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AN ORPT-1 !CE PROVIDTNG P'OR TITE I1,1PROVETEENT OF HU',TII THIRr
STR,:I?T, FRO1'i TRE '.7-7'T CURB LI111: OF ATKINS AV!'sITUE TO THE PRESENT CITY
LIIiIT LICE, '.:'HI(3K LIIP.? IS APPROXIDLi T?'LY 149 FEET '.MST OF TIIE WEST
P! 01'-- LINE OF P71) AVrNUE, IN THE CITY OF PP DUCAII, I cCRACIO;DI COUNTY,
K7:11TUCI:Y, BY THIS GRADING !.ND GRLYMITIG OF 31,DM, TOGETHER '::ITH ALL
I770E`:'ARY EIIGIDTE-PING, ADV'?RTICIIIG AND L•EGLL AND CLERIC/:L SERVICE IDI
C0:''IECTION TRT'H 7.'ITH AT THE COST OF TH- ABUTTING PROPERTY O':.TIERS AND
PROVIDING I71::T S'.BRE BE CONSTRUCTED UPON TIP_? T'I'T YELP PAYI -HT PLAIT.
BE IT ORDAIITED BY THI.' BOARD OV CU;:i;:Il: `IOIIFi'.`-' OF Tiy' CITY
OF PAD,UC_sII, I7NTUCKY:
SECTIOII 1.
That North Thirteenth Street, from the ';Test curb line of
Atkins -:venue to the present city limit line, rhich line is approximately
149 feet 'gest of the 'Fest property line of Reed Avenue, in the City of
Paducah, Kentucky, be, and the same is hereby ordered to be improved
by the grading and graveling of same, together .-ith all necessary
engineering, advertising and legal and clerical service in connecti,:n
therewith, upon bids made therefor, and all to be done in strict
accordance with the plans, specifications, widths, grades, profiles
and drawings in the office of the Co•missioner of Public ''Forks and pre-
pared by him for such purposes, all of wl ich are hereby adopted as a
hart of this ordinance as fully as if embraced herein or attached hereto
and :a de Dart hereof and marked "A" for more specific identification'.
SECTION 2.
That said cork shall be constructed under the direction and
supervision of the Cor,missioner of Public orks, and shall be co. meed
at a time designated by contract for the performance of said work, and
completed on or before eight months after the passage and recording of
this ordinance.
SECTION 3.
That all the cost incident to said construction of said street
as provided in Section 1 hereof, shall be paid for wholly by the
property owners and property abutting or fronting thereon on both sides
of said street and to be apportioned and assessed against the property
owners and property abutting thereon on both sides of said street
according to the number of feet or abutting feet thereon, except that the,
City of Paducah shall pay such portion of cost of construction as re-
quired by law. Provided that said improvement shall be made upon the j
ten year payment plan as provided in Sections 3101 and 3102 of the
Kentucky Statutes.
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SECTION 4.
The contractor awarded the contract for the work herein
provided for shall be paid only from the funds arising from the
Special Tax Bills and assessments against the property abutting the
improvement herein provided for, and in no other way, except that
said contractor may be paid out of such bonds'as may be issued, in
accordance with the law of the City of Paducah and charter cities
of the second class of the State of Kentucky, and for the payment
of which, said tax bills and assessments may be pledged by the said
City of Paducah;and in no event shall the s^id City of Paducah be
liable to the said contractor for the construction of any of the
work herein provided for, except the said City of Paducah shall be
liable to said contractor for the excess of fifty (50jo) per cent
of any property assessed for the construction of the work herein
provided for;
SECTION 5.
The contractor awarded the contract herein provided for
shall be paid monthly by Improvement 1,19rrants issued by the City of
Paducah upon estimates furnished by the Commissioner of Public works,
to the extent of sixty-five (65°x) per cent of the value of the work
done or materials furnished by the contractor ducting the progress of
the work, and said Improvement Warrants shall bear six (6%) per cent
interest from date of issual and shall be issued by the Commissioner
of Public Finance upon order of the Board of Commissioners. Said
Improvement warrants shall be negotiable, and shall constitute a
lien upon the local taxes to be hereafter levied for such improvement
and shall be payable at the office of the Commissioner of Public
Finance, without notice to the holder thereof, upon completion and
acceptance of the work herein provided for, out of the first col-
lection of such local taxes, or out of the proceeds of the sale of
any Improvement Bonds issued in anticipation of such local taxes.
The interest on such Improvement Warrants shall be estimated and
assessed as a part of the cost of the improvement herein provided
for.
SECTION 6.
The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute all!
written contracts and bonds with the successful bidder for the
construction of said improvement, as required by law.
SECTION F!:
Bids shall be received for the construction of said work
according to the plana and specifications made and provided therefor
by the 6vommissioner of Public works, and reported to the Board of
Commissioners at the next regular or called meeting and the contract
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therefor awarded to the lowest and best bidder, except that the right j
is expressly reserved to reject any and all bids within the discretion i
of the Board of Commissioners. '
SECTION 8.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force ten
days after its passage.
PASSED BY THE BOARD OF COMUSSIONERS OCTOBER 8s 1928
RECORDED BY RUNT CROSSLAND,CLERK� OCTOBER 9' 1928