The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1920-08-19
nRnINANCE No. 266

An ordinance providing for the
grading, curbing, guttering and paw
ing of Washington avenue between
the north boundary line of Second
street on the south and the north
boundary line of Eighth street on
the north, providing for the letting
of the contract, and providing for
the costs thereof and the manner of
payment.
WHEREAS, 4 a petition has been
presented to the Mayor and council
of the City of Liberal, Kansas, sign
ed by more than fifty per cent of the
resident property owners, owning
property fronting or abutting upon
Washington Avenue between the
north boundary line of Second
street on the south and the north
boundary line of Eighth street on
the north. praying that the street
therein set forth be graded, curbed
guttered and paved, and, ~
WHEREAS, said petition has been
granted, therefore,
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE MAY
OR AND COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LIBERAL, KANSAS,
Section /: That it is necessary
that Washington Avenue, between
the north property line of Second
Street on the south and the north
property line of Eighth Street on the
north, in the City of Liberal, Kansas,
be paved with brick on a concrete
base, or with such material as the
Mayor and Council may hereinafter
designate and select as hereinafter
provided according to the specifi-
cations of the City Engineer, as here
matter provided for, said Avenue to
be paved for such a width as the
Mayor and Council may hereinafter
determine, providing that the inter
sections of the streets and alleys the
pavement shall extend to the prop
ertp line of said streets and alleys.
Section II. It is necessary and
hereby ordered that Washington
Avenue between the limits described
in section one hereof, be curbed and
guttered on both sides thereof with
cement curbing and guttering. ac-
cording to the specifications of the
City Engineer of said city as herein
after provided for The curb part
thereof to be five inches in thickness
and the gutter part thereof to he
twenty four inches more or less from
the back edge of such curb to the
paving line of such street, and the lot
edges of such curbing shall be set
a distance from the center of such
street as the Mayor and Council shall
hereinafter determine, provided, that
at the intersection of streets and al
lsys said curb and gutter shall return
to the lot line of said streets and
avenues so improved.
Section III. On the passage and
publication of this ordinance the
Mayor and Council shall designate
three disinterested householders
who, after having taken an oath to
faithfully and impartially perform
their duties, shall within ten days
after notification of their appoint
ment proceed to appraise the lots
and parcels of ground liable to tax
alton for such improvement, which
appraisement shall be returned to the
Mayor and Council at their first reg
ular meeting after the same shall
have been completed, and the Mayor
and Council shall thereupon appoint
and designate day and hold a spec
ial all day session for the purpose of
altering or equalizing said appraise-
ment if the same shall be deemed I'M
fair, due notice of which meeting
shall be published in the official city
papers.
Section ~. The City Clerk is
hereby authorized to advertise 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 Coun-
Gil who shall have the right to reject
any and all bids.
Section V. That the costs and
expense of grading and improving
in the manner aforesaid, the areas
and squares formed by the inter
section of other streets and alleys
with the street specified in section
one of this ordinance, shall be paid
by a general tax upon all the tax
able property within the city of
Liberal.
Section VI. The costs and exi
pense of paving the aforesaid street
specified except the aforesaid areas
and squares, shall be taxed as a spec
ial assessment and levied according
to law upon the lots and parcels of
ground adjacent to the said improve
ments and chargeable by law with
the costs thereof, but the pavement
of said cost and expense is hereby
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