The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-08-28
A RESOLUTION

Green Street, and all of the Public
Square, to be necessary, and looking
to a special assessment therefor.
Be it resolved and ordained by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city OF
Grenada, Mississippi:
Sec. /. 1t is deemed and hereby de-
clared to be necessary by the said mayor
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-sewered, namely:
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 eros
sing at the northeast r OF the
public square; Green street, from the
intersection of Green and Depot streets
to the sidewalk crossing at the north
I west corner of the public square; the
north. east, south and west sides OF the
public square.
Sec. 2. Said paving, curbing, gutter.
ing and storm-sewering is deemed and
declared to be a special improvement on
said streets and parts of streets which
is necessary and which requires an I'M
usual outlay and cost in excess OF the
general improvement fund of said city,
and, in the judgment OF the mayor and
aldermen, the general Improvement
fund should not be used for the pur-
pose of making such special improve
ments.
Sec. 8. Said paving shall be done
! with bitulithic, and said curbing and
guttering with concrete, and storm
sewers of vitriied clay all OF said
work to be done according to plans and
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and aldermen and now on file with the
| city recorder in the mayors Office in
said city, reference to which plans and
specifications is hereby made.
Sec. 4. Said street paving, curbing.
gathering 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 or parts of streets
are to be paved. curbed, guttered and
storm-sewered, as follows: On Depot
street from the l. c. railroad main line
track to Main street, and from Green
street to Doak street, two thirds (2-3)
of the cost of paving, curbing, gutter
ing and storm-sewering same will be
required to be borne by the owners Of
property abutting thereon, by the own
| ers on one side paying one-third of said
cost and the owners on the opposite side
side paying one-third of said cost; on
Depot street, from Main street to
Green street, one-third of the cost of
paving. curbing, guttering 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 of the cost of paving, curbing,
gathering and storm-sewering same,
will be required to be borne by the
owners of property abutting 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 of the
cost of paving, curling, guttering and
storm-sewering same, will be required
to be borne by the owners of property
sbutting on the west side of said par,
of said street; on the north side of the
public square, one-third of the cost OF
paving, curbing, gathering and storm
sewering same, will be required to be
borne by the owners of property abut-
ting on the north side of the public
square. Unless within ten days after
the completion of the publication O.. thi:
ordinance or resolution as required by
law and the city charter there is a pro.
test against said improvements flee
with the mayor and aldermen by a ma.
jority of the property owners residing
on or otherwise occupying property
owned by them and included within
those parts of the above named street.
as above set out, or unless at the regu
lar October, 1914, meeting of the sale
mayor and aldermen, the mayor anC
aldermen shall allow such objections t
said improvements or part. thereof a.
may be presented, heard and consid
cred, and it is hereby stated that a
said meeting there will be so heard an(
considered the objections presented b.,
each and every property owner inter
ested, whether such property owners
are actually occupying their propert!
adjoining said streets or parts o
street, or whether or not such property
owners are residents or non-residents
allowing them and each of them thu
right to be heatd by counsel, in person
or both.
Sec. 5. If the owner or owners o
any of the property fronting or abut
ting on any portion of the above de
scrlbed streets or parts of streets fail
to pave, curb, gutter and storm-sewe
that part as above set forth of salt
streets lying IN front of, or AUDITING
on, his or their properly, within thirt,
(30) days after the order of the mayo
and aldermen has been passed for thes'
special improvements, and in accord
ance with the plans and specification
as adopted by the mayor and aldermen
then the mayor and aldermen shall
cause said special improvements to b,
made as prescribed by law and the cit,
charter, and the cost of the improve
ments shall be assessed against tn
owner as prescribed by this ordinance
or resolution and under the charter o
said city and the law.
Sec. 6. That this ordinance or reso
luton take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.