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

Ou nIiy AidSScT COtAlcCJcu WItu Tile pro-
posed improvement or any right Of pro-
heard by themselves or counsel.
Q3) 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 the
mayor and board of aldermen, and the
property owner shall do the work with
in thirty days after the order 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
as directed.
90 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 SUISSE
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 op-
portunity to apportion each assessment.
(l6) It the special improvement be
for the purpose of constructing or re-
pairing a sidewalk, each lot or piece of
street, or part thereof, ordered to be
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 a street, each lot or piece of ground
adjoining that part of the street so or
'dered specially improved, shall be IL
able for its proportion of the cost of
the whole of such improvement for its
entire frontage in the amer to be
hereinafter specified.
CO 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 cost of the special i'm
provements.
. QS) 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
provement thereby and multiplying the
quotient by the number of feet front
in such AUDITING 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
lot or piece of ground.
Q9) When the special Improvement
has been completed and the cost there
81 reported to the mayor and board of
aldermen by the street commissioner,
t shall be the duty of the a and
BOARD of aldermen at any regular or
special meeting to assess the cost to
property owner in the mi re-
luired by this assessment.
(20) When the mayor and board of
have fixed the amount to be
assessed against each property owner
hey shall publish a notice once a week
or two weeks. notifying the property
'wners n a the assessment has been
made and filed with the clerk of the
municipality and is subject to the inspec-
and objection of the property own
RS. 1t shall be the further duty of the
mayor and board of aldermen to file the
ssessment with the clerk, after max
ng same out, and it shall remain on
lie at least two weeks fourteen days)
fter the above publication is com
leted.
ely At the first regular meeting of
he mayor and board of aldermen, or at
ny subsequent regular meeting after
publication of the notice of the as
and expiration of the four
cen days, as provided for, the mayor
nd board of aldermen shall sit for the
urpose of hearing all objections that
lay be urged by property owners to
assessments, and may allow or dis
the objections to the assessments,
. the judgment of the mayor and board
aldermen may suggest to be proper.
When the assessment is approved by
mayor and board of aldermen, sub.
ect to the right of appeal hereinafter
flowed, the assessments shall become
and the mayor and board of alder
zen may proceed to enforce collection
the way herein provided.
(22) Any property owner aggrieved
y the descision of the mayor and board
aldermen in making the assessment
gainst him may appeal to the circuit
in the name provided by section
of the code of 1906, and judgment on
ppeal shall be as provided by said sec
on of the code.
l23) When the mayor and board Of
dermen have completed the assess
ent. in all cases where no appeal is
rosecuted, in shall be the DUTY of tha