The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-03-07

Ordered by the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen of the city of Grenada that
section II of the charter of said city be
amended so as to road as follows:
Section 1.-The mayor and board of
aldermen shall have power, in their dis
erection, to require special improve
ments to be made On the whole or any
part of any public street, avenue, lane
or alley in the municipality, and to tax
the cost thereof on the property own
ers whose property adjoins any street,
avenue. lane Or alley. or any part
thereof, ordered to be improved. The
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.
lanes and alleys in the city;
the words Especial improvement shall
include only the construction of i'm
provements on streets, but when APP
piled to sidewalk improvements shall
include both the construction and re-
pair thereof.
(3) When, in the judgment Of the
mayor and board of aldermen, any
special improvement is necessary on
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-
quired 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 equaI
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 gen
eral improvement fund should not be
used for the purpose of making the i'm
~provement, a special tax to make sam
may be levied as herein indicated. Ii
such case the board shall, by resolu
ton, declard the improvement necessa
ry. The resolution shall describe tn,
character of the special improvement
proposed; shall fix the street or part o
street on which it is proposed to hav'
it made; shall state whether the pro
posed Improvement is to be made OIL
the street or sidewalk, and shall desig
nate between what points the street o
streets shall be improved. whether tn
whole length or only a part of tn
street.
90 When the above resolution i
passed, it shall be published in som
newspaper published in the city once
week for three successive weeks. |
shall not be necessary that any partic
ular number of days intervene between
the first and last publication, if the no
tice in fact appear in the paper tire
different times in three different weeks
"a When any notice is required t
be published in a newspaper by an,
provisions of this amendment and Their
be no newspaper in the municipality
then the notice may be published b,
putting same in three or more publ
places IN the city for three full weeks
one of the places TO be at the mayor
office.
81 The property owners actual,
residing on property owned by then
and included within that part of an,
street ordered to be specially improved
or otherwise actually occupying prep
erty owned by them and included with
in that part of the street ordered to b
specially improved, may file a protes
with the mayor and aldermen agains
the proposed improvement. If a ma
jority of such property owners shaI
protest against the proposed improve
ment, then it shall o be made, tn
parties having the right to protest mus
file the protest with the clerk of tn
mayor and board of aldermen With
ten days after the completion of tn
publication of the resolution aforesaid
81 At the first regular meeting 0
the mayor and board of aldermen afte
the completion of the publication o
said resolution, they shall meet at thei
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of considering objections of all inter
ested parties to the proposed improve
ment. At this meeting the objection
of all property owners who appear sha
be heard and considered, whether tn
property owner actually occupy hi
property adjoining the street or no
and regardless of whether the propert
owner is resident or nonresident; bu
the board shall have the power to dis
allow any and all objections and pr,
coed with the work. II, in the judgmer
of the mayor and board of aldermen,
is proper so to do, unless there be
written protest from a majority
those property owners given the rigl
under this amendment to defeat IL
improvement, in which event they mu.
abandon the proposed improvement ft
at least six months.
10) When any provision of tn
amendment requires the mayor al
board of aldermen to take any action
any regular meeting, if they fail
take action at the meeting require
such action may be taken at any 50
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