Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-13
CITIZENS WOULD VOTE
 ON SIDEWALK BONDS
After Proposed Bill Has Passed the
 Legislature.

in comment upon the bill to be presented before the legislature au- thorizing the city of Norwich to issue sidewalk bonds not to exceed $30,000, Mayor T. c. Murphy said on Friday that he was the father of the bill, con- sidering it advisable that the city should have such authority, and at his suggestion the bill had been drawn by Corporation Counsel Joseph T. Fan ming. Mayor Murphy said that he had the sidewalk improvements would be made in, if the measure were passed, although he thought there were several streets where improvements could be made
 After the bill has been passed by the legislature it must be voted upon by the electors of the city within two years of the time of the passage of the act in order to make it operative. The following is the text of the pro- posed act:
 Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Representative in General As semb1y convened:
 Section l. The city of Norwich is hereby authorized to issue bonds, notes or certificates of debt to an amount not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, and bearing interest at a rate not exceed ing five per centum per annum. The principal of such bonds, notes or cer- tificates of debt shall be payable five
 
 date thereof and five thousand dollars each year thereafter until the full amount of said principal has been paid. Said bonds, notes or certificates shall not be issued at less than par, and the avails thereof shall be expended by the court of common council of sad city in building, constructing and repairing sidewalks in said city.
 Sec. ?. The court of common coun- cil of said city shall prescribe, subject n a a nf 70 several and aggregate amounts of said bonds, notes or certificates, the form of the same. the rate of interest to be paid thereon, not exceeding the amount aforesaid, and the times when and place where said interest and principal shall be paid, and said court of com mon council shall have power to pro- vide for the negotiation of said bonds, notes or certificates upon such terms as it shall deem best, subject only to the limitations of this resolution. Said bonds, notes or certificates shall be signed by the mayor, countersigned by the treasurer and sealed with the seal of said city.
 Sec. 3. Said bonds. notes or certih- cateS, when authorized, approved and executed in the manner hereinbefore prescribed, and issued and delivered by it's duly authorized officers in be- half of said city. shall be obligatory upon said city and upon the inhabit- ants thereof according to the tenor and purport of the same.
 Sec. 4. Said court of common coun- cil shall determine what sidewalks shall be built, constructed or repaired under the provisions of this act and shall do the work and furnish the ma terials required therefor or cause the same to be done or furnished, and one half the total cost of building, con- structing or repairing any sidewalk, in- cluding the necessary materials there for "a II Ina horne said fify and paid from the avails of sad bonds, notes or certificates of debt, and one half of said total cost as determined by said court of common council shall be paid by the owner or owners of the land fronting on such sidewalks. The owner or owners of the land fronting on each sidewalk so built, constructed or repaired shall, within ninety days after the completion of said work, pay to the city treasurer, for said city, the one-half of the total cost, including cost of materials, of building, con- Structlng and repairing the sidewalks on which said land fronts, and the same shall be. and shall remain, lien upon the land fronting such sidewalk, from the time that said court of com
 mon council votes to build, construct or repair said walk until said amount of one-half of such cost shall be paid; but said lien shall not continue more than five months from the date of the completion of said work unless a cer- tifcate claiming such lien, signed by the mayor or an alderman of the city, shall be filed for record in the office of the town clerk of the town of Nor wich. The certificates for continuing and releasing the liens herein mention ed shall be sufficient if the same are in the form substantially the same as given in section of an act entitled '.An Act in addition to an Act to Re- wise and Amend the Charter Of the City of Norwich" approved July g. 18T3 Any lien may be foreclosed in the same manner and with the same effect as if the land which the lien affects were mortgaged to said city of Norwich. Said one-half or the total cost of the building. constructing or repairing of any sidewalk, as herein, provided, shall, in addition to the foregoing pro vision, be deemed to be a debt exist ing in favor of said city against the person, persons or corporations owning the land fronting on such sidewalk at the date of the completion of said work
 Sec. 5. The question as to whether bords, notes or certificates shall or shall not be issued. in accordance with