The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13
Amendment One.

Amend Section 81 of the Du-
luth City Charter so as to read as
follows:
''Section 81. In al cases of work
to be done by contract, or of the
purchase Of property Of any kind,
when the amount involved is more
that $4,000, unless the Council by
an emergency resolution, shall pro-
vide otherwise, it shall advertise for
bids in the official paper of the City.
When such probable expenditure
shall be more than $4,000, and less
than 100000, in amount, such no.
tice shall be published once in said
official paper, and when more than
100000, the same shall be publish
ed in at least two issues Of said
paper. Contracts shall be let to the
lowest responsible bidder, and pur-
chases shall be made from the re-
sponsible bidder who offers to furnish
the articleVdesired for the lowest sum.
The Council may, however, reject any
and all bids; and nothing contained
herein shall prevent the City from
: contracting for the doing Of work
with patented processes, or from
purchasing patented appliances.
The Council shall regulate the max
ing of bids and letting of contracts
by ordnance
Amendment Two.
Amend Section 6S of the Duluth
City Charter so as to read as fol-
lows:
"Section g. AS soon as said as
q. sessment is confirmed, the Council
shall insert in the official paper of
the City a notice briefly describing
Ss the Improvement for which the as
9sessment is made, and stating that
sEthe assessment is payable at the
.treasurer's office at any time within
forty (40) days from the publica-
ttion of said notice, and that unless
the same is SO paid within said
forty (4O) days, or an application
4 is made to the Council for the ex-
4 tension Of the time of payment, as
II herein provided, within thirty (3O)
days after the publication of said
notice, penalty of ten (10) per
Il cent will be added to such assess
1 ment. Within said thirty (3O)
+ days after the publication of said
If notice, upon application in writing
to the Council by any owner of real
estate against which the assessment
10 "e14C, "hOu SUCH dSS0SW0uC eX-
ceeds fifteen dollars, ($15.O0) for
each four thousand (4,OO0) square
feet of property benefited by the
improvement and upon payment to
the treasurer of twenty-five (25) per
cent of such assessment. and when
the remaining portion of such assess
3ent does, not exceed the assessed
valuation of such real estate, and
when the applicant valves all de-
lenses and questions as to the legality
OF such assessment, whether such de-
lenses be interposed in proceedings
+ by the State for collection of general
taxes, or otherwise, the Council may
by resolution, extend the time for pay.
ing the remaining portion of such
assessment into not exceeding three
ihstallments payable in one, two and
three years from the first day ot
October next following the date ol
the passage Of such resolutions, Ir
ease such assessment is made between
II October first and December thirty.
first, and the applicant is granted ar
Y extension of the time within which
to pay the same, the first installmen1
So of such extended assessment shall bt
due and payable on the first day Of
E October next thereafter. Each O.
said installments of extended assess
s5 ment shall bear interest at the rate
Ej OF seven per cent e 20 per annun
hi from the date the original assessment
4i2Would be payable without penalty