08/27/1912 Board of Public Works Minutes

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547 LOCAL SEWER IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. t 204. RESOLVED by - the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, County of St. Joseph.), State of Indiana, That the construction of a local 'sewer intended and adapated only for local use by the property holders whose property abuts thereon, and not intendedd or -.adapted for recieving sewerage from collateral drains, be and the same is ,hereby ordered in and along COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE from the center of Oak Street to a point 30 feet north of the First Alley south of Oak Street, as follows, to -wit: - Beginning at the center of Oak Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, thence south along the center of said Cottage Grove Avenue to' a point 30 feet north of the First A13ey Together with the necessary manholes, inlets and house connections to the curb line. along the line of said improvements All as. sgown on the profiles, detail plans and specification on file tan the fffice' of the 'Department of Public Works of said City. And such improvement i s , now ordered, and said sewer, with all its appurtenances` shall be constructed in accord- ance with"the profile and specifications now on file in the office of the Department of Public Works of said City. The cost of said improvement shall be apportioned against and paid by the property holders Whose property abuts thereon, and upon the City of South .Bend, if, the City i s benefited by said improvement, all according to the method and manner pro- vided for in Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled, An Act Con - corning Municipal Corporations"' approved Larch 6, 1905. Assessments, if deferred, are to be paid in ten equal annual installments, with interest at the rate o Six per cent per annum. A bond or bonds shall be issued to the contractor in payment for such work, unless the property owners pay said assessments before said bond or bonds 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 t he. collection of same,or for the payment of any bond or bonds, certificate, or certificates, issued to said contractor in payment for such work, except for such moneys as shall have been actually received by the City from the assessments for such improvement, or such moneys as said City is by said above e titled Act required to pay. All proceedings had, and work done in the making of said improvement, assessmentof property, collections of assessments and issuance of bonds there- for, shall be as provided for in said above entitled. Act. Notice of this': -Resolution shall be published on the 28th. day of August,1912 and on the 4th. day of September 1912 in the South Bend Daily Times. 'This Board will give,a hearing on this resolution at its office in the City -Hall on the 27th. day of Set September 19T2 at 7:45 P.M. Adapted this 27th. day of August, 1912. Acting P re si dent .