The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-02-05
PRELIMINARY NOTICE.
OF Consideration for Passage Of Pro-
posed Resolution Of Necessity
for Street Improvement.

Notice is hereby given that at a
injecting of the city council of the
city of Leon, Iowa, held on the 18th
day of January, 1914, there was in
troduced the Resolution of Necessity
hereinafter set forth, which said
resolution will be considered for pas
sage by the city council at a meet
ing to be held in the city hall at 1880
o'clock p. M, on the 5th day of Feb
ruary, 1914, at which time the own
ers of the property subject to the
assessment for the cost of the street
improvement contemplated in said
resolution may appear and make OBJ
| jections, if any they have, to the
contemplated improvement and the
passage of said proposed resolution
of necessity, which resolution is as
follows, to-wit:-
Resolution of Necessity.
Be it resolved by the city council
of the city of Leon, Iowa, on its own
motion, that it is deemed advisable
and necessary to improve by grading,
curbing and paving the following
streets and parts of streets located
in the city of Leon, Iowa. to-wit:-
Section l. On Main street from
and connecting with pavement at
10th street south on Main street
and on the Leon and Davis City road,
to the north side of bridge on Pos
sum Creek
Section 2. On Idaho street from
and connecting with pavement at 9Th
street south to and connecting with
pavement on Commercial street.
Said street improvement shall be
made and constructed of one, or
more, of the following kind or
kinds of material, to-wit:-
Bitulithic laid on cement concrete
foundation; Asphaltic concrete wear
ing surface composed of select
ed hard stone and the best
grade of natural lake asphalt
% inches in thickness laid on
a Portland cement foundation;
No. / vitrified brick block laid on a
cement concrete foundation. Curbs
to be of Portland cement concrete.
Combination curb and gutter to be
of Portland cement concrete, or gut
ter to be of Portland cement con-
crete, asphaltic concrete, bitulithic,
or No. 1 vitrified brick block with
concrete foundation. The city coun-
Gil to determine the kind or kinds
of pavement, curbs, curbs and gut
tiers, or cutters, to be used, for each
separate section or part of the work
above enumerated.
All of which grading, curbing and
paving shall be done in accordance
with plans and specifications to be
prepared by the city engineer and
approved by the city council.
Be it further resolved, that the en-
tire cost of making said street i'm
provement, including the cost of es-
Inmates, notices, inspection, prepare
ton of the assessment and plat, the
cost of paving, curbing and gutter
ing, the intersections of streets and
alleys crossings and one-half the
cost of paving, curbing and gutter
ing streets and alleys intersecting but
not crossing, shall be assessed
against the property abutting on
and adjacent to the entire streets
and parts of streets so paved, curb
ed and guttered, in proportion to
the benefits derived by said AUDITING
and adjacent properties, and in &C
the same. The city of Leon to pay the
same. The city of Leon to pay the
cost of extra grading and such 9TH
er cost of said street improvement,
If any, not included in the aforesaid
cost and expense to be assessed
against abutting and adjacent prop
erty; except only, if any portion OF
the cost of said street improvement
may not be lawfully assessed against
abutting and adjacent property and
the special assessment which may be
levied against any lot or tract of
land, shall be insufficient to pay the
cost of said improvement, the de-
ficiences and costs thereof, if any,
shall be paid from the city improve
ment fund. The contractor who shall
make said street improvement shall
guarantee that the same will endure
without need of repair for a period
of five years from the date of its ac-
ceptance by the city.
Be it further resolved, that when
ever the contractor who shall make
said street improvement shall have
finished and fully completed, accord
ing to contract, all of the streets
and parts of streets herein above
separately described and enumerated
in any one of said paragraphs, num-
bered and designated as sections /
and 2, and the same shall have been
accepted by the city council the city
shall proceed without unnecessary
delay, and as by law provided, to
make the levy for such streets and
parts of streets, herein separately
described, and so completed and ac-
copied, and issue to said contractor
the assessment certificates therefor,
and shall also issue warrants upon
the city improvement fund for such
an amount, if any, as should be paid
from said improvement fund for
such street improvement so complet-
ed and accepted.
Dated at Leon, Iowa, this 18th day
of January, 1914.
S. G. MITCHELL,
City Clerk of Leon, Iowa.