The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-24
AN ORDINANCE

. COQe OF lSV0, as amended by chapter
260 Senate Bill 60 of the Laws of the
State Of Mississippi of 1912 against
! property owners on Washington
, street from Howard street westward
ly to the West Side of Mary Street
in the City Of Greenwood, Mississippi.
Whereas, by ordinance or resolu.
ton, duly ordained and passed, the
paving described on Washington
Street from Howard Street west
wardly to the West Side of Mary
Street. was heretofore declared e
! essary, and said resolution or ordin-
ance was published for three success
sive weeks in The Commonwealth"
newspaper published in the said
City of Greenwood, and said publica-
ton was adjudicated to have been
made according to law by the Council
of the said City; and,
Whereas, the plans and specifca-
tions for said special improvement on
said Washington Street was duly
adopted by an order of the Council Of
the City of Greenwood, and said order
adopting said plans and specifications
was duly published for three success
sive weeks in The Commonwealth"
a newspaper published in said City;
and,
Whereas, there were no protests
against such improvement, nor
against the said plans and specifca-
tons by the xesident 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 (1-3) of the cost Of
the said improvement, and the City
paying n third (1-3) Of the cost of
said improvement, and the property
owners on the parts of said Streets
to be improved, failed to make said
Improvement within thirty days after
the passage and publication Of said
ordinance or resolution, ordering said
improvements to be made; and,
Whereas, the owners Of the prop
erty on the parts of said Street to
be improved, failed to make said i'm
provement within thirty days after
the publication Of the order, ordin-
ance or resolution of the Council,
adopting the plans and specifications
had been published, as required by
law; and,
Whereas, the Council of the said
City Of Greenwood, caused said spec
ial improvement to be made, and the
City engineer duly kept an accurate
account of the cost thereof; and,
Whereas, said City Engineer duly
reported the cost Of the said improve
ment to this Council at this meeting,
after the same was constructed, for
assessment; and,
Whereas, at the regular December +,
meeting Of the Council, held in the
City Hall on the 10th of December,
1915, the Council apportioned the
cost Of said improvement among the i,
of the hereinafter described l
lots or parcels of ground, in the fol- {
manner, by taking the whole d
number of front feet improved, and
the total cost of the whole 4
Improvement thereby, by three, and .
multiplying the quotient by the num- :
Der of feet front contained in each o
lot or parcel of ground on
said street, SO specially improved; g
md, I
Whereas, said apportionment Or as v
,essment was made under Section =
'412 of the Code Of 1906, as Amended :.
" Chapter 26O, Senate Bill so of the u
Laws of Mississippi of 1912; and,
Whereas, said assessment was duly =,
made out and filed with the Clerk of y
he Municipality on the 10th day Of y y
December, 1916, subject to the in
pection and objection Of the proper :
y owners; and,
Whereas, the following notice to y
he property owners along Washing
on Street from Howard Westwardly D
0 the West side of Mary Street, to- .,
nit: was published for two weeks in
he daily Commonwealth" a news ;,
aper published in the City of Green !,
rood, Mississippi, said notice being ~
ublished on the 20 day Of December, D.
DIG, and the 26th day of December, &C
GIG. said notice notifying the prop
rty owners that the assessment had :,
cen made out and filed in the office ".
{ the Clerk Of the Municipality, and ~
as subject to their inspection and ".
and further notifying said &c
roperty owners to appear at the Jan
ary, 10th, 1917, meeting of the City :.
ouncil, to make any objection to said
ssessment, said notice being as fol-
,xs,e t0wit:
NOTICE. ~
To the property owners along
street from Howard 90
rect westwardly to the West Side OF 4,
Street: sic
"You are hereby notified that the in,