03/07/1916 Board of Public Works Minutes

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A Board met in regular session at 10:00 A.M. All members present. The City Engineer filed the estimated cost of the Hoose Court Pipe sewer Improvement from Chapin Street to Soott Street at ...99000.00 The following opinion of the City Attorney addressed to the City Cvil:Bn-' gineerin regard to the vacation of Plats March 391916. Mr. Fred Anderson, City Civil Engineer. , South Bend, Ind. My Dear Sir: — In reply to your repent inquiry, I advise you that in my opinion the Board of Public Works does not have the power to vacate a plat. The power is no where granted to them to do this. They do possess the power to vacate streets and alleys and public places, but the vacation of streets and alleys would not vacate the plat. It is still necessary for the comer to convey the same by lot bmbers and by meets_.abd bounds as to the vacated streets and alleys. The power to vacate plats is in the Circuit Court under the provisions - of Sections 9909 and 9910 of Burnsr Revised Statutes of 1914. The judgement of the Circuit Court vt 11 vacate the streets and alleys as well as the lots, and will restore the land to the legal description that it was before such plat was made. Yours very truly, E. F. SEEBIF T, . City Attorney. The above was read and placed on file. SIDEWALK .IMPROVFJ4ENT RESOLUTION NO. 422. Resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend,. St. Joseph County, State of Tndiana, That it is desired and deemed necessary to improve Various Street in the City. That an improvement be made of the kind, size , location and terminal points as follo*s' That bids be received for the construction and repairing of cement sidewalks, curbs , and for the filling and excavating for said sidewa3k s and ax rbs, on different streets in said'City, where the same have already been partly con— structed, or are defectively constructed. All such work to be cone after the ovners of abutting property have been ordered and notified to construct or repair such sidewalks and curbs for a period of 30 days from the date of any such notice. ' All work to be constructed or repaired in acoD rdance with standard specifications on file ih the Office of the City Engineer of said City. All work to be done and assessments made as provided in Section 1 of an Act entitled « An Act Concerning Municipal Co rpo rat ions, approved 1909, at pages 0412-4131 And in a--iordance with the.profile, details, drawings and specifieatios on file in the office of the Department of the Board of Public Works of said 'City; and la such Ipp ro vement Is now ordered, (over)