The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-28
CITY PAVING

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An Ordinance declaring the paving Of
the part of Washington Stree,
from Howard Street to the IVES,
side Of Mary Street to be neces-
sary.
Sci. l. Whereas, it is deemed nee.
essary by the Council of the. City Of
greenwood. mississippi, that that part
OF washington Street from Howard
! Street west to the west side of Mary
street in said city shall be paved. curb
ed, guttered aud storm severed;
Sec. 2. That said paving, curling.
gathering and storm sewering is deem
ed q special Improvement of said part
OF said street which is necessary and
which requires an unusual outlay and
cost N excess of the general improve
ment fund and in the judgment of she
Council the general lng l.ystIesa
should not te used foE the n,.,zs, /;
making such specia. Improvements.
Sec. 8. That said paving be done
either with concrete, T.shomingo gravel
or Novaculite. or with Tlshominpo
gravel and Novaculite, and said curb
ing and gutteriEg to be Of concrete. and
storm sewers of Vitriied thing. all
said work to be done according to the
plans and specifications now on file in
the City Clerks office, reference to
which is hereby made;
Sec. 5. That said street paving.
curbing and gathering will be. by the
Council of the City of Greenwood, Mis-
sIssippi, ordered to be done and two
thirds of the cost of same will be re-
quired to be borne by the owner, or
owners, of the property abutting on
said street, that is to say, the owner
or owners on n side of the street paw
ing one third of the cost of said i'm
provement and the owner or owners on
the other side of the street paying one
third of the cost and the CITY paving
one-third of the costs of said improve
ments;
Unless ten days after the compile
ton of the publication of this ordinance
or resolution, as required by law, there
IS a protest against said improvements
hled with the Council by a majority of
the property owner residing on or
otherwise occupying property owned by
them and included within those parts
OF the above named street, or unless at
the regular May, 1916, meeting said
council shall allow such objections to
said improvements or any part thereof
as may be presented, heard and consid-
cred at said meeting and it is hereby
stated that at said meeting there will
be heard and considered the objections
presented by each and every property
owner interested, whether such o
ty owner or owners are actually occu-
plying their property adjoining said
street or whether or not such property
owner or owners are residents or non
residents;
Sec. 6. That if the owners or any
owner of any of the property fronting
or abutting on any portion of the above
street fails to pave. curb and
gutter properly that part of said street,
as above set out, lying in front of their,
his or her property within 30days after
the order has been passed by the Coun-
Gil for these special improvements and
in accordance with plans and specifca-
tons as adopted by the Council, then
the said Council shall cause the said
improvements to be made as prescribed
by law and the cost of the work shall
be assessed against the owners as pre-
scribed by law and this ordinance.
Sec. Z. That for cause shown this
ordinance shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved April 4, 1916.
G. L. RAY, Mayor.
Attest: s. H. Montgomery, Clerk.