07/13/1915 Board of Public Works Minutes

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714 sday July 13th..1915. Continsed. STREET OR ALLEY IMPROVEIMNT RESOLUTION NO. 401. ✓ 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 Bartlett Street from the East line of St. Joseph Street to Riverside Drive as follows to -wit: - By grading and pavigg that portion of the roadway lying between :the north edge of, the present Macadam pavement and the north curb line of Bartlett Street produced east, whih curb line is fifty three (53) feet north of the souti line of said Bartlett Street. The pavement shall consist of three (3) i ches of Macadam on either a four (4) inch gravl gravel or Cinder base together with the necessary cement curb, marginal cement curb, storm water inlets and conduits; all as shown on the plans, and in accordance with the profiles, detail drawings and specifications on file in the office of the Department pf public Works of the.City,of South Bend, Indiana. The cost of the improvement, herein provided for, except street and alley intersections, shall be paid by special assessments to be levied upon the property specially benefitted, to the amount that the same may be legally assessed therefor, in ace rdance with An Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled." An Act Concerting Municipal Corporations, "Approved March 6,1905, and in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of all sets 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 which run into ,but do not cross said roadway herein proposed to be improved and that portion of such street or alley abutting upon property belonging to sai--, City, or upon property not subject to such assessment, sha 1 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 Sec- tion 108 of the above entitled Act;. Assessments of ten dollars and more against each lot, if deferred, are to be paid 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 deferrd assessments in pro rats payment for such improvement. Under no circumstances shall the City of South Bend, be or be held re- sponsible for any sum or sums due from said property owner or owners for said work, or fo the collection of the same, or for the payment of any bond, bonds, certificate or certi- ficates, issued to said contractor in payment for such work, except for .suds moneys as shall have actaully bee received by the City from the assessments for such improvement, o 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 im- provement, assessments of property, collection of assessments and issuance of bonds there fkr, shall be as provided for in said above entitled Act , and Acts amendatory thereof, and 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.M. at the office of'the Board of Public Works, will hear all persons interested, or whose property is liable to be assessed for said Improvement, and will decide whether bhe benefits to the property liable to be assessed for said improvement will equal the estimated cost thereof. Be It Further Resolved, That notices of the time and place of such public consideration be published and mailed in the manner provided by law. Notice of thi resolution shall be published on the 17th. day of July,1915 and on the 24th. day of Buly,1915 in the South Bend Daily Tribune. Adopted this 13th. day of July,1915. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. President.