The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07
CITY ORDINANCE.
ORDNANCE No. 1T.

An ordinance to declare delinquent all 1 Due and unpaid special assessments for public improvements, and to provide for the sale of the property against which | said assessments have been levied. | Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Birmingham, that in all | cases where any street, alley, avenue, sidewalk or other highway has been graded levelled, curbed, paved, slagged, macadamzed, parked or otherwise im- proved or regarded, relevelled, repaved, reslagged, reparked or remacadamized. l or where any storm water or s .nitary sewer has been constructed the cost of l which improvement has been assessed 1 against the property abutting or drained or benefited by said improvement where the property owner has failed to notify the city treasurer, in writing, as prescrib- | ed by the charter of the city of Birming ham, of his desire to pay the assess ment in installments and where said owner has not paid said assessment with | the interest thereon, said assessments 1 due and payable for said improvements | shall be and are hereby declared to be | delinquent, and the city treasurer is ] hereby instructed to collect the same by | sale of the property so assessed as here | matter provided.
 | Sec. g. Be 1t further ordained, that in
 
 sidewalk or other highway has been graded levelled, curbed. paved, slagged, | macadamized, parked or otherwise inn | proved or regarded. relevelled, repaved, | reslagged, reparked or remacadamized, or where any storm water or sanitary sewer has been constructed. the cost of which l improvement has been assessed against | the property abuttng on. drained or l benefited by said improvement, where the property owner has within the time prescribed by the charter of the city of | Birmingham notified the city treasurer | in writing of his desire to pay said as- | sessment in installments and where said owner has for the period of thirty (3o) | days prior to the date of the passage or this ordinance, made default nthe pay ment of any such installment and in- terest, and where such default shall con- tinue until the 1st day of September, 1905, the entire unpaid assessment shall | on said last named date be due and pay | able and delinquent and the city treas urer is hereby instructed to collect the 1 same by sale of the property assessed as hereinafter provided in this ordin- ance.
 Sec. g. Be 1t further ordained that it shall be the duty of the city treasurer as | soon as any of the assessments men toned in sections '1" and ''2'' of this or | dinance are due and payable and delin- quent, to make a demand in person. or by deputy, on the owner of the property against which said assessment has been made. and whenever he or his deputy Is unable to find said owner, he or his deputy mayleave a written demand at the residence of such owner or his place or
 business nthe city, or where such owner is nonresident of the city, such demand
 may be made by letter addressed and
 mailed to such owners last known resi-
 dence Or postoffce, and if said assess
 ment Is not paid within ten Q0) days
 after said demand is made it shall De the
 duty of the city treasurer to call upon the
 city clerk for executions and the city
 clerk shall issue the same as hereinafter
 provided And whenever any assessments
 are paid which are delinquent a delin-
 quent fee of fifty cents ($0.6O) shall pc
 paid to the city treasurer by the party
 paying the same whether said demand
 has been made by the city treasurer or not.
 Sec L Be 1t further ordained, that upon
 the city treasurer calling upon the city
 clerk for executions as provided Tn tnis
 ordinance 1t shall be the duty of the city
 clerk to issue an execution against the
 property assessed as set out in sections
 and 2" of this ordinance Tor the
 amount of the said assessment ana m Fl terest returnable to date to pc men s
 toned therein not more than ninety 'sV