The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-23
PAVING RESOLUTION.

"A NeSOlulIOH uFtici iiiS tAS P"'iio
curbing and guttering Of that
part of Fulton Street from Mar
ket Street to Washington Street
to be necessary and adopting
plans and specifications for said
Special Improvements:
Be it Resolved by the Council of the
City of Greenwood, Lefore County,
Mississippi:
Sec. /. That in the judgment of
the Council of the City of Greenwood,
it is necessary that that part Of Full
ton Street from Market Street to
Washington Street be paved, curbed
and %guttered;
Sec. 2. That said paving, curbing
and guttering and grading is deemed
a special improvement, for the max
ing of which the General Improve
ment Fund should not be used;
Sec. 8. That said special improve
ment shall be made in accordance
with the plans and specifications now
on file in the office of the Clerk of
said City, said pavement to be of AS
phaltic Concrete as therein provided,
which said specifications and plans
are hereby adopted and approved, and
shall be considered as a part hereof
as if the same were copied herein in
full, reference thereto being specially
made.
Sec. 4. That said special improve
ment will be, by the Council of said
City of Greenwood, ordered to be
made, and one-third of the cost of
said special Improvement shall be
paid by the said City, and two-thirds
Of the cost of same shall be required
to be paid by the owner, or owners, of
the property AUDITING on said street,
or part Of said street which is to be
specially improved, that is to say, the
AUDITING property owner, or owners,
on one side of said portion of said
street to be specially improved will
be required to pay one-third of the
cost Of said special improvement and
the abutting property owner, or own
ers, on the other side of said portion
Of said street to be specially improv-
ed will pay one-third of the cost of
said special improvement.
Sec. s.. That any property owner,
or owners, actually residing on or
otherwise actually occupying proper
ty owned by him, or them, and in
cluded within that part Of said street
to be specially improved, may file
with the Clerk Of the City Council
his, her, or their protest in writing
against said proposed special i'm
provement at any time within ten
days after the completion of the pub
LEGATION of this resolution as required
by law, and if a majority of such
property owners shall so file such pro-
test, said special improvement shall
not be made. ..,
Sec. 6. That at the regular meet
ing of the said Council, to be held at
the City Hall of said City, the same
being their usual place of meeting, on
the 18th day of Oct, 1916, said Coun-
Gil will hear and consider the OBJ
jections of all interested parties, or
property owners, who shall appear
and present the same, whether the
property owner, or owners, actually
occupy his, or their property adjoin-
ing said part of said street proposed
to be improved OF not, and regardless
OF whether or not said property own
er, or owners, be resident or %non-resi-
dent, owner, or owners.
Sec. 7. That each and every prop
owner with property AUDITING
on said part of said street shall have
the right to make said special i'm
provement for himself, within the
time as provided by law and this res
o%lution, but for the sake of uniformi-
ty in said work, said special improve
must be made in accordance
the plans and specifications now
on file in the Office of the City Clerk
Of said City hereinbefore referred to
and hereinbefore adopted and ap-
proved. But, failing therein, said
Council will cause said special i'm
provement to be made as provided BY
law, and the cost of said special i'm
provement will be assessed against
each property owner as prescribed by
law and this resolution.
Sec. 8. That this resolution, and
proceedings herein contemplated,
ire Under, and by virtue of and pur-
'uant to Chapter 26O Of the Laws of
l012 as amended by Chapter 211 of
he Laws Of 1914, Of the State of
Mississippi, reference to said laws
lereby being specially made.
Sec. Q. That for cause shown, this
esolution take effect and be in force
and after its passage. !
Approved Sept. 10Th, 1916.
G. L. RAY, Mayor.
.ttsst. p. II. Montgomery, Clerk.