The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-18


ing or re.paving the streets and alley
within any paving district shall be
assessed upon the lots and lands es-
pecially benefited thereby in such dis.
trCts i'm proportion to such benefits
to be determined by the mayor and
council under the provisions of this
act
The assessment of the special
taxes for paving purposes herein pro
VidCd for, shall be as follows the
total cost of the improvement shall
/ be levied at one time upon the pro
perty and become delinquent as here
in provided, onetcnth of the total cost
shall become delinquent i'm fifty (50)
days after such levy; one.tenth in one
year; One-tenth in two years, one
tenth in three years; Onc-tenth in four
years; one-tenth in five years one
tenth in six years; one-tenth in seven
years; one-tenth in eight years; one
tenth in nine years. Each of said in
stallments, except the first shall draw
interest at the rate not exceeding sew.
en- ca per cent per annum from the
time of the levy aforesaid, until the
same shall become delinquent; and af-
ter the same shall become delinquent,
interest at the rate of ten I0) per
cent per annum, shall be paid thereon,
/ as in case of other special taxes;
I Provided, that for the purpose of pay
ing the cost of paving, re.paving, or
macadamizing the streets, avenue or
alleys in any paving district, exclusive
of intersections of streets, or avenues,
or spaces opposite alleys therein, the
mayor and council shall have power
| and may, by ordinance, cause to be
issued bonds of the city to be called
! District Paving Bonds of District
No." payable In not exceeding ten (l0)
years from date, and to bear interest,
payable annually, not exceeding rate
of seven CD per cent per annum, with
| interest coupons attached; and in such
case shall also provide that said spe.
cial taxes and assessments shall con-
stitute a sinking fund for the payment
Of said bonds Provided that the cost
Of paving, re-paving, matchmaking
any such street, avenue, or alley, pro
perly chargeable to any lot or land
within any such paving district, &C
cording to the feet front thereof may
| be paid by the owners of such lots or
lands within fifty 500 days from the
leyying of such special taxes, and
! thereupon such lot, or land, shall be
exempt from any lien or charge there
| for; Provided, However, that when
ever the owners of lots or lands abut-
! ting upon any street, avenue, or alley,
within the city, representing three
fourths of the feet frontage thereon,
shall petition the mayor and council
to pave, re-pave, or macadamize such
! street, avenue, or alley, without cost to
the city, and to assess the entire cost
of paving re-paying, or macadamizing
| any such street, or evenues or alleys,
! including intersections of streets, or
avenues, and spaces opposite alleys,
against the private property within
such district, or districts, it shall be
the duty of the mayor and council to
create paving districts which shall be
consecutively numbered, and to pave,
re-pave, or macadamize the same and
to proceed in the same manner and
form as hereinbefore provided for in
other district paving; Provided that
! the mayor and council shall have pow
err to levy the entire cost of such paw
/ ing, repaving, or macadamizing of
any such street, avenue, or alley, in
Guiding intersections of streets, or
avenues, and spaces opposite alleys
against the private property within
such district, and to issue District
Paving Bonds of District No." to
pay for such paving, re-paving, or ma
cadamiZing, in the same maner and
form as hereinbefore provided for in
other district paving bonds; and said
bonds hall be issued to cover the en-
tire cost of so improving said streets
! or avenue, and intersections, of the
same, and spaces opposite alleys. The
aforesaid bonds shall not be sold for
less than their par value, and If said
assessments, hereinbefore provided
for, or any part thereof, shall fail, or
for any reason be invalid, the mayor
and council may make other and fur
Their assessments upon said lots or
lands as may be required to collect
from the same the cost of any paving,
re-paving. or macadamizing, properly
chargeable thereto as herein provided.
The cost of paving, re-paving. or ma
cadamizing the intersections of
streets, or avenues. and spaces oppo-
site alleys in any paving district, ex-
cept as hereinbefore specially pro-
vided shall be paid by the city as
hereinafter provided, but nothing here
in contained shall be construed to ex-
empt any street or other railway com.
pany from paving, re-paving, or ma
cadamizing with such material as the
mayor and council may order, its
whole right of way including all space
between, and one foot beyond, their
outer rails as its own cost, whenever
any street or avenue shall be ordered
paved, re-paved, or macadamized by
the mayor and council of the city as
provided by law.
Whenever the mayor and council
deem it eXpedient, they shall have the
power, for the purposeof paying the
cost of paving, re-paving, or macada-
MIXING the intersections of streets, or
avenues, and spaces opposite alleys
in the city, to issue bonds of the city,
to run not more than twenty (20)
years, and to bear interest payable
semi-annually, at a rate not exceed
ing six CO. per cent per annum, with
coupons attached, to be called Paving
| Bonds of the City of -" and which
shall not be sold for less than their
par value, and the proceeds of which
shall be used for no other purpose
than paying for the costs of paving,
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