The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-05-18


Pershlng Avenue. all in the city Of
Liberal. Kansas, be paved with brick
on concrete base. or with such ma
terial as the Mayor and Council may
hereinafter designate and, select as
hereinafter provided, according to
the plans and specifications Of the
paving engineer, acting as and desig-
mated as City Engineer of. said City
as hereinafter provided for, said
streets to be paved for such
width as the Mayor and Council may
hereinafter determine, providing
that the Intersections OF streets and
alleys such paving shall extend to
the property line of said streets so
improved
Section g. It is necessary and
herebx ordered that Fourth Street
and Seventh Street between the lin
it's described in section one hereof,
be cnrhed and guttered on both sides
thereof with cement curbing and
guttering. according to the specifica-
lions of the City Engineer of said
city hereinbefore provided for. The
curb mart 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 paving line of
such streets, and the lot edges of
such curbing shall be set distance
from the center of such streets as
the Mayor and Council shall here
matter determine; provided, that at
the intersection of alleys, said curb
and gutter shall return to the lot
line of said streets so improved.
Section 3. 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 taxa
ton for such improvements, which
appraisement 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 o
day and hold special all-day SEES.
sion for the purpose of altering or
equalizing said appraisement II the
same shall be deemed unfair. due
notice of which meeting shall be
given In the official city papers.
Section 4. 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
ITO reject any and all bids.
Section 5. The cost 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
Intersection of alleys with the street
specified in section one of this ordi-
nance shall be paid by a general
tax upon all the taxable property
within the corporate limits of the
City of Liberal.
Section g. That the costs and
expense of improving the street
specified, except the aforesaid areas
and squares, shall be taxed as spe-
cial assessments, and levied accord
ing to law upon the lots and parcels
of ground adjacent to the said
improvements and chargebale by
law with the costs thereof, but the
payment of said costs and expense
is. hereby authorized to be made in
twenty equal annual installments
and for such installments improve
ment bonds of the city of Liberal
shall be issued and paid as here
matter provided, but such bonds
shall not be issued In excess of the
contract price.
Section Z. For the prompt pay
ment of the costs and expense of
making the improvements specified,
the City of Liberal shall issue its
Improvement bonds payable at the
Fiscal Agency of the State of Kan
sas in twenty equal annual install
ments and bearing interest at the
rate of not to exceed five and one
half per cent per annum payable
semi-annually upon all unpaid
amounts, and such bonds shall have
coupons attached representing such
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special assessments shall be made
each year to pay the installments of
the principal and interest of such
bonds next thereafter maturing,
and such assessments shall be made
upon the property chargeable. with
the costs of such improvements and
which has not paid its pro rata part
thereof, and shall he levied and col
lected i'm the same manner as is
provided by law for the levying
and collecting of special assessments
for such improvements where no
bonds are issued
Section 8. That for the costs
of so much of said improvements
as are made payable out of the gen
eral improvement fund of said city
the Mayor and Council may issue
bonds of the same tenor and effect
and under the same restrictions as
those hereinbefore provided, and
such bonds and the. interest thereon
shall be paid by the levy Of gen.
eral tax upon all of the property
within the limits of the city of Lib
eral.
Section 9. Before or upon the
completion of the improvements
specified and after thirty days notifi-
cation to the property owners Of the
amount of the assessment charge
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