St. Paul daily globe., 1895-05-21

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resolution once iu the Official paper of the
| city Shall be sufficient notice to the owners
of the land along which such sidewalk is to
| be built to construct the same, and unless
| such owners shall each along his respective
land construct and fully complete such
sidewalk within two weeks after the publ
| cation of such resolution, as aforesaid, the
! city council shall forthwith proceed to as
certain the expense of constructing the
| same and assess and levy such expense upon
| and against each lot and parcel of land
| upon which such sidewalk shall front, in
accordance with the provisions herein made.
It shall be the duty of the city council, be-
sidewalk, to cause the ground upon which
it is to be built TO be properly graded.
Sec. 282 REPAIR OF SIDE sdDEWALKs
owner of any lot or parcel of land shall
suffer any sidewalk along The same to he
| cCme broken, rotten or out OF repair 1t
immediately repair the same in a good,
| substantial and thorough manner and re-
| port to the city council The costs of such
repairs in each case, and a description of
| sidewalk upon which such repairs are
lcade, and such report shall be carefully
the city council shall once in each year at
| or as near as conveniently may be- the
time of levyiDg the yearly city taxes, assess
| and levy upon each of the lots and parcels
| of land fronting or abutting upon sidewalks
| which have been SO repaired by such OIL
GERS, the cost of making such repairs. In
| each case such assessments for all such re-
| pairs within the year may be combined IN
| one assessment roll. and certified to the
| county auditor and be collected as provided
| for in this act in case of assessments
| transmitted to the county auditor.
| In case any such sidewalk shall become
| so out of repair as to become dangerous
| and cannot be made safe without being re-
| built and there are no funds to defray the
! expense of such rebuilding, it shall Oe the
| duty of the proper officer to remove the
same entirely, and the expense OF such re-
| mOyal shall be added to the cost of rebuild
| ing when the same shall be RECONSTRUCTED,
! and collected with the assessment OF sucn
Sec. 2S3. CREDIT ON FORMER AS
ment leved to defray the expense of any
| improvement herein provided for shall be
annuled after any portion of such assess
ment has been paid, if reassessment is
made under the provisions hereof to de-
| fray the expense of such improvement, the
| city clerk shall note the warrant drawn
| by him for the collection of such reaSsesS-
! ment or new assessment against any piece
of land upon which such former assess
ment for the same Improvement has been
paid, the words, Paid on former assess
| ment S......," which shall cancel such
assessment on that parcel to the amount
so paid.
See 2s4 REFUND5NG NIdN3 g,v&lE OF As Assess TYs
PROVEMENT. When any improvement
for which a special assessment has been
levied is abandoned, if any portion OF such
|
nulling of such special assessment it shall
| be the duty of the city controller to notify
the persons having. paid such assessment
| that the same has been annulled and that
| the amount paid by them will be refunded !;
and the city treasurer SHALL upon said par
ties Identifying themselves as being the
| persons entitled to have such assessment
refunded, pay to such persons the amount
| of such assessments so paid by them:
Said city controller shall also notify the
| county treasurer of the annullment of such
| aeS md TnnHjnf n
| the county treasurer shall forthwith credit
| the amount of such special assessment so
annulled to the lots and parcels of land
| against which said assessment was made,
| provided the same has not already been
paid.
| TROLLER ON DEEDS. No register Of
| deeds shall record any deeds conveying any
| lands within the limits of any city unless
there is endorsed on such deed a certificate
| of the city controller of such city that all
assessments in his office for collection for
| local Improvements on said land have been
paid, and any violation of this provision
! by any register of deeds shall be a miSde-
meanor, and be punished by fine of not
exceeding double the amount of the unpaid
! assessment.
1t shall be the duty of the city con-
| troller, upon the application of any person
| interested in such deeds where the assess
ment has been paid. and not otherwise, to
make such certificate free of charge ,,,-,,
| Sec 2S6 OMISSION OF ASSESSMENT
| ON CORNER LOTS. The city council shall
in case of any corner lot, when one front
age of such lot has been fully assessed for
| laying any water main or sewer, in case a
like improvement is to be made along the
| street on the other frontage of such lot,
| omit the assessment on such lot to an eX-
tent not exceeding a frontage of sixty (G0
Sec. 2S7. PRIOR ASSESSMENTS NOT
AFFECTED BY THIS ACT. Nothing in
this act contained shall affect any assess
ment made by any city prior to this act be-
| coming operative in such city, and all such
special assessments and the deferred in
stallment thereof, If any, shall be collected
| under and in accordance with the provis-
ions of law in force at the time of the levy
! ing of such assessment
Sec. 2SS. COMPLETION PENDING AS
| SESSMENT PROCEEDINGS. Any pro-
ceedngs instituted for the condemnation of
| land or other property for the assessing
| of benefits by commissioners for any i'm
provement begun in any city prior to the
time of this act becoming operative in such
| city shall be carried on and fully com
| pIeted under and in accordance with the
| provisions of the law then in force in such
| city Mt the time such proceedings were in
stituted, except that upon the adoption of
| any assessment roll for special assessments
| in any such proceedings after this act shall
| have gone into force in such city, proceed
| ings for the collection of the assessments
therein levied shall be as herein provided
| for the collection of such assessments.
CHAPTER XVI
WATERW0RKS.
Sec. $50. SUPERINTENDENT The city
| council of any city maintaining water
works shall, at the time of its organization
! as herein provided, appoint Il superlntend-
! ent of WaterWorks. The superintendent of
| WaterWorks shall have charge of the opera
| tlon and repair Of all pumps, pumping sta
| tion and appurtenances, intakes, water
mains, pipes and hydrants, and of the
! putting in and maintaining of all CON
of such city, subject to such rules and
| regulations Us the city council may Ordain.
he shall appoint, by and with the con
sent of the city council, all engineers ana
assistants required in the operation of the
waterWorks of the city, and shall hire and
discharge from time to time such sub
, ordinate employees as may he-proYlded Tor
by the city council. Provided however,
| that the city engineer shall perform all
I the civil, mechanical and hydraulic engln-
| eering work of said department. The super
intendent shall inspect all water connec-
! tiOnS, hydTdnts and faucets through which
water is consumed, and examine all water
| meters and gauges: and shall shut Off water
| from any premises whenever the rent or
| other dues therefor afe delinquent.
sec. 800. ACCOUNTS. He shall also keep
ali records and accounts pertaining to the
| WaterWorks, and shall receive ana receipt
| for all water rents and moneys accruing
to the department, and shall appoint by
and with the consent of the city council
| such collectors and clerical employees OF
tn, department as may be necessary, and
shall deposit all funds as collected weekly,
with the city treasurer, ~.
same to the city council, monthly.
Provided, that the city council of any
city may in its discretion confer the Offices
of the city engineer and superintendent OF
Waterworks upon one and the same person
Sec, 291. The owner of private property,
which property has upon it pipes connected
with the city waterWorks to convey water
thereto shall, as. well as the. lessee OF
the premises, be liable to the city for the
rents or rates of all water from said water
works used upon said premises, which may
owner, lessee or occupant, or against any
or all of them. The city council may pro
vide for the punishment of all injuries tC
and interference with said WaterWOrks oil
shall be a misdemeanor, punishable as such
for any person without authority from the