07/13/1915 Board of Public Works Minutes

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"A" Tuesday July 13th.,1915. Continued. . Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 15th. day Of July, 1915 and and on the 22nd. day of July,l915 in the South Bend Daily Tribune. This Board will give a hearing on this resolution in its office in the City Hall on the lOth`. day of Augu t,1915 at 7:45 P.M. Adopted this 13th. day of July,1915. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. STREET OR ALLEY IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 400. 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 imprw e Prairie Avenue from Grant Street to the Western City Limits as ollows,to-wit:- By grading said Prairie Avenue from property line to property line and paving the roadway from curb line to curb line with gravel, eight (8) inches in depth in the center and sic (6) inhes in f depth on the sides, and constructing cement curb on both sides of the roadway. All as shown. nn. the plans and in accordance iithh the profiles, detail -drawings and specifications on file in the office of the Department of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana. The cost od the improvement herein provided for, except street and alley intersections, shall be paid by special assessments to be levied upon the property specially benefited to the amount that the same may be legally assessed therefor, in accordance with An Act of the general assembly of the State of Indiana, -eneitled " An Act Concern ing Municipal Corporations, " approved March 691905, and in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of all acts amendatory and supplemental thereto. The cost of all street and alley intersections, including one=half of the width of the improvement opposite street and alleys vhich run into, but do net cross said roadway herein proposed to beimproved and that portion of such street or alley abutting upon property belonging to said City, or upon property not subject to such assessments, shall be paid by the 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 108 of the above entitled Act. be paid in an num. A assessments Assessmets of ten dollars and more aginst each -lot, if deferred, are to ten equal annual installments, with interest at the rate of Six per cent per bond or bonds will be issued to the contractor to the amount of such deferred in pro rata payment fornsuch improvement. Under no ettcumstances shall the City of South Bend be, or be held repsonsible for any sum or sums due from said property --owner or owners dor said work, or for the= collection of the same, or for the payment of any bond, bonds, certificates or certifi-cates, issued to said contractor in payment for such wa rk, except for such moneys as s 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 proceedings had, and work done in the making of said improvement, asses ment of property-, collection of assessments and issuance of bonds therefor, shall be aspro- vided for in said above entitled Act, and Acts amendatory thereof an- supplemental thereto. Be It Further Resolved. That the Board of Public Works fix the loth. day of August,1915 at the hour of 7:45 P.X. at the office of they Bord of Public Works of this City, as the time and place for the public con ideration 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 Ydll 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 consideration be published and mailed in the manner provided shall be published on the 16th. day of July91915 and on the in the South Bend Daily Tribune. Adopted this 13th. day of July21915. the time and place of such public by law. Notice of this Resoluti 23rd. day of July,1915. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.