The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-19
All of the aforesaid grading,
.-A4ari.,n and having

curblng, gatterlng, anu pdVlne,
shall be done in accordance with VT the the
proved by the City Council
Be It Further Resolved. That up
on the completion of said improve
ment, and notice and proceedings
required by law, the entire cost OF
the the cost of paving, curbing, and
guttering, including the cost OF an
| intersections of streets, and alley
crossings, and one-half, OF the cost
| of paving, curling and guttering,
streets and alleys intersecting but
not crossing, shall be assessed, py
special assessment, against all lots 10 is
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 actuai
value of the lot or parcel OF land
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
three hundred (300) feet from the
street so improved be SO assessed:
And in case Of the improvement
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 nifty
I5O) feet from such improved al
ley. All the foregoing to- be IN ac-
cordance with the laws OF the STATE
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 abutting and adjacent
property; except only, II any porsl
alley improvement may not be law
fully assessed against any lot or
parcel Of land, and in case the spec,
ial assessment which may be Levied
against any such lot or parcel OF
land shall be insufficient to, pay the
same, the amount and deficiency
shall Be bald from the City Improve
ment Fund, or from any other fund
of said city available for said pur-
Tie contractor who shall make
said street and alley improVement
shall guarantee that the same VIII
endure without need OF repair Ior
date of the acceptance thereon by
Be It Further Resolved, That
Whenever the contractor who shall
have made said street and alley I'M
provement shall have finished ana
fully completed, according to con-
tract all the st streets nsrts p par aI1ey 81
hereinabove described and enumer,
ated in said paragraphs. numbered
and designated, as Sections 1, 2, ),
81, 4, 5, 51a, 6, Z, g., 9 and 10, IN
elusive, and the same shall have been
accepted by the City Council, said
city shall proceed without unnec,
make said special assessment and
levy for the cost of the improve
ment of said streets and alleys,
herein described and so completed
and accepted, and Issue to said con
tractor the special assessment cer!l.
ficates therefor, and shall also issue
other debentures, upon the City. I'm,
Available for said purpose, fol-, such
an amount, if any. as should pc
paid from said fund or funds, for
such street and alley Improvement
so completed and accented
To all of which take due and Legal
notice and govern yourselves ac-
cordingly. ~.
Dated at Leon, Iowa, this 9Th day
OIL June J. NJ N GARDNER,
Mayor of Leon, Iowa.
WILLARD F. STOOkEY,
City Clerk of Leon, Iowa.