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

DIVISION V.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
| Sec 271. INFORMALITIES NOT TO
! VITIATE PROCEEDINGS. No error or
| omission which may be made in the order
or in the proceedings of the city council,
or of any officers OF said city III referPilg,
| reporting upon, ordering or otherwise act
| ing concerning any local improvement pro-
vided for in this act, or in making any as
sessment therefor, or in levying or collect
| ing such assessment, shall vitiate or In any
way affect any such assessment, unless 1t
shall appear that by reason of such error
or omission substantial injury has been
| done, to the party or parties claiming to be
aggrleVed.
Sec. 272. REAssEssMENT. In all cases
where any assessment or any part thereof
as to any lot lots or parcels OF lands as
sesSed under any of the provisions OF this
act, or Of any law Of any city prior to this
dictiOnal or otherwise. shall be set aside or
declared void by any court; or in case the
city council shall have failed to make any
| assessment before the doing or ordering
of any work, the expense of which could
under the provisions hereof, have been as
sessed on property, the city council shall
Wftfout unnecessary delay, cause reaS-
sessment or new assessment to defray the
e>l lense of such improvement to be made
whether such Improvement was made unqer
this act or any law Of any city prior to TINS
act, and such reassessment or new assess
ment shall be made as nearly as may be
as herein provided for making the assess
when the same shall have been made
shall be enforced and collected in the same
and confirmed by the city council it
manner that other assessments are en-
forced and collected under this act.
And in all cases where judgments shall
hereafter be refused or denied by any court,
for collection or enforcement or any Speclal
assessment, or where any court shall here
after set aside or declare void any assess
ment upon any lot or parcel of land Tor
any cause, the said lots or parcels OF land
may be reassessed or newly assessed from
time TO time until each separate lot piece
or parcel of land has paid its proportionate
part of the costs and expenses of said am
pTOFement as near as may be.
Sec. 2721a. NEW ASSESSMENT WAR
RANTS. IN all cases Wnere me collection
of any special assessment cannot be en-
forced by reason of irregularity or omis-
sion in any proceeding subsequent to the
confirmation Of such assessment, the clerk
and mayor of said city are hereby author
lied and empowered to ssue new warrant
to the treasurer for the collection OF any
assessment which by reason of such lrreg-
ularity or omission remains unpaid or not
collected.
The treasurer shall proceed under such
new warrants to enforce and collect the
assessments herein specified in the same
manner, as near as may be, as is prescribed
by the provisions of this act for the en-
forcement and collection Of special assess
ments after the same shall have been con-
firmed as III this act provided.
And often as any failure shall occur,
by reason of such Irregularities or omis-
Si9nS u new warrant may issue and new
proceedings be had in like manner, until
such special assessments shall be fully col,
lected as TO each and every tract or parcel
of land charged Herewith.
And in case any such assessment shall be
adjudged and deemed irregular and the col
lection thereof cannot be enforced after the
same shall have been delivered to the
county auditor for collection under the pro-
visions of this act, the city council, at the
time or prior to the making of such assess
rlnnts or the issuance of such new war
rants, may, by resolution, direct such
county auditor to cancel such special as
sessment on any record where the same
appears, and in any case of the cancella-
tion of any such special assessment. the
auditor shall make the necessary credit OF
the amounts of special assessments so can
celed on the proper books and to the proper
officers.
Sec. 273. RELETTING OF UNFINISH-
ED CONTRACT. In all cases where the
work for any Improvement contemplated
by the provisions of this act shall be sus-
pended before final completion, by failure
for any other cause, the city council may
reet the unfinished portion of such work
in the same manner, as nearly as may be,
as provided in this act for letting of CON
tracts for public Improvements, and in
every case of such new contract the work
shall be paid for in the same manner as
contracts for other like improvements.
Sec. 274. NEW ASSESSMENTS. If for
any cause the proceedings of the city coun-
Gil or any officer may be found irregular or
defective, whether iurisdictional or other
wise, the city council may order a new as
sessment from time to time as often as
need be, until a sufficient sum is realized
from the real estate abutting on the street
in which such improvement has been or is
to be made, to pay the costs, damages and
expenses incurred thereby, it being the true
intent and meaning of this act to make
the cost and expense of all local improve
ments provided for in this act in such city
ceDt as in this act otherwise provided.
See. 275. FORM OF ASSESSMEN UT
ROLL. Any assessment roll adopted by the
city council in accordance with any of the
provisions of this act may be substantially
in the following form
The city council of the city of............
do hereby assess and levy upon and against
the several lots and parcels of land herein
after described, the respective sums Of
money set opposite each lot or parcel; The
of. ..............i in the city Of. .,...........
along; ....:. ;...;....... and said lots and
parcels of land are assessed upon the
basis.
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