The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-05-09

At a special meeting of the Commits
sioners of Cambridge, held at their
session hall on the 18th day of May
1921, for the purpose of the consldera-
tion of a petition by the majority OF
the owners of the real estate fronting
on both sides of Race street between
Washington Street and Boundary Ave,
within the corporate limits of Cam
bridge, for the grading, curbing, ma
cadamiZing and paving of the surface
of Race Street between Washington
Street and Boundary Avenue, the said
petition of the said property owners
was considered, and
Whereas, the State Road Commits
sion of Maryland is about to commence
the construction of a concrete road
fifteen feet wide, beginning at the end
of the finished State road on Washing
ton Street at the Corporate limits of
Cambridge, and from thence on WASH
ington Street to Race Street and from
thence on Race Street to boundary
Avenue and the end of the finished
State road at Boundary Avenue another
of the corporate limits of Cambridge,
and
Whereas, the General Assembly OF
Maryland at the January Session, 1920,
by Chapter 211 of the Acts of the said
General Assembly. did authorize and
empower the Commissioners Of Cam
bridge to provide by ordinance tor the
grading, matchmaking or otherwise
paving any of the streets and thorough
fares of the city of Cambridge. and al
so for the assessing the cost OF any
such work, not exceeding one-haf OF
the cost thereof upon any property
binding upon any such street so I'M
proved, according to the front foot rule
of apportionment for such improve
ment and the cost thereof, and Tor the
collection of any such assessment OF
assessments as other town taxes are
collected or in such manner as the
Commissioners of Cam bridge, may pre-
scribe, either before or after any such
re han he
provide by ordinance for grading, ma
cadamizing, paving and curbing, any
street or part OF street IN the salo
town, whenever the o nerS or ma
jority of the front feet Of property
binding on such street shall apply Tor
the same upon terms and under condi-
tonS to be prescribed in SAID ofdin-
ance and
Whereas the majority of the own
ers of the front feet of property front
ing on the said part of Race street
have petitioned the Commissioners OF
Cambridge, that the said part of Race
Street be paved or macadamized to q
width of thirty feet, or fifteen feet IN
addition to the fifteen feet in width
that is to be constructed by the state
Roads COmmiS SiOn OF Maryland, ana
Whereas, the commissioners appre-
ciate that the use of the said Race
Street is such that it is imperative that
the said paved part OF the SAID stree'
be at least thirty feet wide, and
Whereas, the Commissioners of Cam
bridge have already paid to the State
Road Commission about fifteen hun
dred dollars as the part of the cost OF
the fifteen feet to be built by the State
and
Whereas, it appears to the Commits
sioners of Cambridge that the city OF
Cambridge should pay one-half of the
cost of the construction OF the addl-
tional fifteen feet in width of the said
street less the sum of money already
paid by the city to the State for the
building of the fifteen feet in width 10
be built by the State, and 1t belne
found that the entire sum that the city
would have to pay to pave both Wash
ington and Race Streets to width OF
thirty feet would be approximately ten
thousand dollars, which sum OF money
is in excess of what the city can raise
at this time by any lawful mea2Ts, and
Whereas, the majority of the prop
erty owners on the saId part OF hac c
Street have filed a petition as aIore-
said with the Commissioners OF cam
bridge and now, therefore, be it, and IL
is hereby
Resolved by the Commissioners OF
Cambridge that an ordinance be pass
ed for the purpose of macadam1zlng'
curbing and paving only Race Street
from Washington Street to Boundary
Avenue an additional width OF ntteen
feet to the fifteen feet in width to be
built by the State Roads Commission
making the entire width of the paved
street thirty feet, and to assess upon
each front IOOI OIL ldHu Oll IihN
said part of Race Street such sum as
shall be sufficient to pay one-half OF
the cost of the said curblng and one
half of the said additional fifteen feet
and one-half of the sum already paid
by the city to the State Roads Com
mission for the building of the fifteen
feet to be built by the State, the said
ordinance to provide for the collection
of said assessments and to be in &C
cordance with the said Chapter OF the
said Acts of Assembly, which ordln-
ance will be passed on saturday the
= 21st day of May at o'clock, p. NJ,
1921. unless sufficient cause to the con-
trary be shown to the Commissioners
of Cambridge, on or before said date
and time. and provided further that
copy of this resolution be publlshed IN
one newspaper published in the town
of Cambridge for ten days before said
21st day of May, 1921.
EARLE W. OREM,
CHARLES LAKE,
CHAS. E. BROHAWN,
H NJ. st. CLAIR.
Commissioners of Cambridge.
Test: c. L. DAHL, Clerk, Treas, and Col