The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-02-04

therefrom for the reason that the 0
erty owner whose property abbutted
upon the sewer would derive more d.
rect benefit from the sewer. The Law
makes II mandatory for the City
Council to make N equitable asees.
ment- It also provides for hearings BE-
fore the City Council in case parties
are dissatisfied with the assessment,
and provide that the City Council shall
make m equitable adjustment Of the
matter. This statute also provides
that the City Council may in their dis.
erection make m assessment againt ab-
buttinR property owners to cvver the
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cost of the lever It 10 not the in
t~ention at the present time of the
City Council to levy m assessment
more than sufficient to pay the inter-
est on the bonds issued. 1t thus can
be readily seen that the property own
ers not owning property directly
Wy liz 0G We 0kC (OOiu nave
no objection to the issue Of sewer
bond, a. far u any increase in tax
alton 10 concerned. The provisions OF
the statute above quoted are quite
comprehensive and quite lengthy and
! would not attempt to quote the en-
tire statute, but ] have referred to tie
Chapter of the Session Laws where
the same can be found, and any per-
son, interested may examine the
same will find that / have correctly
quoted the same.
THE QUESTION OF TAKING
OVER AND UTILIZING THE PRE-
SENT SEWERAGE IN THE CITY.
There has been SO many rumors
afloat and 50 many reports
regarding the proposed action of the
City Council relative to taking over
the present sewerage that ! deem it
proper to call the voters attention to
this matter. 1t has been reported to
me, and ! think the report has been
circulated vigorously, that it il the
intention of the City Council to use q
part of the money from the sale o|
these bonds in purchasing the present
system of sewerage in the City. I
desire to state thst there has been no
deal Of any kind or character made be-
tween myself or on the part of the
City Council. as far as / know, regard
ing taking owe the present sewerage
system Of the City, and no action has
been taken by the City Council along
that line, as anyone can readily ascer-
tain by reading the minutes of the
meetings Of the City Council.
Several years ago a number of
people owning property On main
street constructed q sewer at a con-
siderable expense to themselves.
/ While quite q number contributed
toward this sewer, yet the greater
part Of the expense of the construction
of the same was paid by F. S. Stroll
behn. The sewer has been used gene
rally by the public, whether they con-
tributed towards the construction of it
or not, and has been used by the City
and has to q certain extent been of
benefit to the City generally. If this
sewer could be used by the city and
the public, q feeling of common JUS
tice would indicate that it 10 hardly
fair and just to ask one or a few in
dividuals to maintain q sewerage
system that is used by the City and
is of public benefit. and as heal as l
know, the feeling of the City Council
is that if q competent engineer should
consider it practical and feasible for
the City to use and utilize the sewer
now constructed, a deal might be
made whereby the same might be
taken over by the City at q cost which
might partially cover the cost of con-
struction of the same. The City
would not feel as far as l know, like
paying for this sewer anything like
the original cost, but rs / before
stated, if it was deemed expedient
by a competent engineer to use this
sewer they might make some dea!
with the owners of the same to take
it owe at q price to be determined on,
or at such figure as q competent engi-
neer might think it would be worth
to the City. If there il . place where
it is necessary to construct . sewer it
is along the Main Business street of .
city, and il this sewer can be utilized
in conjunction with other ewers that
it would not be necessary to construct .
new sewer along the main business
street Of the City and thus rave the
cost to the City, it might be done.
If the bond issue should carry, the
City Council will take no action what
ever towards the construction of a
sewer until the ground has been gone
over thoroughly by a competent engi-
neer and plans for the sewer have been
made. Both myself and the City
Council desire to proceed with the ut
most caution in this matter, and any
money which is expended for sewer
age that will last and be q benefit to
the City for all time, and as before
stated. "A far As the nrcsant soweraoc