The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1913-08-07
AN ORDINANCE

be IL ordained Dy Uhe mayor anu
Commissioners of the City of Natchi-
toches, La.
Section l. That acting under the
Charter and laws of the City of Nat
| chitocheS and the laws OF the State
of Louisiana. and especially act No.
10 of 1896 and act No. 24l of 1912 act
! No. LAT of 1902 and the general laws
of the State relative to paving, gra-
yelling and improving the streets OF
Cities and town of the State of Louis
! lana, and having decided that such
| improvements are necessary and hav-
ing advertised for bids to put down
paving on Washington and Jefferson
| Streets in the City of NatchitOches
according to plans and specifications
of said work on file in the Office Of the
City Engineer, did pass an ordinance
calling for bids to do said work and
the Louisiana Petrolithic COnstruc-
tion Company having been the last
and lowest bidder for same, and hay
ing given sufficient bond for said work
as required by law was awarded the
contract to pave Washington and
Jefferson Streets.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That
the said prving so ordered to be put
down and contracted for, on Wash
ington Street having been conStruc-
ted and put down according to the
plans and specifications and the work
having been accepted and also APP
proved by this body.
| Be it therefore further ordained,
That the cost of construction of said
paving Of said street and in froat of
the different properties hereinafter
named owned by the hereafter named
property owners is hereby assessed
against said property owners as fol-
lows: One third o. said paving is here
| by assessed against each Of said prop
critics in front of which said paving
has been constructed and one third
against the City of NatchitocheS as
shown per the certified estimates of
the City Engineer as hereinafter men
| toned and described and made part
hereof:
Section 4. Be it further ordained
That the amounts shown by the GER
titled estimates made and filed by the
City Engineer is hereby approved as
correct and is hereby levied and as
sessed against the said property own
ers and the City of Natchitoches in
accordance with the frontage of said
property owners as per said plans and
specifications.
Section 5. BE it further ordained
that a copy of this ordinance and as
seSsment for the work done in putting
down paving on said Street in front
of said properties be recorded in the
mortgage records of the Parish of
NatchitOches and the amounts due by
| the property owners thereof as shown
herein ahall be and operate as a first
mortgage and special privilege on the
said respective properties herein des-
cribed in principal interest and costs
as provided by Jaw.
Section 6. Be it further ordained,
That on written application by the
said several property owners. which
application must be made within ten
DAYS from date of this ordinance,
herein named and their rendering
twenty per cent of the amount due
with costs, in cash that the Mayor
Commissioner be and he is hereby au-
| thorized to issue four paving certiti-
Gates to cover the balance of the
amount due on said paving by each
of said property owners for the cost
of said work to be due and payable in
one, two, three and four years after
date with eight per cent per annum
interest on the same from date till
paid and with all interest on each and
every one of said certificates due and
payable annually and the same to be
secured by said first mortgage, lien
and privilege on the AUDITING proper.
ties in front of which the said paving
has been constructed:
Section 7. Be it further ordgined
that the following is the cost Of build
ing and constructing and putting
down of the paving on Washington
Street, as per said ordinance, plans
and specifications in front of the pro
perties named and the amounts due
by each of said properties and proper
ties and property owners as well as
the City. of Natchitoches on and
along said Streets as follows to wit:
The following is the amounts due
by said properties and property own
ers for said paving as per the plans
and specifications made by said J. &
Henry, City Engineer IS follows:
Natchitoches La, Aug. 9Th 'l3
TO the Hon. Mayor and City Council
City of Natchitoches La
Gentlemen
| / hereby certify that following /!
the cost of Paving Washington Street
Between Dirt Bridge and
4 Texas Street, 826 SO. yds.,
at 78c per yard. ............l $644.2
Supt, fee Cd 5 per cent. 3D.
Che Catch Basin. ........ 2.3i
Cut and Fill .................:...; Alb
1UUdI. % SUs "
Total length of Street 262 #. Price
per running foot 92c.
Amount due by each property own
er is as follows:
City, 262 fl. Cd go per foot $241 on
Miss Lizzie Walmsley, 12O
fl. "a 92c per foot........ 1l0.4'
j. Emile Breda, SO TT. "a
&c per foot. 79.l
j. b. Pressburg. Sc #. % 92c
per foot. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81 D.
| Mrs. HELEN Walmsley,
104.5 "a &c per foot $751;.
Mrs. A. z. SWEET 1851 %
Sc per foot, :. .............. 1926
Total. $3.50. Il
Intersection of Texas Street
City 1855 SO. yds.. $151 s.
Intersection of Pavie Street
City SO $40 So. yds., 6S.2;
Amount of cost of Street from Payi!
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