05/25/1915 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Tuesday May 25th.,1915. Continued. STREET OR ALLEY IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION N0. 389. 4 q q BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY,STATE OF INDIANA, that it is desired and deemed necessary to improve Hill Street from Corby Street to Howard Street as follows, to —wit: — By grading said street from property line to property line; paving the roadway from curb line to curb line with gravel three #3) inches in depth; curbing the roadway with cement curb and constructing a five (5) feet cement walk on both sides of said street. All,as shown on the plans, and in accordance with the profiles, detail drawings and specifications on file in the office of -the Department of Public Works of the City of South Bend, , Indiana. And such improvement is now ordered. The cost of the improvement herein provided for, ex ept street and alley intersections, shall be paid by special assessment to be levied upon the property specially benefitted, tonthe amount that the.same may be legally assessed therefor, in accordance with an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, ent it led "An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations," approved March 6,1905, and in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of all acts amendatory and supplemnntl thereto. The cost of all street and alley intersections, including.one half of the width of the improvement opposite street and alleys which run into, but do not cross said roadwayherein proposed to be improved and that portion of such street or alley abutting upon property belonging to said City, or upon property not subject to such assessments, shall bep.paid by the City in cash out of its general fund, if able to do so, or from a fund created by a special assessments to be levied under the provisions of Section 108 of the above entitled Act. Assessments of ten dollars and more against each lot, if deferred, are to be paid in ten equal annual installments, with interest at the rate of Six per cent per annum. A bond or bonds will be issued to the contractor to the amount of such deferred assessments in pro rata payment for such improvement. Under no circumstances shall the City of South Bend be, or be held responsi— ble for and sum or sums due from said property owner or owners for said work, or for the collection of the same, or for the payment of any bond, bonds, certificate or certificates issued to said contractor in payment of such work, except for such moneys as shall have actua ly been received by the City from assessments for such improvement, or such moneys as said City is by said entitled Act and amendments and supplements thereto required to pay. All proceedings had, and work done in the making of said improvement, assessment of pro— perty, collection of assessments and issuance of bonds therefor, shall be as provided for^in said above entitled Act, and Acts amendatg7 thereof and supplemettl thereto. Be It Further Resolved. Thafg the Board of Public Works fix the 22nd. day of June,1915 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 hear 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 such public consideration be published and mailed in the manner provided by law. Notice of this resolu- tion shall be published on the 20th. day of May,1915 and on the 4th. day of June,1915 in the South Bend Daily Tribune. Adopted this 25th, day of May91915. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.