05/21/1913 Board of Public Works Minutes

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19 STREET OR ALLEY IMPRO°VEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 273. Be It Resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bead, St. Joseph County, State' -of Indiana, that it is desired and deemed necessary to improve WEBSTER STREET FROM SAMPLE STREET TO A POINT 660 feet south of the south line 0f said Sample Street. By grading the said street from property line to property line and con— struction of cement Burn on both sides of the roadway and construdtfAg 'eement walks on, the west, side of the Street. Also constructing a Brick Pavement laid upon a six inch gravel founda— tion from the south line of Sample Street to a point 440 ft. south of the south line of said Sample Stret. Also -pla:o ng •the °necessary -storm -water -inlets and marginal curbs. All as shown on plans and accordance with detail drawings, profiles and specifications ox file in the office of the Department of Publie Works of said City. And such improvement is now ordered* The cost of the impro� ement .herein provided for, except street and a'!ley intersections, shall -be paid by special assessment to be leti.ed upon the property specially benefitted; °to the amount that the same may be legally -assessed therefor, in accord- 96xice with an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled "An Act Con— cerning Municipal Corporations, "approved March 6,1905, and in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of all acts amendatory and supplemental thereto. The cost of all street and alley intersections, includinf one—half df the improvement opposite street and alleys which run into, but do not cross said roadway herein, proposed to be inproved and that portion of such street or alley abutting upon property belonging to said City -or upon property not subject to such assessment, shall be paid by tho City in, cash out of its general fund, if able to do so, or from a fund created by a special assessment to be levied under the provisions of Section. 109 of the above untitled Act. Assessments of ten dillars and more against each let, if deferred, are to be paid in ten equal annual installments, with interest at the rate of Six per cent per anxum A bond .or bonds will be issued to the contractor to the amount of sueh deferred assessments in pro rata payment for such improvement. Under no circumstances shall the City of South Bend be, or be held res— ponsiable for any sun or sums due from said property owner yr owners for said work, or for the .collection fo the same, or for the payment of any bond, bonds, certificate or certificates issued to said contractor in payment for such work, except for such moneys as shall have actually been received by the City from the assessments for such improvement, or such moneys as said City is by said entitled Act and amendments and supplements thereto required to pay. All preeeedings had, and work done in the making of said improvement, assessment of property collection of assessments and issuance of bonds therefor, shall be as provided for in said above entitled Act, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental there to. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Board of Public Works fix the 27th. , day of June,1913 at the hour of 7:45 P.M. at the office of the Board of Public Works, of this City, as the time and place for the public consideration of said proposed improvement, at which said Board. of Public Works will _-Lear all persons interested, or whose property is liable to be assessed for said improvement, and will decide whether the benefits to the property liable to be assessed for said improvement will equal the estimated cost thereof. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That notice of the time and place of sash public consideration be published and Mailed in the manner provided for by law. Notice of this �rezo tiox shall be published on the 24th., day. of May and on the 31st., day of May,1913m the i'; %buth Bend. Daily Times. Adopted this 21st. , day of May,1913. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. President.