07/17/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes

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SIDEWALK IMPROVEIENT RESOLT_iTION NO. 550. Resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, State of Indiana, That it is deemed necessary to improve Campau Street from Arthur Street to the east City Limits, as follows, to -wit: By grading said street from property line to property lines to the established grade, by curbing the roadway with cement curb, also by grading parkway in center of said street and by constructing cement curb along said parkway; all as is more particularly shown, and all in accordance with the profiles, plans, detail drawings and specifications on file in the Office of the Department of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana in accordance with the 16pofile, details, drawings and specifications on file in the office of the Department of Public Works of said City; and such improvement is now orderd. The cost of said improvement, including the cost of street and alley intersections, shall be assessed upon the real estateabutting on said Campau Street, all according to the method and manner provided for in an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled " An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations, " approved Uarch 6,1905, and in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of all amendatory and sunplmental acts thereto, passed by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, Assessments, if deferred, are to be paid in ten equal annual installments: with interest at the rate of Six per cent per annum. A bond or bonds shall be issued to the contractor in payment of such work, unless the property owners pay said assessment b fore said bond or bolds are issued Under no circumstances shall the City of South Bend,,'; be, or be held responsible for any 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 suchwork, except for such moneys as shall have been actually received by the City from the assessments bor such improvement, or such moneys as said City is by said above entitled Act required to pay All proceedings had, and work done in 'the making of said improvement, assessment of property, collection of assessments and issue issuance of bonds therefor, shall be as provided for in said above entitled°Act and amendments thereto. Notice of this resolution shall be published . on the 20th. day of July 1917 and on the 27th., day of July 1917 in the South Bend Daily Tribune. >This Board will give a hearing on this resolution in its office in the City'Hall on the.7th. day of August 1917 at 7:45 P.M. Adopted this 17th. day of July 1917. F. M. MORRIS BOARD OP PUBLIC WORKS. A. H. RICE JOHN B. WEBER Attested: - Veronica C. Sweeney, Clerk of the Board. Engineer filed assessment roll and final estimate for pipe sewer on Marine Street from Indiana Avenue to Calvert Street, under Improvement Resolution No. 454. In the City of South Bend, Indiana. Resolved., that notices as to the assessments as required by law be published on the 20th. day of July 1917 qnd on the 27th., day of July 1917 in the South Bend Daily Tribune, stating that this Board will give a hearing on the amount of such assessmento at its office in the City Hall on the 7th. day of August 1917 at 7:45 P.M. Resolved further, that the entire work under the above contract be accepted and approved, and the final estimate thereon allowed. Notice of this resolu- tion shall be sjzzgpkxd publihsed on the 20th. day of July 1917 and on the 27th., day of July 1917 in the South Bend Daily Tribune, stating that this Board will give a hearing on the acceptance of such work at its office in the City Hall on the 7th., day of August 1917. at 7:45 P.M.