The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
Published in The Topeka State Journal
March q. 1902
SENATE BILL NO. 534.

SENATE BILL NO. 534.
AN ACT Amending Section one of Chap
ter III Of the Session Laws OF 1891 s15nrie TIE
mental to Article 3, Chapter 10 Of the
General Statutes of Kansas, 1907 and
relating to sewers in cities of the Sec
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
Section 1. That Section 1 of Chapter
III of the Session Laws of 1905 be and the
same is hereby amended so as to read as
Section l. Whenever it shall be. the
jndgment of the mayor Ia and f9uRel1an fPa4 IL ian
dition to the sewer districts to be carved
out of the territory embraced within the
cOrporated limits thereof, as now proV1d-
ed by law, that it is necessary to build
and construct a large. intercepting sewer
or sewers sufficient in size into which
the lateral sewers may empty themselves
for the purpose of draining and@earlng
the charge therefor would be too great
upon any portion of such territory, the
mayor and councilmen of said city may
by ordinance declare that main inter-
cepting sewer or sewers is necessary as
a condition precedent to the division of
the law as it now is, and that all of said
territory of such municipality shall for
the purposes of such main sewer or sew
ers be declared one sewer district, and the
same constructed at the expense OF the
entire territory embraced therein, and fix
ing the point where said main sewer or
sewers is to be commenced and outlining
the same to point where such sewer
course or escape. If any city of the sec
ond class has already carved out and
DESIGNATED de any portion or port portions s,o of
tricts, and the property in such district
or districts has already been taxed for
building any large sewer used as main
intercepting sewer, into which lateral sew
ers are emptied, and the territory of the
City at large has not been taxed for
building such main sewer or sewers in
said districts: and in the Judgment of the
Mayor and Council of any such city such
main intercepting sewer or sewers should
be extended so that it may be used as a
main intercepting sewer into which the
lateral sewers of the other portions of
the city and the other districts of the
be emptied, and that the expense of the
said main sewer or sewers including that
the whole territory of the city, the Mayor
and Council may by ordinance as above
provided. declare that a main intercept
condition precedent to the further divi-
sion of such city into sewer districts,
and that for the purpose of extending and
and paying for that portion already con-
structed. declare all the territory of the
City to be one sewer. district, and tax
all property in the city for such pur-
pose
In case of any such extension or use of
the city shall pay to the parties then
owning the property in the district
districts, which constructed such sewer,
the construction of the same. If bonds
are issued, as hereinafter provided the
city may issue in addition to the sum
necessary to make the extensions, such
amount may be necessary to make
the payments for the old sewer as here
Section 3. That Section one of Chap
ter III of the Session Laws. Of 1905, to
which this is amendatory be and tae
same is hereby repealed
Section 3. That this act take effect and
be in force from and after its publication