The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-05-10
An Ordinance Ordering the Con.
struction of Concrete Sidewalks
in the Corporate Limits in
the Town of Iuka.I


On the East side of Main street.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the town of
Iuka, Tishomingo county, M,ssis-
sippi. in regular meeting assembled
at the Office of the said Mayor and
Beard of Aldermen of the town of
Iuka, on the lst day of May, 1917.
Sec. That concrete sidewalks
be laid on the East side of Main
street in front of the property of
&c Jourdan, Southern K K Co.,
Mrs Agnes NJ Redman, ] P
Broughtou, d It Moss and Chas
Flynt and extending from the
northwest corner of G P Hammer
ly's resident lot to the southwest
corner of the M E Church in the
said town of Iuka, according to the
plans and specifications set forth
fully in resolution passed by this
Honorable Board on the 9TH day
of November. 1916, and recorded
in minute book of this board on
pages 458, 459 and 400 and
Sec. 2 That, sidewalks be laid
IN front of the property above
specified, along said street as fully
set out and described in the afore-
said resolution of November 9TH,
1916, and recorded in the minutes
of this board on pages ass, 4S9 and
400 as aforesaid.
Sec. 3 That each of the proper
ty owners whose names are fully
set out in said resolution of Nov
ember 7th, 1916 owning property
along said street, which has been
granted 80 days from the date of
this ordinance in which to con-
struct concrete sidewalks in front
of the respective property of each
said owner and in default of the
construction of the said sidewalks
by the said owner as
aforesaid or any of them within
the thirty days as provided for in
this ordinance that this board
shall construct the said sidewalks
in front of the property of each
owner described in the said reso-
luton of November 7. 1916, who
has failed to construct, the side
walk for hi m self and
in the event this board con-
structs said sidewalk according to
this ordinance, in front of the
property of any owner or owners
described in the said resolution of
November 7, 1916, this board shall
levy a front foot assessment on
the property abutting said side
walk for the payment of the actual
cost of the constr action of the same
together with 6 per cent interest
per annum. Said assessment shall
be levied in three equal annual in
stallments which shall be as fol-
lows A sufficient levy shall be
made in 1917 at the same time the
regular tax levy is made for the
said town, to cover one-third of
the cost of the construction of the
sidewalk in front of the property
where such sidewalk is construct
ed by this Board. And like
levy be made in 1918 and 1919 to
pay the other thirds, that is,
a sufficient amount shall be levied
each year for three consecutive
years, beginning with the year
1917 to cover one third of the cost
of the construction of the sidewalk
in front of the abutting property
the owner of which shall fail to
construct the same according to
the provisions of this ordinance.
Sec. 4 That all sidewalks con
structed on the above mentioned
street either by the owner of the
abutting property or by the Board
shall be constructed according to
the plans and specifications set
forth in the resolution of Novem-
Der 7, 1916 and all sidewalks con-
structed under the provisions of
this ordinance by any abutting
owner shall be constructed under
the supervision of this honorable
Board.
Done in regular meeting this
the 1st day of May, 1917.
B L MARTIN, Jr.,
Town Clerk.