Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-03-14

curbing, or otherwise, and of repair
ing the same as the Council shall
determine, may be paid from the
general street fund, sor from the
district fund, of the proper street dis
trict, or in part from each, or such
part of the expense of such improv-
ment as the Council shall determine
may be betrayed by special assess
ment upon lots and premises in
cluded in a special assessment
district, to be constituted of the
lands fronting upon that part of the
street or alley so improved, or pro-
posed so to be; or constituted of lands
fronting upon such Improvement, and
such other lands as, in the opinion of
the Council, may be benefited by the
Improvement: Provided, that in no
case shall the special assessment dis
trict for paving purposes, exceed one
half the entire cost of the paving in
such district"
Section II provides that "the cost of
grading for paving purposes shall be
paid out of the general street fund.-
Section 4, chapter %, provides that
no public improvement or repairs,
any part of the expenses of which is
to be betrayed by special assessment"
shall not be done unless "a majority
of the persons to be assessed shall pc
tition therefor" and then this salts
factory clause is spoiled by the addi-
ton of Except by concurrence of two
thirds of the aldermen elect"
"The cost and expense of any i'm
provement which may be betrayed by
special assessment" shall not Exceed
twenty-five per cent. Of the value of
such lot or land, as valued and assess
ed for State and county taxation in
the last preceding ward tax roll"
The word twenty-five" should read
"fve," being clerical error.
Section 5, Of chapter %, contains
provisions whereby the amount the
council may raise by general tax on
the real and personal property in the
city is limited to two per cent. per
year, while the population of the city
is under 5000.
Section 6 allows tax of one-fourth
of one per cent. to be raised in each
street district for improving, repairing
and cleaning streets in district.
Section seven allows the Council,
in addition to the above amounts, to
raise by special assessment in sewer
districts, "for the purpose of paving,
curbing, graveling, and otherwise i'm
proving the streets, and for construct
ing sewers and drains" tax which
is not to exceed five per cent. in any
one year, on the assessed valuation of
the property in the sewer district
where the improvement is done.
Section 8, gives the Council power
to impose further tax of three mills
on the dollar, on the property in the
city, for sinking fund to pay funded
debt and interest thereon.
Section 10, allows the Council to
levy such tax as they shall deem nec-
essary to meet deficiencies and to pay
assessments which they require to be
levied or reassessed in the next gen.
eral tax rolls of the city upon lands
in any main, sewer, or special assess
mcnt district, or upon any parcel of
land, or against any particular person
as special assessment"
Section Is, gives the Council au-
thority to raise money by loan in
anticipation of the receipts from spe-
cial assessments, for the purpose of
defraying the costs of the improve
ment for which the assessment was
levied. Such loan shall not exceed
the amount of the assessment for the
completion of the work."
The Board of Review is to consist
of the controller, supervisors and city
attorney.
The taxes levied for a particular
purpose are to be used for the purpose
for which such tax is levied, and Sec
ton 20 says: "No warrant shall be
drawn upon the treasury after the
fund from which it should be paid
has been exhausted; nor when the
liabilities outstanding, and previously
incurred, and payable from such fund,
are sufficient to exhaust it. Any war
rant draft, or contract payable by the
provisions of this act from any par
ticular fund excepting bonds given
for loans herein authorized and issued
or made after such fund has been ex-
hausted by previous payments or by
previous liabilities payable from such
fund, shall be void as against the
CITY,"