The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-03-14
Amendment to City Charter

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Aldermen of the city of Grenada tina
section II of the charter of said city b,
amended so as to read as follows:
Section II. The mayor and board O.
aldermen shall have power, in their dis
erection, to require special improve
ments to be made on the whole or am
part of any public street, avenue, LAM
or alley in the municipality, and to tai
the cost thereof or the property own.
ers whose property adjoins any street
avenue, lane or alley, or any par
thereof, ordered to be improved. Tn,
cost of such special improvement may
be assessed against the adjoining own
ers in the manner hereinafter specified.
(2) The word street" in this amend
ment shall include all public streets
avenues, lanes and alleys in the city
the words Especial improvement" shall
include only the construction of i'm
~provements on streets, but when ap
piled to sidewalk Improvements shall
include both the construction and re.
pair thereof.
(O When, in the Judgment of the
mayor and board of aldermen, any
special improvement is necessary or
any street in the city, they may use
their discretion as to whether the gen.
eral improvement fund shall be used
to make same. If they are of the
opinion that said fund is not sufficient.
or should not be used, to make the i'm.
provement, it may be ordered and re-
CURED to be paid for in the manner
hereinafter directed.
(4) The mayor and board of alder
men shall be the sole judges as to the
necessity for the special improvement
and as to whether or not the cost shall
be assessed against the property own
ers; but the method adopted for the
payment of the Improvement must be
the same on all streets of the city. and
in case the city has already commenced
any particular improvement it must
continue to assess the cost on all own
ers of property in the same way that
the assessment was made before this
amendment, to the end that all persons
may be compelled to pay for the same
character of improvements on an equal
basis; provided that this amendment
shall not apply to property owned by
the state.
(5) When the mayor and board of
aldermen shall deem necessary any
special improvement on any street of
the city and in their judgment the gem
eral Improvement fund should not be
used for the purpose of making the i'm
provement, a special tax to make same
may be levied as herein indicated. In
such case the board shall, by resolu-
ton, declard the improvement necessa-
ry. The resolution shall describe the
character of the special Improvement
proposed; shall fix the street or part of
street on which it is proposed to have
it made; shall state whether the pro-
posed improvement is to be made on
the street or sidewalk, and shall desip-
nate between what points the street or
shall be improved, whether the
whole length or only a part of the
o. When the above resolution il
passed, it shall be published in some
published in the city once a
week for three successive weeks. III
not be necessary that any partic-
ular number of days intervene between
the first and last publication, if the no.
tlce in fact appear in the paper three
different times in three different weeks, |
O When any notice is required to
be published in a newspaper BY any
provisions of this amendment and there
be no newspaper in the municipality.
then the notice may be published by
same in three or more public
places in the city for three full weeks.
of the places to be at the mayors
office.
vi. The property owners actually
'esidlng on property owned by them
md included within that part of any
'treet ordered to be specially improved.
'r otherwise actually occupying prop
'rty owned by them and included with
n that part OF the street ordered to be
pecially improved, may file a protest.
With the mayor and aldermen against
he proposed Improvement. If a ma
orlry OF such property owners shall
against the proposed improve
nent, then it shall not be made, the
artles having the right to protest must
lie the protest with the clerk of the
mayor and board of aldermen within /
days after the completion of the
OF the resolution aforesaid. 4;
~ AT the first regular meeting of !
he mayor and board of aldermen after
he completion of the publication of I
aid resolution, they shall meet at their 8
sual place of meeting for the purpose t
considering objections of ali inter- s
sted parties to the proposed improve I
rent. AT this meeting the objections q
| all property owners who appear shall T
e heard and considered, whether the r
roperty owner actually occupy his t
roperty adjoining the street or not. :
regardless of whether the property 4
wner is resident or nonresident: but q
board shall have the power to dis-1
any and all objections and pro- I
ED with the work, If, in the Judgment j
the mayor and board of aldermen. +. a
proper so to do, unless there be a f
ritten protest from a majority of r
property owners given the right +
this amendment to defeat the
nprovement, in which event they must b
.andon the proposed improvement for q
least six months. q
Q0) When any provision of this c
nendment requires the a and 3
)ard OF aldermen to take any action at a
~ regular meeting, if they fail to t
action at the meeting required.
action may be taken at any sub. a
q ient regular meeting. When any n
ilcer or agent of the city is required D