The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-19
Improvement Ordinance
 No. 17O-D.

An Ordinance to provide for eer- tain improvements on Appalachee | street (formeysy Bagby street, or Forty-fourth street) from the north ! property line of Tenth avenue to the south property line of Eleventh avenue.
 Be 1t ordained by the Commission l of the City of Birmingham as follows: Section l: That Appalachee street ! from the north property line of Tenth avenue to the south property line of Eleventh avenue shall be graded. That a thirty-foot roadway along the center line of Appalachee street from the north property line of Tenth avenue to the south property line of Eleventh avenue shall be curbed with portland cement concrete com. bined curb and gutter. the curb and | gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter three feet wide.
 That the roadway between the gutter lines on Appalachee street, from the north property line of Tenth avenue to the south property line of Eleventh avenue. shall be macadam- ized with chert on & slag foundation That vitrified clay drainage pipes, inlets and manholes of brick with 1 cast iron covers shall be constructed T
 Sec. 3: That said improvements Ashall be made in accordance with the \ established grades on file in the of- flee of the City Engineer for said portions of said highways, and ac- cording to full detairs, drawings, plans, specifications and surveys of said work and estimates, which shali be prepared by the City Engineer, as early as practicable, and placed by h hfr,, ar ix hie aff l,, Hall. not later than two weeks prior ] to the date named in Section 4 of this l ordinance. where property own,rs l who may be affected by said inn 1 provements may see and examine the same.
 Sec. 3: That the cost of construct ing said improvements shall he as- 1 sessed against the property abutting | on the portions of the highways so | improved. provided
 (a) That the cost of improvements ' at or upon street. avenue and alley l intersections shall be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on said highways so inter- secting for one-half block in each direction.
 tb) That the cost of sidewalk i'm provements on street and avenue cor
 ners shall be assessed against the lotS aDuttlnS on or nearest to Sald | Improvements; and the cost of side- l walk improvements at the intersec- tion of an alley with a street or ave- Hue or other highway shall be as- Isessed in fair proportions against the respective lots or parcels of land ( abutting or cornering on the alley at f,5uch intersection.
 " Co That no assessment shall ex-
 ceed the cost of such improvements or the increased value of such prop
 erty by reason of the special bene-
 fits derived from such improvements.
 Sec. 4: That the estimated cost of
 said improvements is $2,S50. and that
 the Commission of the City of Bir-
 mingham will meet on the 31st day
 of January. 1922, in the Council
 Chamber of the City Hal1 of Bir-
 mingham at 10 o'clock a. m. 10 hear
 any objections, remonstrances or pro-
 tests that may be made against said
 improvements the manner of mak-
 ing the same or the character of ma
 terial to be used.
 Approved January 10. 1922.
 D. E. M'LENDON,
 President of the Commission. 4 true copy:
 L. E. GRAY. City Clerk.
 Age-Herald. January 12 and 1s
 1928.