The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-08

same, and as sue h certificate and cou-
pons are paid he shall deliver the can
celled certificates TO the party paving
the same. and the city clerk shall
tile a certified copy OF lsaf d order with
the clerk OF the county court OF Marion
county, who shall record same IN the
name OF each owner OF anysiot or land
thus charged with said assessment and
the assessments so made shall consti.
tute and be a lien upon said lots orland,
respectively, which shall have priority
over all other liens. except those for
taxes due the state and county, and
shall be on parity with other taxes
and assessments due TO the city.
The amounts SO assessed against
said abutting lots or land, and which
shall be a lien thereagainst, shall be
collected in the manner provided In
this act for the collection OF paving
liens. Said assessment shall be divids
ed into three installments. each for
one.third Of the amount thereof. and
the first due and payable In thirty days,
the second one year, and the third in
two years, from the time OF certify
ing the same to the treasurer, except
as hereinafter provldedtini this section.
all bearing interest at six per cenhlm
per annum from such date. PAYABLE
annually: and the board OF directors
may issue sewer certificates thereon.
as OF said date. as further evidence
OF said Indebtedness and lien therefor.
and said certificates may be sold or
negotiated at not less than par, and
without any kind OF discount to the
contractors doing the work, or other
person II the boar d deem expedient:
provided, the city In negotiating and
selling such certificate shall not be
held as guarantor or in any wayIli
for payment thereof, except upon the
direct action of the board of directors
as expressed by resolution OF record
before such sale. But the owner Of
the land or lot so assessed imaytat any
time anticipate and pay such assess.
ment or certificate thereon on the
whole amount unpaid till the time
when the next certificate due shall be.
come due. II such assessment shall
not exceed fifteen dollars, &c shall!be lin
one amount due and payable thirty
days from date; IL more than fifteen
dollars, and less than thirty dollars,
then In two installments OF equal pay.
ments, due and payable In thirty DAYS
and one year. respectively. from date:
and II more than thirty dollars then
In three equal instruments, and paya.
BILE as first aforesaid: provided, tho
board OF directors may, if they 40
elect, order and cause the construction
Of any such sewer, and may acquire OR
take land or easement therein, either
In or outside the said city or both, for
said sewer purposes, and assess two.
thirds of the cost thereof upon and
against the abutting, Iad jacent. contig.
uous and other lots or land especially
benefited by the construction OF such
sewer, and said assessment shall be
lien upon such lots or lands, and, q
debt against the owners thereof for
the amount so charged against then,
respectively, which debt may be col.
lected as provided by law for the col.
lection OF other debts, OF like Kind, and
which lien may be enforced In the same
manner as provided for the enforce.
ment Of paving liens in this act.
The board OF directors when they
decide to order the constructio nlof the
sewer under this plan, shall, before do.
Ing the same, fix, by ordinance or res.
olution. the total amount Of the spec.
ial benefits to be derived from such I'm.
provements to the AUDITING adjacent,
contiguous, and other specially hen.
Gifted land or lots SO assessed, setting
out the names Of the owners, the
amount OF the special bene Gifts, and the
approximate amount OF the total cost
OF the proposed sewer, and the board
may, in fixing such assessment, take
into consideration the assessed value
Of the lots or land as fixed, for the last
assessment year, for state and county
purposes.