04/25/1916 Board of Public Works Minutes

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113� STREET OR A LEY IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NUJ. 439. 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 deeme necessary to improve the second alley West of Elm Street from Washington Avenue to Colfax Avenue as follows, to —wig By grading and paving the roadway, also by grading and paving the roadways of all intersecting and entering streets and alleys lying within the property lines of said Second alley west of Elm Street not included in the roadway; by paving said roadways with either gravel or cinders six(6) Anches in depth, by placing the necessary marginal cement curb; by placing all manholes and inlets to the proper grade; and the construction of the necessary 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 of Public Woks 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 assessment to be levied upon the property specially benefitted, to the amount that the same may be legally assessed therefor, in accordance with An Act of the Genera? Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled "A-n Act Concerning Municipal Corporations,°1 approved March 6,1905, And in accordance vjith and pursuant to the provisions of all amendatory and supplemental the rent . 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 road— way herein proposed to be improved and that portion of' such street or alley abutting upon property belonging to. said City, or upon said property not subject to such assessments shall be paid by the City in cash out of its general funds if able to do s0, or from a fund created by a special assessment to be levied under the provisions of Section 108 of the above entitled Act* Assessments, of ten dollars and more against each lots if deferred, are to be paid in ten equal annual installments with intevest at the rate of Six per cent per anmum. A bond or bonds will be issued to the contractor to the amount of such deferred assessments in p=-o rata payment for such improvement. Under no circumstances shall the City of South Be ,d be or be held respons- ible for arT sum or sums due from said property owner or owners for said work, or for the collection of the same, or for the payment of any bond, bonds,, certificate or certificates issued to said contractor in payment for such work, except for such :Honeys as shall have actually been received by theCity fro 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 improvements assessment of propertys 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 Further Resolved, That the Board of Public Works fix the 23rd. day of May 1916 at the hour of 7 :45 P.M. at the office of the Board of Public Works, of this Citys as the time and place for thepublic consideration of said proposed improvement, at which said Board of Public Works, will hear all persons interested, or whose propertyis liable to be asse sed for said improvement, and will 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 the time and place of such public consideration be published and mailed in the manner provided !,by law. Notice of this resolution shall be publi hed on the 27th. day of April,1916 and on the 4th. day of May 1916. in the South Bend Daily Tribune. Adopted thi 25th. day of Aprils1916. E. M. MORRIS A. H. RICE JOHN B. WEBER Attested; BOARD OF PUBLIC !FORKS. Veronica,C. Sweeney, Clrk.