The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-06-18
NOTICE Of ELEClON

offers of The Town of Henderson
vile.
At a meeting of the Commiss-
toner's of The Town Of Hender-
sonville, duly called according to
law, and held at the Town Hall,
on the 9Th day of June, $685.
Michael Schenck, Mayor, and
j. A. Bryson, J.F. Brooks, J. C.
Morrow, j. M. Rhodes, e. C..
Ross and ]. o. Williams, Com
missioners, being present, the
following preamble, resolution
and order were made:
WHEREAS on the 18th day of
February and the 9Th day of Mar
eh, 1903, the Commissioners of
The Town of Hendersonville be-
lieving that they were acting in.
the best interest of the whole.
people of The Town of Hender-
.sonville, passed ordinances and
resolutions to the effect that the
side walks on Main Street and.
Anderson Avenue should be paw.
ed with the cement and concrete
as set forth in contract as record
ed on pages 288 ct seq. of the
town records of date 1903, as
work necessary to be done, to be
paid for as provided for in order
recorded in said records on page
284 of said records, as follows:
Be it Ordained by the Board
of Commissioners; That the work
of putting down concrete pave
ments on Main street and Ander-
son avenue, as heretofore deter
mined, shall all be let to contract
and the work commenced by first
day of April, 1908. except that
part which may be done by Adult
ing property owners; that the
abutting property owners shall
have the option of doing the work
which is to be charged to them
themselves; Provided the same
is done according to the specii-
cations and under the regulations
made by the town and within
the time prescribed by the town.,
to-Wit. All owners shall give not
ice in writing to the Secretary
of the Board of Commissioners
by the first day of April, 1908,
that they, in good faith, intend
to do the work required to be
done by or for them, and that
they will commence the work on
or before the 18th day of April,
1908, and will complete same on.
or before the 18th of May, 1908,
and in all cases where said notice
is not filed with said secretary by
the date mentioned and the work
commenced by the date mention.
ed, the owners shall be deemed
to have waived the right to do
the work themselves, and the
same shall be done by the Town
and charged to the abutting own
'ers to be paid for as ordered by
the Board. It is futher ordered
that the Secretary of the Board
see to it that a copy of this ordi-
nance and all the orders made by
the Board relating to the paving
Of said walks on Main street and
Anderson avenue be forthwith
placed in the hands of resident
owners, or their agents, and mai
ed to the nonresident owners,
or their agents.
And whereas the Commissions
ers were advised and believed
that they had the right under the
law to. borrow the money to make
the improvement specified in said
order, and to require the property
owners getting the direct benefit
of said improvements to repay
said money as required, into the
Treasury, so as to indemnify the
general taxpayers and those not
directly benefited against being
taxed for the purpose Of the i'm
Eprovement to individual property
owners: and whereas, in antici-
patton of saidscheme said Com
tmissioners entered into contract
with a competent contractor to do