The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-10-23
An Ordinance.


The following ordinance was intro
Queen, seconded, and passed by the vote
of all aldermen in the affirmative.
Whereupon the Mayor declared same
duly adopted, as follows
An Ordinance Providing for the Paving,
CURLING, Gutterlng and Storm Sew
ering of Certain Parts of DepotSt.,
Main St., and Green st. and all of
the Public Square.
Whereas on the 3rd day of August,
1914, the Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Grenada. Mississippi, in reg
ular session, by ordinance or resolution
of that time duly entered on their min
utes and in pursuance of the City Char
ter. declared the paving, %curbing, gut
tering and storm sewering of the fol-
lowing streets and parts of streets in
the East Ward of said City, to-wit: De-
pot street, from the |. c. Railroad main
line track to Doak street, Main street,
from the intersection of Main and De-
pot streets, to the sidewalk crossing at
the northeast corner of the public
square; Green street, from the inter-
section of Green and Depot streets, to
the sidewalk crossing at the northwest
corner of the public square; the north,
cast, u dllh WSSi iiC Va n M
lie Square, to be necessary, and caused
said ordinance or resolution to be duly
published in the Grenada Sentinel, a
newspaper published in said municipal
ty, once a week for three successive
weeks. as provided by the City Charter,
which publication is found and hereby
adjudged to have been duly made, and,
Whereas, a majority of the resident
owners of the property on that part of
said streets to be improved thereby, or
of the property owners actually resid-
ing on or otherwise occupying property
owned by them and included within that
part of said streets so ordered to be
specially improved, have not up to this
time filed a protest in writing against
such improvement with the clerk of
this Board, and whereas there has been
10 protest filed against, or objection
made to, said improvement or any part
thereof, by n person whatsoever.
Therefore, be it ordained by the May
or and Aldermen of said city, in regu-
lar session,
Sec. |. That said parts of said
streets mentioned and defined in said
ordinance or resolution, that is to say,
Depot street, from the l.. c. Railroad
main line track to Doak street, Main
street, from the intersection of Main
and Depot streets to the sidewalk cross
ing at the northeast corner of the Pub
lie Square, Green street, from the in
tersection of Green and Depot streets
TO the sidewalk crossing at the north
west corner of the Public Square; the
North, South, East and West sides of
the Public Square, shall be paved with
bitulithic and according to plans and
specifications adopted by this Board;
that the owners of each lot or piece of
ground abutting on that part of said
streets so ordered to be specially i'm
proved shall pave each one-tbird of the
width of said streets in front of
or lying along their said property, or
be subject to special assessment under
the City Charter each for one-third of
the cost of paving same.
y Sec. 2. That the City Engineer be
and he Is hereby directed to make a re-
port to this Board as O o as practical
BILE, showing separate Pieces of proper
ty abutting on or lying along
that part of said streets to be paved,
as above provided, stating the owners
or occupants of each lot or piece of
ground abutting on that part of said
streets to be paved, the width of the
street in front of or lying along each lot
or piece thereof, together with such 9TH
er data as will enable the Board to levy
a special assessment under the City
Charter to pay the cost thereof.
Sec. 3. That all ordinances and parts
of ordinances in conflict with this ordi-
nance be and the same are hereby re-
pealed and this ordinance shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after its
passage.
Approved, B. F. THOMAS,
Mayor.
l.. B. JAMES,
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