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from which it is taken by giving him credit for the amount in the
assessment ae n against his land in rebuilding and construction of a
The expense of building, repairing or rebuilding crosswalks
first instance shall be- e paid to the extent Of two-thirds %
the city; In rebuilding sidewalks when the entire frontage a 1bW
private property is to be constructed, or is constructed, onehalf o.,
the other one-half 90 shall be paid by the city. In the repairing
OF a sidewalk when the expense OF such improvement en en- :; rs .h equal al to
for each piece o ~ parcel of i land the eeSp of such repairs shall
be paid for in the same manner and the amounts payable by the
abuttlng owner and the city apportioned as provided Tor IN rebuild
When the expense is less than two-thirds 90 of what it would
cost to rebuild twenty-five CS) feet the whole amount shall be paid
Whenever the city council shall order the construction Of a
half 90 or more OF a block measured on the end frontage of the
lots in the block or the side frontage of a corner lot they shall cause
the city clerk, which plan shall conform to an established grade;
one is to be rebuilt to the extent of twothirds 90 of the frontage
OF a lot or parcel OF land OF the width OF twenty-five 80 feet may
walk or a walk of other approved materials other than wood and
ton as the council shall direct and the council in each case shall
built and done subject to the supervision of the city.
SEC. g. In the construction of sewers under the streets alleys,
sewer exclusively the expense of constructing or rebuilding the same
i4om e aI paid mdn toF fSw tnG St Gs out ;n e5 s shs p innd of ftd 1mP inp V rsised tu bS
general tax levy or from the funds acquired from the sale OF bonds
such main sewer it is necessary that 1aterals from AUDITING private
property should, or by reason OF situation of such property, make
connections with such main and be used a a private sewer as we'll
as a main, such abutting property, may be assessed tor such improve
men. its prOpOrtOnate share OF the expense OF laying such hal a S
sewer should be laid as an exclusive service sewer. The estimate
OF such expense to be made and certified by the city engineer, whose
estimate is subject to review and appeal as other assessments 1or
other improvements. Provided, that such property has not already
been legally assessed its propornonate share for laying a service
sewer previously built; the service sewer which abuts private prop
owner OF the property and assessed against such property in proper
ton to the frontage and as provided in this chapter for assessments
to abuttng property in the improvements of streets, alleys and
highways or the repair of the same and the same provisions shall
govern with respect to assessing the abutting property as otherwise
provided with reference to the original improvement and the assess
ment of the expense therefor or for the repair of such highway.
SEC. 10. The same provisions as are provided in this chapter
for assessing the expense Of construction against abuting property
in the improvement of streets or repairing of the same, the collec-
ton of such assessments, publication of notice of assessment, hear
ings thereon, final adjustment and confirmation, payment thereof
and certifying to the county auditor in case of non-payment. shall
apply to the building and rebuilding of sidewalks and building of
service sewers and also the expense of construction where a main
IS used for service sewer to the extent assessable and payable by
the abutting property owner.
The same provision as applies to proceedings in the assess
nent and collection of the expense OF building streets and sewers
shall apply in the assessment and collection of expenses when any
portion of the same is chargeable to private property as also to
the apporhonment of the amount chargeabe to corner lots or
parcels of land having a frontage of twenty-five C5) feet along
avenues and to such lots and other lots to the center OF the block
upon which it is situated when said lots and blocks are located upon
and abutting any avenue having a frontage exceeding twenty-five
() feet.
paid assessments against private property for streets, sewer and
sidewalk improvement shall add a penalty of twelve (O per cent
lection by the auditor in his tax books, which may be related to
the extent of seven CO per cent of such penalty if paid after being
county treasurer and the certificate of the treasurer of the city of
Ely, countersigned by the clerk, to the effect that the assessments
against any property so certified has been paid and the penalty, less
such amount related, shall be sufficient authority to the county
treasurer to cancel the same on the county records. II, after being
so certified any assessment shall not be paid prior to the date they
become payable to the county treasurer they shall be collected with
such penalty in the same manner that the state and county taxes
are collected and when collected shall be paid over to the city treas
urer.
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