The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-05-09
PUBLIC ACTS.
(PUBLIsHED BY AUTHORITY. J
Chapter 6-House Bill No. 500.


ter, construct sidewalk, or lay and con-
struct permanent sewers in, curb and
park, or otherwise improve the streets,
avenues, alleys, and highways of said
municipalities within the corporate
limits thereof; to levy special taxes, as
sessments, or local contributions on
real estate abutting on said streets,
avenues, alleys, and highways; to pro-
vide method of assessing and collect
ing all or portion of thecost of said
Improvement on, from and out of the
property and property owners abutting
on said streets, avenues, alleys, and
highways. and of paying for the same;
and to authorize the issuance of bonds
or certificates of indebtedness to pay
for the same, and to provide for the
redemptio of said bonds or certificates
of indebtedness.
Section Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Tennes-
see, That in all cities or towns Of this
state having a population of not less
than $500 inhabitants nor more than
4,SO0 inhabitants according to the fed
eral census Of 1900 or any subsequent
federal census it shall be lawful for the
legislative bodies of said cities or
towns, upon petition signed by the
owner or owners of fifty one per cent
of the frontage of the lots or parcels of
land abutting on such portion of any
street, highway, or alley, as set out in
the petition, within the corporate linn
its of said city or town, and not less
than one block or the space between
two cross streets in length, to provide
by resolution and ordinance for the
improvement of such street, avenue,
highway, or alley by opening, widen
ing, extending, grading, paving, grav-
cling, macadamlzing, guttering, con-
structing sidewalks thereon, laying
and constructing permanent sewers
therein, curbing and parking, or other.
wise improving the same or part
thereof of not less than one block in
length as aforesaid; aud to provide fol
the making and collecting of specia
levies or assessments upon the lahG
abutting on such street, highway, ave
nue., or alley to be improved in the
manner hereinafter set forth and tC
pay for said improvements.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, Tha
in order to bring the contemplated im
provement of any street, highway, ave
nue., or alley within the corporate lin
its of any of the cities or towns afore
said within the provisions of this act
the owner or owners of ffty-one pc
cent of the frontage of the lots or par
cells of land abutting on said street
highway, avenue, or alley not less thai
one block in length shall first file will
the legislative body of such city O
town petition setting forth the limit
of the contemplated improvement an,
the character of the same, averring tn
willingness of each of said signers @
said petition to pay their pro rata shar
of three fourths of the cost of the i'm
provement according to frontage; Pro
vided, the city or town will pay tn
cost of the remaining onefourth; an
each signer of such petition shall nc
only sign his name, but shall also dc
signate his lots or parcels of land abuJ
ting on the street, highway, avenue, q
alley proposed to be improved; Pro
vided, however, that if the improve
ment petitioned for be the constructio
of sidewalk or foot pavement or latel
al sewer, the signers of said petitio
shall aver their willingness to pay the
pro rata share of the whole cost ther,
of; Provided, further, that such petitio
shall in no case be gotten up by pawn
contractors or their agents or emplo,
ees, nor by any one who intends to
or thereafter becomes a bidder on IL
work to be done pursuant to said pet
tion.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, TIL
upon the filing of said petition actic
shall be taken thereon by resolutiC
of the Legislative body of said city
&our IL tha ooi1 ,,atsksou cbal o,,-o
to be signed by persons or corporate
or a person or corporation owning fit
one per cent of the frontage of the re
estate abutting on said street, hig
way, avenue, or alley or portion ther
of proposed to be improved, the petit,
E shall be granted and the improveme
district applied for be established, u
less the legislative body of said city
town shall be of the opinion that:
/. The required number of sign
Q tures are not genuine.
.. The petition was gotten up
= signatures procured by paving COZ
pany or by person expecting to
come bidder for all or any part of t
work, or by an agent or employee
any such company or person.
3. The part OF the cost of the pl
posed improvement to be borne by t
city, including damage ON account
grading or change of grade, as we'll
any other damages whatsoever, will
greater than will be justified by
public necessity.
4. The part of the cost chargeal
). upon abutting property will be so {
of the proportion to the value of su
: property as to be unjust to owners l
> signing the petition.
5. And the public necessity dt