The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01
AN ORDINANCE


= provide for the paving, curling and
Rntferiug Of that part Of C.rroIlton
Aven1e from the Z. & n. ". r. &.
eastwardly to the corporation lines
Section l. Whereas. on the End day
june. 1915. the. Council of the CITY
Of Greenwood. Mississippi, 81 ORDINANCES
or resolution Of that date, duly entered
on their Minutes under and ID pursu-
ance Of Chapter $50 Of the Laws Of
Mississippi. of 1912. declaring the pav-
nc, curbing and guttering of that part
OF Carr0llt0n Avenue from the Y. e N.
Z. +. R. e~astwardly to the corporation
line to be necessary, and caused said
ordinance or resolution to be duly pub
ilshed as provided by law, said or
dlnance or resolution being pub
lished in The Commonwealth, q news
paper published in the said municipal
ity. said publication being made in
June 18th, June 18th, and June 18th,
1916, issue of the said Commonwealth,
and which publication is adjudged to
have been duly made, and;
Whereas, q majority of the resident
owners of the property on that part of
said street to be improved thereby, or
the property owners actually residing
or otherwise actually occupying prop
erty owned by them, and included with
IN that part of said street SO ordered to
be specially improved, did not within
ten Q0) days after the completion of
the publication of said ordinance or
resolution of June End, 1915, and have
not up to this time filed q protest in
writing against such improvement with
the Clerk of this Council, now, there
fore, be it ordained by the Council of
the City Of Greenwood, Mississippi,
that said street mentioned and defined
in said ordinance or resolution, that is
to say-that part of Carrollton Avenue
from the Y. &. M. V. r. R, extending
eastwardly to the corporation line, shall
be paved with Tishomingo gravel and
the curbing and guttering shall be of
concrete, and both paving, curbing and
guttering shall be according to the
plans and specifications adopted by this
council, and which said plans are now
on file in the Clerks office, that the
owners of each lot or piece Of ground
abutting IN that part of said street
shall pave each one third of the entire
width of said street in front of, or
lying along their property, or be SUBJ
ject to a special assessment under Sec
tions Bali and 3412 of Code of 1906, and
said Chapter 260 as far as applicable,
each for one third Of cost of paving
same. .
Section 2. That the City Engineer
be, and he is hereby directed to make a
report to this Council as soon as prac-
ticable showing separate pieces of
property abutting on that part of said
street to be paved as provided above,
stating the or occupants of each
lot or piece of ground abutting on that
part of said street to be paved, the
width of the street in front Of and ad-
joining each lot or piece Of ground, to-
gether with such other data as will en-
able the said Council to. levy q special
assessment under Section BALI and 34l2
of the Code of Mississippi 1906 and
said Chapter 26O of the Acts of 1912 as
far as applicable to pay the cost
thereof.
Section 8. That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with this
ordinance be, and the same are hereby
repealed and for cause this day shall
take effect, and be in force from and
after its passage.
Approved this Aug. II, 1915.
G. L. RAY, Mayor.
Attest: WARNER WELLS, Clerk.