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| and extend any existing system or sew
limits of such cities.
Be 1T enacted by the Legislature or the
| State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section of chapter 312
of the General Laws of 1903 be amended
so as to read as follows:
Sec. 8. Whenever any work or I'M,
provement provided for by this act shall
have been determined upon and con-
tract let therefor, the city engineer. OF
other competent engineer selected, ted, 6y the the
proper amount to be specially assessed
for such district. joint district and lateral
sewers against every assessable lot, piece
| or parcel of land within the sewer dis
trict affected. without regard to cash
valuation, in accordance with the provi-
sions of section of this act. :,
| Provided, that no property shall be
| specially assessed for the cost Of q sewer
| in excess of the cost of a sewer eighteen
inches in diameter, and that whenever stse5
sewer of larger diameter than eighteen
(18) inches shall be laid or relaid. the
cost thereof in excess Of the estimated
cost of like sewer eighteen QS) inches
in diameter shall be paid out of the sewer
fund, if any, or in case there is no suff1,,
cient sewer fund, then out of the general
Provided. further, that in calculating
the special assessment for any district
sewer or joint district sewer. the cost OF
laying or relaying such sewer in any
catch-basins. manholes, lamp holes and
| flushing valves and tanks shall be taken
as part Of such district sewer or !oins aH
And provided, further. that private
owners may lay, relay or extend extend any yiad lat
street or alley. and connect the same
with any general. district or JOINT ols-
trict sewer upon permission granted by py
! that any private owner alone. or two or
more owners, Jointly. may lay, relay or :
| extend lateral sewers through prlvate
| ground pursuant to rights acquired there
for by agreement or purchase from ANY any
| private owner or owners. In the event
that any private owner shall alone or
any % such lateral through public ground.
| the city shall not be or become In any
way or in any respect liable for any act
1eggenGSe inyGsed sbs sheTeln have finished
| his calculation of the amount to be spe.
cially assessed, as aforesaid. against
each lot piece or parcel OF ,n iand IN onne nne
prepare and file with the city clerk or
recorder tabulated statements. In dupll.
cate. showing the proper description OF OF
land to be specially assessed and the
amount he has calculated against the
same, and such statement shall pc the
as the proposed assessment to be made
by the city council. as hereinafter pre-
| scribed, and shall be laid before the CIV
lar meeting to be held not less than ten
(1O) days thereafter. The city clerk or
recorder shall thereupon cause notice OF
city council will meet in regular session.
to BEL be published in the official paper Of
the city At least ten Go aagS prior TO
of such proposed assessment with the
city clerk or recorder and such meeting
ment shall be open to inspection and
copying by all persons interested. =,
At such meeting Of the city council all
sessment may appear before the city
council and present their reasons why
such proposed assessment or any par
ticular item thereof should not be adopt,
ed; and the city council shall hear and
pass upon all objections thereto. If any,
any may alter or affirm and ADOPT sucn
Just in the premises. and upon the adop-
ton by resolution of such proposed as
sessment the same shall be certified by
the city clerk and filed in his office. and
special assessment. And such special as
sessment. with the accruing, interest
thereon, shall be a paramount lien upon
the property included therein from the
time of the adoption of such assessment
by the city council. and shall remain
such lien until fully paid, and shall have
general taxes and as to such shall be
Concurrent, and shall not be divested or
impaired by any judicial sale. and no
mistake in the description OF the prop,
invalidate the lien.
The city council may at any, time by
resolution direct the city clerk or re,
Of the county auditor a certified state
ment of the amount of all of such unpaid
assessments, with accrued interest, and
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twenty COO days thereafter make up and
file such certified statement in the office
of the auditor of the county, which state.
ment shall also contain description OF
the lands affected by the assessment, and
after said statement is filed in the office
Of the county auditor it shall be the duty
ment upon his tax roll against the diff
ferent parcels of land therein described
and the same for each year ending oct
Is shall be carried into the tax becoming
due or payable in January of the follow
ing year, and enforced and collected In
the manner provided for the enforcement
and collection of state and county taxes,
and the assessments paid to the county
treasurer shall be paid over by him to the
treasurer of such city upon the appor-
tionment of general taxes. ANY person
may pay to the city treasurer any such
assessment after the same has been SO
certified to the county auditor. provided
the tax roll containing such assessment
the county treasurer for collection, and
the receipt of such city treasurer shall
be sufficient authority upon presentation
to the county auditor for him to mark
but after the tax roll has been delivered
to the county treasurer for collection the
said assessment must be paid to him with
the penalties allowed by law The same
penalties and interest shall attach and be
collected by the county treasurer on as
sessments as upon general taxes, which
penalties and interest shall belong to the
city and be turned over by SAID county
ments. This section as amended shall
apply to all assessments heretofore or
hereafter levied under the provisions of
this act. From thirty go? days after
to the county auditor such assessments
shall bear interest at the rate of per
cent per annum.
Approved April %. 1909.
CHAPTER 3e5-H. F. NO. 745
AN ACT to authorize and empower cities
of the State of Minnesota to annually
appropriate and expend not to exceed
$500 for the appropriate observance OF
Be It enacted by the Legislature the
State Of Minnesota:
Section l. The city council or com
mon council of each and every city in
other powers now possessed by it, Is
hereby empowered and authorized to set
apart, appropriate and expend, or cause
to be expended, in such manner as it
citv liay treas treasury '' avaiiable therefor, an
amount not to exceed the sum OF three
hundred dollars annually for the pur-
pose of aiding in the appropriate OBJ
day of May of each year, and in the an
nual commemoration Of the noble and
valiant deeds of the nations soldier
dead.