The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-16
A true copy,
 L. E. GRAY,
 City Clerk, May 1923, 1924.
IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE
 NO. SSf.N

On ordinance to provide for certain Improvements on 7th Avenue, from the east property line of 14th Street, to the west property line of 18th Street.
 BE IT ORDAINED, by the Com mission of the City of Birmingham, as follows ::
 ' Section 1.That the granite curb on both sides of Eth Avenue, from the east property line of 14th Street, to the" west property line of 15th Street and from the cast property line of 10th Street, to the west property line of 18th Street, and from the east prop erty line of 18th Street to the west property line of 17th Street and from the east property line of 17th Street to the west property line Of 18th Street, and from the east property line of 18th Street to the west prop. erty line of 18th Street, shall be reset to form a 50-foot roadway along the center line of Eth Avenue.
 Iat Xhat the gutter adj0ining tlEe granite curb on both sides of 7th Avenue, from the east property line of fs14th Street to the west property line of 18th Street, and from the east property line of 10th Street to the. west property line of 18th Street and from the east prop erty line of 18th Street to the west property line of 17th Street and from the east property line Of 17th Street to the west property line of 18th Street and from the east property line of 18th Street to the west property line of 18th Street shall be paved for a width of one foot with Portland cement concrete gutter paving six inches thick.
 That the entrances. to lots. drive ways and alley crossings on 7th Ave nue, shall be extended of even width and alignment and paved with similar material to that of the old portion thereof. to connect with the curb in its new position.
 That theE roadway between the gut ter lines on 7th Avenue, from the east property line sof 14th Street to the west property line of 18th Street, and from the east property line of 10th Street to the west property line of 16th Street and from the east proper ty line of 18th Street to the west prop erty line of 17th Street and from the east property line of 17th Street to the west property line of 18th Street and from the east property line of 18th Street to the west property line of 18th Street shall be paved with sheet as- phalt paving having one inch binder course and one and one-half inch wear ing surface, on q five inch concrete foundation, or bitulithic paving two inches thick on a five inch concrete foundation, provided, however, that the final selection of the pavement or the kind or character thereof shall be post poned until the bidss shall have been received.
 That yitrified clay drainage pipes, inIets and manholes of brick, with cast iron covers, shall be constructed along said street between said points.
 Section 2.-That said improvements shall be made in accordance with the established grades on file in the office of the City Engineer for said portions of said highways, and according to full details, drawings, plans, specifications and surveys of said work and estimates, which shall be prepared by the City Engineer, as early as practicable, and placed by him on file in his office, in the City Hall, not later than two weeks prior to the date named in Section 4 of this ordinance, where prop erty owners who may be affected by oAAA AAAPkOFCAttCANS may SSo NbN cA- anime the same.
 Section 3.-That the cost of con structing said improvements shall be assessed against the property abutting on the portions of the highways so inS- proved, provided:
 Gal That the cost of improvements at or upon street, avenue or alley in- tersections shall be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on said highways so interseeting for one half block in each direction.
 (b) That the cost of sidewalk im- provements on street and avenue corr ners shall be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on or near est to said improvements, and the cost of sidewalk improvements at the inter- section of any alley with street, ave nue or other highway, shall be assessed iu fair proportion against the respect i've lots or parcels of land abutting on or cornering on the alley at such inter section.
 (c) That no assessment shall exceed the cost of such improvements or the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from such improvements.
 Section 4-That the estimated cost of said improvements is $S2, ,000.00, and that the Commission of the City of Birmingham will meet on the 3rd day of June 1924, in the Council Chamber of the City Hall of Birming- ham, at 10 o'clock, a. m., to hear any objections, remonstrances or protests