The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09
ORDINANCE NO.

An ordinance to amend and correct Ordinance
No. 260 relating to sewers
Be it ordained by the Common Council of the
City of KenoSha:-
Section t.. ordinance No 26O, being an
ordinance pting part of sub-chapter Xxx.
relating eWers of chapter 40 a. of the Wis
consin flutes of 1898 and acts amendatory
there in addition to the provisions of the
Specia lCharter of the City of Kenosha. Wis
consin, which was passed March End, 1903, be
amended and corrected as follows, viz: BY in
sorting in section 81 of said Ordinance No
after the words 1.-THE city, where said dis
| first appear in said Section 81 aforesaid, and
III the fourteenth line of Section 9@5-239 i'll the
Wisconsin statutes of 1893 on page 705, the fol-
| lowing words, to-wit: 'Or to cause such pro-
| portion of the estimated cost of construction,
alteration or change of sewers as it shall desig-
nate to be borne by the city so that said Sec
| ton 81 of Ordinance No. 260 as amended and
corrected will read as follows, viz:
section 81. That Section 925- 239 of Chapter
| Xxx of Chapter 40 a., of the Wisconsin Statutes
| of 1885, which reads as follows:
section 925-239. Whenever any city shall
| nave adopted system of sewerage, and in the
| opinion OF the Council such system has proved
lnSuthclent, inadequate or dangerous to the
| public health, such Council shall have full
| power to alter or amend the same. and adopt
more approved methods, and to so change the
| system as to obviate the objections to the ex-
| lsting system either by altering or modifying
the same or by abandoning it and adopting an
entirely new system. In case the Council
snail decide to amend it's system or adODt a
/
scr1bed in this Sub-chapter or by the law in
pursuance OF which such sewer or sewers were
constructed to make the necessary plans, sur
VeyS, specifications and estimates, to let con-
tracts and assess the expense of such work
upon the lots or parcels of land thereby bene-
hted, or in the discretion of the Council it may
cause the whole cost of such construction, al
terat1On or change to be borne by the city or
to cause such portion of the estimated cost of
construction, alteration or change of sewers as
| it shall designate to be borne by the city and
the balance to be assessed upon the lots or
parcels OF land which may be benefited. Tt
shall be lawful for any such city to issue it's
coupon bonds for an amount sufficient to
cover the cost of constructing 2ny such
sewers, which bonds may bear interest at a
rate not exceeding six per cent. per annum
and become due at such time as the Council
snail determine, as provided in this sub-chap-
ter, be- and the same is hereby adopted in ad-
dlt1on to the provisions of the Special Charter
| of the City of Kenosha, Wisconsin,
SectiOn2. This ordinance is presented
adopted and passed to correct and cure an
omission in Section 81 of Ordinance No. 260 and
| IN pursuance of and by virtue of the provis-
ions of section 926 of chapter dob. of the Wis
consin Statutes of 1898, and is an amendment
OF the special charter of the city of Kenosha
Wisconsin, in relation to sewers, and in lieu of
the provisions of said special charter inconSis-
tent With or cOntravening the provisions OF
this ordinance in relation TO sewers.
| Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full
force and erect from and after it's passage and
| publication.
L oSSeu; ......s.''.........,s..
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. -.
Mayor.