The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-05
ORDIN ANCE

An ordinance entitled An Ordinance for the | Construction and Laying of Concrete Side
 Walks on Certain, Portions of Certain Streets | in the City of Prescott, Arkansas.
 Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Prescott, Arkansas;
 1 Section l. That a concrete side walk be
 laid and constructed in the manner hereinafter | provided by the owner or owners of real prop
 erty abutting upon the East Side of the East | Second Street from the intersection of Elm Street to the Street along the line between | sections eight and nine. at Block thrty-tive | Brad Scotts addition; and along the East Side | of East Fifth Street from Elm Street to Ross | Street; and along the East side of East Fourth | Street from Main Street to Pine Street; and
 along the East side of East Third Street from | Walnut Street to Hazel Street; and along the | South side of Pine Street from East Third to | East Fifth Street: and along the South side of
 Elm Street from West Third Street to the corner of Lot Four in Block Four of Ansey's | Addition to the City; and along the East side
 of West Third Street from Main Street to | Laurel Street; and along the West side of l West Second Street from Lot Twenty Seven, Block Two of Reppy' addition to the Northern Terminus of same; and along both sides of the Street which divides Ansleys from Bryans addition to the city,
 Section 9 That the concrete side walks to be put down and constructed on portions of
 the streets described in Section One of this
 Ordinance shall be put down, laid and con structed as to grade. according to the lay or
 natural rise and fall of the abutting property,
 provided that this shall be uniform and gradual
 from the corner of street to street. and with
 not to exceed one rise and one fall between
 streets.
 Sections That the side walks as herein
 directed shall be laid and constructed in the
 following manner and out of the following
 materials, to-wit:
 That a good and substantial foundation shall
 first be made and provided for said proposed sidewalks, by providing solid bed sfor that
 purpose and to that end; that upon the foun- da ation made and provided as aforesaid a bot
 T !. h.a .,ad t. h.a of sufficient thickness and depth after being
 well tamped so that the top of said filling of sand when so prepared, shall come With in five inches of the top of said side walk: that upon and above said bottom filling shall be grouting to consist of one part or Portland cement, two parts of course sand and three parts of clean gravel or crushed stone the whole to be properly, mixed and well tamped: that next upon and above said grou:ing there shall be constructed a finish one inch in thickness, and said finish to consist of two parts of Portland cement and three parts of sharp coarse sand that the top or sur faceof said proposed side walk shall have un- form fall or downward slope from the inside to the outside thereof equal to one-fourth of an inch to each foot.
 Section | That if the owner or owners of any property facing adjoining, or abutting on that portion of the streets named in Section One .of this Ordinance shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions hereof in the man. ner and within the time herein provided, the City of Prescott shall, after giving twenty days notice in writing to the said owner or owners. or to the agent in charge of said prop erty, of it's intentions to so do. contract with some suitable person for the construction of said side walk on the best terms that can be made and in the manner hereinafter prescrib- ed by this Ordinances and that the said City of Prescott shall pay said persons on construct ing said side walk, the price of said work, and that the amount so paid by said City of Prescott together with six per cent penalty added thereto, and six per cent interest shall constitute a charge against the owner or own | CTS of said property facing or adjoining on said side walk, and shall be and constitute a lien on said property from the date of the | of said work, and said charge | and lien shall be assignable by said City. Pro | yided that said charges may be recovered by | m ordinary suit against the owner or owners | of said property, by said city, or it's assigns by suit in equity, in courts having Jurisdiction of