The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-23
AN ORDINANCE

property owners On Washingt,
street from Howard street westwar
ly to the West Side of Mary Sire
in the City Of Greenwood, Mississippi
Whereas, by ordinance or resol
ton, duly ordained and passed, Il
paving described on Washingtc
Street from Howard Street Yves
wardly to the West Side of Ma,
Street, was heretofore declared ne,
essary, and said resolution or ordil
ance was published for three succe.
sive weeks in The Commonwealth
a newspaper published in the sal
City of Greenwood, and said publics
ton was adjudisated to have bee
made according to law by the Counc
of the said City; and,
Whereas, the plans and specifca
lions for said special improvement O.
said Washington Street was dull
adopted by an order of the Council O
the City of Greenwood, and said orde
adopting said plans and specification
was duly published for three success
sive weeks in The Commonwealth
a newspaper published in said City
and,
Whereas, there were no protest:
against such improvement, no,
against the said plans and specifica.
tons by the resident property owners
or by the nonresident property own.
ers on the parts of said street to be
specially improved; and,
Whereas, said improvement by or
dinance or resolution, duly ordained,
was ordered to be made by the Coun-
Gil Of the said City, the property own
ers on each side of the said Street
paying n third (1-2 of the cost of
the said improvement, and the City
n third (1-3) of the cost OF
said improvement, and the property
on the parts of said Streets
to be improved, failed to make said
within thirty days after
passage and publication of said
or resolution, ordering said
improvements to be made; and,
.
Whereas, the owners of the prop
on the parts of said Street to
be improved, failed to make said i'm
provement within thirty days after
publication of the order, ordin-
ance or resolution of the Council,
adopting the plans and specifications
mad been published, as required by
aw; and,
Whereas, the Council of the said
City of Greenwood, caused said spec
al improvement to be made, and the
Jity engineer duly kept an accurate
account of the cost thereof; and,
Whereas, said City Engineer duly
eported the cost of the said improve
nent to this Council at this meeting,
'fter the same was constructed, for
assessment; and,
Whereas, at the regular December
Meeting Of the Council, held in the
lily Hall on the 18th Of December,
916, the Council apportioned the
ost Of said improvement among the
wners of the hereinafter described
ots or parcels Of ground, in the fol-
manner, by taking the whole
of front feet improved, and
the total cost of the whole
Improvement thereby, by three, and
multiplying the quotient by the num-
of feet front contained in each
butting lot or parcel of ground on
aid street, SO specially improved;
nd,
Whereas, said apportionment or as
,ssment was made under Section
i12 Of the Code Of 1906, as Amended
Y Chapter 260, Senate Bill 50 Of the
avs Of Mississippi of 1872; and, {
Whereas, said assessment was duly
ade out and filed with the Clerk Of {
70 Municipality on the 10Th day Of
ecember, 1916, subject to the in ]
and objection of the proper
owners; and, {
Whereas, the following notice to !
Q property owners along Washing
n Street from Howard Westwardiy
the West side Of Mary Street, to- 2
t: was published for two weeks in
daily Commonwealth" a news t
per published in the City Of Green b
,od, Mississippi, said notice being t
Iblished on the 70 day of December, T
16, and the 18th day of December, 8
Is, said notice notifying the prop
" owners that the assessment had Il
en- made out and filed in the office b
the Clerk of the Municipality, ana ii
s subject to their inspection ana r
and further notifying said 81
,perty owners to appear at the jan
~, 10th, 1917, meeting OF the City fl
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uncil, to make any objection to said 4,
,essment, said notice being as fol- #
vs., towit: 81
NOTICE. VI
To the property owners along
.shington street from howard &c
Get westwardly to the West Side OF "a
Street: :.
You are hereby notified that the
essment against your property for \,
II proportlonate part OF the cost OF N
ing Washington st. from Howard o.