The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-03-16
CEMENT SIDEWALK On
WASHINGTON AVE.
IS ASKED FOR
Majority Property Owners
On North Side of Street
Want Paving

A majority of the property own
ers on the North side of Washing
ton avenue have petitioned the May
or and Council to put a suitable
sidewalk on that side of the street.
At the adjourned meeting held
March 6 an ordinance authorizing
the work was passed.
The regular proceedings follow;
Present, Mayor and full Board
Of Councilmen.
On motion of Mr.. Groves, second
ed by Mr.. Hodges, Mr. G. p. Rey-
nolds was elected as a member of
the paving commission to fill the
place Of Mr.. A. V. Cortelyou VINO
! has declined to serve.
On motion of MIR. McClesKey, sec
onded by Mr.. Black, the following
ordinance was unanimously adopt
ed:
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY,
CITY OF MARIETTA,-ss
WHEREAS, majority of the
property owners fronting upon a
| section Of Washington Avenue in
said city, which comprises all that
portion of said avenue which lies
between its point of intersection
with the Public Square in said
city and a line extending from the
Southeast corner of the residence of
l.. B. Carnes on the north side of
said avenue, to point directly OPP
posite said corner ON the south Of
Fsaid avenu (said majority being
determined by the property frontage
on said section of said avenue), hav-
ing filed their written petition with
the Mayor and Council of said city
requesting the paving Or otherwise
improving of sidewalk on the
north side of said section of said
avenue or street under the provi-
sioEs of the Act of the General AS
sembly of 1912, pages Hills; and,
WHEREAS, it is the sense and
judgment of the Mayor and Council
Of said city that said sidewalk
should be paved; and,
WHEREAS it is the judgment Of
said body that concrete is the most
durable and economical substance
for paving said sidewalk and the
construction of the necessary cop
ing and waterways
SECTION l. Be it ordained by
the Mayor and Council of the City
of Marietta, and it is hereby Or
dained by the authority Of the same.
That a sidewalk on the north side
Of said section of said avenue Or
street be paved with concrete, and
that all necessary coping and wa
tcrways be constructed of con-
crete
SECTION ,. Be it further or
dained by the authority aforesaid,
That the cost of the construction Of
said, sidewalk, coping and water
ways shall be taxed against the
abutting land owners, the amount
to be taxed against each of said
abutter to be determined by the
number of feet each abutter's pro-
perty fronts on sidewalk;
SECTION 3. Be it further or
dained by the authority aforesaid,
That when said sidewalk, coping
and waterways shall have been con
structed,
The Mayor and Council snail
keep an accurate account of the
cost of the same and shall furnish
to each abutting property owner
written statement showing his or
her pro rata part of the cost Of
such improvements, and it snail be
the duty of such property owner to
pay the Clerk of the Mayor and
Council of said city the amount Of
his or her pro rata part of such i'm
proyements within thirty days af-
ter the receipt of such notice. IF
such property owner resides within
the corporate limits Of said city the
notice shall be served perfl nally
upon him by the authorities of said
city, and if nonresident Of said
city it will be sufficient service
that said notice be mailed to said
property owner at his last post-of-
flee address known TO the Clerk Of
said Mayor and Council. In the
event the residence of such owner
is not known it will then be suffi-
cient to serve said notice upon the
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