The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-04-17

the purpose of altering or equaliz-
ing said appraisement if the same
shall be deemed unfair, due notice of
which meeting shall be given in the
official city papers.
Section 4. The City Clerk is here
by authorized before or after said ap-
praisement and equalization, to ad-
vertise for bids for the construction
of said work, and the contract shall
be let to the lowest responsible bid
der 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 and avenues aforesaid and of
improving in the manner aforesaid
the areas and squares formed by the
intersections of other streets and
alleys with the streets and avenues
specified in section one of this ordin-
ance shall be paid by a general tax
upon all the taxable property within
the City of Liberal.
Section 6. The cost and expense
of improving the streets and avenues
specified, except the aforesaid areas
and squares, shall be taxed as special
assessments and levied according to
law upon the lots and parcels of
ground adjacent to the said improve
ments and chargeable by law with
the cost thereof, but the payment of
said cost and expenses is hereby au-
thorized to be made in twenty equal
annual installments and for such in
stallments improvement bonds of the
City of Liberal, shall be issued and
paid as hereinafter provided, but
such bonds shall not be issued in ex-
cess of the contract price.
Section 7. For the payment of the
cost and expense of making the i'm
provements specified the City of Lib
eral shall issue its improvement
bonds payable at the Fiscal Agency
of the State of Kansas in twenty (20)
equal annual installments and bear
ing interest at the rate of not to
exceed five (5) per cenum per an
mum, payable semiannually upon all
unpaid amounts, and such bonds shall
have coupons attached representing
such interest on said unpaid sums,
and special assessments shall be made
each year to pay the installments of
the principal and interest of such
bonds next thereafter maturing, and
such assessment shall be made upon
the property chargeable with the
costs of such improvements andwhich
has not paid its pro rata part thereof,
and shall be levied and collected in
the same manner as is provided by
law for the levying and collecting
of special assessments for such i'm
provements when no bonds are issued
Section 8. That for the cost of
so much of said improvements as are
made payable out of the general i'm
provement fund of said city the
Mayor and Council may issue bonds
of the same tenor and effect and un-
der the same restrictions as those
hereinbefore provided, and such
bonds and the interest thereon shall
be paid by the levy of a general tax
on all of the property within the
city.
Section 8. Before or upon the
completion of the improvements
specified, and after Thirty days noti- |
fication to the property owners of
the amount of the assessment
chargable upon each lot and parcel of
ground, the Mayor and Council shall
issue in payment thereof, the bonds
of the City of Liberal and may in
their discretion deliver said bonds to
the contractor in payment for said
improvements or sell the same to the
highest bidder and apply the proceeds
thereof in payment of said costs and
expense, provided, that in no event
shall said bonds be sold or delivered
for less than their par value.
Section 10. This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and
after its passage and publication once
in the official city papers.
Passed by the Council, April 16,