The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-08-14
ORDINANCE NO. 10.

the SOuln Sue Oh ElsntH Direct,
| from the East line OF Cedar Street,
to point 100 feet East of Cedar
Street, in the City or Cairo, County
of Alexander, and State of Illinois.
Be It Ordained by the Council of
the City Of Cairo:
Section I. That a local improve
ment shall be made within the City
of Cairo. County of Alexander and
State of Illinois. t.le nature, charac-
| ter, locality and description of which
local Improvement is as follows:
That a cement sidewalk eight feet
in width be constructed on the South
side of Eighth Street from the East
| line of Cedar Street, to a point 100
feet east Of Cedar Street, adjoining
the lot line, in the City of Cairo, in
front of the following described
lots, blocks, tracts or parcels OF
| land, viz:
City of Cairo, Lot 81, Block 6s,
100 Front Feet.
, Specifications for Cement Sidewalk
Said Sidewalk shall be construct
| ed as follows. viz: A foundation
shall first be prepared by cutting
down or filling up the natural sur
face of the ground to within eight
and one-half inches below the grade.
which foundation shall consist OF
| the surface of the ground as above
sph CHI ln{
a layer of cinders four inches in
| depth. On the foundation thus pre-
pared there shall be placed layer
| of hydraulic cement concrete four
inches in thickness, composed of one
part cement, equal In quality to the
best Portland cement and two parts
of the best clean, coarse sharp
sand After mixing said cement
and sand dry, five parts of broken
stone, crushed to size SO as to
pass through a ring of two and one
half inches internal diameter. or
washed river gravel shall he added
thereto, and then water added in
sufficient quantity as will give
surplus of moisture when rammed.
Before the layer last described has
| set, a layer or finishing coat. shall
| be placed thereon one-half inch In
| thickness, to be made of one part OF
cement, equal in quality to the best
Portland cement. and one part of
torpedo gravel.
Said sidewalk shall be laid in
line between the points herein es-
| tablished as a grade, which grade Is
hereby established as follows, to-
wit:
Said grade shall be equal in ele-
walton to the top surface of the GER
tain stone monument located near
the southwest corner of Sixth street
land Commercial avenue
| Section ., That said Sidewalk
shall be paid for by special taxation
| of the lot, lots or parcel of land up
on the line where such sidewalk is
ordered, by levying The whole cost
thereof upon each of the lots, blocks
or parcels of land upon the line of
| such sidewalk in proportion to their
| frontage on such sidewalk In other
words, each lot. lots or parcel of
| land shall be taxed the whole cost of
| THAT part of the sidewalk that
touches upon such lot. lots, blocks
or parcels of land.
Section 3. That all owners of
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line OF the above mentioned side
walk shall under the supervision of
| the City Engineer, construct side
walk in front of their respective lot,
lots or parcels of land in accordance
with the specifications set forth in
this ordinance within thirty days
| from the publication of this ordi-
nance, and in default thereof, then
the said sidewalk shall be construct
ed by the said City of Cairo under
the supervision of the said City En-
gineer, and a bill of costs therefor
| showing in separate items the cost
| OF grading, material, laying down
and supervision shall he filed in the
office OF the City Engineer, certified
to by the said city Engineer, to
gether with a list of the lots or par
Gel of land touching upon said side
walk so constructed the names of
the owners and frontage thereof as
provided by law, whereupon the said
city Engineer, shall proceed to make
a tax list against said lot, lots or
parcels of land on said sidewalk and
said City Engineer shall thereupon
issue his warrant, directed to the
said City Treasurer OF the city of
Cairo, for the collection OF the
amount OF such special tax as APP
pears from the tax list to be due
from the respective owners Of the
lots or parcels of land touching up
on the line of such sidewalk. and
such officer upon the receipt OF such
Warrant shall proceed to collect the