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for over five 90 years shall not bear
greater rate of interest than nvs 90
event, be sold Tor less than the par
| value thereof. and shall be sold in ac-
cordance with the provisions OF Chapter
355 of the General Statutes OF Mime.
sofa of the year 1Sg7, Sections and a.
Amend Section 1858 of the City Charter
so az to read as follows:
Section 35S-The city shall have no
| power to assess upon any real estals
| any part Of the expense of in any wise
improving any street, alley or highway.
except sprinkling or sweeping the same.
unless twenty-five (25) per cent Of the
owners owning at least twenty-five (25l
per cent Of the reDf estate to be assessed
therefor according to the records in the
office Of the register Of deeds ct st:
is presented, shall first petition the
common council for such improvement;
nor shall the city have any power To
assess upon any real estate for any pant
of the expense of constructing any
sewer or drain pipe for surface water
or private drain. unless ten Q0) per
cent of the owners owning at least
ten Q0) per cent of the real estate TO
be assessed therefor. according. to the
records in the office of the register of
the. petition is presented shall first
petition the common council for such
Improvement.
All joint or common owners Of any
piece Of property shall be counted a
one owner in determining the number.
| If such petition shall require the i'm
provement therein mentioned to be
made in any specific manner, or with
any specific kind Of material. such re.
quire1nent as to manner or material
council may itself determine the mar
ner Of such Improvement and the ma
terial to be used.
The common council may by two
thirds (2-3) vote of all its members
authorize the employment of person
or persons to circulate a petition for
any Improvement which in the judy
ment Of the council is necessary ana
| proper"
! FOUR.
Add a section as follows:
Section 1853 a-The common council
eighths (7) vote Of all it's members.
shall have power to order the construc-
ton Of sanitary main trunk sewers
power to assess upon the real estate
to be specially benefited by the same t.
defray the expense of such construc-
| ton. or a part thereof, according to
special benefits which will accrue to
such real estate. without the petition OF
I
| ton 1853 Of this Charter; provided. how
ever, that a sanitary main trunk sewer
| is hereby defined to be and shall be.
the main outlet sewer for the drainage
minating at the point of final discharge
of sewerage into st. Louis bay or river.
or Duluth or Superior bay or t1arbor, or
Lake Superior. the whole length of
which shall be designed and intended
as the outlet for lateral sewers. and
~ IN Ipr1a oth ~
let. branch lateral sewer. or any extern
sion of such main trunk sewer"
FIVE.
Amend Section S72 so as to read as
"section 372-when said Board shall
make any improvements described in
Section 1856 of. this charter, it shall
cause an estimate Of the cost of such
| Improvement to be made by the city
engineer, and shall thereupop PROCEED
at once to asses eighty (S0) per cent
such improvement as is assessable. in
Guiding ten per cent Go per cent? upon
such amount, which shall be added
to the: assessment to defray the neces-
sasy expenses *;n Of making sarysy plans
the property to be benefited by said
improvement. in proportion as nearly
az may to the benefits resulting there
to. but in no case in excess OF such
roll the board shall describe each parcel
of property assessed, and the amount
assessed against the same. and shall
state the name of the owner thereof.
so far as known to said board. No
mistake IN. or omission Of such owners
sessment.
II the work shall have been COM
pleted before any assessment Is made.
Or II the amount 50 assessed shall be
Insufficient to complete the work. said
said work, make q final assessment In
the same manner to pay the same.
| All assessments paid on account Of
any improvement ordered to be done by
contract, before the contract therefor 10
let. shall be kept separate in the per-
for such Improvement until the amount
Of said fund, available for said i'm.
provement, equals that portion Of the
estimated cost Of said Improvement
that shall be paid from said fund"
! SIX
"Section 3S4 a-The same penalties
and interest shall attach and be COL
lected by the county treasurer on as
sessments as upon general taxes, which
penalties and interest shall belong t.
the city and be turned over by said
ments."
| SEVEN.
Amend Section 1856 50 as to read al
"section 3ss-A penalty Of ten (1e)
per cent shall be added to all asseSs-
ments not paid on or before ten (10)
days after the time for appeal. herein
before provided IT, III has expired"
! Amend Section at Of the city charter
by striking out the words BOARD Of
Fire Commissioners, two hundred dol
lars $4,000 EACH" 80 that said section
as amended will. read as follows: This
amendment shall not affect the present
members Of the board OF IRE commts-
sioners during their present term OF Of
flee.
section E7-The following officers
Of the city shall receive each year SAL
aries as follows:
The mayor. two thousand five hun
dred dollars ($25O0): comptroller. two
thousand dollars $4,000: treasurer, two
! thousand four hundred dollars ($z40Oli
aldermen, three Hundred dollars ($oeo1
each: city clerk, one thousand eight
hundred dollars ($1so0): city attorney.
three thousand dollars ($30OW and the
fees provided in the municipal court
| act; assistant city attorney. one thous-
and Ave hundred dollars ($1s00): city
engineer, two thousand seven hundred
dollars ($27OO): board Of public works,