Instrument # BF138691-001, an agreement filed in the Tompkins County Clerk's Office and available in the Clerk's online database.
"THIS AGREEMENT made by and among C. CHADDOCK HEAD and HARRIETT J. HEAD, 108 Sheldon Road; CLYDE E. INGALLS and MARY R. INGALLS, 106 Sheldon Road; JOHN W. REDDOUT and LOIS M. REDDOUT, 817 Triphammer Road; HARRY G. CLARK and HARRIET V. CLARK, Sheldon Road; DONALD B.KEEP and NELLIE B. KEEP, 811 Triphammer Road; and J. THOMAS REID and ALICE E. REID, 105 Sheldon Road, all of the Town of Ithaca, County of Tompkins and State of New York;
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WHEREAS all of the parties hereto except J. Thomas Reid and Alice E. Reid have heretofore petitioned the Village Board of the Village of Cayuga Heights and the Board of Public Works of the City of Ithaca for the approval of sanitary sewer service to their houses on Sheldon Road, formerly known as Water Tank Road, and Triphammer Road, in the Town of Ithaca; and
WHEREAS such approval was extended to the five property owners, namely, Head, Ingalls, Reddout, Keep, and Clark by resolution of the Board of Public Works of the City of Ithaca at its meeting held un July 27, 1949; and
WHEREAS the last of the above-named parties, namely, J. Thomas Reid and Alice E. Reid, now wish to avail themselves of the advantages of such sewer connection, provided approval can be obtained for their house also; and
WHEREAS the parties hereto are desirous of agreeing among themselves as to the method of financing the proposed sewer extension;
NOW THEREFORE the undersigned in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained, and other good and sufficient consideration,
hereby mutually agree as follows:
1. All of the parties hereto agree to pay in equal shares the cost of constructing, repairing, and maintaining a sanitary sewer main to serve their residences respectively, each residence served is to count as one unit for the purpose of sharing such cost, and it being contemplated that there will be presently six such units, if permit is obtained by Reids.
2. It is understood and agreed that the cost of such construction shall include the cost of engineer's services and legal or attorney's fees and disbursements in connection therewith, and that the total will be $3600 more or less.
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