The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1914-02-26
An Ordinance.
Bv Mr.. Kile:

OOml1lSSIOHeTS Vi IIle OICy VI N"USiIA
tocheS La.
! Sedtion l. That acting under the
Charter and laws of the City or Nat
chitocheS and the laws Of the State
of Louisiana and specially act No. 1t
of 1896 and act No. 24I Of 1872 and
act No. TAT of 1912 passed and adop
ted by the General Assembly OF the
State of La, and Other laws relatlYe
to the paving and gravellng OF Streets
in the cities and towns of the State
of La and having decided thai such
paving. crawling and improving was
and is, necessary in the City of Nat
chitoches and having advertised for
bids for said work to put down paw
ing on the streets of the City of Nat
chitoches OH Pavie Street, according
to the plans and specifications of said
work on file in the Mayors Office as
made and specified by the City En-
gineer. did pass an ordinance calling
for bids TO put down said paving and
The Louisiana Petrolithhic COnstruc-
tion Company having been the lowest
and successful bidder and the work
| having been awarded to 1t. and hav-
ing given sDond as the law directs,
were awarded said work to pave said
| Street.
Section 2. Be 1t further ordained
/ that said paving so ordered to be put
town and contracted for on said PaVie
street having been constructed ana
put down on the blocks hereinafter
named according 80 the contract plans
and specifications and the work hav-
ing been duly approved by the City
Engineer and this body and accepted.
Section 3. Be it therefore further
ordained; That the cost of cOnStruc-
tion of said paving on Pavie Street
on the blocks herein named, and in
front OF tho properties herein named
and abuttIng on said street is hereby
assessed against said owners Of said
properties and against the said prop
critics AUDITING on said Street in the
amounts hereafter named and deS-
cribed as follows: One third of said
paving is hereby assessed against each
of the properties and property owners
on each side of said PaVie Street,
AUDITING on said street where said
paving las been constructed and one
third of said cost OF construction is
assessed against the City of Natchi-
tOcheS, as is shown per the estimates
and certificate of the City Engineer,
hereto annexed ami made part here
of
Section 4. Be it further ordained;
That the amounts shown per the said
estimates and certificate of the CITY
Engineer, hereto annexed, to be the
cost of construction of said paving is
hereby approved as correct and is
hereby assessed and levied against
each of said properties and property
owners and against the City of Nat
chitocheS, in accordance with the
frontage of each of said properties on
said Street. in front OF which said |
paving has been put down and con
structed by said Contractor as per
said plans, specifications and appro- |
val.
Section 5. Be it further ordained:
That copy of this Ordinance and |
assessment for the work done in put
ting down and constructing paving
on said Payie Street in front Of the
different properties named, be duly |
recorded in the mortgage book, in the
Recorders Office of the Parish of Nat
and the amounts shown
therein to be due by each of said pro-
perties and property owners shall be
and operate as a privilege lien and
first mortgage on against same, in
interests, costs and attof-
news fees in case of suit to enforce
Of SINE, or any part there
Of:
Section 6. Be it further ordained;
That on written application by any
one of the said property owners.
Which application must be- made
within ten days from date of this or
iinance and on rendering with said
ten days twenty per cent of the
amount due, in interests, costs com
missions ETC., the Mayor Commission
er is hereby authorized and empow-
cred to issue four certificates of in
paving certificates, for
the balance due by each of said pro-
perties and property owners for the
cost OF said work, and said four GER
titicates to be due and payable in one,
two, three and four years after date
and to bear eight per cent per annnm
interest from date with ten per cent
on the same as attvS fees in case of
suit. and all of the interest on each
and all of said certificates to be due
and payable annually and the same
10 be secured by said first lien,- and
first mortgage OH and against the said
AUDITING properties for which said
certificate is given and rests against,
and in front of which said paving has
been constructed, by said contractor
Section T. Be it further ordained:
That the following is the costs of the
building and construction and putting
down of said paving on Pavie Street,
in front of said abutting properties,
and due by said properties and property
owners as is fully shown per the certi
ficate of the city engineer and approval
of this body, and as per the plans and
specifications of said work, and the
certificate of city engineer hereto an
nexed and made part of this ordinance,
and are the amounts due BY each Of
said properties and PROPERTY owners
and hereby assessed against same in
to the frontage Of each of
said properties abutting on said Pavie
Street and against the city of Natchi-
toches for the portion due by it as fol-
lows to-Wit:
Natchitoches, La,
February 18th, 1914.
10 the Hon. Mayor and City
Commissioners,
City of Natchitoches, La.
Gentlemen:
hereby submit the following as the
cost of paving part of Pave Street:
First block. Between Washington
and Second Streets.
Average width of street 21.34 feet,
length 420 feet, equals 1852 so SO. feet,
1862. 80 SO. feet divided by equals
995 60 So yards.
995 60 So yards 78c per So
yards equals s7T5, n
$40 feet of gutter "a l6e per
foot equals 1884, 40
Gut, 6ll and drain 84.00
per cent commission 4977 /
Total $1045 II
a0QE II dir;dnd hrr 400 nn,,nI- 90 OF