Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-11-21
City Ordinance No. LOT,

An ordnance TO provide Tor the con-
struction Of sidewalk in the City of
Grangeville along the hereinafter de-
scribed street and providing for the
construction Of the same by the City
OF Grangeville in case Of failure to
construct said walk by the owner or
owners of the property along and in
front Of which said walk is to be
constructed, and providing for as
sessing the cost thereof, together
with the cost of labor against the
property in front of and along which
the same shall be constructed by said
City of Grangeville.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Coun-
Gil of the City of Grangeville:
Section l. That there shall be con-
structed of material and dimension as
hereinafter provided, and in accordance
with the general sidewalk ordinance of
the City of Grangeville the following
sidewalk to-wit:
Commencing at the Northeast corner
of Block 2 of South Main Street, run
ming thence Easterly along the South
ern boundary line of said Block 2-the
distance of Three Hundred Fifty (350)
feet or thereabouts to the intersection
Of South Main Street and Mill Street;
which said walk shall have at least
eight stringers, which said stringers
shall be lumber of good material and at
least two inches in thickness, and COW
cred with red fir plank surfaced on one
side at least two inches in thickness
and not less than four nor more than
eight inches in width and to be firmly
nailed to each stringer, and the walk
shall be sixteen feet in width running
from the building line to the top Of the
street curb and when finished to be,
level with the top of the curb and to
dip from the property line to the curb
not more than four inches, and all plank
to be firmly nailed with not less than
twenty penny nail, two nails in the
plank where the plank crosses
stringer.
Section 2. All persons owning prop
erty along or in front of which the side
walk above specified is to be built,
shall build and construct the same or
cause to be constructed said walk along
and in front of their respective prem
ises as above provided, on or before
the oath day of November, A. D. 1912.
Any walk or portion or parcel thereof
which shall remain unconstructed by
said above mentioned date, shall be
built by the City of Grangeville under
the direction of the Overseer of Streets
and the Street Committee of the City
Council, and the cost of building and
the labor shall be by the City Council
at any general or special meeting there
of, assessed upon and against the prop
srty in front of and along which the
same was built by said city or its au-
thorized employees, as special assess
ment for improvements and thereafter
certified by the City Clerk to the As
SCISSOR and Tax Collector of Idaho Coun-
ty, to be collected as other state and
county taxes.
Section 3. The owner or owners of
property along and in front Of which
this walk is to be constructed may build
the said walk of concrete, or cement
provided the same is made of good ma
terial and workmanship and of the di-
mansions as hereinbefore set forth and
to be constructed within the time as
herein provided and not otherwise.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take