The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

| said Twenty-fourt hstreet: thence north
 ward and parallel with the center line If
 said Twenty-fourth street to a point near
 the south line of Eighth avenue and opp l posite to and eighteen inches from the
 beginning of the curve in the east rail of 1 the east track of the Birmingham Rail- | way. Light and Power company; thence l eastward and parallel with and eighteen l inches from said east rail to the east line of said Twenty-fourth street: thence northward along the east line of said Twenty street to a point eighteen inches north of the north rail of the north track of the Birmingham Railway, Light
 and Power company, in Eighth avenue; thence westward and parallel with and eighteen inches fro msaid north rail to point 94 feet east of the center line Of Twenty street; thence northward
 and parallel with the center line of Twen- ty-fourth street to the south line of Ninth [ avenue; thence westward along the south
 line of Ninth avenue 1SS feet: thence
 southward and parallel with the center
 line of Twenty fourth street to a point eighteen inches west of the beginning of the curve in the west rail of the west track of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company near the north line or Eighth avenue; thence southwestward and
 parallel with the eighteen inches from
 said west rail to the west line of said
 1Wenty-tOurtn street, thence SouluWdEu
 alon gthe west line of saId Twenty-fourth
 street to a point eighteen inches south of
 the south rail of the south track of the
 Birmingham Railway Light and Power
 company, in Eighth avenue; thence east
 ward and parallel with and eighteen
 inches from said sout hrail to a point 9.4
 feet west of the center line of Twenty
 fourth street; thence southward and par
 allel with the center line of said Twenty
 4< AaT.f nfrr1.A Annra f1nhn
 from and opposite the end of the curve
 in the west rail of the west track of the
 Birmingham Railway, Light and Power
 company near the north line of Sixth ave-
 nue; thense southwestward and parallel
 with and eighteen inches from said west
 rail to the north line of said Sixth avenue;
 thence eastward along the north line of
 said Sixth avenue to the point of be-
 ginning. Also the area bounded as fol-
 lows: Beginning at point on the north
 line of Tenth avenue 9.4 feet east of the
 center line of said Twenty-fourth street;
 thence northward and parallel with the
 center line of said Twenty fourth street
 to point near the sout hline of Twelfth
 avenue eighteen inches east of the be- ginning of the curve in the east rail of the east track of the Birmingham Rail-
 way. Light mad Power company; thence
 northeastward parallel with and eighteen inches from said east rail to the south
 curb line of Twelfth avenue; thence west ward along the south curb line of Twelf h avenue to point eighteen inches west of tffe west rail of the west track of the Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power
 company; thence southwestward eighteen inches from and parallel with said west rail to a point 9.4 feet west of the center line of Twenty-fourth street; thence southward and parallel with the center line of said Twenty-fourth street to the north line of said Tenth avenue; thence
 eastward along the said north line 1S.S feet to the point of beginning, and the , gutters along both sides of said Tewnty-
 fourth street from First avenue to Sew
 enth avenue, and from Tenth avenue to
 the south curb lire of Twelfth avenue for
 a width of two @ feet, shall not be paved with bituminous macadam, but shall be paved with vitrified brick on a concrete foundation.
 Provided, however that in case the in- tersections of Twenty fourth street with
 Third avenue, Fourth avenue, Sixth ave-
 nue or Seventh avenue. either or any of
 them are paved under any ordinance now
 pending in or heretofore passed by the
 Board of Mayor and Aldermen prior to.
 the construction of the paving authorized by thAs ordinance, said intersection or in- tersecfions shall not be paved under this ordinance.
 Sec. g. Be 1t further ordained that the cost of constructing the aforesaid lm- provements shall be assessed and levied upon and against the property abutting
 on the portions of the said streets and avenues improved, to the extent of the in-
 creased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from such improvements and not in excess of the total cost of such Improvements. 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 so intersecting for one-half block in each direction.
 Provided however, that no charge as- sessed upon and against any lot or parcel of land shall be greater than the tn- creased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from such improvements.
 Provided, however, that the cost of paw ing between the rails of any street rail- road or any other railroad tracks and the space between said tracks and for eighteen inches on each side of the tracks l~fncIuding switches and turnouts. shall not be assessed against the property
 abutting the streets and avenues as afore-
 sad, but shall be paid by the owner of such railroad and shall be assessed against and form a lien on said railroad
 a. the property used in connection there
 with.
 Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve any street railroad of it's obligations In the matter of street improvements.
 Sec 3 Be 1t further ordained that the | estimated cost of said improvement s | s52, 900 and that the Board of Mayor and | Aldermen will meet on the 7th day of August 1907, at the council chamber of the city hall of Birmingham at o'clock. D. m., to hear any objections or remon- strances that may be made to said inn provement, the manner of making the same or the character of material to he used.
 l Sec f. Be 1t further ordained that full | details drawings. plans and specified l 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 Birmingham | not later than two weeks prior to the date named in section of this ordinance, where property owners who may be effect | ed may see and examine the same. 1 Sec. Bti it further ordained that the | ordinance shall be published by the city clerk ii the newspaper published in the city of Birmingham. doing city print ing. once a week for two consecutive
 weeks. The first publication to be not less than two weeks prior to the date set
 ..eren at which the Board of Mayor and
 Aldermen will meet to hear objections or remonstrances that may be made 10 said Improvement. the manner of making the same or the character of material to be used
 Adopted July 3. 1907.
 GEORGE R WARD Mayor