Book 14 (January 1950 - July 1954) - City of Oxford

236MINUTE BOOK No. 14, CITY OF OXFORD~~--.~-.~OEMENT - MERIDIANJohnson Avenue beginning at a point on the South side ofJohnson Avenue 160 feet from the intersection of said JohnsonAvenue \.fi th South lCth Street to the intersection of South16th Street and Johnson Avenue;South lCth Street from Johnson Avenue to G9.rfield Avenue;lGarfield Avenue from South 10th street eastvl8.rdly to the Easternlimit of the City of Oxford;So"th 18th Street, beginning at a poin+:. on the South edge ofUniversity Avenue and rillL"'1ing thence southV1ardl~r alon:; s'1idstreet through Haley Subdivision, 12.35.5 feet;andvlI-IR:"1El\S, the aforesoJ3 resolutions uere, respect brel ,r, duly., -published in n nm.fspaper printed and published in t'18 City cf Oxford, Nississippi,for tl:8 time o.nd in the manner required by 18.1-1; and~JI!Em~AS,pursuon-: to s9.id resolutions, the said lA".ayor and Boardof Alder~endid meet to hear and determine all 08jections or remonstrances thatmiGht be made to or against the making of said improvoments; andWHEREAS, no protest against the mnkine of the said improvements on thestreets hereinabove named was made or filed by a majority of tloe property ovmersactually residing on property O1med by them and included within the part ofany of the af'oresaid streets so to be speciall;? improved, or otherwise occupyin:~property O1med by them and jncluded \.fithin that area; andI-nG'REAS, the said Hayor and Soard of Aldermen, pursuant to t.heafores3. id l:earings, did deternine and direct that t!1e aforesaid im:::'Tovements bemade on the streets hereinabove descl'ibed; andHHEREAS, tl;.e se.id l!ayor and Bonrd of Aldermen di::1 thereupon directthat the snid im-:,rOY811J.ents be constructed in accordance vlith plan3 and specificationstheretofore prepared by the City Engineer and on file in his office,Qnd did direct the City Eng:i neer to proceed ',dt:1 the said improve:nents vIi thoutthe letting of specific cont~actstherefor; andHHEHEAS, the s9.id City Engineer has now filed vIi t~:the Nayor andBoard of Aldermen his report sh0uinc the est:~ mates of' the costs of makin,::; theaforesaid imrrove;11cnts; andHHEREAS, the Hayor o.nd :io~rdof Aldermen of sa. id City of O:Y..ford donow find nne; determ~nethat the estiJllnted aGGregate cost of the constr:lctionof the aforesaid improvement~,as set forth in the aforesaid rOl-)ort c,f theCity Engineer, :'s TIrO ITGTTDTl.ED "IPTY-SEVErr ':'EC'UStI.EJ ;:!ITE HUTIDIlED 'i'U3nTY DOLLtif'$LIm 'Y'.1E;:TY CE~rTS (;;)257,920.20), of 1:lh~ cll One rlunc1red Hineteun Thousand FourH1.mdred _Nine.tY-Five Dollars and Ninety-seven Cents (Cl19,.1/?5.97) is to be paidby the City of Oxford, anj One Hundred Th.:i rty-Eight Thouse.nd FOllr Hundred T\.renty-Four Dollars and T'.!ent~'-t~reeCeClts (0132,.1,24.23) is to be nssQssed 8.[;9.2nS-;-, ~,l:Gowners of property nlmtting upon said streets; and