Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-11-25
CITY PAVING ORDINANCE.

i CITY PAVING ORDINANCE.
i An Ordinance relating to the Paw.
ling, guttering and grading Of thai
part of River Front from Main TX
Chambers St.; Strong Avenue from
Mary s.ccet to the West Side oil
Hospital lot; Mary Street from Wash.
ington to Strong Avenue; Main Street
| from Henry Street to Gibbs Street;
and First Alley from Fulton Street
to Main Street; and Dewey Street
from the South line of Henry Street
| to North line of Alabama Street.
Whereas, the Council of the City of
Greenwood, on the 5th day of August,
1919, by resolution declared it to be
necessary to grade, pave, curb and
gutter that part of River Front from
Main Street to Chambers Street;
Strong Avenue from Mary Street to
the West side of Hospital lot Mary
Street from Washington to Strong
Avenue; Main Street from Henry to
Gibbs Street; and First Alley from
Fulton Street to Main Street; and
Dewey Street from the South
line of Henry Street to North
line of Alabama Street, which
said resolution was duly entered in
Minute Book 8, pages 451 and ASP,
of the Minutes of said Council of said
City of Greenwood, reference to which
is hereby made, and which shall be
and is, considered as if the same were
copied herein and made a part here
of; and
Whereas, said Council of said City
Of Greenwood, by said resolution ad
opted and approved plans and speci-
fications for said grading paving,
curbing and guttering, of said parts
Of said above mentioned streets; and
Whereas, said resolution declaring
said special Improvement to be neces-
sary, and adopting said plans said
plans and specifications has been pub
lished as required by law, that is to
say, the same has been published for
three consecutive weeks, to-wit, among
other times, on August 8th, 18th and
22nd, 1919 in the Greenwood Enter
prise newspaper published in said
municipality, which said publication
is adjudged to have been sufficient;
and
Whereas, more than ten days has
elapsed since the completion of the
publication of said resolution, and a
majority of the property owners
actually residing on or otherwise
actually occupying property owned by
them and included within that part
of said streets to be specially improv-
ed, have failed to file with the Clerk
of the Council of said City, their
protest in writing against said pro-
posed special improvement at any
time within ten days after the COM
pletion of the publication of said re-
solution as required by law; and
Whereas, said Council ,on Tuesday,
the 10th day of September, 1919, the
same being the first regular meeting
of said. Council after publications of
said resolution were completed, and
after the ten days allowed for protest
as provided by law, met at it's usual
place of meeting for the purpose of
considering objections of all parties
opposed to said special improvements;
and
Whereas, there were not offered
any objections by a majority of in
terested parties or property owners,
either in person or by attorneys,
Section 1. Now, therefore, be it or
dained by the Council of the City of
Greenwood, that the streets mentioned
and defined in said ordinance or re-
solution, that is to say: That part of
River Front from Main Street to
Chambers Street; Strong Avenue
from Mary Street to the West side of
Hospital Lot; Mary Street from
Washington to Strong Avenue; Main
Street from Henry to Gibbs Street;
First Alley from Fulton Street to
Main Street; and Dewey Stree
from the South line of Henry
Street to North line of Ala
bama Street; shall be paved with AS
phaltic Macadam, and curbing and
guttering shall be concrete, and both
paving, curbing and guttering shall
be according to the plans and speci-
fications adopted by the council, and
which said plans and specifications
are now on file in the Clerks office;
that the owners of each lot or piece
of ground AUDITING on these parts
of said streets shall pave one-third
(1-3) of the entire width of said
streets in front Of lying along their
nrnnertu or he subject to a special