The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-01

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND
U DIRECTING A SPECIAL ELECTION
ING THE ASSENT OF THE ELECTORS
OF THE BOROUGH OF HONESDALE
TO AN INCREASE OF THE BOROUGH
Whereas, There exists an appropriation
of $17, 10000 made by the Highway Depart
ment of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania for Wayne county, which appropri-
alton is available for paving purposes in
the borough of Honesdale; and
cne t IN TO ad am6
must, "a" Connect the paved street with
an existing State Highway. b." Have
the pavement completed before the first
of June 1914 And WHEREAS, The State
Highway engineers have made survey
and draft of the streets proposed to be
south side of Fourth street to Weaver's
crossing forty feet in width, and from
Weaver's crossing to the north line of the
which the Trolley line will run, and from
Weaver's crossing along West Park
street to the west line of the borough six
teen feet wide, there connecting with an
existing State Highway: and WHEREAS,
the State engineers estimate the cost of
a vitrified. brick pavement along the said
streets at siXty-nine thousand dollars,
and WHEREAS, The paper obligations
of the said borough together with the
present Indebtedness would exceed two
per cent. of the last assessed valuation
of the said borough; and WHEREAS,
The Wayne County Railway Company
street and it is desirable that the said
street should be paved as the rails are
laid; and WHEREAS, D0Se;ducting from
ton, b. The amount to be paid by the
Railway Company, as per their franchise,
which amount is to be paid direct to the
| crease of indebtedness of not exceeding
| forty thousand dollars, and deducting the
tw93-thirds of the remaining cost of the
| said pave to be paid by the owners of
| real estate bounded by or abutting there
on, which AMOUNT is to be paid direct to
the b, borough H Treasurer would leave the
| fifteen thousand dollars. THEREFORE:
Sec, Fdrst-Be it enacted and ordained
| by the Town Council of the borough OF
Honesdale in the county of Wayne and
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in coun-
Gil assembled, and it is hereby enacted
same; That the Town Council desire 'tc tc
make an increase of the present in
debtedness and for that purpose set forth
| the following statement.
Of the said borough is two million one
| hundred and ninety thousand one hun.
dred and eighty dollars.
b. That the present indebtedness is
&c" That the per centage of increase
| is two per cent.
ID" That the purpose of said increase
| is to defray the cost of pave upon Mair
and West Park streets.
Sec: Second-That special election be
held IN the said borough on the Eleventh
day of July, 1918, for the purpose of OBJ
tanning by ballot the consent of the elec
tors of the said borough for the said in
| crease of Indebtedness for the purposes
| aforementioned.
The foregoing Ordinance was on the
| Fifth day of June a. ID. 1918, ordained
and enacted, adopted and passed by tht
Town Council of the borough of Homes
dale in council assembled as an ordin
ance of the said borough, to go into eff
feet and operation from and after tn,
publication thereof according to law.
MARTIN CAUFIELD,
! President of the Town Council OF tn,
Borough of Honesdale
JOHN ERK,
| Secretary of the Town Council of tn
Borough of Honesdale.
Approved this Sixth day of June 1913.
CHAS. A MCCARTHY,
47Wi. Burgess.