Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-08-14

NOTICE.

BE it remembered that meeting OF
the commissioners of the town of
Boone was held on the 4th day of
August 1910, when and where were
present |. 6. Greer, NJ. B. Blackburn
and +. A. Linney, commissioners and
7. b. Moore, Mayor, when and where
the following proceedings were had:
That petitions having been filed
with the clerk asking for street i'm
provcments to be made by local as
sessments, to wit: asking that a side
walk Of concrete be constructed along
the South side of King Street from
Blackburn's property beginning at
the branch, west of said property and
continuing to the Baptist church,
thence on the east side of the street
leading from said church to L. L.
Critcher's store pussing to the east
side OF said store to the public school
house lot; and on the North side Of
King street from the east corner of
the court house lot to the west corner
of DR.. j. w. Jones lot and on east
side of the street from King Street to
the depot, and on south side of the
street IRON King Street TO the town
limit at DR.. Bingham's, and tho said
petition further showing that the alb
utting property owners desired that
the town pay for one half the cost of
the said side walk construction and
the property owners one half the cost
thereof and the clerk having investi-
gated the sutiiciency of the said petit
tion and the extent of the property ef-
fected thereby, and having submitted
the same to the said commissioners,
who find, First, that the said petition
is sufficient; Second, that the said Pc
tition is signed by more than ma
jority in number of the owners of uil
The lincal feet of frontage of the land
abutting upon the streets proposed to
be improved;
Therefore be 1t resolved by tho board
of commissioners of the town of Boone
that concrete side walks be construc-
ted along the streets as above set
forth according to the plans and spec
ilicatiOns set forth by our engineer
that the said walks be built on four
inch rock base, and from four to six
feet wide, and that the work be done
by contract under the supervision of
our engineer, and that the town pay
for one half of tho cost of construc-
ton and that the abutting land own
crs be, and are hereby assessed one
half of the cost thereof, the said
assessment to he made out when the
work is completed, as provided by
law.
BE it further resolved that coupon
bonds in the sum of five thousand dol
lars be issued by the said commission
cr for the town of Boone and sold as
the law directs to defray the said cx-
pcnsc incurred by the said town in
building the said side walks, and that
said bonds bear a rate of interest not
exceeding six per centum, per annum.
,. That the said bonds be issued in
denominations of 81 ,0OO. 90 each and
due and payable as follows. First
bond payable Jan. l. 1880 and one
bond OF one thousand dollars each
year on Jan. until the year 1885.
3. That tax sufficient to pay the
interest and to provide for sinking
fund be annually levied and collected.
4. That Il statement of the present
Indebtedness of the town and the as
sesscd valuation of the property sub
jcct to taxation by the municipality
for the three fiscal years in which tax
cs were last lowed, be filed with tho
board and sworn to by the treasurer
of the town.
5. That the bond shall be cou-
pom bond, each in the sum of one
thousand dollars, signed by the may
or of the said town and the secretary
thereof, and sealed with the corpo-
rate seal thereof; the coupons to be
signed by the mayor.
This ordinance shall take effect up
on its passage. Passed in regular
meeting by unanimous vote of the
commissioners on this 4th day of Aug
ust 1919.
+. A. LINNEY,
II DT AnH