The citizen., 1913-11-07

and of the owners, or reputed owners there
OF, liable to pay the tax or assessment, and
the amounts TO be paid by each piece OF
property, and shall deliver to the City
Register duplicate list thereof under his
hand, and said assessments shall be liens
on the several pieces of property upon
which the same shall be respectively as
Sessed, and the amounts thus ascertained
shall be due and PAYABLE ten days after the
date Of said sitting. and shall bear inter
est from that time until paid, and shall not
he subject TO any abatement or discount
whatever aud the City Engineer shall cor
rect any mistake in such list, whenever he
may be satisfied that mistake has been
made.
Section IS. Be il Enacted and Ordained.
That any person who shall feel aggrieved
by the action of said Commissioner shall
have the right to appeal to the Circuit
Court for Frederick County, or before u
Justice of the Peace. according to the
amount involved. provided said appeal be
taken within thirty days from the date of
the decision by said Commissioner.
Section A. BE II Enacted and Ordained,
That whenever any sidewaN or portion
thereof, shall be ont of repairN and in the
opinion OF the Board of Aldermen should
be relaid, the City Engineer shall notify
the owner or occupant OF the lot or tene-
ment adjoining and fronting thereon, by
notice in writing. to take MP said sidewalk,
or portion thereon. and replace the same
with concrete or brick pavement within
twenty days from the date of such notice,
aud upon the neglect or refusal Of the
owner or occupant TO take mp said side
walk or portion thereof, and replace the
same with concrete or brick pavement,
the City Engineer shall cause said side
walk or portion thereof, 20 be taken up
and relaid rs aforesaid, at the expense of
the City, which said costs and expenses
shall be collected either by distress or by
suit at law.
Section 70 BE it Enacted and Ordained,
That no sidewalk that has heretofore been
paved with stone shall be in any manner
repaved when the same is out of repair,
but shall be taken up and removed by the
owner or proprietor of the lot adjoining
and fronting thereon and said sidewalk
shall be regarded and repaved as specified
in this Ordinance. Any person violating
this Section or any provision thereof shall
on conviction, forfeit and pay fine of five
dollars for every day the said stone side
walk shall remain. after notice of twenty
days by the Mayor or CITY Engineer given
TO repair the same
Section 43 BE it Enacted and Ordained,
That in case the owner or proprietor is I'M
known or cannot he found, or resides out
side tive corporate limits Of the City, SO
that personal service of said notice cannot
be made as herein provided, then said
notice shall be published in some newspa-
per of said City for two successive weeks,
notifying the unknown or nonresident
owner to have said sidewalk paved. or re-
paved. as the case may he. on or before the
expiration of thirty days from the date of
the first publication of said notice. and in
the event said sidewalk is not paved or re-
paved, within the time aforesaid the City
Engineer shall proceed to have il laid in
the same manner he is authorized to pro-
ceed when the owner or occupier fails or
neglectS to pave or repave upon notice
given rs herenbetore directed and the
costs and expenses of such paving or re-
paving shall he recovered fom said non
resident or unknown owner. either hy suit,
process of attachment or by diStraint. The
provisions of this Section as amended shall
apply to Section Is of the Ordinance en-
acted and ordained by the Mayor and AL
lermen of Frederick on the 1lth day of
July \. D. 1913, entitled. An Ordinance
to provide for the appointment of City
Engineer and Working Foreman for the
City of Frederick. and prescribing their
powers, duties and compensation and pro
viding penalty for violations thereof to
the same extent as if this amended Section
lad been enacted prior to the passage of
said Ordinance % July 18th, A. ID. 1913
Section I6 BE it Enacted and Ordained,
That the width of all sidewalks adjoining
md fronting on any unmproved lots, or
parts of lots. within the taxable limits of
shall be not less than four feet
wide.
Section , BE it Enacted and Ordained,
)y the authority aforesaid, that this Ordi-
lance shall take effect from the date OF its
passage. and that all ordinances or parts
If ordinances inconsistent with the pro-
'isions of this Ordinance, be and the same
ire hereby repealed, to the extent of such
Passed October Doth. A. D. 1913
LEWIS II. FRALEY,
p Il. A.
Approved October 29th, A d. 1913.
LEWIS II. FRALEY,
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