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filed with the village or city recorder
Any and all such services, when made in
accordance with the provisions of this
act, shall for the purposes thereof be
deemed personal services of such resolu-
ton upon the persons named therein.
Sec. 3. If such work shall not be fully
done, and said boulevard shall not be
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and within the time prescribed in said
resolution, then the village council of
said city may order the same to be done
by the street commissioner, or commits
sioner of public works, or cause the same
to be done by contract let to the lowest
responsible bidder, the entire expense
thereof to be paid out of the general rev.
enue funds of said village or city.
At any time within thirty days after
said village or city shall have completed
the construction of said boulevard as
aforesaid, the village council or common
council of such city shall adopt a res
oiution fixing a time and place when and
where they shall hear testimony OF all
persons interested or affected and ascer-
tain the amount of benefits to property
fronting such boulevard by reason of the
construction thereof, and such resolution
shall be served on all the persons named
in the resolution adopted under section
one % of this act, and in the manner
therein provided.
At the time and place named in said
resolution said village council, or the
common council of said city, shall hear
any and all testimony offered by or on
behalf Of all parties interested or af-
fected by the construction of said boule-
ward and for said purpose the president
of the council or other presiding officer
is hereby authorized to administer oaths
to witness. Thereupon by resolution, the
village council, or common council of
said city, shall determine the amount of
benefits caused by said construction, 20
each lot, part of lot, or parcel of ground
fronting the street or streets where such
boulevard shall have been constructed or
rebuilt as aforesaid: and a full and COM
plete record thereof shall be made and
kept by the village or city recorder in a
separate book kept for that purpose,
which record shall contain a description
of the property benefited and charge with
the construction of such boulevard, the
amount of benefit determined in each
case as aforesaid, and when SO deter
mined the amount of each annual install-
ment thereof; when transmitted to the
county auditor of the county for assess
paid. Such record to be used in making
each annual levy and assessment, as in
this act provided.
The amount of the benefits to each
lot, part of lot, or parcel of ground so
determined as aforesaid shall be and be-
come a charge against the same and
shall be assessed thereon, as in the case
of county, city or state taxes in three
annual installmentS.
Sec. 4. If such assessments for either
or any Of the purposes aforesaid be not
fully paid to the street commissioner, VIII
lage or city treasurer, or other officer au-
thoriZed by law to collect the same
within twenty days after said boulevard
has been fully constructed or rebuilt 50
aforesaid, the village council, or COM
mon council of said city, may issue, or
cause to be issued, the orders of said viii
lage or city, on the treasurer thereof for
the aggregate amount Of the unpaid bal
ance of each of said assessments, payable
in three annual installments, each Of
which installments shall be represented
by separate order, bearing interest at
a rate to be determined by said village
or city council, not exceeding 6 per cent
per annum, from their date until ma
turity, and payable as follows:
One payable on Or before the first day
of, June, of the year next following the
issuing thereof; one payable on the first
day of June of the second year next
following; and one payable on the first
day of June on the third year next fol-
lowing.
Said orders shall be made payable to
bearer, and the same may be issued, ne
gotiated and sold by said village or city
for not less than their par or face value.
All said orders shall be in substantially
the following form:
$............... Dated at.....-...-.--.
.............., Minnesota, ...........
The treasurer Of the Village or city9
to the bearer hereof the sum of. ..l p'.
............... dollars and. ..........
............. cents on or before the first
thereon at the rate of. ........... per
cent per annum from date hereof until
maturity. This order represents one
third of the amount expended in the con-
struction of boulevard in said Village
or city, in the year 19.......
A record of all said orders shall be
made and kerf by said village or city
recorder, which record shall show the
date same was issued amount Of or
der, date when due, to whom sold,
amount sold for, and for what purpose
the same was issued, when the same was
paid, and the amount paid as shown by
the treasurer's books.
Books shall be provided for said pur-
pose.
Sec. s. After the completion Of said
boulevard as aforesaid by said village
council or common council of said city,
said village council Or common council
of said city, shall annually, on or before
the first day of October. of each year,
until the whole of said assessments
have been levied as herein provided, cause
a statement of the amount of one of the
said three annual installments, with six
per cent annual interest thereon COM
puted from the time of completion of said
work to the first day of June follow
ing the making of said levy added there
to. to be transmitted, with the village
or city taxes for that year, to the au-
ditor of the county, and the said au-
ditor shall insert the same with the 9TH
er taxes in the duplicate statement OF
taxes annually transmitted by him to
the county treasurer for collection and
payment thereof, and the same shall be
enforced with, and in like manner, as
city, county and state taxes are collected
and payment thereof be enforced. After
the completion of said boulevard the
owner or owners of said land adjoining
the same, or interested therein, shall
have the privilege of paying all or any
portion of the cost of construction there
of to said village or, city at any, time
within twenty days thereof, and before
said levy has been made and the amount
so paid shall be deducted from the
amount of said assessment.
Sec. 6. Chapter fortynine (49l Of the
General Laws of Minnesota for the year
1899, and all other acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with the provisions of this
act are hereby repealed.
Provided. however, that this act shall
not apply to any city or village of this
state having population of less than
ten thousand 100000 operating under a
special law or special charter.
Provided further that this act shall
not in any way affect any assessor ants
heretofore made by any city or village
or any assessments hereafter to be made
by any city or village upon any contract
made prior to the time when this act
shall take effect.
Sec Z. This act shall take effect and la
and remain in force from and after -
passage.
Approved April 10, 1905.
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