The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-03-28

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on,any matter connected with the pro-
posed Improvement or any right Of pro-
test, allowing them the right to be
heard by themselves or counsel.
(1S) The property owner shall have
the right to make the special improve
ments for himself, but FOR the suke of
uniformity in the work, improvements
must be done in accordance with the
plans and specifications adopted by 1.-THE
mayor and board of aldermen, and 1.-THE
property owner shall do the work with
in thirty days after the oroer of the
board has been passed for the special
improvements, and in the event that
he should fail so to do. the mayor and
board of aldermen shall cause all spec
al improvements to be made, in the
manner hereinafter required, and the
cost shall be assessed against the owner
20 directed.
Q4) At the meeting of the mayor
and board of aldermen for the hearing
of objections and protests to the pro-
posed improvements, or at any subse-
quent regular or special meeting after
opportunity has been given property
owners to present their objections, and
if no successful objections be urged or
sufficient protest filed, the mayor and
aldermen may order the street commits
sioner to proceed to make, or cause to
be made, the improvements or repairs.
(l5) When the improvement or re-
! pairs are ordered to be proceeded with,
it shall be the duty of the street COM
! missioner or other person acting for
the city in that capacity, to keep an ac-
curate account of the cost and to duly
report same to the mayor and board of
aldermen at its next regular meeting
after the improvements or repairs are
! completed and the cost a~scertained
thereafter, or at any subsequent regu-
lar or special meeting; the report to be
made for the purpose Of giving the
mayor and board of aldermen an OPP
portunity to apportion each assessment.
Q6) If the special improvement be
for the purpose of constructing or re-
pairing a sidewalk, each lot or piece of
ground adjoining the sidewalk on the
street, or part thereof, ordered to be
specially improved, shall be assessed
with and be liable for the whole
cost of the improvement Immediately
in front of it and for its entire 'front.'
age only; if the improvements consist
in constructing special improvements
on q street, each lot or piece of ground
adjoining that part of the street 80 or
dered specially improved, shall be H.
able for it's proportion of the cost Of
the whole of such improvement for its
entire frontage in the manner II be
hereinafter specified.
~ The cost of the special improve
ment, to the extent that it may be as
sessed against the property owners as
provided herein, shall be a lien upon the
property adjoining the street or side
walk paramount to all other liens, state
and county taxes excepted, for the
amount due by the owner of the prop
erty for the scost of the special i'm
provements.
Q8) When the special improvement
is upon the street, the cost to be as
sessed against each property owner
shall be determined by the mayor and
board Of aldermen by taking the whole
number of front feet improvement and
dividing the total cost of the whole i'm
provefnent thereby and multiplying the
quotient by the number Of feet front
contained in such abutting lot or piece
of ground, and the result shall be A.
sessed by the board as the amount Of
the special tax to be assessed against
each lot or piece of ground.
Q9) When the special improvement
has been'completed and the cost there
of reported to the mayor and board Of
aldermen by the street commissioner,
It shall be the duty of the mayor and
board Of aldermen at any regular or
special meeting to assess the cost to
each property owner in the manner re-
quired by this assessment
(20) When the mayor and board of
aldermen have fixed the amount to be
assessed against each property owner
they shall publish a notice once q week
for two weeks. notifying the property
owners that the assessment has been
made and filed with the clerk of the
municipality and is subject to the inspec-
ton and objection of the property own
ers. It shall be the further duty of the
mayor and board of aldermen to file the
assessment with the clerk, after max
ing same out, and it shall remain on
file at least two weeks fourteen days.
after the above publication is COM
pleted.
(2l) At the first regular meeting of
the mayor and board of aldermen, or at
any subsequent regular meeting after
the publication of the notice of the as
sessments and expiration of the four
and board of aldermen shall sit for the
purpose of hearing all objections that
may be urged by property owners to
the assessments, and may allow or dis
allow the objections to the assessments,
as the judgment of the mayor and board
of aldermen may suggest to be proper.
When the assessment is approved by
the mayor and board of aldermen, sub
/ ject to the right of appeal hereinafter
allowed, the assessments shall become
final and the mayor and board of alder.
/ men may proceed to enforce collection
in the way herein provided.
H. (22) Any property owner .aggrieved
by the descision of the mayor and board
: Of aldermen in making the assessment
against him may appeal to the circuit
court in the n provided by section
81 of the code of 1906, and judgment on
! appeal shall be as provided by said sec.
, ton of the code.
(23) When the mayor and board ri
aldermen have completed the assess.
, ment, in all cases where no appeal Il