The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
west side of Main street west to
cast side IF Church Strpat

ley improvement shall be made anc
constructed OF one, or more, OF the
following kind, or kinds, of material
to-Wit:
Bithulithic or Sheet Asphalt, laid
on cement concrete foundation OF
ness; Asphaltic Concrete wearing
surface, composed of selected hard
stone and the best grade OF natural
lake asphalt two inches in thickness,
and laid on a Portland cement foun-
dalton of not to exceed five inches
in thickness. Number One O.
Vitrified brick block, laid on a ce-
ment concrete foundation OF not to
exceed five inches inches, in thickness;
ing, not to exceed eight inches in
thickness. Combination curb and
gutter to be of Portland cement
concrete, or gutter to be of Portland
cement concrete, asphaltic concrete,
bithulithic, or No. 1 vitrified brick
block with concrete foundation.
The City Council to determine the
kind, or kinds, of pavement, curbs
and cutters, or cutters, to be used,
section of the work, above enumer-
ated.
All of the aforesaid grading,
curbing, guttering, and paving,
shall be done in accordance with the
plans and specifications to be pre-
pared by the City Engineer and ap-
proved by the City Council
Be 1t Further Resolved, That up
on the completion of said improve
required by law, the entire cost Of
said street and alley improvement,
the cost of paving, curbing, and
guttering, including the cost of all
intersections of streets, and alley
crossings, and one-half of the cost
of paving curbing and guttering,
streets and alleys intersecting but
not crossing, shall be assessed, bv
and parcels of land according to law
and in proportion to the special
benefits conferred upon said proper
ty by said Improvement and not in
excess thereof, and shall not exceed
twenty-five per cent Of the actual
value of the lot or parcel Of land
assessed at the time Of the levy: and
such special assessment shall be
limited to the amount to be assess
ed against privately. owned property.
against all lots and parcels of land
according to area so as to include
one-half of the privately owned
property between the street or alley
improved and the next street wheth-
er such privately owned property
abut upon said street or alley or
not, but in no case shall privately
owned property situated more than
street SO improved be so assessed
And in case of the Improvement
of said alleys said special assess
ment shall be confined according to
area to privately owned property
within the block, or blocks, improv-
ed; and if not plated into blocks
for not more than one hundred fifty
150) feet from such improved al
ley. All the foregoing to be in ac-
of Iowa governing the same.
The City of Leon, Iowa, to pay
the cost of extra grading, and such
other cost of said street and alley
improvement, if any, not included
in the foregoing cost to be assessed
against said AUDITING and adjacent
property; except only, if any por-
ton OF said cost of said street and
alley Improvement may not be law
fully assessed against any lot or
parcel of land, and in case the, spec;
against any such lot or parcel Of
land shall be insufficient to pay the
same, the amount and deficiency
arising by reason thereof, if any,
shall be paid from the City Improve
ment Fund, or from any other fund
of said city available for said pur-
pose.
The contractor who shall make
said street and alley improvement
shall guarantee that the same will
endure without need of repair for
a period of five 60 years from the
date of the acceptance thereof by
the City COunGl !.
BIT 1t FURTHER Resolved, That
whenever the contractor. who shall
have made said street and alley i'm
provement shall have finished and
fully completed, according to con-
tract, all the streets, parts of
hereinabove described and enumer-
ated in said paragraphs, numbered
and designated, as Sections l, 2, 3,
3k, 4. 5, 81, 6, z, g.. and 10. in
elusive, and the same shall have been
accepted by the City Council, said
city shall proceed without unnec-
essary delay, as by law provided, 70
make said. special assessment and
levy for the cost of the improve
herein described and so completed
and accepted, and issue to said con-
tractor the special assessment certi-
ficates therefor, and shall also issue
to said contractor city warrants. or
other debentures, upon the City I'm
provement Fund. or other fund
available for said purpose. for such
an amount, if any. as should be
paid from said fund or funds, for
such street and alley improvement
SO completed and accepted"
To all of which take due and legal
notice and govern yourselves ac-
cordingly.
Dated at Leon, Iowa. this 9Th day
of June, 1919.
j. NJ GARDNER,
Mayor of Leon, Iowa.
WILLARD F. STOOKEY,
City Clerk of Leon, Iowa
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