The Arizona sentinel., 1903-08-19
ORDINANCE NO. H
Relating to the Construction of a Sewer and to the Assessment and Collection of the
 Cost thereof.

The Common Couaeil of the Town of Yuma do
 Ordain as follows:
 Section !. There shall he constructed and installed town sewer in tho town of Yuma: said sewer to bc a continuation of the present sewer and it shall be constructed from the west terminus Of the present sewer on Second street west to Madison avenue, thence south along Madison avenue to Third street, thence west along Third street to First avenue, thence south along First avenue to Orange avenue.
 Section > The expense of constructing said sewer shall be assessed against the real estate which may be benefited or increased in value thereby and shall be paid by the owners of such real estate.
 Section 3. The Common Council shall ap- point three commissioners to make such assess meat who shall. as soon as they shall have made such assessment. report the same in writ ing under oath. to the Common Council.
 Immediately after their appointment the commissioners shall ike and subscribe an off, eial oath as such commissioners, which oath shall be in the usual and ordinary form required by law of public officers in the territory of Ari- zona.
 The commissioners so appointed and qualified shall make an examination of the premises to be affected and make an estimate of the cost of construction of said sewer. including labor ma. terials and all other expenses attending the same. and cost of levying the assessment, and when they shall have made such estimate they shall make such assessment and make return thereof as herein provided. In making such examination, assessment, assessment roll and report. the commissioners shall proceed Tn all things according to the provisions of para graphs 472 473 and A. of the Revised Statutes of Arizona and in all their actions they shall be governed by the provisions of said paragraphs which are adopted for their guidance and made the law governing them.
 Section 1. Upon presentation of the report of the commissioners and the aSSesSme nts made by them to the Common Council, it shall pro- eeed to examine and reject confirm or modify and confirm the assessment roll and report and the assessments therein contained. and thereupon, if such assessments and report be confirmed. or modified and confirmed, the same shall stand as a valid assessment therein to the
  block or piece of land.
 Section 5, If the owner of any parcel of land assessed for such improvement feels himself aggrieved by reason of the determination made by the Common Council he may within twenty days after the date of such determination, ap- peal therefrom to the district court: Provided, that in case any contract shall have been here tofore or before such appeal, shall have been made for constructing said sewer. said appeal shall not affect such contract; and in case the appellant shall succeed, the difference between the amount charged in the assessment roll and the amount adjudgcd to be paid as benefits eruing to the parcel of real estate described in such assessment roll shali be paid by the town at large.
 Section 6. Upon the confirmation. or modifi- cation and confirmation of such report and assessment by the Common Council, the town clerk shall file the report and assessment and record the action of the Common Council thereon. And the mayor and town clerk shall thercupen issue warrant for the collection of such assessment and de- liver the same, together with a copy of the as seSsment roll as confirmed by the Common Council to the town marshal, who is charged with the duty of the collection of town taxes; such warrant shall direct the town marshal to collect said assessments as herein provided. and give sufficient authority to collect the assess mentS therein, and in such copy of said roll specified,
 Section z. The collector. to-wit, the marshal, receiving such warrant shall immediately give zOtice thereof by publishing notice in the Ari Zona Sentinel, weekly newspaper published in said town, for four consecutive issues. Such notice shall bc substantially in the following form:
 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE
 Public notice is hereby given that the Com mon Council of the town of Yuma have levied and assessed special assessment upon the property benefited by the following improve mcnt, to-wit the construction of q sewer in said town from the western terminus of the old sewer sn Second street.westward along Second street to Madison avenue. thence south along Madison avenue tes Third street, thence west along Third street to First avenue thence south along First avenue tea Orange avenue, as will more fully aD pear from the assessment roll for such special assessment on file in the office of the town clerk of said town, that a warrant for the collection of such assessment iS In the hands of the under signed. All persons interested are hereby noti- ted to call and pay the amounts assessed at the collectors office within thirty 1901 days from the date hereof
 Dated this. dav of I9aS,