The Arizona sentinel., 1906-10-03
Ordinance No. 54.
ORDERING A SIDEWALK ALONG PARTS OF THIRD STREET, MADISON AND
 ORANGE AVENUES.

The Common Council of the Town of Yuma do hereby Ordain as follows:
 Section l. It is hereby ordered that there shall be constructed d cement sidewalk to ex- tend on the north side of Third street, from the west side of Main street west to the east side of First avenue, and on the west side of Madison avenue from the south side of First street to a point where the west line of said Madison av- CnUe meets the northerly or northweSterly line of Orange avenue, and from thence on the nnrtherly or northwesterly de of Orange ay- enue to the east line of First avenue; except that cross walks at the intersections of streets are not hereby required to be constructed,
 Said sidewalk shall be constructed according to grade lines heretofore adopted by the Com mon Council for the said parts Of said streets ant; avenues, and entered upon the minutes of the Common Council of the meeting of the 11th day of September, A. D. 1905
 Section 2 Said sidewalk shall be constructed according to the following specifications towit: The base of said sidewalk shall be composed of coarse gravel, five parts sharp sand, two parts; and the best quality of Portland cement, one part; the same shall be laid not less than three and one-half 6 and 1S) inches thick, and shall be well taInped down. The surface OfSaid side- walk shall be composed of best Portland ec- rnent and sharp sand. equal parts: and said sur face shall be onc-haIf inch and not less in thick ness. The jointed lines in the surface of said sidewalk shall include not to exceed three feet square of area.
 All of said work shall be done in good and worl1manlike manner and to the satisfaction of the Common Council
 SPECIFICATIONS FOR ORANGE AVENUE. Upon Orange avenue the curb line shall be sixteen Q6) feet from the property line; the grade of top of curb shall be the same as the grade in the center of the street, the grade at the property line shall be four (D inches above the top of curb; the sidewalk shall be six (6) feet wide placed in the center of the sixteen [ foot strip.
 SPECIFIC 4TIONS FOR THIRD STREET. Upon Third street the sidewalk shall be six | (6) feet wide, beginning at the property line; the curb line shall be six (6l feet from the prop erty line; the grade ofthe top of the curb shall bc the same as the center of the street, and the grade at the property line shall be one and One- half q and 1z) inches above the top of the curb.
 SPECIFICATIONS FOR MADISON AVENUE. Upon Madison avenue the sidewalk Shall be
 
 line; the curb line shall be six (6) feet from the property line; the grade of the top of the curb shall be four (4) inches above the grade of the center of the street; and the grade at She prop erty line shall be one and one-half q and 1sI
 nches above the top of the curb. Upon Third street and Madison avenue the curb shall be at least six (6l inches thick, and ! shall extend at least @ inches under the sur foo ta Sl,., be constructed of the same material as the base of the walk and the curb shall be faced on the street side in the same manner as the surface of the walk.
 Section 3. That upon the SiSt day of March, A. D.. 1907, the Town of Yuma shall begin the construction of such parts of said sidewalk herein described as shall not by the said date have been constructed by private parties previ- Ously, according to the specifications and upon the grade by this ordinance required; and the cost of the construction of said sidewalk, parts thereof by the Town of Yuma. shall be | assessed against the owners of real property before which said sidewalk shall be so con- structed, according to the provisions of Qrdfn~ ance No. 2i, passed by the Common Council of
 the Town of Yuma the 7th day of January, 1905. and none of said cost shall be assessed against the property fronting upon the opposite side of said streets and avenues from which said sidewalk is constructed. Provided-That the commissioners mentioned in Section of said Ordinance No 24 may be appointed by the Common Council at any time the said Common Council may deem adviSable7 and provided, further-That the Common COun- cil may by resolution extend from time to time, and postpone at their discretion, the time when the Town of Yuma shall begin the construction of the sidewalks herein ordered to be construct ed, and which not to be constructed by private owners; except that said time shall not he so extended and postponed for more than six months.
 Passed by the Common Council of the Town of Yuma, Arizona this 11th day of September, A. D., 1906
 [SEALl A. L. DEMUND. Mayor. Attest:
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