Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-09

Improvement contemplated in said res
olution may appear and make objection
II any they have. to said contemplated
Improvement. and to the proposed res
olution Of necessity, which resolution
Of necessity Is as follows, to-wit;
| BE u resolved by the mayor and CITY
council Of the city OF Marshalltown.
Iowa, that after dus and careful In
vestigation and consideration. the
mayor and city council of the incor
porated city Of Marshalltown. Iowa,
| finds and determines that 1t Is advis-
| able and necessary to improve the fol-
| lowing streets. parts of streets and
street and alley intersections to-wit:
| South Twelfth street from the south
line OF Boone street to line 200 feet
north Of the north line of the Mime
apolis e. ST. Louis Railway Company's
right Of way.
South Twelfth street from line
| 200 feet south of the south line Of the
| Minneapolis s. st. Louis Railway Com
pany's right-of-way south to the north
| line of the proposer paving on Doty
street and interhecting herewith.
| Together with all intersections in
oluded therein, all in the city of Mar
| shalltown, Marshall county, Iowa, BY
| grading, curbing and paving the same.
| CURLING to be placed along said streets
| except where curbing is now in place
| and in good repair, and said improve
ment is hereby ordered as follows, to-
wit:
Said paving shall be twenty four
| feet wide and shall be constructed OF
one course Of concrete six inches thick
composed Of Portland cement river
sand, crushed trap rock or granite or
| quartzite, or washed river gravel, all OF
which grading, curling and paving
shall be done in accordance with the
plans and specifications to be prepared
| by the city engineer of the city of Mar
| shalltown, Iowa, and to be approved by
the mayor and city council Of said city.
Be it resolved and ordered that con-
| tracts be made and entered into for
| the furnishing of all labor and material
| for such work, as by statute provided,
and the cost and expense of SUCH
street Improvement shall be assessed
| to and against the property abutting
| thereon and the owners thereof and
such other property according to area
so as to include one-half of the pri-
vate1y owned property between the
street to be so improved and the next
street whether said privately owned
property abuts upon said street or not.
| but in no case shall privately owned
property situated more than 900 feet
| from the streets to be so improved, be
assessed for any part Of the cost there
| Of Said assessment to be In proper
| ton to the special benefits conferred
| upon said property by reason OF said
| Improvement and in according with the
| law governing the same, but said as
sessment shall not in any case exceed
| 25 per cent of the actual value of any
| lot or parcel of ground at the time Of
levy, and the last previous assessment
roll shall be taken as prima facie evil
dence of such value, except that the
whole or any part of the cost and eX-
pense of said street improvement at
| the intersection Of streets. highways,
alleys and avenues, and the whole or
| any part Of the cost and expense of the
same at spaces opposite streets high
ways, avenues and alleys intersecting
| but not crossing may be assessed
| against the property abutting thereon
| or may be paid from the city improve
| ment fund or the general fund. and any
OenClency where lueS peClal oSSSSS
| ment which may be levied against any
lot or parcel Of land shall be INSULT
cient to pay the cost Of the improve
ment, shall be paid from the city I'M
provement fund. Said city improve
ment fund to be raised by means OF
| special levy upon all property In the
city OF Marshalltown, Iowa, and to be
made to extend over period or ten
years, said levy to be made In accord
ance with section $50 Of the Code OF
Iowa and acts amendatory thereto, as
by law provided. and thee contractor
| shall be required to look exclusively
| 10 the funds stated herein and as pro-
vided by contract for the payment OK
said street improvement, and the city
of Marshalltown. Iowa. will not ana
does not make itself pecuniarily liable
for the payment Of the cost or expense
of any part Of said Improvement and
will not incur any Indebtedness there
for" -
Your attention is called to this notice
and you will be governed accordingly.
Dated at Marshalltown. Iowa, this
ninth day Of October, 1916.
J. J. WILSON,
City Clerk.
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