The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-12
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City of Portland.
In the Year One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Seventy-Three
An Ordinance Relating 10 the COnsfruc
ton of Druins md Common sewers.

hundred ana SeVSntY-Ihree,
An Ordinance Relating TO the Construc-
tion of Drains and Common Sewers.
Be 1t ordained By the Mayor, Aldermen and Com
mon Council Of the CITY of Portland, in City
Council, assembled as 10 'toecS:
SECTION 1. Hereafter all proceedings relating to
assessments on account of the eonst ucton of public
drains and common sewers and the collection of the
same, shall be conformity TO the provision of an
act entitled .An Act relating to Drains and Sewers
in the City of Portland approved February 26 1873.
SECT. 2. " heueyer it shall appear by the report
of the Committee Drains and Sewers that the
public interest requires the construction of any
public drain or common sewer, the Boar of Mayor
and Aldermen SHALL before proceeding TO construct
ne same, appoint time and place for a hearing in
regard to said drain sewer, and shall give notice
of their intention to construct the same, and of the
time and place appointed for said hearing by publi
ion for three successive weeks in some daily news
paper Published in the city.
SECT. 3. The City Engineer shall keep an accur-
ate account of the expense of and COM
pletng each public drain common sewer hereafter
butt and within thirty days after the completion of
the same he shall furnish TO the Committee
Drains and Sewers, statement of such expense to-
gether with the location and profile description of
the lots or parcels of land benefited thereby. which
pan shall give the size and number, cther suffi-
eient desert ton OF said lots together with the
OF the owner or owners If known, and said Commit
tee shall thereupon determine what lots parcels of
land are benefited by such drain sewer and shall
estmate and upon such lots or parcels OF land
and against the owners thereof if known, such sum
not exceeding such benefit as they may deem just
and equitable towards deiraying the expenses of con-
structing and ompleting such drain sewer; the
whole OF such assessments not to exceed twothirds
OF the cost of such drain or sewer.
Said Committee shall report their proceedings to
the Mayor and Aldermen for their action. Their re-
port shall show the amount assessed upon each lot or
parcel of land, the locah n, number, or other suf-
cent description of which shall be given together
with the name OF the owner owners thereof if
known, and shall also include the location and
the profile description of such drain sewer.
SECT 4. If the report of said Committee is ac-
cepted hearing shall be ordered thereon notice of
which shall be given by publishing authentic copy
of said assessments with order of notice signed by
the City Clerk stating the time and place for hear
ing upon the subject matter of said assessments.
three weeks successvely in any newspa published
i'll this city, the first publication to be thirty days
before said hearing, and such further proceedings
shall thereupon he had as provided in said Act.
SECT. 8. All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances
inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN,
May 2Gth, 1873.
Read and passed to be ordained and sent down for
concurrence.
GEO. P. WESCOTT, Mayor.
IN COMMON COUNCIL,
May 20. 1873.
Read and passed to be ordained in concurrence.
S. r. SMALL,
President of Common Council
Approved May 81, 1873
sepS-2w GEO. Z. WESCOTT, Mayor.