The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03

An ordinance to provide for certain
 improvements on Eighth Court,
 South, from Forty first street to a
 point APO feet west of the vest
 property line of Forty-first strett1
 Be it ordained, by the commission S the city of Birmingham, as follows: M
 Section l. That Eighth court, Southy> from the west property line of FortyA first street to a point APO feet wes. of the west property line of Forty-firsr , street, shall be graded That 30-foot roadway along the center line of Eighth court, South, from the west property line of Forty first street to a point APO feet west of the west property line of Forty-firs street. except across the roadway of Fortieth street. shall be curbed with portland cement concrete combined curb and gutter. the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter three feet wide.
 That the sidewalks on both sides of Eighth court, South, from a point two feet east of the west property line of Forty-first street to a point APO feet 1 west of the west property line of Forty I first street, except across the roadway l of -Fortieth street, shall be paved for 8 width of four feet with portland cement l concrete sidewalk paving, located two feet from and parallel to the north and south property lines, respectively. l That the combined curb and gutter along the north edge of the 3O-foot l roadway on Eighth court South, shall be connected with the east and west | edges of a 30-foot roadway on Fortieth street with 6-inch by 20-inch circular
 granite curbing of 1o-foot radius. That the gutter adjoining the grar{tel | curbing on the northeast and northwet corners of Fortieth street and Eighth ,J,o11 l,1 N fled brick gutter paving on fine mesh concrete foundation for width of three | feet
 That the entrances to lots along said streets where the sidewalks are to be
 paved shall be paved the full width of the sidewalk for a width of four feet
 with portland cement concrete sidewalk
 paving and the driveways into lots and
 alleyways shall be paved with vitrified
 brick paving on cinder foundation for
 the full width of the sidewalk and gutter
 Sec. g. That said improvements shall be made in accordance with the estab- lished grades on file in the office of the city engineer for said portions of said
 highways and according to full details. l drawings, plans, specifications and sur- veys of said work and estimates, which shall be prepared by the city engineer, as early as practicable, and placed by him on file in his office in the city hall, not later than one week prior to , the date named in Section 4 of this 2 ordinance, where property owners who 3 may be affected by said improvements,
 may see and examine the same. 8 Sec. S. That the cost of constructing f said improvements shall be assessed against the property abutting on th1
 portions of the highways so improved r provided.
 h (a) That the cost of all improvements e at or upon street, avenue or alley i'm }, tersections shall be assessed against the
 lots or parcels of land abutting on said I highways so intersecting for one-half . block in each direction:
 Il Cb) That the cost of sidewalk inn f provements on street and avenue cor . ners shall be assessed against the lots - abutting on or nearest to said improve e ments. and the cost of sidewalk im- a provements at the intersection of any e alley With a street. avenue or other
 highway, shall be assessed in fair pro- Il portion against the respective lots or l. parcels of land abutting on or corner c ing on the alley at such intersection; d Co That no assessment shall exceed s, the cost of such improvements, or the '- increased value of such property by h reason of the special benefits derived r. from such improvements.
 y Sec 4. That the estimated cost of said II improvements is sS7Oo, and that the e commission of the city of Birmingham l. will meet on the 21st day of October y 1919. at the council chamber of the city y hall at 8 o'clock, D. m., to hear any
 objections, remonstrances or protests g that may be made against said improve. d ments. the manner of making the same le or the character of material to be used l; Approved October l, 1919.
 N. A. BARRETT. ,r President of the Commi ssiccs ,- true copy: H. S. RYALL. Is City Clerk. i'd Age-Herald Oct. s-1o. 1918.