The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1920-11-11

hereby ordered that the streets be-
tween the limits defined in section
one hereof. be curbed and guttered
on both sides thereof with cement
curbed and gathering, according to
the specifications Of the City En-
gineer of said city hereinafter pro-
vided for. The curb part thereof
to be five inches in thickness and
the gutter part thereof to be twenty
four inches more or less from the
back edge Of such curb to the paw
ing line of such streets, and the lot
edges of such curbing shall be set
distance from the center line of
such streets as the Mayor and Coun-
Gil shall hereinafter determine; pro-
vided, that at the intersection of
alleys said curb and gutter shall re-
turn to the property line of said
streets so improved.
Section g.: On the passage and
publication Of this ordinance the
Mayor and Council shall designate
three disinterested householders who,
after having taken an oath to faith
fully and impartially perform their
duties, shall within ten days after
notification of their appointment
proceed to appraise the lots and
parcels of ground liable to taxation
for such improvement, which ap-
praisement 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 and
designate 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 papers.
Section A. The City Clerk is here
by authorized before or after said
appraisement and equalization, to
advertise for bids for the construc-
ton 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 and all bids.
Section 5: The costs and expense
of grading and bringing to grade
the streets aforesaid and of improv-
! ing in the manner aforesaid the areas
and squares formed by the inter
section of other streets and alleys
with the streets specified in section
one of this ordinance shall be paid
by general tax upon all the tax
able property within the corporate
limits of the city of Liberal
Section 6: The costs and expense
of improving the streets specified,
except the aforesaid areas and
squares, shall be taxed as special as
sessments and levied according tC
law upon the lots and parcels of
ground adjacent to said improve
ments and chargeable by law with the
costs thereon, but the payment of
said costs and expense is hereby
authorized to be made in twenty
equal annual installments and for
such improvements where no bonds
of the city of Liberal, shall be issued
and paid as hereinafter provided,
but ouch bonds shall not be issued
in excess of the contract price.
Section Z: For the payment of
the costs and expense of making the
improvements specified hte City of
Liberal shall issue its improvement
bonds payable at the fiscal Agency
of the state of Kansas in twenty
(20) equal annual installments and
bearing interest at the rate of not
to exceed five and one half per cent
(5la per cent? per annum, payable
semi-annually upon all unpaid am
cunts, 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