The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-18
PAVING ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE

nh oAOlItdiSC Lh1iS 1"S
to be assessed under Section 3411 OF
the Code of 1906 as amended by
Chapter 26O, Senate Bill No. 60, OF
the Laws sf the State of Mississippi,
against certain property on Carroll
ton Avenue from the Y. & N. v. K.
r. Company Easterly to the Corpora
ton line, and to provide for the fix
ing of the amount to be assessed.
An Ordinance or Resolution hxlng
the amount to be assessed against
certain property owners along Car
rollton Avenue In the City OF Green-
wood, Lefore County, Miss
Whereas, by ordinance Or resolu-
ton, duly ordained, the paving,
curbing and guttering on Carrollton
Avenue. from the Y. & M. V. R. R.
easterly to the corporation line, was
heretofore declared necessary, and
the same was published, as required
by law, and;
Whereas, there was no protest
against such improvements by the
resident property owners, or by the
nonresident property owners on the
parts of said Street to be improved,
and;
Whereas, said improvement by
ordinance duly ordained was ordered
to be made by the Council, and the
owners on the parts of said streets
to be improved failed to make said
improvements within thirty days
after the passage of said ordinance
or resolution declaring said paving,
curbing and guttering to be neces-
s2ry, and within thirty days after the
publication of the ordinance adopt
ing the plans and specifications for
said work, and failed to make said
improvements within thirty days
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tive, and;
Whereas, after said thirty days
for the making of said improvements
Ivy the owners had expired, and said
owners had failed to make or to be-
gin to make said improvements, or
any part thereof. and;
Whereas, the City Engineer under
the order of the Council cause said
Improvement to be made, and duly
kept IN account thereof, and;
Whereas, the City Engineer duly
reported the cost of said improve
ment to the Council at the meeting
on February 1st, 1916 after the same
was constructed for assessment,
and;
Whereas, the Council under Sec
ton 3411 of the Code of 1906. as
amended by Chapter 26O Senate Bill
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Mississippi, are required to apportion
said cost of the whole of said i'm
provement among such abutting lots
CT parcels O. ground, and to assess
the same therefor by a special tax
to pay the same.
Now, Therefore, proceeding to
make said apportionment and assess
ment, as required by law,
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Council of the City of Greenwood,
Mississippi,
Section First. That the cost of the
improvement of Paving, CURLING and
Guttering Carrollton Avenue, from
the Y. & M. V. R. R. e%astwardly to
the corporation line be, and the same
is hereby apportioned among the fol-
lowing described lots or parcels of
ground abutting thereon, in the fol-
lowing sums, the same being de-
termined by the Council by taking
the whole number of front feet i'm
proved and dividing the total cost of
the whole Improvement thereby by
3, and multiplying the quotient by
in such abutting lot or piece of
ground, and that a special assessment
and a special tax is hereby made and
imposed upon the following described
property and the owners thereof to
pay the cost of said improvement, as
follows:
Y. & M. v. R. R. Co. 80 #. 'front.'
ing on N. side of Carrollton Ave-,
Paying, curling, and guttering,
Y. & NJ. V. R. R. Co. eo.e #.
fronting on N. side of Carrollton
Ave-. paving, curling and guttering,
$3.50.
Greenwood Compress. Fronting
Ave, in Lot IA, Block %, Douglass
Part, paving, curbing and guttering,
$176.22.
Miss, Lucille Stoner & A. M.
Stoner. Fronting 1916 #. on N.
side of Carrollton Ave-, in Lot 13,
Block %, Douglass Part, paving,
curbing and guttering, S1s7.97.
w. l. Carr. Fronting 4S #. on N.
side of Carrollton Ave-, Lot 9, Block
s. Johnson Survey, paving, curbing
and guttering, $54.71.
John Dahmer. Fronting 26O #.
on N. side of Carrollton Ave-, Lots
it., Block g., Johnson Survey, paving,
curbing and guttering, s296.37.
Fire Department. Fronting 40 #.
on N. side of Carrollton Ave-, paving,
curbing and guttering, s45.6O.
Mrs. w. c. Austin. Fronting 900
#. on N. side of Carrollton Ave,
Lots 7, 8, 9, 10, II, and IL, Block 7,
Johnson Survey, paving, curling and
grading, $35O.5O.
j. T. Dean. Fronting $50 #. or
N. side of Carrcllton Ave. Lot 8, in
Block L, Madison Jones Addition,
paving, curbing and guttering,
$171.OO.
G. G. Dean. Fronting $50 #. or
the N. side of Carrollton Ave-, Lot 4
Block 1, Madison Jones Addition
paving, curbing and guttering
$171.OO.
T. F. Steele. Fronting $50 #. or
n. side of Carrollton Ave-, Lot 27
Block 9, Madison Jones Addition
paving, curling and guttering
$171.OO.
s.. L. Brister. Fronting 90 #. OF
N. side of C~arrollton Ave-, 90 #. of
of Lot %, Block 9, Madison Jone.
Addition, paving, curbing and gutter
ing, $1,000. =
Mrs. Nellie Kelly. Fronting 60 #