Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1853-05-07
FREMONT. sANDUsKY COUNTY. MAY T. 1853

bed with respect to streets, alleys, wharves,
and other public grounds in the act Of May
3. 1861, aforesaid.
Sec Is. The city council Of any incorpora-
ted city or village may order the clerk or 9TH
er proper officer of the council to certify un-
der his official seal any delinquent tax hereto
fore or which may hereafter be assessed by
said city or village, for opening, grading or
otherwise improving any street or alley in
said city or village to the auditor of the prop
er county, which tax so certified, the auditor
is hereby required to place on the grand tax
duplicate Of the county, in seperate column,
and the same shall be collected in like man.
ner as state and county taxes.
Sec. 10. That the ffty-eighth section Of
said act be and it is hereby so amended as to
read as follows; That until otherwise provided
by the city council constituted by this act, that
numbers, divisions and boundaries of the seve-
raj wards of cities of the first class, heretofore
Incorporated, shall remain as fixed by ordi.
nance on the first day of September, A. D.
one thousand eight hundred and ffty-one,
provided that the city council created by this
act, may at any time create additional wards.
and the boundaries thereof or reduce the
number of wards already created, and define
those now established, alter in such manner
as may be deemed expedient: provided, that
the city council of all cities Of the second class
now having one or more wards, may divide
such city into such number of wards as said
council may determine, before the time Of
the first election under the act to which this
is amendatory, and each of such wards shall
at such first election, be entitled to two trus-
tees to be elected as provided for in the fifty
ninth section of the act to which this is amen
datory.
Sec. II. That the ninety second section
OF said act be, and it is hereby so amended
as to read as follows; "thst for the purpose of
paying the interest on the public debt of any
municipal corporation, the council thereof
shall have power and it is hereby made their
duty, to levy and collect annually on the
property appraised and returned as aforesaid,
sum not exceeding six mills on the dollar,
sufficient to pay and satisfy the whole of such
interests as the same accrues, which sum-
when so paid into the treasury, shall be and
remain specific fund for that purpose only
and shall not be appropriated or used in any
other way"
Sec. 49, That the twenty sixth section of
the said act, be. and it is hereby so amended
as to read as follows; they shall have power
to lay of, open, widen, straighten, extend
and establish, to improve and keep in order
and repair and to light streets, alleys, public
grounds wharves, landing places, and market
spaces; to open and construct and keep in or
der and repair, sewers and drains; to enter
upon or take for such Of the above purposes
as may require it, land material, and 10 assess
and collect charge on the owners of any
lots or lands. or on the lots or lands through
or by which street. alley or public highway
shall pass for the purposes Of defrayins the
expenses OF constructing improving, repairing
or lighting such streets, ALLEY y,orpublic highway
to be in proportion either TO the feet front
the lot or land ahutting on such street, alley
or highway, or 20 the value of such lot Oh
land, ms assessed for taxation under the gene
raj law of the State, as such municipal corpor
alton may in each case determine and they
shall loan have power to provide by ordi
nance for the lighting of any railway OF por
ton thereof which may be located within the
corporate limits of such town or city. in such
mode and manner as the city or town council
shall prescribe, and when it shall be deemed
necessary or proper by any town or city coun.
Gil, to provide for the lighting of any such
railway or portion thereof located as aforesaid
they shall pass an ordinance requiring such
railroad company or companies, within q
specified time, which shall not be less than
thirty days. so to light their track or tracks
or such portion thereof as may be designated
by such ordinance, and such ordinance shall
prescribe the mode and manner in which the
same shall be done, the number style and
size OF lamp posts, burners. lamps and all 9th.
er fixtures and apparatus necessary for such
lighting, and the points of location for said
lamp posts; and in case the said lighting
shall not be done in conformity with the pro-
visions and specifications of such ordinance
or should any railroad company fail or refuse
to light its track, or such portion thereof as
may be designated within the time limited
by the ordnace. the city or town council may
proceed Immediately y to cause such lighting
to be done in conformity with the provisions
! OF such ordinance; and such municipal cor
poration may either by a general ordinance
or resolution, prescribe the mode in which the
charge on any railroad company or companies
shall be assessed and determined such charge
when so assessed and determined, shall be
payable by the railroad company or compa-
MES. at the time of the assessment, and shall
also be a lien upon the lots or land in the
possession ofsueh railroad company or COM
pAnies, from the time of the assessment: such
charge may be collected, aud lien enforced by
a proceeding at law, or IN equity. either in
the name of the municipal corporation, or of
any person to whom it shall have directed
payment to be made; in any such proceeding
at law. when pleadings are required, it shall
be sufficient to declare generally for work and
labor done, and materials furnished on the
particular railway part or parts thereof pro-
ceedings at law or in equity may be instituted
against all the railroad companies. or each or
any of them whose tracks may be located as
aforesaid, against whom such assessment or
charge shall have been made, or to enforce
the lien against all the lots or land, or such
lots or parcel or any number ofthem affected
by any one or several assessments but the