HomeMy WebLinkAboutAlderForm.1155.07-16-1917ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING .SOK THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ALLEY
BETWEEN THEMIS AND INDEPENDF-JCE STREETS, MAIN AND SPANISH STREETS,
IN THE CITY OF CAPE GIRA�-,DEAU, MISSOURI.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE 6;U;CIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE
GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the council of the City of Cape Girardeau,
Missouri, by a reselation in writing, duly adopted at a regular
meeting thereof, on the 7th day: of Juno, 1917, found and declared
it to be necessary to construct an alley between Themis and Inde®
pendenoe Streets, and stain and Spanish Streets, a distance of
377.6 foot, Bait construction consisting of grading said alley
from property line to property line, and placing thereon a concrete
pavement six inches in thickness; also the construction of a con-
crete catch basin and intake, as shown on plans. 'khat said work
of improvement shall be done by contract and special tax bills.
issued in payment therefor, as provided by law, and Ordinance
No. 958, approved July 5th, 1911, the council deeming it nocessaZ7
and as a single improvement,
SECTION 2. That the council finds and declares that said
resolution has been published for seven consecutive issues in the
Daily Tribune and two consecutive issues in the Weekly Tribune,
newspapers published in the City of Cape Girardeau and doing the
city printing for said city, and that more than ton days have
elapsed since the last publication thereof, and that a majority
of the resident owners of the lani liable to taxation at the date
of the passage of the resolution, for the cost of the improvement
proeided for in said resolution who also own a majority of the
front feet owned by residents of the city, abutting on said
alley to be constructed, have not filed with the City Clerk their
pretest against the improvement to be made, &ndl that no sufficient
protest has been filed.
SECTION 3. That the Council having cOmPlie& with all
requirements imposed by law and ordinance, anal thus having ac-
quired authority so to de, it is hereby ortered and directed
that Nat the clley between Therms and Independence Streets, and
Main and Spanish Streets, in said city, be donstruct*d by grading
said alley fr0r., property, line to property line anal placing thereon
a concrete pavement six inches in thickness for said distance,
and also the construction of a. concrete catch basin and intake
aB shown on plans. ,
SECTION * 4. That said work of construction shall be
dome by contract, and shall in all respects comply with the esti-
mates, plans and specifications therefor, approved by the Council
ea the 4th day of June, 1917, and on file in the office of the
City Clerk, and Ordinance No. 958, approved July 5, 1911, and this
Ordinance; and no contract for said improvement shall be made
and entered into in excess of the estimate of the cost of the
whole work, made by the City Engineer, and on file in the office
of the City Clerk as aforesaid.
ORDINANCE NO.
SECTION 5: That when said work of constructing said alley
has beancometed according to the plans and specifications, and the
contract therefor, and accepted by the City Engineer and the
Street and wharf Committee, ant their several reports thereon ap-
preved by the Council, then the Clerk is ordered and instructed
ts� issue special tax bills in favor sof the contractor and against
the lots and tracts of land abutting on said alley along the
distance constructed, in proportion to the number of abutting or
front feet, in accordance with said ordinance No. 958, in Pay-
ment for said improvement.
SECTION 6. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and
instrUd-ted to advertise fer�5biie in the newspaper, doing the city
printing, for the constrncstieu of said' improvement, according to
the estimate, plans araat spe0ificaations cad .in accordance with
Ordinance No. 958, aforesaid, and advising'"bliters of the deposit
and bond to be given; ant t�att the contract will not be
awarded the successful biddirjweless he stipulates in his proposal
that he will accept speciaiat*az bills to be issued against the
abutting property in payment fer the work; and he will in no
event hold the city liable -fix the cast of -*the work or any part there
of, and will on completion.ofthe work, par the cost of the engineer's
services, or any other costs aaocraai.ng in fulfilling his contract.
SECTION 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
force -from ani"after !As passage.
Paas s e dl.- by the Cotihc it July 16, 1917.
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Approved July 16, 1917. yu �-"
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