Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1890 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

TOWS m H Notice of Letting Contract for Construction. Notice is hereby given that on October 25, 1890, We will receive sealed bids for letting the job of digging and constructing a Tile Drain ordered to be constructed by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Rensselaer, Indiana, on October 13, 1890, on petition of William Greenfield et. al., recorded in Minute Record No. 2, on pages 39 and 40, of the records of said Town. The job will be let to the lowest responsible bidder, each bid to do accompanied by a bond for twice the estimated cost of construction with two freehold sureties to our approval, for the faithful performance of the work, and to execute a written contract. Said bids will be received at 8 o’clock, p. m. on above date. The Board reserves the right to refuse any or all bids. By order of the Board of j R ) Trustees of the|Town of Rensj ’ ) selaer, at oflioe this 13th day of October, 1890. CHAS. G. SPITLER, Town Clerk.

Townßoard Notices. Notice of Letting Contract fob Construction. Notice is hereby given that on October 25, 1890, We will receive sealed bids for letting the job of digging and constructing a Tile Drain ordered to be constructed by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Rensselaer, Indiana, on October 13, 1890, on petition of John Ramey et. al., recorded in Minute Record No. 2, on pages 38 and 39 of the records of said Town. The job will be let to the lowest responsible bidder, each bid to be accompanied by a bond for twice the estimated cost of construction with two freehold sureties to our approval, for the faithful performance of the work, and to execute a written contract. Said bids will be received at 8 o’clock p. m. on above date. C'The Board reserves|the right of refuging any or all bids. By order of the Board of i Spat I. Trustees of the Town of Rens- ( j selaer, at officelthis 13th day of October, 1890. CHAS. G. SPITLER, Town Clerk.

ORDINANCE NO. 175

An ordinance providing for the construction of‘a tile drain on Jefferson street, in the Town of Newton or Clark’s Addition to the Town of Rensselaer, Indiana, and repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, and declaring an emergency: Section 1. Be it ordained by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Rensselaer, Indiana, in legal session, that a tile drain be constructed on the following route, towit: Commencing on the easterly side of said Jeffefson street where said street intersects a creek or drain known as the “Make-him-self” and junning from thence to the North-Easterly corner of block eighteen (181 in said Addition; thence in a Northerly direction along the Westerly side of said Jefferson street to a point where said street interseets a public highway running Sonth of Thompson’s Addition to the Town of Rensselaer, Indiana. Section 2. The drain provided for in section one (1) of this ordinance shall be constructed of tile twelve inches in diameter and laid at the depth specified in the specifications in the hands of the Clerk of said Town, and to be constructed under the provisions of an act of the Indiana Legislature of March 8, 1889, as set forth in the acts of said sessions on pages 237 to 246 inclusive. (See section 2 thereof.) Section 3. George H. Brown, J. C, Porter and Wilburn Day, freeholders and voters of said town, and not in any way interested in said sewer, are hereby appointed appraisers whose duty it shall be to examine all the lots and parts of lots or other pieces or parcels of land that will in any manner be benefited by the construction of said sewer, and to assess the amount of benefits to each lot or part of lpt or other piece or parcel of land that will result thereto by the construction of said sewer, to make out a schedule of said lots jand garts of lots and ptljer piece or parcel of land with their assessments thereto. To append to said schedule and assessments their affidavit* that said assessments are in all respects true and impartial assessments of the benefits resultingto each lot, and part of a lot orother piece or parcel of land in any way benefited by the s:: id proposed drain, and to file said schedule and assessment with the Clerk of the Board of Trustees of said Town. Should any person appointed as appraiser fail to act; or should a vacancy in any manner occur in the appraisers now or hereafter appointed their places may bo titled by the Board of Trustees at any regular or special meeting of said Board.

Section 4. Jamas C, Thrawls is hereby appointed engineer to lay out and make plans and specifications for the construction of sa d drain and Edmund H, Morlan and John It. Vanatta are hereby appointed agents.to purchase material and superintend the construction of said work. Section 5. Be it further ordained that said drain shall be constructed according to the specifications in this ordinance and according to to the plans and specifications made by the engineer, within fortyfive days Ifrom the taking effect of this ordinance,] and said work, and the collection of the payment from those benefitted thereby are ordered to be done in ance with the provisions of an act mentioned in section one (1) of this ordinance. Section 6, Be it further ordained that the Boardot Trustees as aforesaid meet in speoial session to hear objections to the necessity for the construction thereof, at the Town Hall, Saturday evening, Octeber 25, 1890. Section 7. AH ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 8. An emergency is hereby declared to exist for the immediate taking effect of thisordiprnee therefore the same shall be in force from and after its passage. Approved in Kegular Seesion October 13,1890. EMMET KANNAL, President Board of Trustees. Attest: Chas. G. Spjtleb, Town Clerk.