The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1909-08-25
City Ordinance.
An Ordinance Ordering the
Construction ofLement Side
walks, Curb and Guttering
in the City OF Richmond, KY.
Upon the Ten Year Bond or
Payment Plan.


Be it Ordained by the City Council
Of the City Of Richmond, Kentucky as
follows.
Section l That cement sidewalks,
curbing and guttering be. and the same
are hereby ordered TO be constructed
on the ten-year bond or payment plan,
authorized by Section 1872 of the Ken
lucky Statutes, as amended by an act
of the General Assembly of the Com
monwealth of Kentucky, passed and
approved this 9th day of August, 1909
in the City Of Richmond, KY, as fol-
! lows:
On Lancaster Avenue, Richmond,
Ky., Trustees Christian Church, G. G.
Wallace, W. T. Adams, Mrs. 7. ].
Smith, d. b. Shackelford. W. d. Old
ham, Mrs. Pauline Smith, Mrs. d.
NJ. Bright, G. G. Cornelius. w. L.
Arnold, r. G. Stockton. Mrs. Elizabeth
Miller. Trustees Christian Church
parsonage. Jno. f. Greenleaf, Mrs.
George White, w. w. Watts, T. s. Bur-
nam, Eastern Ky. State Normal School
Mrs. VIM. NJ Irvine. J. b Parkes
Amos. B. Willis, B. L. Middleton. Joe
Giunchigliani, Colby Taylor, Episco-
pal church. Trustees Baptist church
! Trustees.
In front of each of said properties
pavements shall be six feet wide, and
on grade to be furnished by Board of
Public Works.
The curblng in front of ali said
properties shall be six inches thick
and shall extend to the bottom of gutter
and up 10 level with top edge of pave
ment, except in front of & c. Wallace
and Episcopal, Christian and Baptist
Churches, present curbing of which
will suffice.
Said guttering in front of each of
said properties shall be 10 inches wide,
six inches thick and shall be Joined to
pavement so as to prevent leaking.
Said work shall be constructed in
strict conformity to the general speci-
ications for the constructions of
cement sidewalks, curbing and gutter
ing heretofore adopted by said City
Council and approved by the Mayor.
And the location of said sidewalks, the |
manner of d)ing the work and the
quality, size and condition OF the ma
terials shall be as required by said gen.
eral specifications and by the Board OF
Public Works.
Section 2. Said work shall be done
and said materials shall be furnished |
at the exclusive cost and expense of |
the owners of lots, parts of lots and par
GELS of land, fronting or abutting on |
said streets aforesaid and between said |
points in front of which said side walks |
respectively may be so constructed |
and under the supervision of the Board |
of Public Works of said city. and sub
iect to the approval of said Board of |
Public Works; and lift should be found |
by said Board OF Public Works that any
part If said improvements does no, |
conform to said specifications or to |
this ordinance or that any ma |
materials so furnished are rot of the |
kind or quality required by such speci |
fications. said City Council reserves
the right to require the contractor to |
have the same completed, in the man
ner specified, byisOme other person. at |
the cost and expense of such contrac |
tor.
Section 3. The contract for con-
structIng said sidewalks will be award |
ed to the lowest and best bidder after |
proper advertisement for. bids, and the |
accepted bidder WILL be required to ex.
ecute bond with good and sufficient |
W hd4u III q BUN ttludl lO
the cost of the work performed under |
this ordinance, to be approved by said |
City Councils Finance Committee for !
the faithful performance Of his said |
contract, and conditioned further that |
said sidewalks will be of such a grade |
of workmanship and such quality of |
material as TO remain in n substantial |
lY good condition for q period of FIVE /
I.of- 1
and further that he will indemnify |
said city against any and all loss SUE
tanned by reason OF hindrance or delay !
in. or abandonment of said work, or /
resulting from the careessness or neg |
ligence Of himself, his agents. servants
or. employees in or about the prose-
cutiOn OF said work.
Section 4. The City Clerk is ordered |
to advertise for sealed proposals for |
constructing said sidewalks and fur |
nishing the materials therefor. which |
proposals must be accompanied by the |
names of at least two good and sniff |
cient sureties acceptable to said CITY /
Council; and said City Council reserves
the right to reject any and all bids so
received and 10 advertise from time
TO time, for other bids under the same
terms aud conditions.
The contractor. to whom the con-
tract for doing said work may eaward-
ell hereunder, mus enter into awritten
contract with said city, in the form
usual in said CITY aud must execute
bond TO said city as herein Above pro-
vided.
Section When the work is com-
pleted in accordance with the contract /
and specifications, the work shall be /
received by said CITY Council upon
receipt0 OF certificate from the Board |
OF Public Works stating that the work |
has been done according TO contract |
and specifications and said Board OF /
Public Works shall sppOrtion the cost |
OF said improvement against the lots /
or grounds AUDITING or bordering the /
improvement and anv owners of the /
lots or grounds abutting or bordering |
the improvement desiring to settle in i
cash for improvement assessed agains'
them may, within thirty DAYS, after the |
adoption OF the appOrtionment, pay the /
amount assesse ed against them 10 the /
City Treasurer, who shall place the \
money in the Street Improvement
Fund.-" At the expiration OF thirty
days after the adoption of the arpor-
tlonment. the Treaturer shall report 10
the Council the amount of cash receiv-
ed, from whom and upon what lots it IL
paid, and the Council shall order the
City Clerk to advertise Street Improve
ment Bonds for sale, to cover the un-
paid balance. together with all expense
attending the issue and sale of said
bonds. including the advertisements,
cost OF printing bonds, etc, said bonds
70 bear interest at the rate Of six per
cent per annum and when the bonds
shall have been sold the monev real
lied theTefrom shall be placed in the
Street improvement Fund" and an
order drawn against said Fund in favor
II the constructor tor the entire amount
Inc him including inta-ast at the rate