La Junta tribune., 1899-03-25

tion, entitled TO be paid for the construction
of the same out OF the funds provided TO be
hereafter appropriatcd. said warrant 10 tie IN
payment for the part Of said sewer it the in-
tcrsection OF streets. The amount of said war
rai.ts to be determined by the engineer In
charge OF said work for said town by subtract
ing from the whole contract price the cost OF
that portion OF said sewer exclusive ot street
fntcrscc ions. fhe decision of the said cD-
-lnu,r upon the ue, ton of sad amol. mt To be
tlnal and conclusive. And n warrant OF the
said Incorporated Town OF La Junta to said
person, association or corporation shall be
drawn for the balance due upon said contract
for the construction of said sewer within said
town exclusive of street Intersections payable
cut OF the special fund to be raised by special
assessment as herein provided
Section 5. After the completion and accept
ancc of said sewer is aforesaid. the engineer
IN charge OF the construction of the same for
the Town, shall prepare and file with the town
Clerk IA schedule showing the whole cost of
the construction OF the same in and through
said new sewer districts exclusive of street
intersections, which schedule shall also show
the number of feet OF frontage thereon and
the name OF the owner ror owrers of each lot
fronting thereon together with the number Of
rect frontage owned by each person and the
cost OF said sewer opposite each lot; ana when
any person owns portion OF AN abuttinp lot
which said portion does not abut ON the alley
against the lot shall he divided among thc
owners thereof In proportion to the area or
said lot which each owns. After the said
schedule is placed In the hands of the Town
Clerk he shall assess and apportion the cost of
the whole said sewer In the said new districts
tN'iINlNt OF hittu intersections OF streets
among the property owners thereof In said
sewer district rs hereinbefore specified.
should the cost per foot OF said sewer IN one
OF said sewer districts be greater than in the
others, the said cost shall be apportiuucd
separately in each district against the prop
erty in that district only. 10 the end that
the frontage in each sewer district shall be
assessed and pay for its own sewer. The
amount so assessed and apportioned against
any piece OF property abuttng upon said
sewer, shall upon the completion OF the
same. become valid and subsisting lien
against the property aud the owners thereof
aud shall be payable at the time ot the
ecssncnt by the owner or owners personally
and shall also he lien upon the respective
otsor pieces OF land from the time OF the assess
mcDt. After the sI,ia schedule and assessment
has been prepared by said Town Clerk. he shall
transmit the same 10 the town treasurer who
shall extend the snue upon his books as nm
nsse-stnent and tnN against the property ~ as.
srssossed and the owners thereof, and he
shall collect from each person so assessed the
amount OF The special assessments is by law
provided. and in csiso of the failure oil amy
person TO pay the said assessment within
thirty days after notice To pay from the Town
Treasurer, the same may he collected Ms by
law provided by II suit at law or in equity,
and the lien created by this ordinance shall be
enforced against the property charged there
with by suit Mt law or In equity, either in the
mime OF the Incorporated Town OF La Junta,
or IN the name of any person Ia whom IL shall
have directed pay ymcnt to be made. Proceed
ings may be Instituted against all the owners.
or amy of them. to enforce the lien against all
the lots or lands. or each lot or parcel. or any
number of them embraced in any one assess
mcnt. but the Judgment or decree shall he en-
tered separately for the amount properly
chargltle to each.
Section 6. The benefit to the public pencr-
ally on account of the construction of sHid
sewer is hereby declared 10 be the proportion
Of the cost thereof which Is by this ord nance
assessed against the Town OF In Junta and
the balance of lhc cost thereof is hereby
scssed against the lot or lots or lands and the
owners thereof adjacent and opposite to the
said sewer and abuttny ON the alleys where
shid sewer is to be laid according 10 the front
age or area as aforesaid.
Section I. All ordinances or parts of or
dinauees in conflict herewith are hereby re-
pcaicd
Ordinance No. i13 was placed on its third
reading and final passage this Goth day Of March
\ ID 1899, and was passed by the following
vote, two-thirds of nj the members elect to
The Bourd of Trustees voting thereon. to-wit
Yeas: Stubbs, Daimler, McCunc, Bentley
Nays None:
Absent: Melvin, Kendall.
ATTEST. CIV BOMGARDNER,
g. :. THOMPSON. Mayor
Clerk and Recorder