The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-28
AN ORDINANCE

Declaring the paving Of certain parts
Of Fulton, Market, Main, Howard
and johnson streets and a certain
part of CarrOlltoD Avenue neces-
sary and looking 10 special 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 streetfrom
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
crn boundary line Of Main street; that
part Of Main street extending along
said street from the southern boundary
line of Front street 10 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 Southern Railway in
Mississippi, and that part Of CarroIlton
avenue extending from Howard street
to the right Of way Of the Southern Ry.
in Mississippi, where the same is cross
ed by Lamar street, 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. & NJ, V.
Railway.
Sec. III. That said paving, curbing,
guttering and storm sewering is deem
ed a special improvement on said parts
of said streets which is necessary and
which requires al 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: BituIithic, creosoted wood
en- block or vitritied brick; and said
cufbing or gutterlng Of concrete and
storm sewers of vltritied thing; all said
work to be done according to plans and
specifications now IN file in the clerk s
Office, reference to which is hereby
made.
Sec. Y. That said street paving,
curbing, gutterlng 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 admitting on said
streets at all points where said streets
are to be paved and curbed, guttered
and storm severed, the owners or own
or on one side of each of the streets
one-third (l-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
of this ordinance or resolution
as required by law, there is a protest
against said Improvements filed with
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen by
a majority Of the property owners re-
on or otherwise occupying prop
erty owned by them and included with
in those parts Of above named streets
as above set out; or unless at the reg
ular July, 1912, meeting the said Mayor
and Board of Aldermen shall allow such
to said improvements orssany
part thereof as may be presented,
heard and considered at said meeting
and it is hereby stated that at said
meeting there will be 50 heard and CON
sidered the objections presented by
each and every property owner inter
whether such property owner or
are actually occupying their
property adjoining said streets or
whether or not such property owner or
owners are residents or non-residents.
Sec. vi. That if the owners or any
owner of any of the property fronting
or abutting on any portion of the above
described streets fails to pave, curb,
and storm sewer properly that
part AS above set out of said street ly-
ing in front of their, or his or her prop
within thirty days after the order
of the Mayor and Board Of Aldermen
has been passed for these special i'm
provements and in accordance with
plans and specifications as adopted by
said Mayor and Board Of Aldermen,
then the said Mayor and Board of AL
dermen shall cause said special i'm
proyements to be made as prescribed
by law and the cost of the work shall
be assessed against the owner as pres
by law and this ordinance,
Sec. VII. For cause shown this Or
dinance shall take effect from and af-
ter its passage.
Approved June 4th, 1912.