Twenty-fgth street to Twenty-eighth
street. Also to provide for the macadam-
izing of the driveway, paving the gut
ters and curbng and paving the SIDE
walks along the same.
Section l. Be It ordained by the Mayor
and Aldermen of Birmingham That Ave
nue. c from Twenty-ffth TO twenty
eighth streets be graded.
Be it further ordained that drive
way forty-four (4D feet wide along the
same be maeadamized and the cutters
along the same paved for width OF
three feet with portland cement con-
crete.
Be It further ordained. That the side
walks along the same shall be curbed
with six-inch granite curbstone and the
sidewalk on the southslde of said avenue
between said limits paved with artificial
stone for width o. six feet.
Be 1t further ordained, That the alley
crossings and driveways shall be paved
with vitrifed brick for the full width of
the sidewalk.
Sec. Be II further ordained, That the
said improvements shall be made in ac-
cordance with the grades and lines here
tofore adopted by ordinance for the por-
tions of the aforesaid streets and avenues
hereinbefore described.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That the
cost of said improvements authorized by
this ordinance shall be assessed and levied
against the property abutting on the por-
tions of the aforesaid streets and ave-
nues improved and benefited thereby in
proportion to the benefits accruing to
each, not in excess of the increased value
Of such property by reason of tho specific
benefits derived from such improvements.
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street improvements on streets, avenue or
alley intersections shall be assessed and
levied against the property abutting on
the streets, avenues or alleys so inter-
secting for one half block in each diree-
ton.
Provided further. that the cost of grad
ing or matchmaking of any street rail-
road or other railroad tracks and the
space between such tracks and for eigh-
teen inches on each side of the tracks
including switches and turnouts, shall not
be assessed against the property abutting
on the said streets and avenues as afore-
aid but shall be assessed against and
collected from the owner of such railroad
and shall be a lien upon the railroad and
the property USE. In connection there
with.
Provided however, that nothing herein
contained shall be construed to relieve
any street rdllTOdu OF It's ODllBdtlbia III
the matter of street improvements.
Sec. 4. Be further ordained. That the
estimated cost of said improvements is
SG5OO. and that the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen will NEE. on the 10Th day OF
July, 1905 at the council chamber at
o'cloek p. m. to hear remonstranees and
protests against the construction OF said
improvements.
Adopted June 81 1905.
Attest:
GEORGE b, WARD, Mayor.
!. c. MURRAY. City Clerk.
A,5e-Herald June "a, 1906
IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE NO '7S.
To provide for grading and macada-
MIXING Seventeenth street from Four
teenth avenue, south. southwark to a
point 225 feet south of Fifteenth avenue,
south also to provide for grading and
macadamizing the driveway and paving
the sidewalks on Fifteenth avenue south,
from Seventeenth street to Eighteenth
street: also to provide for paving the
ing the sidewalk on the east side OF
cutters on both sides of Seventeenth
street from Fourteenth avenue, SOUTH
to Fifteenth avenue, south. and for paw
Seventeenth street from Fifteenth ave
nue. south. southwark 1856 feet.
Section /. BE It ordained by the Mayor
enteenth street from Fourteenth avenue
south, to a point 225 feet south of Fiji
teenth avenue south, shall be graded and
macadamized.
Be 1t further ordained that the cutters
along Seventeenth street from Fourteenth
avenue, south, to Fifteenth avenue, south,
shall be paved for a width of three feet
with concrete and that the sidewalk on
the east side of Seventeenth street from
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feet shall be paved with artificial stone.
Be It further ordained that Fifteenth
avenue, SOUTH from Seventeenth street
to Eighteenth street shall be graded and
macadamized and the sidewalks along the
same paved with artificial stone.
Be it further ordained that the sidewalk
paving shall be constructed six feet wide.
Be 1t further ordoined that the alley
crossings and driveways shall be paved
with vtrified brick for the full width
of the sidewalk.
Sec. .. BE 1t further ordained that said
improvements shall be made in accord
ance with the grade and lines heretofore
adopted by ordinance for the portions
Of the aforesaid streets and avenues here
inbefore described
Sec. 3. BE it further ordained that the
cost of said improvements authorized by
this ordinance shall be assessed and lev
led against the property abutting on the
portions of the aforesaid streets and owe
nues improved and benefited thereby in
proportion to the benefits accruing to
each not in excess of the increased value
of such property by reason of the special
benefits derived from such improvements
Provided. however, that the cost of all
street improvements on streets, avenues
or alley intersections shall be assessed
and levied against the property abutting
on the streets, avenues and alleys so in
tersectlng for one half block in each
direction.
Provided further that the cost of grad
ing or merchandising of any street rail-
road or other railroad tracks and the
space between such tracks and for eigh-
teen inches on each side of the tracks,
including switches and turnouts shall
not be assessed against the property
abutting on the said streets and ave-
nues as aforesaid but shall be assessed
against and collected from the owner of
such railroad and shall be a lien upon
the railroad and the property used in
connection Herewith.
Provided however, that nothing herein
contained shall be construed to relieve
any street railroad of its obligations in
the matter of street improvements
Sec. A. Be 1t further ordained that the
estimated cost of said improvements is
$4,000 and that the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen will meet on the 18th day of
July, 1905, at the council chamber at
o. clock p. m. to hear remonstrances and
protests against the construction of said
improvements.
Adopted June 81, 1905.
GEORGE b. WARD. Mayor
Attest:
J, c. MURRAY. City Clerk.
A ge- II arald, Juna d, 1907