People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1896 — Ordinance No. 31. [ARTICLE]

Ordinance No. 31.

Repair of Sidewalks. An ordinance Providing for the repair of sidewalks in the City of Rensselaer, and for the collection of the cost thereof and declaring an emergency. (Ordained and established June 22, 1896.) Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Rensselaer, Indiana: That hereafter, whenever the Common Council shall determine, by a two-thirds vote of its members, that a necessity exists for the repair of sny sidewalk, or part of a sidewalk, in said City the Common Council shall adopt a reaolution to that effect, and declare in said said resolution the kind of repairs to be made. And- upon the adoption of said resolution the City Clerk shall issue a notice to the owner or ownerS*of all lots, lands, or parts of lots bordering upon the sidewalk, or part of sidewalk, proposed to be repaired, which notice shall recite the passage of said resolution and require such owner or owners to proceed forthwith to make such repairs. Which notice shall be served upon such owner or owners by the City Marshal, at least five days before the next regular meeting subsequent to the adoption of said resolution, if said owner or owners can be found in said City, and if not he shall report said fact in his return. And if said owner or owners shall neglect or refuse to construct said repairs, or improvements, within five days of the time of receiving said notice, or if such owner or owners shall be non-residents of said City, or can not be found, such Common Council shall let the contract for said repairs or improvements to the lowest responsible bidder, after advertising the same for bids for 10 days in a newspaper of general circulation in said City, and the Contractor to (whom) said work shall be let shall give bond for the faithful performance of said work as in other cases. Said work in all cases to be done under the supervision of the City Civil Engineer, who shall, when such work is completed, report that fact to the Common Council, together with an estimate of the proportion thereof due from each owner fronting upon such sidewalk or part of sidewalk so repaired, which, if found correct from that date be a lien upon the lot, or parcel of ground, agains which the same is assessed, and the City Clerk shall thereupon cause such estimate to be recorded in the Recorder’s office of Jasper County, Indiana, and the amount so assessed against each owner shall then be deemed due and payable, and the same may be enforced as Provided by Section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1896, concerning Street Improvements, etc., Elliot’s Supplement (Sec. 812.). Sec. 2. This Ordinance shall be in force two weeks from and after its passage and publication in the Ordinances of the City of Rensselaer.