The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-09-14
ORDINANCE NO. s31.

paving, curbing, guttering, eXcaYat-
ing and otherwise improving Oak
Street between the south line of East
Normal Avenue and the North line of
East Sheridan Avenue, and provid-
ing for the cost thereof and the man
ner of payment.
Whereas, a petition, signed by a
majority of the resident property
owners, owning property on Oak
Street within the limits defined IN the
enacting clause hereof, qualified to
sign a petition for paving mad other
wise improving said street, has been
filed with the City Clerk, which said
petition has been allowed and granted
by the Board of Commissioners of
the City of Hays, Kansas, therefore,
Be it ordained by the Board of
Commissioners of the City of Hays,
Kansas.
Section 1. That it is necessary
and hereby ordered that Oak Street
between the south line of East Nor
NAL Avenue and the north line of
East Sheridan Avenue, in the City of
Hays, Kansas, be paved with such
material as the Board of Commission
ers may hereafter designate and
select, as hereinafter provided, &C
cording to the specifications of the
City Engineer, herein provided for,
said street to be paved for such width
as the Board of Commissioners may
determine, provided, that at the in
tersections of the streets and alleys
such paving shall extend to the lot
line of said street.
Section 2. 1t is necessary and
hereby ordered that Oak Street, with
in the limits defined in Section One
hereof, be curbed and guttered with
cement curb and guttering, according
to the Specifications of the City En-
gineer of said City hereinafter pro-
vided for, the curb part thereof to be
six inches in thickness and the gutter
part thereof to be twenty-four inches,
more or less, from the back edge of
said curb to the paving line of said
/ street, and the lot line edges of such
curbing shall be set a distance from
I the center-line of said street as the
Board of Commissioners shall here
after determine; provided, that at the
/ intersection of streets and alleys such
curb and gutter shall return to the
/ lot line of said street so improved.
Section g. For the work and i'm
provement herein provided for, the
/ City Engineer shall make and file
with the City Clerk on or before the
/ 18th day of September, 1922, COM
plete plans and specifications for the
paving of said Oak Street with vert
/ zeal fiber brick, asphaltic concrete,
sheet asphalt and one course concrete
pavement, all excepting the one
course concrete, to be on a five inch
I concrete base with asphalt and sand
filler for such brick pavement, and
for the paving and guttering of said
street with cement curb and gutter,
substantially as hereinbefore describ-
ed; and, on or before said lasb men
toned date, said City Engineer shall
file with the City Clerk estimates of
the cost of such curbing and gutter
ing, and of such paving, and eXcavat-
ing and grading of said street with
the different kinds of material men
toned herein.
Section 4. That after such plans,
specifications and estimates shall have
been filed with the City Clerk, as
aforesaid, the Board of Commission
ers may advertise for the reception o
bids for the paving of said street with
the different kinds of paving material
named and specified in the proceeding
section hereof and for the curbing
and guttering of said street, and after
the receipt of such bids or proposals
/ the Board of Commissioners shall
select from the different kinds
street paving material the kind with
ment, be paved, and may and are
hereby authorized to let a contract
for the paving of said street with the
material so selected, and for the
curling and guttering of said street
to the most satisfactory and respons-
ible bidder, as determined by the
Board of Commissioners, said Board
reserving the right to let the contract
or contracts for the paving and ex-
cavating separately from the curbing
and guttering or to let the contract
for all such improvements to one
party, and to reject any and all bids
or proposals.
Section 5. After the passage and
publication of this ordinance the
Board of Commissioners shall appoint
three disinterested householders of
said City, who, after having taken an
oath to faithfully and impartially ap-
praise all lots and pieces of ground
liable to assessment for the cost of
the improvements herein provided
for, shall, within ten days after hav-
ing been notified of their appoint
ment, proceed to appraise said lots
and pieces of ground liable to assess
ment and taxation, as aforesaid, with
out regard to buildings or improve
mentS thereon, and after making
such appraisements shall return the
same to the Board of Commissioners
at the first meeting thereof after such
appraisement shall have been com
! pleted and after such appraisement
is returned to the Board of Commits
sioners said Board shall designate a
time for holding a special meeting or
session for the purpose of hearing
, complaints and equalizing such ap-
? praisement of which special session
due notice shall be given by publica-
ton in the official City paper, and
, at such special session the Board of
Commissioners shall, if they deem Il