The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-30

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tween the north line of Normal Avenue and
/ the north line of Sheridan Avenue praying
that sald streets W1tnln the limits herein
| set forth be paved. curbed, guttered exec
waited; And
/ whereas. said petitions have been grant
/ ed therefore be II ordained by the Mayor
and Councilmen of the City of Hays:
Section L That 1t Is necessary and here
/ by ordered that Crawford Avenue between
west line of Elm Street, Second Street he
/ tween the east line of Chestnut street and
between the west line OF Chestnut Street
and the east line of Fort Street and Fort
street between the north line of Normal
Avenue and the north line OF Sheridan Ave
nue. in the City OF Hays, Kansas and each
/ of them be paved, with such mcteriaI as
the Mayor and Councilmen may hereafter
designate and select, herinafter pro
vided according to specifications of the paw
ing engineer acting as and designated as
the City Engineer of said City, hereinafter
provided for, said streets to be paved for
such widths the Mayor and CounciImen
may hereafter determine; provided. that at
the inters ection Of streets and alleys such
paving shall extend to the lot line of said
street improved
Section 2. 1t is necessary and hereby
ordered that Crawford Avenue Second
Street and Fort Street within the limits de-
fined in section 1 herof be curbed and gut
curbing and guttering, according to the
specifications of the City Engineer of said
city hereinafter provided for the curb part
thereof to be five inches IN width and the
gutter part thereof to be twenty-fOur inch
IS, less, from the back edge of said
curb to the paving line of said streets and
the lot line edges of such curbing shall be
set distance from the center line of said
streets the Mayor and Council shall
hereafter determine; provided that at the
intersection of streets and alleys said
curb and gutter shall return to the lot
line said street improved
Section 8 For the work and improve
ments herein provided for, the City Engin-
eer shall make and file with the City Clerk,
on or before the 18th day of July nineteen
hmm nd lofsa MIA and
specifications for paving of said streets with
asphaltic concrete, asphalt, and brick pave
ment. all a five inch concrete base, with
asphalt and sand filler for both of such
brick pavements and for the paving and
guttering of said streets with cement curb
and gutter, substantially as hereinafter de-
scribed; and before said last named
date, said City Engineer shall file with said
city clerk estimates of the cost of such curb
excavating and grading of said street with
the different kinds of material mentioned
herein
Section l. That after such plans and
specifications shall have been made and
prepared by the City Engineer and filed with
the City Clerk as aforesaid, the Mayor and
Council may advertise for the reception
of bids for the paving of said streets with
the different kinds of paving material
named and specified in the preceding Sec
ton hereof and for the curbing and gutter
ing of said streets, and after the receipt of
such bids proposals the Mayor and CoUn-
ell shall select from the different kinds of
street paving materials the kind with which
said streets ought, their judgments, be
paved. and may and are hereby authorized
to let a contract for the paving of said
streets with the material so selected, and for
the curbing and guttering of said streets,
to the most satisfactory and responsible
bidder, as determined by said Mayor and
bidder, determined by said Mayor and
council for the kind and character of pave
rnent which shall be determined upon by said
Mayor and Council, said mayor and council
reserving the right to let the contract or
contracts for the paving and excavating sep
erately from curbing and guttering to let
the contract or all such improvements to
party, and to reject any and all bids.
Section D After the passage and publ
cation, of this ordinance the Mayor and
Council shall appoint three disinterested
householders, who. after having taken oath
to faithfully and impartially appraise all
lots and pieces of ground liable to taxtiOn
assess ment for the cost of the improve
ments herein provided for, shall, within ten
days after having been notified of their ap-
pointment, proceed to appraise such lots and
pieces OF ground liable to assessment and
taxation, aforesaid, without regard to
building or improvements thereon, and at
ter making said appraisements shall return
the same to the Mayor and Council at the
first meeting thereof, after such appraise-
ment shall have been completed, and after
said appraisement is returned to the Mayor
and Council the said Mayor and Council
shall designate time for holding a special
session for the purpose OF hearing COM
plants and equaIizing said appraisements, OF
which special session due notice shall be
given in the official paper, and at said spe-
cial session the Mayor and Council shall, If
they deem is just and proper, alter change
such appraisement-
Section 6. For the purpose of paying
for the work and improvements in this or
dinance provided for, the Mayor and Coun-
ell are hereby authorized and directed to is
sue bonds of the City of Hays, Kansas in
an amount not to exceed the contract price
and cost of such improvements and
for period of ten years and be payable in
ten equal annual installments together with
interest, not to exceed five per cent. per
mum, which bonds shall be made payable at
the fiscal agency of the State of Kansas,
and FOR he TTIrT Of ING Tr1r eTT1al and
interest of said bonds they severaIly be-
come due and payable The mayor and
Council shall apportiOn and assess against
the lots and pieces of ground within the tax
ing district of such improvements special
provements, and the superintendent therein
contained shall hold good for all the INSTALL
ments that to be collected from this spe-
cific property charg eable with said improve
ment- Such assessment and apportionment
ordinances shall contain the total amount
of tax apportiOned to each tract piece of
land within the taxing district and shall
state the number of annual ms tallments in
which such tax is to be collected; and there
after the City Clerk shall annually, at the
same time other taxes are to be certified
certify to the County Clerk of Ellis County.
Kansas. full list of all the property liable
for such work and improvements, together
with the respective amounts due each of
said tract, pieces and parcels of land, which
amount shall include the annual INSTALL
ments and interest all unpaid balance
for one year at the rate of five per cent per
annun1, and such amounts so certified shall
Provided, that for the purpose of defraying
the cost of improving the squares and areas
formed by the crossing OF streets and alleys
as well as where the Improvement IS
through adjacent to property of the City,
for which the City would be liable the as
sessments shall be made against all the tax
able property of the City
Section Z. This ordinance shall take ef-
feet and be in force from and attire its pub
LEGATION in the official City paper.
Passed and approved June Is, 1917
Attest: Geo. Philip, Jr-.
Pete HOlzmeister, Mayor
IL s. City Clerk
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