Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-11-09
RESOLUTION GRANTING PETI
TION AND ORDERING
WORK.

Upon motion of Commissioner J.
N. Hasty, seconded by Commission
or L. A. Allen, the following reso-
luton was adopted
That Whereas, petition has been
presented to the Board of Commits.
sioners OF the Town OF Rocking
ham by the residents and property
owners of Robinson, Everett, Han
cock and Lawrence streets request
ing said Board to pave with some
suitable permanent pavement, the
said Robinson street from Randolph
street to the pavement near Rockingham
Railroad, New street, Everett street
from Randolph street to New street,
Hancock street from Washington
street to the southern property line
of the County Jail lot, Lawrence
street from Washington to Franklin
street, which said petition has been
duly filed with the Clerk and by
linn certified to the Board OF Com
missioners as having been signed
by a majority in Number OF owners
who represented a majority OF all
the lineal feet of frontage OF the
lands abutting upon the streets pro.
posed to be improved, and the said
petition and certificate having been
received and examined by the Board
of Commissioners, and the sutflc'
iency thereof having been found
and. duly declared by said Board:
Now, Therefore, Be 1t Resolved,
by the Board of Commissioners OF
the Town of Rockingham, That the
petition for the said local improve
ment of Robinson, Everett, Han
cock and Lawrence streets, within
the limits above set forth, be and
the same is hereby granted, and
that the said Robinson, Everett,
Hancock and Lawrence streets,
within the limits aforesaid, shall be
paved with what is known as
sheet asphalt pavement, same to
consist of 1886 concrete base, 5
inches thick, ~ inch binder course,
and ~ inch wearing course, the
said three inch wearing course to
be sheet asphalt; the curbs and gut
ters shall be of the combination
type, consisting of one course con
crete 1:2:4 mixture, dimensions CON
forming to those given in the Plans
OF Construction submitted by Mees
IL Mpcs, Civil Engineers, OF they
may consist of two course concrete
base course being LIES mixture
with finished face or wearing
course concrete mortar 1:2 mixture
1a 10th thick.
Be 1t Resolved Further, That one
half OF the cost of the said improve
hlaEt, exclusive of so much of tht
GDst as is incurred at street inter
sections, shall be specially assesse(
npon the lots or parcels of lant
labuttmg directly on the improve
menrs, according to the extent o
ileir respective frontage thereon
by au equal rate per foot of sucl
frontage; and the balance of salt
cost shall be borne by the Town, a.
is provided for in the said petition
an anu IL. i, Chapter 56 Of the Publ
Laws of 1915, and the amendment
thereto.
Be 1t Resolved Further, That tn
cost of the said improvements a
herein set forth shall be assesse
as hereinbcfore provided, and tina
the property owners against whor
the cost shall be assessed sha
have the right and privilege to pa
for same in ten equal al
nual instalIments. Said install
ments shall bear interest
the rate of six per centuI
firlnation of the assessment an
shall be payable to the Town Ia
Collector, and the first installmel
shall be due and payable when Il
taxes foe the year in which sal
assessments is made are due on
collectinle, unless the said asses
nents are paid for in cash, as pr
yided for by the said Chapter SO
the Public Laws OF 1915, all OF sa'
assessment and said collections