Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-24
CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS.

The Capital publishes the following as a
synopsis of amendments proposed to the
law governing cities Of the first class as
agreed upon by the late conference:
Section /. That-whenever the mayor and
council of any city of the first class shall,
under authority vested in them by any law
of this state, cause any street. avenue or
alley in such city to be graded, curbed,
guttered, paved, repaved or macadamized,
or anv sewer to be constructed, or any
bridge over water course to be erected, or
the areas formed by the intersection OF
] streets and alleys to be paved, repaved or
/ macadamized, they may, in their discretion
provide for the payment of the cost there
of by enstallments, instead Of levying the
entire tax or special assessment for such
cost at one time, and for snch Install
ments they may issue improve
| ment bonds, none OF which bonds
shall run longer than ten years nor bear IN
tercst exceeding seven per centum per
annum. Such bonds may be issued to the
contractor constructing the improvement
| in payment thereof, or the mayor and
council NAV sell the same at not less than
their par value and pay the proceeds there
of to the contractor. Such bonds shall
not be issued in an amount in excess OF the
contrsctsprice of the work or improvement,
and shall be of such denominations as the
mayor and council shall deem proper.
In the case of the said Improvements for
which special assessment are by law to be
levied. special assessments shall be made
each year to pay the principal and interest
maturing on such bonds next thereafter
maturing and such assessments shall be
made upon the property chargeable for the
cost of such improvement and levied and
collected in the same manner as may be
provided by law for the levy and collection
of special assessments for such improve
ments, where no bonds are issued, but the
assessed valuation Of the property liable for
such cost, which is established for the
first wears assessment, shall be retained
for the assessments for the succeeding In
stallments of said bonds. The owner of
any piece of property liable to any such
assessment may at any time before the
bonds herein provided for are issued.
pay his proportion of such assessment
to the city treasurer, and his
property so paid on, shall not thereafter
be liable for any further assessment for the
cost of said work. For the cost Of such OF
said Improvements as are by law made
payable out of the general improvement
fund of the city, the mayor and council
NAV also issue bonds for the same tenor
and effect and under the same restrictions
as those hereinbefore mentioned, and such
bonds and the interest thereon shall be
paid by the levy of general tax on all the
property in the city.
Sec. 9. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its approval and
publication in the official paper of the
state.
Colonel Moss then offered an amend
ment to section IL of the charters Of cities
of the first class, relating to the manner in
which assessments shall be made to pay
the cost of paving by the property owners
whose property abuts the pavement, and
the amendment passed.
An amendment was also made to section
IA. This amendment changes the number
from "a majority" to "two-thirds'' of the
property owners who have the right to file
within twenty days their protest against
improvements, after such improvements
have been ordered by the mayor and conn
Gil.
Mr.. Gage moved that to the mayor and
the city council be given power to regulate
plumbers, scavengers and drain diggers,
and to add them to the list of vocations that
are now regulated by the mayor and coun-
Gil under the charter The object Of the
amendment is to protect the streets when
paved from being torn up by plumbers and
others.
The amendment was adopted
Mr.. Gage also introduced the following
amendment to section IA of the charters Of
cities of the first class: Provided that no
person or corporation shall enter upon or
make any excavation in any street, avenue
or alley of such city that has been paved,
except in conformity to the rules and regu-
lations established therefor by the mayor
and council by ordinance"