03/21/1916 Board of Public Works Minutes

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2 STREET OR ArffjEY IMPROVERENT RESOLUTION NO. 423. BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, St. goseph County, State of Indiana, that it is desired and deemed necessary to improve Elmer Street from the north line of Mayrts Michigan Avenue Addition to Keller Street as follows to -wit :_ -By grading said street from property line to property line; by paving the roadway from curb lime to curb line with gravel three (3) inches in depth; by curbing the roadway with cement curb and by constructing a cement walk five (5) feet in width on both sides of said street.. All as shown on the pl£.ns 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, Indian. The cost of the improvement herein provided for, except street and alley intersections, shall be paid by special assessment to be levied upon the property specially bene fitted, 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, entitled "" An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations," approved March .6,1905, 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 -halt' 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 said City, or upon property not sub feet to such assessment , 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 spedial assessment to be le*ied 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 4 per annum. A bond or bonds will be issued. to the contractor to the amount of such deferred assessments in pro rate payment for such improvement. Under no etrcumstances shall the City of South Bend be, or be held re- sponsible for any sum or suns due from said property owner or owners for said work, or for the "collection of the same, or for the p_yyment of any bond, bonds, certificate or certi- ficates, issued to said contractor in payment for such work, except for such moneys as shall have been 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 supplemnts thereto re- quired "to pay. All proceedings had, and 'work done in the makin g of said improvement, assessment of property, collection of assessments and Issuance of bonds therefor, shall be as provided for in said "above entitled Act. and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. BE IT RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Board of Public Works fix the 18th. day of Mpril,1916 at the hour of °7:45 P.E. at the ofrice 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 per ons interested, or whose rproperty is liable to be assessed for said improvement, and will decide whether the benefits, to the property li ble to be assessed for said improvement, and will decide whether hhe benefits to the prpperty 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 pblic consideration be published Lind mailed in the manner provided by law. Notice of this resolution shall be published nad mailed in the manner provided by law. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 23rd. day of March 1916 and on the 30th. day of March 1916 in the South Be Daily Tribune. Adopted this 21st day of March1916, E. M. MORRIS A. H. RICE JOHN B. WEBER Veronica C. ,Sweeney,Clerk of Board. _ President.