The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
AN
Declaring the paving Of certain parts
Of Fulton, Market, Main, Howard

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 Especial assess
ment therefor.
Sec. ]. Be il ordained by the Mayor
and Board Of Aldermen Of the City Of
Greenwood, State Of Mississippi. that:
Sec. II. II is 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, guttered and storm
severed, viz. That part of Fulton
street extending along said street from
the south end Of the bridge across the
Yazoo river 10 the southern boundary
line Of Market street; that part Of
Market street extending along said
street from Fulton street TO the east
efn 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 CarrOllton avenue;
that part Of Howard street extending
along said street from the southern
boundary line of Front street to the
right Of way of Southern Railway in
Mississippi, and that part Of CarroIlton
avenue extending from Howard street
to the right of wayof the Southern Ry.
in Mississippi, whore the same IS cross
I'd hy Lamar str, e., and that part Of
johnson 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. Il NJ. V.
Railway,
Sec. III. That said paving, curbing,
gutterlng and storm sewering is deem
ed a special Improvement on said parts
Of said streets which is necessary and
which requires an unusual outlay and
costs in excess Of the general improve
ment fund and in the judgment Of the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen the gen
eral improvement fund should not be
used for the purpose Of making such
special improvements.
Sec. ~. That said paving be done
with either one Of the following mate
rails, to.wit: Bitulithic. creosoted wood
en- block or yitrified brick; and said
curbing or gathering Of concrete and
storm sewers Of vitriied thing; all said
work to be done according to plans and
specifications now on file in the clerk S
lnfice, reference to which is hereby
made.
Sec. V. That said street paving,
curbiBg, guttering and storm sewering
will be, by the Mayor and Board Of AL.
| dermen, ordered to be done and two
thirds (2-3) Of the cost of same will be
required to be borne by the owners or
owner of property abutting on said
IJstreets at all points where said streets
Fare to be paved and Curbed, guttered
| and storm severed, the owners or own
er on one side Of each of the streets
paying ne-third tl-3) of said cost, and
| the owner or owners on the opposite
side of each of the streets paying one
third of said costs; unless within ten
days after the completion Of the publ
I~cation Of tfls ordinance " resolution
as required by law, there is a protest
t$gainst said improvements filed with
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen by
a majority Of the property owners re
siding on or otherwise occupying prop.
erty owned by them and included with.
lin those parts of above named streets
as above set out; or unless at the reg,
ular July, 1912, meeting the said Mayor
land Board of Aldermen shall allow such
tobjections to said imr rovements orssanS
Epart thereof as may be presented
heard and considered at said meeting
and it is hereby stated that at sale
meeting there will be so heard and con
fsidered the objections presented by
beach and every property wner inter
ested. whether such property owner o
owners are actually occupying thei
property adjoining said streets o
whether or not such property owner o
owners are residents or nOn-residents,
Sec. VI. That if the owners or an,
Eowner of any of the property fronting
or abutting on any portion OF the abOv,
described streets fails to pave, curb
gutter and storm sewer properly tina
part as above set out of said street ~
ing in front of their, or his or her prop
erty within thirty days after the orde
of the Mayor and Board of AIdermeI
has been passed for these special i'm
provements and in accordance wit
plans and specifications as adopted b.
said Mayor and Board of Aldermen
then the said Mayor and Board of Al
dermen shall cause said special i'm
provements to be made as prescribe
by law and the cost of the work sha
be assessed against the wne as pres
crlbed by law and this ordinance.
Sec. VII. For cause shown this OF
dinance shall take effect from and al
ter its passage,
Approved June 4th. 1912.