The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06
First published February 6, 1919
ORDINANCE NO. 21s

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the south boundary line of Fifth
Street and the north boundry line
of Ash Street, and Second Street
between the east boundary line of
Grant Avenue and the Northwestern
ly boundary line of the right of
way of the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific Railway Company and
Railroad Avenue between the north
boundary line of Second Street and
the west boundary line of Penn
sylvania Avenue, providing the ma
terial to be used and providing for
the letting of the contract, and pro-
viding for cost thereof and man
ner of payment.
Whereas, the petition has been pre-
scented to the Mayor and Councilmen
of the City of Liberal, Kansas, signed
by the majority of the residents,
property owners of property abutting
on Kansas Avenue between the south
line of Fifth Street and the north
boundary line of Ash Street and Sec
ond Street between the east boundary
line of Grant Avenue and the north
westerly boundary line of the right
of way of the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific Railway Company and Rail
road Avenue between the north
boundary line of Second Street and
the west boundary line of Pennsyl-
vania Avenue, praying that said
streets within the limits herein set
forth be brought to grade, paved,
curbed and guttered, and whereas
said petition has been granted, there
fore,
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Councilmen of the City Of Liberal,
Kansas:
Section l. That it is necessary and
hereby ordered that Kansas Avenue
in the City of Liberal, Kansas, be-
tween the south boundary line of
Fifth Street and the north boundary
line of Ash Street, and Second Street
between the east boundary line of
Grant Avenue and the northwesterly
boundary line of the right of way of
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railway Company and Railroad Ave
nue. between the north boundary line
of Second Street and the west bound
airy line of Pennsylvania Avenue, by
paving with brick on concrete base,
or with such material as the Mayor
and Council hereinafter designate and
select as hereinafter provided lac
cording to the specifications of the
paving engineer, acting as and des-
| ignated as a City Engineer of said
city hereinafter provided for), said
streets to be paved for such width
as the Mayor and Council may here
matter determine, provided that at
the intersection of the streets and
alleys such paving shall extend to the
lot line of said streets so improved.
Section 2. 1t is necessary and here
by ordered that said Kansas Avenue,
Second Street and Railroad Street be-
tween the limits defined in Section l
hereof, be curbed and guttered on
both sides thereof with cement curb
ing and guttering, according to speci-
fications of the City Engineer of said
city hereinafter provided for, the
curb part thereof to be 5 inches in
thickness and the gutter part thereof
to be "a inches more or less from the
back edge of such curb to the paving
line of such street, and the lot edge
of such curbing shall be set distance
from the center line of said street as
the Mayor and Council shall herein
after determine; Provided, that at
the intersections of streets and alleys,
said curb and gutter shall return to
lot line on said streets improved.
Section 8. On the passage and
publication of this ordinance the May
or and Council shall designate three
disinterested householders who, after
having taken an oath to faithfully and
impartially perform their duties, shall
within five days after notification of
their appointment proceed to appraise
the lots and parcels of ground liable
to taxation for such Improvement,
which appraisement shall be returned
to the Mayor and Council at their first
meeting after the same shall have
been completed, and the Mayor and
Council shall thereupon appoint day
and hold a special session for the
purpose of altering or equalizing said
appraisement if the same shall be
deemed unfair, due notice of which
meeting shall be given in the official
city paper.
Section a. The City Clerk is here
by authorized, before or after said
appraisement and equalization, to ad
vertise for bids for the construction
of said work, and the contract shall
be let to the lowest responsible bidder
as determined by the Mayor and
Council, the right being reserved to
reject any or all bids.
Section 5. The cost and expense
of grading and bringing to grade the
streets aforesaid and of improving in
the manner aforesaid the areas and
squares formed by the intersection
of other streets and alleys with the
streets specified in section one of this
ordinance shall be paid by general
tax upon all the taxable property
within the City of Liberal.
Section 6. The cost and expense
of improving the streets specified, ex-
cept the aforesaid aseas and squares,
shall be taxes as special assessments
and levied according to law upon the
lots and parcels of ground adjacent
to the said improvement and charg-
able by law with the cost thereof,