03/07/1913 Board of Public Works Minutes

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h. 1 LOCAL SEWER IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 240. Resolved by the Board of Public forks of the City of South Bend, County of St. Joseph, State of Indiana.- That the construction of a local sewer, in - tended and adapted enly for local use by the property holders whose property abuts thereon, and not intended or adapted for receiving sewerage from collateral drains;. be and the same is hereby ordered in and along ADAMS STREET PROM MI CRIGAN AVENUE TO VASSAR AVENUE as follows,to-wit:- Beginning at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Adams Street, thence north along the center line of Adams Street to the center of , Quincy Street with a 15 inch vitrified pipe sewer, thence still north along the center of Adams Street to the center of Vassar Avenue with a 12 inch vitrified pipe sewer:= Together with the necessary manholes, inlets and house connections to the curb line along the line of said improvement. All as shown on the plans and in accordance with the profiles, detail drawings and specifications on file in the office of the Depart- ment of Public Works of said City* d such im ro a ent is z1ow ordered and said sewer,. with all its appurtenances shall be const gted In accordance 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 prod . perty holders whose property abuts thereon, and upon the City of South Bend if the City is benefited by said improvement, all according to the method and manner pro-_ vided for in Act of the General -'Assembly of the Sta to of Indiana, entitled " An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations," approved March 6,1905. 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 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 re- sponsible .for ax sum or. sums due fromesid property owner or owners for said work,or for the collection df same, or -for the payment of any bond or bolds, 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 entitled Act required to a pay. All proceedings had, and work done in the making of said improvement, assess- ment of property, oalleetions of assessments and issuance of bonds therefor, shall be as provided for in said above entitled Act. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the llth. day of March 1913 and on the 19th. day of March 1913 in the South Bend. Raily Times. This Board will give a hearing on this resolution at its office in the City Hall on the llth . day of April 1913 at 7:45 P.Y. Adopted this 7th. day of March,1913. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. President.