The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-10

Be it resolved by the Council of tn
City of Greenwood, Mississippi:
Section /. That in the judgmen'
of the Council of the City of Green
wood, it is necessary that that par
Of Dewey Street, beginning at thu
southern boundary line of Washing
ton Street where Washington Street
intersects Dewey Street, and extend
ing to the Southern boundary line
of Henry Street, where Henry Street
intersects Dewey Street; and thai
part of Henry St. extending from its
intersection with Dewey Street to 4
line which would be the Western
boundary line of South boulevard
were said South boulevard extended
across said Henry Street, at it's in.
tersection with said Henry Street;
and that part Of South Boulevard ex.
tending from the southern boundary
line of said Henry Street where said
Henry Street intersects said south
boulevard to the southern boundary
of Alabama Street wherein said Ala
bama Street intersects South Boule-
ward and Alabama Street from its
intersection with south Boulevard in
a westerly direction to the west side
of Mississippi Avenue and thence in
q southerly direction on Mississippi
Avenue to the corporate limits in said
City of Greenwood, be graded, paved,
curbed and guttered.
f! Section 2. That said grading, paw
ing, curbing and %guttering is deemed
a Special Improvement, for the max
ing Of which the General Improve
ment Fund should not be used.
Section 8. That said Special I'm
provement shall be made in accord
ance with the plans and specifications
now on file in the office Of the Clerk
Of the said City, said paving to be
Of Asphaltic Concrete, Gravel, Con-
crete or Bitulithic, as therein provid-
ed (which said plans and specifica-
tioTs are hereby adopted and approved
and shall be considered as a part
hereof as if the same were copied
herein in full, reference to which be-
ing hereby specially made.
Section a. That said Special I'm
provement will be by the Council Of
said City of Greenwood ordered to be
made, and one-third Of the cost Of
said Special Improvement shall be
paid by said City, and two-thirds OF
the cost of same will be required to
be paid by the owner or owners, OF
the property abutting on said parts
of said streets; that is to say, the
AUDITING owner, or owners, OF said
property on one side Of said streets
will be required to pay one-third OF
the cost of said Special Improvement,
and the abutting owner, or owners, on
the other side Of said Streets will be
required to pay one-third of the cost
Of said Special Improvement.
Section 5. That any property own
er, or owners, actually residing on or
otherwise actually occupying property
owned by him, or them, and included
within that part Of said streets to be
specially improved, may file with the
Clerk of the Council Of said City, his,
or their, protest, in writing, against
said proposed special Improvement at
any time within ten days after the
completion Of the publication of this
resolution as required by law, and if
a majority Of such property owners
shall so file such protest said Special
Improvement shall not be made.
Section 6. That at the regular
meeting of the said Council, to be
held at the City Hall Of said City, the
same being their usual place Of meet
ing ,on Tuesday, March 9Th, 1917, said
Council will hear and consider the
objection, or objections, of all interest
ed parties or property wners who
shall appear and present the same,
whether the property owner or own
ers, actually occupy his, or their,
property adjoining said parts Of said
streets proposed to be SO improved
or not, and regardless Of whether or
not said property owner, or owners,
be resident or nonresident property
owner, or owners.
Section Z. That each and every
property owner with property adult
ing on said parts Of said
Streets shall have the right to
make said Special Improvement for
himself, within the time and as pro-
vided by law, and this resolution, but
for the sake of uniformity in said
work, said Special Improvement must
be made in accordance with the plans
and specifications now on file in the
Office Of the Clerk Of said City here
inbefore referred to and heyeinabove
adopted and approved. But, failing
therein. said Council will cause said