The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-15
PRELIMINARY NOTICE.
or Consideration for Passage of Pro-
posed Resolution of Necessity
for Street Improvement.

Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the city council of the
city of Leon, Iowa, held on the 18th
troduced the Resolution of Necessity
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:-r
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,
curling and paving the following
streets and parts of streets located
in the city of Leon, Iowa, to-wit:-
Section |. On Main street from
and connecting with pavement at
18th 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
9 inches in thickness laid on
Portland cement foundation;
No. l 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, asphaltfc concrete, bitulithic,
or No. l vitrified brick block with
concrete foundation. The city coun-
of pavement. curbs, curbs and gut
ters, 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, curling and gutter
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 abutting
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,
EF.