The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-03-15
AN ORDINANCE
Declaring the Paving Of certain parts
Of Fulton, Market, Main, Howard
and .Johnson streets and a certain

Declaring the Paving Of certain parts
Of Fulton, Market, Main, Howard
and johnson streets and a certain
part Of Carrollton avenue neces-
sary and looking 10 a special assess
mcnt thereof.
Sec. |. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Board Of Aldermen Of the city Of
Greenwood, State Of Mississippi, that.
Sec. II. 1t il deemed necessary by
the said Mayor and Board Of Aldermen
that those parts Of the following
streets in said city hereinafter set out
shall be paved, curbed, guttercd and
/ storm severed, viz: That part Of Full
ton street extending along said street
along the south end Of the bridge
across the YaZOo River to the Southern
boundary line Of Market street; that
part Of Market street extending
along said street from Fulton
Street to the Eastern Boundary line Of
Main Street; that part Of Main Street
extending along said street from the
Southern Boundary line Of Front
Street to the Southern Boundary line
Of CarroIlton Avenue; that part Of
Howard Street extending along said
street from the Southern Boundary
line OF Front Street to the Right Of
Way Of the Southern Ry. in Mississip,
ri and that part Of Carrollton avenue
extending from Howard Street to the
Right Of Way Of the Southern Ry. in
Mississippi where same is crossed by
Lamar Street. and that part of John,
son Street extending from the Right OF
Way of the Southern Ry. in Mississippi
along said Johnson Street to the Right
Of Way of the Y. & NJ. V. Ry.
Sec. III. That said paving, curbing,
gathering and storm sewering is deemed
an improvement which requires an IN,
usual outlay and costs in excess Of the
general improvement fund.
Sec. ". That said paving shall be
done with either one Of the following
materials to-wit: Asphalt, BituIithic
creosoted wooden block or vitrifec
brick; and said curbing or gathering o
Concrete and storm ewers of VitriheC
Thing.
Sec. V. That said street paving
curbing, gathering and storm sewerint
will be. by the Mayor and Board o
Aldermen, ordered to be done and two
thirds Of the cost Of same will be re
CURED to be borne by the owners o
owner of property sbutting on sale
streets at all points where said street.
are to be paved and curbed, gutteret
and storm severed, the owner or wi
ers on one side of each OF the street
paving one.third of said cost and tn,
owners on the opposite side Of each o.
the streets paying one-third of BalC
costs; unless within twenty days afte
the passage of this ordinance a majOri
ty Of the resident owners of said prop
crty so abutting shall file with tn,
clerk their protest in writing agains
such paving,
Sec. vi. That il the owner or an,
owner Of any Of the property fronting
and abutting on any portion of tn,
above described streets or street fails t.
pave, curb, gutter and properly storm
sewer that part as above set out o
said street lying in front Of their or hi
or her property within twenty day
after this ordinance becomes operative
then the street commissioner of sal,
city shall, upon order OF the Board
after giving thirty days notice to tn
owner or occupant of such piece o
pieces of property to the paved, curb
ed, guttered and storm severed and as
sessed, or, in case of ~unoccupied prop
erty, by posting a written notice there
on for such time, of the %necessit.
therefor, cause said parts of said stree
to be paved, curbed, guttered an
storm severed, keeping an account o
the costs thereof, and shall report sam
to the Board at its next regular meet
ing thereafter for assessment.
, Sec. VII. That in case of the failur
OF said majority of the resident owner
of said property on said streets to fiji
such protest within such time the sal
, Mayor and Board of Aldermen wi
through its said street commissioner a
above set out cause such paving, curl
ing, gathering and storm sewering,
be done and will contract for such t
be done and will levy a special assess
ment Of taxes on said property owner
Of said property, as is provided for !
Sections 34ll and 34l2 Of the Code c
Mississippi, Of 1906.
Sec. VIII. For cause shown this OIL
dinance shall take effect from and afte
the day Of its passage.
Approved March 9Th, 1912.
G. L. RAY, Mayor.
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