The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-01
A RESOLUTION

and looking TO a SPECIAL assess
ment therefor.
Be it resolved and ordained by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Grenada, Mississippi:
Sec. l.. 1t is deemed and hereby de-
clared to be necessary by the said May
or and Aldermen that the following
streets and parts of streets, in the
East Ward of the City of Grenada,
be paved, curbed, guttered and storm
severed, namely: Depot street from
the l. c. railroad main line track to
Doak street; Main street from the in
tersection of Main and Depot streets
to the sidewalk crossing at the north
east corner of the public square; Green
street, from the intersection of Green
and Depot streets to the sidewalk
crossing at the northwest corner
of the public square; the north,
east, south and west sides of the
public square, the entire public square.
Sec. 2. Said paving. curbing, gut
teripg and storm-sewering is deemed
and declared to be Ia special improve
ment on said streets and parts of streets,
which is necessary and which requires
In unusual outlay and cost in excess of
the general improvement fund of said
city, dflQ VI lut JuuRIlClI VI Vie mdNOT
and aldermen the general improvement
fund should not be used for the purpose
of making such special Improvement.
Sec. 3. Said paving shall be done
with creosoted wood blocks and said
curbing and gathering of concrete, and
storm sewers of vitrified clay, all of
said work to be done according to plans
and specifications adopted by said mayor
and aldermen and now on file with the
city recorder in the mayors Office in
said city, reference to which is hereby
made.
Sec. 4. Said street paving, curbing,
guttering and storm-sewering will be
ordered to be done and the cost of the
same will be required to be borne by
the owners of property abutting on said
streets and parts of streets at all points
where said streets are to be paved.
curbed, guttered and storm-sewered, as
follows: On Depot street from the |.
{. railroad main line track to Main
street, and from Green street to Doak
street, two-thirds (2-3) of the cost of
paving, curbing, guttering and storm
sewering same will be required to be
borne by the owners of property abut-
ting thereon, by the owners on one side
thereof paying 1-3 of said cost, and the
owners on the opposite side thereof
paying l-3 of said cost.
On Depot street from Main street to
Green street Q-3) one-third of the cost
of paving, guttering, curbing and storm
sewering same will be required to be
borne by the owners of property abut-
ting on the south side of said part of
said street; on Main street, from the
intersection of Main and Depot streets
to the sidewalk crossing at the north
east corner of the public square, one
third Q-3) of the cost of paving, curb
ing, guttering and storm-seweriug same
will be required to be borne BY the
owners of property AUDITING on the east
side of said part of said street; on
Green street, from the intersection of
Green and Depot streets to the side
walk crossing at the northwest corner
of the public square, one-third 1-3) of
the cost of paving, curbing, guttering
ant storm-seWering of same will be re-
quired to be borne by the owners of
property abutting on the west side of
said part of said street; on the north
side of the public square, one-third C-3)
of the cost of paving, curbing, gutter
ing and storm-sewering same will be
required to be borne by the owners of
property abutting on the north Size of
the public square.
Unless within ten days after the COM
pletion OF the publication of this ordi-
nance or resolution, as required by law
and the city charter, there is a protest
agains said improvement filed with the
mayor and aldermen by a majority of
the property owners residing on or 9TH
erwise occupying property owned by
them and included within those parts of
the above named streets as above set
out, or unless at the regular June, 1914,
meeting the said mayor and aldermen
shall allow such objections to said i'm
provement or part thereof as may be
presented, heard and considered at said
meeting; and it is hereby stated that at
said meeting there will be so heard and
considered the objections presented by
each and every property owner inter-
ested, whether such property owner or
owners are actually occupying their
property adjoining said streets or parts
of streets, or whether or not such prop
erty owner or owners are residents or
non-residents, allowing them the right
to be heard in person or by counsel or
both.
Sec. 5. That if the owner or owners of
any of the property fronting on or abut
ting on any portion of the above de-
scribed streets or parts of streets fail
to pave. curb, gutter and storm-sewer
properly that part as above set forth of
said streets lying in front of, or abut-
ting on his or their property, within
thirty 800 days after the order of the
mayor and aldermen has been passed
for these special improvements, and in
accordance with the plans and specif-
cations as adopted by the mayor and
aldermen, then the mayor and aldermen
shall cause said special improvements
to be made as prescribed by law and the
charter of said city, and the cost of the
improvements shall be assessed against
the owner as prescribed by this ordi-
; nance and under the charter of said
, city and the law.
Sec. 6. That this ordinance or reso-
luton take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
B. F. THOMAS, Mayor.
April 20. 1871. 4-27-3t