Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-11

All of Review Avenue, of the City
 of Bisbee, and Prescribing the Meth
 cd of Entering inSo Contract There
 for, and for the Payment O. She Con.
 tractor, and for Providir1 the Man. ner in Which Cost and Expense of Said Paving Shall Be Apportioned
 Among Properly Holders in Said Street.
 | WHEREAS, more than two-thirds of t-e resident owners of lots or parts of lots situate on Review Avenue, in the City of Bi3bee have petitioned the City Council of said City to pave sad Review Avenue for its full width with vitrified brick and concrete according to the established grade O. said street and,
 WHEREAS, said City Council find that public interest and necessity de- mand that said street be paved as aforesaid,
 Now, Therefore, it is ordained by tae said Common Council of the City of Bisbee, as follows, to-wit:-
 Sec. 1. That said Review Avenue be paved according to said established grade with yitrified brick and hydraul. ic cement and broken stone concrete I ifications on file in the office of the City Clerk of said City, said plans and specifications being No. 2, which said specifications were adopted by Ordi- nance No. 63,, for Main Street and Brewery Avenue on the 2Sth day of June 1905, and are hereby referred 10 and made part of this ordinance, as the plans and specifications for the 1 paving therein provided for.
 Sec. ?. The contract to do said paving 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. 5. The cost of paving said | street as above mentioned shall be es- timated according to the whole length of said street per running foot, and | the said City shall be liable to the Contractor for one-fifth of the actual total amount of the cost of paving said street as above mentioned, and the owners of the lots bordering on said street to be paved shall be liable to the contractor for their proportion of the remaining cost in the ratio of the front lines Of the lots owned by them to the whole improved line, and in making the assessment against such owners for said improvements, the ground shall be assessed across the ground fronting or immediately abutting on said improvement, back to the distance of fifty feet from said front line, whether such land be sub divided 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 proportion of a fair cash value of each parcel, less the value of the i'm 1 proyementS, to be determined by the | City Engineer, and in case of a sale upon a precept, each parcel shall be l offered and sold separately, beginning with the front parcel and so on to the last or rear. parcel. Sec. {. When such contract shall l have been made and shall have been in progress of fulfillment, the Common ! Council shall have power to cause es- 1 inmates to Oe made from time to time TOT the amount of work done by the contractor and require such amount to be paid to him, deducting -eaonable | percentage to secure 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 completed, and such amount shall be. liens upon the grounds upon which they are assessed to the same extent that taxes are a lien, and shall have the same prefer elce over other demands. Sec. 5. In case any owner or own CTS of lots or parcels of ground on which such assessments have been made shall fail CT refuse for the space of twenty days after the date of the estimate to pay the amount thereof tc be paid by such person to such con. | tractor, such assessment shall be col I lected as is provided in Section O. Act No. 10 of the Session Laws of the Twenty-second Legislature Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, being an Act entitled Granting to incorporatt cities and towns certain powers an6 privileges in addition to those already vested in them by charter or general laws of this Territory"
 Sec. 6. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to advertise for bids to dc said paving, in the Bisbee Daily Re view, for a period of ten days. Bids or proposals for said contract shal be accompanied by certified check in the amount of ten per cent of the amount bid on said contract. as an assurance that said bidder will enter into contract with said City, accord ing to his bid to do said paving; said check to be returned to said bidder should said City fail to enter into contract with him according to his bid.
 Sec. :. This ordinsnce shall takc effect and be in force from and after the date of it's passage by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor.
 Passed this 4th day of May 1906. Approved this 5th day of May 1906
 c. L. CAVEN. Mayor