The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-06
Confined from, yesterday,
Street PAVING,

road or alley therein to be graded, or
curbed, or re.curbed with stone, con.
crete or other suitable material. or
paved or re.paved, between curbs, with
brick. wooden blocks, asphalt or other
suitable material, or to be graded and
curbed or re.curbed and paved or re.
paved as aforesaid, or TO be macad.
amized, or to be otherwise permanent.
~ improved or repaired, under such
supervision as may be directed by
ordinance or resolution, upon the best
bid to be obtained by advertising for
proposals therefor, except the city may
do the work without letting II 10 con.
tract, as hereinafter provided in (d)
OF this section; and may purchase or
condemn land as prescribed by chap.
ter forty-two Of the Code OF West vir.
ginia for opening or widening avenues,
streets, roads and alleys. Two.thirds
of the cost of such grading. curbing
and paving or matchmaking, or other
permanent improvements. OF any OF
the avenues, streets. roads and alleys
as aforesaid, from and including the
curb OF either side thereof to the mid.
die thereof. and two.thirds OF the cost
OF purchasing or condemning land as
aforesaid for street purposes, may be
assessed to and required TO be paid by
the owners OF the land, lots or frac.
tional parts Of lots fronting or bound.
ing on such avenue, street, road or al.
ley SO improved. except as otherwise
provided In paragraph (g) OF this sec.
ton.
tb) Payment is to be made by all
land owners on either side OF such
portion Of any avenue. street. road or
alley so paved, opened. widened or
improved In such proportion Of the
total cost lless the portion, II any,
charseable to the street or other rail.
way company as the frontage in feet
Of his abutting land bears to the total
frontage Of all the land so AUDITING
on said avenue. street, road or alley
or portion thereof opened, widened,
paved or improved as aforesaid; but
the cost Of such paving or improve
ment on said avenue, street, road or
alley mot including opening or wild.
ening) shall not include, any portion
or amount paid for the paving or I'M.
provement Of the intersection Of av.
enues. streets, or roads or alleys. un.
less the work to be done, and the pay.
nient made therefor, as especially
otherwise provided therein, as follows,
to.wlt:
(c) Upon petition IN writing OF the
owners OF not less than one half in
lineal feet of property AUDITING upon
any avenue, street, road or alley In
said city, asking the city 10 grade, curb,
pave or macadamize. or otherwise to
permanently improve such avenue,
street, road or alley, and offering in
said petition 10 have their property so
ahutting as aforesaid assessed not only
with their part of the cost of such i'm.
provement abuttinS upon their prop.
erty, MS therein otherwise provided,
but also offering to have their said
property proportionately assessed with
the total cost of the paving, grading
and curbing, or matchmaking or 9th.
err permanent improvement. of the In.
tersections of the avenue, street. road
or alley so paved or otherwise perma'
nently improved. as petition for the
board OF directors may order such
work to be done, as heretofore pro.
vided inthis section, and the total cost
thereof, including cost OF intersection,
to be charged to and paid, by the own.
crs Of the property abutting on such
avenue. street, road or alley, and that
the paving assessment or certificate
made or issued to cover the cost Of
paving, grading and curbing or other.
wise permanently improving such in.
tersections shall be made separate
and one OF the last assessments
or certificates due against him and
their property so assessed; and the
city may assume the payment Of such
assessment or certificate covering The
cost Of such intersections, or may REIN.
burse the property owners paying the
same out Of its general levies for
streets, but there shall be no legal OBJ.
legation on the city to do so.
{d} The city Itself may do such
work and charge and collect the cost
thereof in the same manner set out
In section one hundred and thirteen
herein. The decision Of the city to do
such work may be- without notice or
after the publication Of the notice men.
toned in this section, or after the re.
lection Of all bids for the doing of the
work.
te) The cost OF grading, curbing,
and paving, or otherwise improving,
the intersections or, parts Of intersec.
lions, OF avenues, streets, roads or al.
leys, on the plans adopted by the board
of directors for such work, shall be
paid by the city: except as otherwise
provided in paragraph tc) of this sec.
tion. s.
tf) And II any such avenues, streets,
roads or alleys be occupied by street
car tracks or other railroads, the cost
of said Improvements between the
rails and two additional feet outside
OF each rail shall be assessed to and
borne and paid entirely by the person
or company owning or operating the
street car or other railway line, unless
otherwise provided by the franchise
OF such street car or other railway
company granted previous to the pas.
sage OF this act.
fg) Provided, that the board OF di.
rectors IL they so elect, may order and
cause any avenue, street, road or al.
ley, public park or public place to be
widened. graded or changed in grade
and curbed and re.curbed, and paved
or re.paved, with brick, concrete. as
phaIt or any other suitable materials,
or macadamized. or otherwise perma-