The Arizona sentinel., 1903-08-26
ORDINANCE NO. Y
Relating to the Construction of a Sewer and to the Assessment and Collection of the
 Cost thereof.

The Common Council of the Town of Yuma do
 Ordain as follows:
 Section l. Thcrc shall he constructed and installed town sewer m the town of Yuma; said sewer to he a continuation of tn" present sewc- and it shall be constructed from the west terminus of the present se yer on Second street west to Madison avenue thence south along Madison avenue to Third street thence re>; along Third street to First avenue, thence south along First avenue to Orange avenue.
 Section 2 The expense Of con ,tructing said sewer shall be assessed against the real cs.ate which may be benefited or increased in value thereby and shall be paid by the owners of such real estate
 Section 8 The Common Council shall ap- point three commissioners 10 make such aSS'NS- meat who shali. 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 take and subscribe an off cial oath as such commissioners, which oath shall be in the usual and ordinary form required py 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 lcvying the assessment, and when they shall have made such estimate they shall make such assessment and make return
 ,l-;,, I, examination. assessment. assessment roll and report the commissioners shall proceed in all things according to the provisions oI para graphs f72. 473 and 474 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 l. Upon presentation of the report Of the commissioners and the assessments made by them to the Common Council. it shall pro- ceed 10 examine and reject. confirm 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 10 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 adjudged to be paid benefits ae- crung to the parcel Of real estate described in such asseSsuent roll shall be paid by the town at large
 Section 6 Upon the confirmation. mOditi- cation and confirmation of such report and assessment by the Common Council the town clerk shall tile the report and assessment and record the action ct the Common Council thereon And the raayor and town clerk shall thereupon issue a warrant for the collection of such assessment and de liver the same. together with coRy of the as SeS>ment roll as confirmed by the Common Council to the town marshal. who k 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 notice thereof by publishing notice in the Ari- zona Sentinel. d weekly newspaper published in said town. for four consecutive issues Such notice shall be substantially ill the following form:
 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE
 Public notice k hereby given that the Com mon Council of the town of Yuma have levied and assessed a special assessment upon the property benefited by the following improve lent. to-wit. the construction of d sewer in said town from the western terminus of the old sewer on Second street. westward along Second street 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. as will more fully ap- pear from the assessment roll for such special assessment on ille in the office of the town clerk of said town. that warrant for the collection of such assessment is in the hands of the under signed. All persons interested are hereby noti- fled to call and pay the amounts assessed at the collectors office within thirty 1901 days from the date hereof.
 Dated this.......... dav of ..-.. 1903.
 Collector
 All aSSeSSmeutS contained in said assessment rol shall be due and payable an6 after the day of the first publication of Such notice