Charlevoix county herald., 1911-07-01


sewer district, shall be paid from the
general sewer fund. and the remainder
OF such costs and expenses shall be
betrayed by special assessment upon
all taxable lands and premises includ-
ed within the main or special sewer
district, as the case may be, in pro-
portion to the estimated benefits ac-
cruing to each parcel respectively
from the construction of the sewer.
Assessments according to the benefits
as aforesaid, shall be made without
reference to any improvements or
buildings upon the lands.
Sec z. Before proceeding to the
construction of any district sewer, the
commission shall cause to be prepared,
a diagram and plat of the whole sewer
district, showing all the streets, pub
lie grounds, lands, lots and subdivis-
ions thereof in the district, and the
proposed route and location of the
sewer; and the depth, grade and di-
mensions thereof, and shall procure
an estimate of the cost thereof, and
thereupon the commission shall give
notice by publication for at least
two weeks. in one or more of the
newspapers OF the city, OF the inten-
tion to construct such sewer and
where said diagram and plat may be
found for examination, and of the
time when the commission will meet
and consider any suggestions and OBJ
jections that may be made by parties
interested with respect to such sewer.
Sec. 8. When the commission shall
determine to construct any such dis
trict sewer, they shall so declare by
resolution designating the district and
describing by reference to the dia-
gram and plat thereof, mentioned
in the preceding section, the route and
location, grade and dimensions of the
sewer, and shall determine in the
same resolution what part of the es-
timated expense Of the sewer shall be
paid from the general sewer fund, and
what part shall be betrayed by special
assessment according to benefits; and
they shall cause such plat and diagram
as adopted to be recorded in the Of
flee of the city clerk in the book of
sewer records.
Sec. 8. Special assessments for the
construction of sewers shall be made
by the assessor in the manner pro-
vided in this charter for making spec
ial assessments.
Sec. 10. When the owners of a ma
jority Of the frontage of lands liable
to taxation in any sewer district or
part Of the city which may be consti-
tuted sewer district, shall petition
for the construction of a sewer there
in, the commission shall construct
sewer in such location, and if the
lands included in the line of such pro-
posed sewer are not within any sewer
district, a district shall be formed for
that purpose. In other cases sewers
shall be constructed in the discretion
of the commission.
Sec. II. Whenever the commission
shall deem it necessary for the public
health, they may require the owners
and occupants of lots and premises
to construct private drains therefrom
to connect with some public sewer or
drain, and thereby to drain such lots
and premises; and to keep such pri-
vate drains in repair and free from
obstruction and nuisance: and If such
private drains are not constructed and
maintained according to such require
ments. the commission may cause the
work to be done at the. expense OF
such owner or occupant, and the
amount of such expense shall be lien
upon the premises drained, and may
be collected by special assessment, to
be levied thereon in the manner here
in provided for the levying and col
lecting of special assessments.
Sec. IL. The owners or occupants OF
lots or premises shall have the right
to connect the same, at their own ex-
pense, by means OF private drains,
with the public sewers and drains, un-
der such rules and regulations as
the commission shall prescribe.
Sec. 13. The city may charge and
collect annually from persons whose
premises are connected by private
drains with the public drains, such
reasonable sum not exceeding ten dol.
lars per year, as they may deem just,
in proportion to the amount of drain
age through such private drain; and
such charge shall be a lien upon the
premises, and may be collected by
special assessment thereon, or other
wise.
Sec. IA. Such part of the expenses of
providing bitches and improving water