The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23


class having a population OF more Snal
seventy thousand lnhaDltta sles f+sr adont
the provisions of chapter Ia OF the oes-
sion Laws OF 1897. and a. estabIisbs
Tnent acquiring, maintenance, regulation
and Improvement of public PARKS parks, pa 1I,a-
ways, bouleVaTds, Streets brlogesi VIA
duets public buildings, GROUNDS anu
Be if enacted by the Legislature of the
Section l. That all cities of the first
class having PoR Dpbsbfant 4t wieh have
adopted or which may hereafter aGoPI
the provisions of chapter La OF tne Ses
sion Laws of 1907, and amendments tIlere-
to- are hereby authorized and required 20
have and maintain system or PUBIC
hereby authorized to establish, acquire ana
maintain public parks, parK"dys anu
boulevards and TO regulate Sne t,biiI nerHs
parlxWays, boulevards, Streets prioSes;
viaducts. public buildings, grounds altq
places in the manner hereinafter ProNlueQ4
TO carry out the provisions of TINS act
there shall be organized an executive 1 e9
5enarfment of parks, and all of the affairs
Of said department shall be under the I'M
mediate control and management OF the
con1missioner of parks and public proper
ty: provided, that the foregoing ltmlta.
ion shall NOT extend to or cover the cost
~ c,oA contract price of curbing, guttering
having or macadamiZing any or tne
boulevards Of such city a. Jm in r enV U of
or may s9Se ns avenues or alleys of such city
now or hers, hereafter 1 fraxfrSe or Steam
railway. and the cost or contract
nrice Of such improvements of such boule,
Yards, stFestS +, Scomputtng the aggregate
sum of three hundred thousand dollars
above mentioned ,. -, II
appoint some suitable person as superln-
tendent of parks. ,a,o,or. of
said civ are hereby authorized to levy,
subject only to the limitations Gontalne4d
in this act an annual TAX on e aIa one2
fofrth mill on the dollar to create a gen.
eral park fund to be. used by sald ooa lrd
IN Establishing. acquiring, improving ana
nnafnfainine public narks. parkways and
bouievards, and generally in carrying OUT
eai5 low 10 the county clerk of the coun-
tT in which said city IS situated and have
the same placed on the tax rolls there-
Of and collected as other taxes
any such city are authorlzed 70 Iteg, sun IN
mis- act an annual tax on all taxable
nroperty of any park district Oh Such CITY
OF 9d,i ~ 70 create a park fund for such
district to be used by said board IN the
srouiring. Improvement and maintenance
a. dDatirs and boulevards in such districts,
a Inl, " oDd have the same placed upon the
taI roll and collected as other taxes.
Sec 3 Said board OF commissioners
shall have power, and 1t shall pc ITS GUY,
70
&c lie narl1Ways and boulevards for the
pysa of the CITY and its Inhabitants, and
10 select and designate lands TO De used'
acnuired and appropriated Tor such pur-
noses, within the ~ ITn1ts, ana 70 selec55
rro,5fes and streets for bouleVards and
&c rir1,aSs and to cause the same to be
6nened widened. improved and mann
ta5na5 as hereinafter set forth, and to
Lease purchase. condemn or otherwlse
acrl1ire in the name of the city, lands Tor
marks, parkwayS, DouieVaruSs OF pupIc
scnares and to establish, change or re-
ssstablish the grade of any boulevard or
9arkway and to require any steam OF
sfreef railway maintained upon or across
such boulevard or parkway to be brought
to the grade so established, changed OF
&C. When the board of commission
ers of any city shall. by resolution, de-
clare IT necessary that any street or other
public way of the city or part thereof be
e boulevard or park they snail Tx
fip1e for the consideration thereof, and
the city clerk shall give nouce OF su se.
meeting for at least ten days IN the OIL
ciaI paper of the city to all persons In
terested in said matter, and at sald meet
ing the board of commissioners shall, by
ordinance, approve or diSapprove of sucf
resolution and If the board of commits
the said board shall thereafter have eX.
elusive authority to improve, repair anS
maintain such street or public way IN al
respects and as to all the matters pro
vided for in this act, and IT shall be tht
duty of said board so to do.
Sec Z Said board of commissioners
shall also have power to superintend, con
troll and manage any and all parks, park
ways and boulevards belonging to or I'M
der control of the city, and TO improve
adorn and regulate the same In such man
ner as it may deem best, and to establish