The Arizona sentinel., 1904-09-14

| Sudli COhSttSuLC 4uOiuiil hlOh pOnOi OO hNe which said commission shall examine the local ity where the said improvement is to be or has l been made, and the lots, blocks. tracts and par cells Of land benefited thereby; they shall esti mate what proportion if any Of the total cost of such improvement should be borne by tho town at large because of public benefit and what proportion should be borne by the prop cry benefited, and apportion the said cost be tween the town and such property, so that each shall bear its relative equitable proportion and having found such amounts, to apportion ana assess such amount so found to be of benc- it to the property upon the several lots, blocks tracts end parcels of land in the proportion in which they will seyerally be benefited by such Improvement. No lot block or tract of land shall be assessed in a greater amount than it will be actually benefited. The said commis- sion shall make an estimate of the cost of the construction of the proposed sidewalk, includ- ing labor. materials and all other expenses at tending the same and cost of levying the as- sessment and collecting the tax. which amount shall be the amount levied in said assessment
 Section 6. Said commission shall also make Or cause to be made Gn assessment roll. in which shall appear the names of the owners so far as known, description of block, lot, tract or parcel of land. and the amount assessed as benefits thereto, and in which shall be set down as against the town the amount said esnmis- Sien shall have found as public benefit.
 Sections It shall be the duty of the said commission to report the said assessmens roll under oath. to the Common Council, within twenty (2O) days from the date of their appoint ment. and the said report when received shall hs, .oi iv,cr l,, all
 Section 10. Uron receipt of the said report 1t shall be the duty of the Common Council to set a day and hour not less than twenty f2Ol days from the Gate when the said report is received, when the Common Council shall proceed to con- slider the said report and the objections, if any, thereto by any property owner of the town.
 Section II. It shall be the auty of the Town Clerk to send by mail, postpaid, at least ten days before the day set for the said hearing to each property owner named in the report of said commission and assessed, whose address is known to said clerk or by diligent inquiry can be learned, notice which shall state the de- Scription of said sidewalk as it was described in the ordinance authorizing its construction; that q commission has assessed the cost of the said improvement upon the property benefited according to the amount said property is benc- fted that said assessment has been reported to the Common Council and is now On file with the Town Clerk and open to public inspection; that the Common Council will, on a certain day and hour, naming the same, proceed to examine and reject, confirm; or modify and confirm, the assessment roll as reported by the said commis- sion; that all persons desiring may then and there appear and make any objection they may no t0 oro in.
 And the Town Clerk shall cause the said no- tice to be published preceding the day of the said hearing in at least two issues of a weekly newspaper published in the town of Yuma.
 Section 12 If upon such hearing it shall ap- pear that any premises assessed for said i'm provement in the roll prepared by said commits sion are assessed more or less than they will be benefited, or more or less than the proportion ate share of the cost of the improvement which such premises should justly bear, the Common Council shall amend and change said assess ment accordingly. And the Common Council shall examine and reject confirm or modify and confirm the said assessment roll, and the assess ments therein contained, and thereupon. if said assessments and roll be confirmed, or modified and confirmed the same shall stand as valid assessment therein to the amount of such as- sessment against each lot, block, tract or parcel of land. If the owner of any parcel of land aS- SCSsCd for such improvement shall feel himself aggrieved by reason of the determination made by the Common Council, he may within twenty (20) days after the date of such determination appeal therefrom to the District Court: Pro- vided, that in case any contract shall have been heretofore hpf0re Sl.Ph anpeol rnado for structing said improvement, said appeal shall not affect such contract; and in case the appel lant shall succeed in his suit, the difference be- tween the amount charged in the assessment roll and the amount adjudged by the court to be paid as benefits aceruing to the parcel of real estate described in said assessment roll shall De paid by the town at large. Section l3, The Common Conncil may by res | olution provide for the paymant of the said as in equal annual installments, not ex- seeding five [5l. Section 75 When said assessment is con- | 1leted the Common Council shall issue the l proper warrants for the collection of the said | .aX and name the dates when said warrants re- | Spectively shall be returned. But the said dates nay be by the Common Council extended from | lime to time. Section l5. Sections 2, 8, g. 10 and II of Ordi | nance No. F of the Town of Yuma adopted | July 15 1868, are hereby re-enacted as part of | his present ordinance except that the words the Arizona Sentinel" are hereby stricken | rom section thereof for the purposes of this | present ordinance only. Section l6 This ordinance shall take effect | md be in force from and after it's passage. Passed by the Common Council of the Town | )f Yuma this 18th day of August, A. D. 1904.
 H. H. CONVERSELY,
 Mayor. Attest: J. L. REDONDO
 Town Clerk n;