Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-16

estimated according to the whole length of sad street per running foot. and the said city shall be liable to the contractor for one-ffth only of the actual total amount of the cost of | paving said street as above mention ed, and the owners of the lots border ing 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 improve ment the ground shall be assessed across the ground fronting or imme- diately abutting on said improvement back to the distance of fifty feet from said front line whether such land be subdiyided by plating or conveyance or in any other manner. All assess ments where the ground to be assess ed is held by more than one owner shall be in proportion of a fair cash value of each parcel, less the value of the Improvements to be determined by the City Engineer, and in case of sale up a receipt, each parcel shall be offered and sold separately, begin ming with the front parcel and so on to the last or rear parcel.
 Sec. 4. WNen such contract shall have been made and shall have been in progress of fulfillment, the Con- mon Council shall have power to cause estimates to be made from time tot time for the amount of work done by the contractor and to require such amount to be paid to him, deducting a reasonable percentage to secure the completion of the contract until the yhN1 hon G,s, the Common Council shall have power to prescribe in said contract the time within which the whole shall be con- pleted, and such amount shall be liens upon the ground upon which they are assessed to the same extent as taxes are lien, and shall have the same pI eference 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 or refuse for the space of twenty days after the date of the estimate to pay the amount thereof to be paid by such person to such con- tractor, such assessment shall be col lected as is provided in Section 5 of Act No. 10, of the Session Laws of the Twenty-Second Legislative Assem- bly, of the Territory of Arizona, being du sACl E1ulllleu GTdnClnS to lncOrpO- rate Cities and Towns certain powers and privileges in addition to those al- ready vested in them, by Charter or General Laws of this Territory"
 Sec. G. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to advertise for bids to do said paving in accordance with the law and the ordinances of this City, and the said bids or proposals for said con- tract shall be accompanied by a certi- fled check in the amount of ten per cent of the amount bid on said con- tract as an assurance that said bidder will enter into a contract with said City according to his bid, said check to be returned to said bidder should said City fail to enter into the con- tract with him according to the same. Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of its passage by the Com mon Council and approval by the Mayor. Passed this 5th day of June, 1906
 c. L. CAvEN,
 Mavor. Attest: c. W. HICKS, City Clerk. Approved this 7th day of June, 1906.
 c. L. CAVEN,
 Mayor.