Crocker's Blue Book on Principal City Street Improvement Laws of California: Containing "Improvement Act of 1911" as Amended, with Annotations, "Improvement Bond Act of 1915", as Amended, with Annotations, "Change of Grade Act of 1909", as Amended, "Street Opening Act of 1889", as Amended, Act of 1921, Providing for Bonds in Relation to Street Opening Act of 1889, "Vrooman Act" of 1885, as Amended, Act of 1893, Providing for Issuance of Bonds for Street Improvements, as Amended, "Local Improvement Act of 1901", as Amended; Appendix, Setting Forth, for Reference, Specifications for Various Kinds of Street WorkH.S. Crocker Company, Incorporated, 1923 - 369 pages |
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Page 27 - All loss or damage arising from the nature of the work to be done under this agreement or from any unforeseen obstruction or difficulties which may be encountered in the prosecution of the same, or from the action of the elements, or from...
Page 187 - ... before or at the time of incurring such indebtedness provision shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtedness as it falls due, and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof, within twenty years from the time of contracting the same.
Page 122 - An act to provide for work upon streets, lanes, alleys, courts, places and sidewalks and for the construction of sewers within municipalities...
Page 166 - To plank, pave, or macadamize the entire length of the street used by their track, between the rails, and for two feet on each side thereof, and between the tracks, if there be more than one, and to keep the same constantly in repair, flush with the street, and with good crossings.
Page 123 - An Act to provide for laying out, opening, extending, widening, straightening, or closing up in whole or in part any street, square, lane, alley, court, or place within municipalities, and to condemn and acquire any and all land and property necessary or convenient for that purpose,
Page 52 - The said warrant, assessment, certificate, and diagram, with the affidavit of demand and non-payment, shall be held prima facie evidence of the regularity and correctness of the assessment and of the prior proceedings and acts of the superintendent of streets and city council upon which said warrant, assessment, and diagram are based, and like evidence of the right of the plaintiff to recover in the action.
Page 157 - ... it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Streets to enter into a contract with the original bidder to whom the contract was awarded, and at the prices specified in his bid.
Page 170 - By virtue hereof, I (name of the superintendent of streets) , of the city of , county of (or city and county of ) , and State of California, by virtue of the authority vested in me as said superintendent of streets, do authorize and empower (name of contractor), (his or their) agents, or assigns, to demand and receive the several assessments upon the assessment and diagram hereto attached, and this shall be (his or their) warrant for the same.
Page 86 - The deed conveys to the grantee the absolute title to the lands described therein free of all incumbrances, except when the land is owned by the United States or this State, in which case it is prima facie evidence of the right of possession.
Page 153 - ... at the expiration of twenty-five days after the advertising and posting, as aforesaid, of any resolution of intention, if no written objection to the work therein described has been delivered...