The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15
Attest:
J. c. MURRAY, City Clerk. Age-Herald, July S-15. 1907.
Improvement Ordinance No. Ss7.
 NEW SERIES"

To provide for paving Third avenue from the east curb line of Thirteenth street to the west line of Eighteenth street.
 Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Birmingham. That the curb stone on both sides of Third ave nue. from Sixteenth street to Eighteenth street. be moved towards the center of said avenue three (3) feet, so as to mar row in the driveway to a uniform width of fifty (50) feet.
 Be 1t further ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Birmingham, That the portions of Third avenue lying between the curb lines from the east surb line of Thirteenth street to the west line of Eighteenth street, including the inter section of Third avenue and Fourteenth street, Fifteenth street. Sixteenth street and Seventeenth street shall be paved with bitulithic.
 Provided, hiwever. that the gutters for a width of two @ feet along the same and the area bounded as follows shall not be paved with bitulithic, but shall be paved with vitrihed brick on concrete foundation, to-wit: Beginning at point on the east curb line of Thir- teenth street 9.4 feet north of the center line of Third avenue; thence eastward and parallel with the center line of said Third avenue to a point 9.4 feet west of the center line of said Seventeenth street to the north line of said Third avenue; thence eastward along the north line of said Third avenue 1S.S feetHa thence southward and parallel with the center line of said Seventeenth street to a point 9.4 feet north of the center line of said Third avenue; thence eastward and par alel with the center line of said Third avenue to the west line of Eighteenth street; thence southward along the west line of said Eighteenth street 1S.4 feet; thence westward and parallel with the center line of said Third avenue to a point near the east line of Seventeenth street. IS inches southeast of the south east rail of the southeast track of the turnout of the Birmingham Railwa ., Light and Power company; thence south westward and parallel with and IS inches from said southeast rail to the south line of said Third avenue; thence westward along the south line of said Third avenue to a point 9.4 feet west of the center line of Seventeenth street. thence northwari and parallel with the center line of said Seventeenth street to a point 9.4 feet south of the center line of said Third avenue; thence westward and parallel with the center line of said Third avenue to the east curb line of said Thirteenth street: thence northward along the east curb line of said Thirteenth street 1S.S feet to the point of beginning.
 Section 2. Be 1t further ordained that the cost of constructing the aforesaid improvements shall be assessed and levied upon and against the property abutting on the portions of the aforesaid strets and avenues improved to the ex- tend of the increased value of such prop erty by reason of the special benefits de- rived from such Improvements and not in excess of the total cost of said im- provements.
 Provided however, that the cost of all improvement upon street, avenue or alley intersections shall be assessed against the lots abutting on the streets, avenues. or alleys Iso intersecting for one half block in each direction.
 Provided further, that no charge as- sessed upon and against any lot or par eel of land shall be greater than the in- creased value of such property by req son of the special benefits from such Improvements.
 Provided however, that the cost of paw ing between the rails of any street rail- > oad or any other railroad tracks and The space between the tracks and for eighteen inches on each side of the tracks, including switches and turnouts, shall not be assessed against the prop erty abutting the streets and ave nues as aforesaid, but shall be paid by the owner of such railroad and shall be assessed against and form lien on said railroad ana the property used III conHec- ton 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 3. Be 1t further ordained that the es- timated cost of said Improvements Is s27 500 and that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen will meet on the 7th day of Au- gust 1907, at the council chamber of the IDt~ .f.,fx at n fr1n n m to hear any objections or remonstrances that may be made to said improvements, the manner of making the same or the character of material to be used.
 Sec. f. Be 1t further ordained that full details, drawings, plans and specified tions of said work and estimates be pre- pared by the city engineer, as early as practicable and placed by him on file in his office in the city hall of Birmlng- ham, not later than two weks prior to the date named in Section of this ordi- nance, where property owners who may be affected by said improvements may see and examine the same.
 Sec. 5. Be 1t further ordained that the ordinance shall be published by the city clerk in the newspaper published In the city of Birmingham. doing city printing, once a week for two consecutive weeks. The first publication to be not less than two weeks prior to the date set herein at which the Board of Mayor anc Aldermen of Birmingham will meet to hear objec- tions or remonstrances that be made to sold fn,nrovement the manner of making