Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-24

! that portion OF Nevada street connect-
ling Twelfth avenue. and said Twelfth
avenue and said portion OF Nevada !
street to be paved width OF Feet
and in according with the speciiica-
tons adopted by the Lincoln Highway
commission.
South Ninth street from the south
/ line of the Minneapolis & st. Louis
railroad track south to Doty street and
continuing thence along Doty street to
the city limits. the said paving to be
10 feet in width and TO be in accord
ance with the plans and specifications
adopted by the Lincoln Highway COM
mission.
And that said paving shall include
all alley and street Intersections ex-
listing along said streets, ard the im-
provement shall be by grading, curbing
and paving, except curbing shall not be
required where the property owners
have heretofore caused curbing to be
constructed at grade and the same u
now in good repair, and said street
mprov ements shall be constructed Of
the following designated material and
In manner following, to-wit:
Said paving shall be constructed OF
a two inch wearing surface of cement
concrete laid on five inch cement
concrete DaSe, ana bdlQ CuTpluS bAAit
be constructed OF cement and gravel.
all OF which grading. curbng and paw
ing shall be done in accordance with
the specifications now on file In the
office of the city clerk OF the city OF
Marshalltown, Iowa, which are subject
to amendment before said paving shall
be ordered. except that portion OF the
same which hereinbefore has been
mentioned as being required to be done
in accordance with the plans and
specifications OF the Lincoln Highway
commission.
BE it further resolved and ordered
that contracts be made ard entered
into for the furnishing OF labor and
material tor such street improvements
as by statute provided and the cost
and expense OF such street improve
ments shall be assessed to and against
the property abutting thereon and the
owners thereof. and such other prop
| erty within the limits Of 800 feet as are
by law assessable for Il proportion OF
the expense and cost thereof. and all
in proportion to the special benefits
conferred upon said several properties
thereby and In accordance with the
/ law governing the same but said as
sessment shall not exceed 20 per cent
of the actual valuation OF any lot or
parcel of ground at the time of the
levy. and the last preceding assess
ment roll shall be taken as prima facie
evidence of such value: except that
| the whole or any part of the cost and
expense of said street Improvement al
intersections OF streets. highways
alleys and avenues, and the whole or
any part of the cost and expense oil
the same at spaces opposite streets.
! highways, avenues and alleys inter-
secting but not crossing, shall be APP
portioned, levied and assessed in ac-
cordance with the statutes now in
force in tho state of Iowa and APP
plicable thereto, and any deficiency
where the special assessments which
may be levied against any lot or tract
of land shall be insufficient to pay the
cost of the improvement, shall be paid
from the city improvement fund. said
city Improvement fund to be raised by
means of special levy on all property
in Marshafltown, Iowa, and to be made
TO exend over period OF ten years.
said levy to be in accordance with Sec
ton $50 Of the Code Of Iowa and acts
amendatory therto and as by law pro-
| vided.
The contractor shall be required to
] look exclusively to the funds stated
| IN the contract IOE INC payment Oh
said street Improvement and the city
Of Marshalltown. Iowa will not make
itself pecuniarily liable for the pay
ment OF the cost and expense OF any
part Of said improvement and will not
incur any indebtedness therefor.
You are further notified that the said
resolution OF necessity above referred
to will be considered for passage by
the mayor and city council OF the city
| Of Marshalltown. Iowa, at meeting to
be held in the council chamber in the
court house at Marshalltown, Iowa, at
Q o'clock a. M. on the 10th day of
March A. d. 1915, at which time you
and each Of you may appear and mako
! objection to the contemplated improve
ment and to the amendment and pas
sage Of said resolution OF to the pas
sage of the same as proposed.
! Dated this 18th day of February
A. d. 1915.
J. J. WILSON,
City Clerk of the City Of Marshall-
town, Iowa.
y Published in the Times Republican
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