The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-29

office of the city engineer. or other off
 cer, designated in such ordinance or reso- lution. where property owners who may
 be affected by such improvement may
 see and examine the same, and the said ordinance or resolution shall appoint
 time when the council will meet which
 will not be less than two weeks after
 the date of the first publication of said
 ordinance or resolution, to hear any ob- | jections or remonstrances that may be
 made to said improvements. the manner
 of making the same or the character of
 the material to be used. Said ordinance
 or resolution must be published once
 week for two consecutive weeks in some
 newspa per published in said city or town.
 and if no newspaper is published therein,
 1t may be published either in a news
 paper of general circulation. or by post
 ing for two weeks, in three public places
 in such city or town.
 i Sec. 12G. At said meeting or at a place
 and time to which the same may be ad- | journed all persons whose property may
 be affected by the proposed improvement
 may appear in person, or by attorney, or
 by petition and object or protest against
 said improvement, the material to be i used and the manner of making the same
 and the said council shall consider such
 objections and protests, If any and may confirm, amend, modify or rescind the
 original ordinance or resolution, but if
 objection to the proposed improvement
 be made by a majority in frontage of
 the property owners to be affected there i by, when the proposed improvement Is
 to be assessed against the property front ing or abutting any street, avenue or
 alley or by majority, in area, of the
 property owners, when the proposed im | provement is to be assessed against the | property comprising a sewerage, drainage | or improvement district, the improve i ment shall not take place unless ordered | by two-thirds vote of those elected to | the council. The council shall have au- 1 thority to pay out of the general fund 1 of the city or town, or any special fund | that may be provided for that purpose,
 such portion of the cost of the proposed
 improvement as they see proper, the cost i of any improvement contemplated by this 1 act shall include the expense of the pre-
 liminary and other surveys and the in- spection and superintendence of such
 work, printing and publishing the mo-
 tices, resolutions and ordinances required, | including notice of assessment the cost | of construction, preparing bonds, inter l est on bonds, when the bonds have been
 issued in anticipation of the collection of the assessment, and any other expense
 necessary for the completion of such im-
 provement.
 Sec. 127. Before the passage of the final
 resolution or ordinance to make any im-
 provement on any street, avenue, alley
 or sidewalk, the cost of which or any
 part thereof is to be assessed to the abut-
 ting property, if the grade of such street, 1 avenue, alley or sidewalk has not been
 established, or change of grade the coun-
 cil shall by ordinance fix and establish | the grade of such street, avenue, alley
 or sidewalk about to be Improved, and
 also the grade of the curb on each side thereof
 Sec. 12S. If the council shall finally or- der the making of the proposed improve
 ment or improvements, notice shall work,
 which notice shall be given In such man. ner, and for such time, as may be pre- | scribed by the council, and the said mu-
 nicipal authorities may if a satisfactory l bid be received let the contract to make | such improvement or improvements, and | if no satisfactory bid is received, the counciI may advertise for other bids, or
 may let the contract to a satisfactory
 bidder without further advertisement, or the city or town may itself construct the improvement or furnish labor or material for the same, and the said municipal au- thorities may by order impose further conditions upon bidders with regard to bonds and surety for the faithful comple- | lion of such work according to contract or for any other purpose mentioned In the | specifications.
 | Soc 12g All work done on improve ments made under the provisions or | this act shall be done under the super | vision of the city engineer or other su- | perintendent appointed for that pur- | nose bv the council of such city or | town. In case of any controversy or
 dispute. the council shall be invested
 with sole and exclusive power to de- 1 termine whether any improvement. constructed under the supervision Of this act, nas been completed in &C., cordance with the terms of the con tract therefor and to accept or reJeet such work on the part of the munich
 pality-
 Sec. 130 If said improvement be finally ordered and constructed, the
 council shall nave power and author
 ity after completion thereof, to as-
 sess the cost of constructing said im-
 provement, or any part thereof. upon
 and against the property abutting on
 any street, avenue, alley, highway or
 other public place so improved or drain ed by such sewer or sewers to the extent of the increased value of such property bu reason of the special benefits de-
 rived from such improvements. When said improvcmet consists of sanitary or storm water sewer or sewers, or i sanitary or storm water sewer system, the cost of any part thereof may be assessed against all the lots or parcels of land lying within the district drained hut the assessments shall not exceed the
 increased value of such property, by
 reason of the special benefits deriv ed from the improvement. When a street, avenue or other highway intersections are improved, the cost of improving the
 intersection. or any part thereof, may
 be asre i5ed agaist the lots or parcels