The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-08-03
First published in the Hays Free
Press, August 3, 1929
ORDINANCE NO. 926.


paving, curbing, guttering, eHcavat-
ing and otherwise improving West
Sheridan Avenue, between the west
line of Fort Street and the east line
of Elm Street, in the City of Hays,
Kansas, and providing for the cost
thereof and the manner of payment.
Section /: Whereas, the Board of
Commissioners, of the City OF Hays,
Kansas, did on the 7th day of June,
1922, pass a resolution declaring II
necessary to pave, curb, gutter, eX-
cavate and otherwise improve West
Sheridan Avenue between the west
line of Fort and the east line of Elm
Street, in the City of Hays, Kansas,
which resolution was duly and legally
published for four consecutive weeks
in the official newspaper of the City,
and more than twenty days have
elapsed since the last publication of
said resolution and the property own
ers of the property affected by such
Improvement have not filed any pro-
test against such work being done,
therefore,
Be it ordained by the Board of
Commissioners of the City of Hays,
Kansas.
Section /: That it is necessary
and hereby ordered that West Sheri-
dan Avenue, between the west line of
Fort Street and the east line of Elm
Street, in the City Of Hays, Kansas,
be paved with such material as the
Board of Commissioners may here
after designate and select, as herein
after provided, according to the specl-
fications of the City Engineer, herein
provided for, said avenue to be paved
for such width as the Board of Com
missioners may determine, provided,
that at the intersections of the street
and alleys such paving shall extend to
the lot line of said Avenue.
Section 2: 1t IS necessary and
hereby ordered that West Sheridan
Avenue, within the limits defined IN
section one hereof, be curbed and
guttered with cement curb and gut
tering, according to the specifications
of the City Engineer of said City
hereinafter provided for, the curb
part thereof to be six inches IN thick
ness 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 avenue, and
the lot line edges Of such curbing
shall be set distance from the cen
ter-line of said avenue as the Board
of Commissioners shall hereafter de-
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sections of streets and alleys sucn
curb and gutter shall return to me
lot line Of said avenue so improved,
Section 8: 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
4th day of August, 1922, complete
plans and specifications for the paw
ing of said Sheridan Avenue with
vertical fiber brick, asphaltic-con-
crete, sheet asphalt, and one course
concrete pavement, all excepting the
one course concrete, to be on a five
inch concrete base with asphalt and
sand filler for such brick pavement,
and for the paving and guttering of
said avenue with cement curb and
gutter, substantially as hereinbefore
described; and, on or before said
last mentioned date, said City En-
gineer shall file with the City Clerk
estimates of the cost of such curbing
and guttering, and of such paving,
and eXcavating and grading of said
avenue with the different kinds of
material mentioned herein.
Section 4: That after such plans,
specifications and estimates shall
have been filed with the City Clerk,
as aforesaid, the Board of Commits
sioners may advertise for the recep-
tion of bids for the pving of said
avenue with the different kinds of
paving material named and specified
in the preceding section hereof and
for the curbing and guttering of
said avenue, and after the receipt of
such bids or proposals the Board of
Commissioners shall select from the
different kinds of street paving ma
terial the kind with which said ave-
nue. ought, in their judgment, be
paved, and may and are hereby
authorized to let a contract for the
paving of said avenue with the ma
terial so selected, and for the curbing
and guttering of said avenue to the
most satisfactory and responsible bid
der, as determined by the Board of
Commissioners, for the kind and char
acter of pavement which shall be
determined upon by said Board of
Commissioners, said Board reserving
the right to let the contract or con
tracts for the paving and eXcavating
separately from the curbing and gut
tering or to let the contract for all
such improvements to one party, and
to reject any and all bids or pro-
posals.
Section 5: After the passage and
publication of this ordinance the
Board OF Commissioners shall appoint
three disinterested householders of
an oath to faithfully and i'm
partially appraise all lots and
pieces of ground liable to as
sessment 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