05/28/1915 Board of Public Works Minutes

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684 LOCAL SEWER IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 390 Resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, County. of St. Joseph, State of Indiana. That the construction of a local sewer, intended and adapted only for local use by the property holders whose,property abuts thereon, and not intended or adapted for receiving sewerage from collateral drains, be and:same is, hereby ordered in and along St. Peter Street and Sorin Street as follows to -wit: - Beginning at the center of South Bend Avenue and St. Peter Street. thence south along the center of St. Peter Street to the center of Soi.n Street with a 15 inch vitrified pipe sewer; thence east along the center .of Sorin Street to the west line of Notre Demur Avenue with a 12 inch vitrified pipe sewer. Also begin at toe center line of Sorin Street and the east line of Notre Dame Avenue; thence east along the center line of Sorin Street to a point 50 feet west of the west line of Eddy Street with a 12 inch vitrified pipe sewer. 'Also begIn. at the center of Sorin Street and St. Peter Street thence west along the center of Sorin Street to the. center of St. Peter Street (south of Sorin Street ) with a 12 inch vitrified pipe sewer. Also begin at the center of St. Louis Boulevard and Sorin Street; thence east along the center ff S®rin Street to the center of St. Peter Street with a 10 inch vitrified pipe sewer. Together with the necessary manholes, inlets, conduits and' house connections to the cur b line along the line of said improvement. All as shown on the plans,. and in accordance with the profiles and 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, and said sewer, with all its appurtenances shall be constructed in accordance with the profiles nad specifications now on file in the office of the Department of Public Works of said City. The cost of said improvement shall be apportioned against and paid by the property holders whose property abuts thereon, and upon the City of South Bend, if the City is benefitted by said improvement, all according to the method and manner provided for in Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled "An Act Concerning Municipal Cor- porations," approved March 6 1905• Assessments, if deferred, are to be paid in ten equal annual installments, wdth interest at the rate of Six per cent per annum. A bond or bonds shall be issued to the contractor An payment for such mo rk, unless, the property owners pay said assessments before said bond or bonds are issued. Under no circumstances shall the City of South Bend be orebe held responsible for any sum or sums due from said property owner or owners for said work, or for the collection of same, or. for the payment of any bond or bonds, certificate or certificates, issued to said contractor in payment for such work, except for such moneys as shall have been actually by the City from the assessments for such impovement, or such moneys as said City is by said above entitled A at required to pay. All proceedings had, and work done in the making of said Improvement, assessment of property, collections of -assessments and issuance of. bonds therefor, shall be.as provided for in said above entitled Act. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 29th. day of May. 1915 and on the 5th. day of J`ane91915 in the South Bend Daily Tribune. This -Board will give a hearing on this resolution at its office in t_-e City Hall on the 22nd. day of June,1915. at 7: 45 P.M. Adopted this 29th. day of May,1915. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. President.