Bisbee daily review., 1905-07-08
ORDINANCE NO. s4.


 Arizona, With Asphalt. and Prescrib-
 ing the Method of Entering Into a
 Contract Therefor. and for the Pay
 ment of the Contractor or Contrac-
 tors, end Providing the Manner in
 Which Cost and Expenses of Paving
 Said Parts of Said Streets Shall Be
 Aportioned Among Property Hold
 CTS on Said Streets.
 Whereas, more than two-thirds of the resident owners of the line of lots or parts of lots situated on that part of Main street in said City of Blsbee described as follows. From the east ern side of the subway where the same intersects said Main street adta- cent to lots twenty-nine and thirty (29 and 30), in Block Four (4l. of the Bis bee townsite to the south side of said subway at the northeast corner of the Bank of Bisbee building and the north west corner of the Copper Queen Store; and
 WHEREAS. more than two-thirds of the resident owners of the line of ots or parts of lots, situated on that Fart of Brewery Avenue In said city described as follows: From a line where said subway intersects said Brewery Avenue to line drawn from The northeast corner of lot fifteen (15), la Block Three (3), to the northwest corner of lot nineteen (19). in Block Two (2), of said townsite, having pe- titioned the City Council of said city to pave said parts of said streets for their full width with asphalt. accord ing to the official grade of said Main street established by Ordinance No. 47. and according to the official grade |of said Brewery Avenue established by Ordinance No. 60: and.
 WHEREAS. said City Council finds that the public interest and necessity demand that said streets be paved as aforesaid:
 NOW, THEREFORE, it is ordained by said City Council as follows:
 Section l. That said parts of said Main street and said Brewery Avenue be paved according to said establish ed grade. with asphalt wearing surface with a hydraulic cement and broken stone concrete base, according 10 the plans and specifications on file in the office of the City Clerk of said City. said plars and specifications being No. 1, which said specifications were adopted by Ordinance No. S, on the i2Sth day of June. 1905. and are here by referred to and made part Of this O. dinance.
 Sec. ?. The contract to do said pay ing shall be let to the best bidder therefor after advertising to receive bids for the same. for ten days in the Bisbee Daily Review and such other newspapers as said Council may by resolution direct.
 Sec. 3. The cost for paving said streets as above mentioned shall be estimated according to the whole length of said streets per running foot. and the said City shall be liable Ito the contractor for one-fifih of the actual total amount of the cost of pay ing said street as above mentioned, and the owners of the lots bordering on said parts of said streets to be paved shall be liable to the contractor for their proportion of the remaining cost in the ratio of front lines of the lots owned by them to the whole improved line, and in making the assessment against such owners for said improve ments, the ground shall be assessed across the ground fronting CT fmmedi- ately abultIng on said improvement. back 10 the distance of fifty (5O) feet from said front line, whether such ground be subdlvided by plating or conveyance or in any other manner. All assessments, where the ground to be assessed is held by more than one owner, shall be in the proportion of a fair cash value of each parcel, less the value of the improvements. to be de- termined by the City Engineer. and fn case of sale upon a precept each par eel shall be offered and sold separate- ly, beginning with the front parcel and so on, to the last, or rear parcel.
 Sec 4. When such contract shall have been in progress of fuifument. the Common Council shall have power to cause estimates to be made from time to time for the amount of work done by the contractor and to require such amount to be paid to him. de. ductins reasonable percentage to SC. cure the completion of. the contract until the whole shall be finished. and the Common Council shall have power to prescribe in said contract the time within which the whole shall be com pleted, and such amounts shall be liens upon the grounds upon which they arc assessed to the same extent that taxes are a lien, and shall have the same preference over other de. mands.
 Sec. 5. In case of any owners of lots or parcels of ground on which such assessments have been mace shall fail or refuse for the space of twenty days after the date of the esti- mate to pay the amount thereof to be paid by such person tosuch contractor. such assessment shah be collected as is provided in Section 5, of Act No. 10, 1 of the Session Laws of the Twenty. second Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, being An act entitled Granting to incorporated cit 1 ies and towns certain powers and | privileges in addition to those already ! vested in them by charter or general avs of this TeTritory'1