The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1916-04-08
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF
CITY OF BAY ST. LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI.

CITY OF BAY sT. LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI.
Be 1t ordained by the Board OF Mayor and Al
dermen OF the City OF Bay St Louis, that the
charter OF the CITY Of Bay St. Louis, be
amended by adding thereto the powers here
| matter granted, to-wit;
| the City OF Bay st. Louis shall have the power
and 1t IS hereby made their duty, through the
Bond Commission. to construct, repair and
restore the Front street In said city and to
cause TO be erected and maintained all necessary
seawails. breakwaters and bulkheads to protect
and preserve said Front street from the effects
of storms and damages by the waters OF the
Bay OF st. Louis, and Mississippi Sound,
SEC. 9, II Ii be necessary TO make en- extra
| ordinary outlay TO build said seawalls break
Front street the Board OF Mayor and Aldermen
shall signify by resolution adopted and spread
on the minutes. and shall refer said matter to
the Bond Commission of the City OF Bay st.
Louis, and thereupon said Bond Commission
shall employ a competent civil engineer who
shall make an examination and survey OF the
line Of such proposed seawall, who shall prepal
detailed plans and specifications and make
report to said Bond Commission; and In his re-
port he shall show what parts of said Front
street need protection and the kind and dimen-
sions OF the sea walls, bulkheads and break
waters, streets or sidewalk that win be neces-
sary, together with the necessary cost of con-
struction of same; and to this end shall divide
said Street in districts, giving TO each district
number, each district TO include part OF the
beach or water front where proposed protection
Is lu6 OIL SdG0 QlSEFlCb 10 %
clearly defined. Said report, plans and specih-
cations shall be reviewed by the Bond Com
mission and rejected or adopted with such
notifications as the Bond Commission may see
ft to make. The Bond Commission shall give
copy OF said report, plans and specifications as
adopted cy them to the Board OF Mayor and
Aldermen, and IL they ratify the action OF the
Bond Commission, the Board of Mayor and Al
dermen to obtain the necessary money for the
purpose shall issue and sell the bonds OF the
City of Bay st. Louis, in the manner authorized
hvI Iaxu in al euffintant Said
Bonds shall bear the rate OF interest not exceed
ing per cent and shall mature as provided at
the time Of issuance, and not later than % years
after date.
SEC. 8. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen
shall provide for the payment OF the interest on
said bonds and the creation OF sinking fund for
their liquidation as they become due by a
special tax levied annually on all taxable proper
ty of said city, and by levying special assess
ment on the abutting property, on said Front
street, protected by said sea wall, In the manner
hereinafter provided, so that not over fifty per
cent of the cost Of said sea wall and filing will
be paid by said abutting property.
SEC 4 One-ha.f OF the cost of said sea wall
shall he borne by the City of Bay ST Louis and
the other half shall be borne by the abutting
property on Front street benefited thereby, in-
cluding churches, colleges, conyents, schools
and all other privately owned property whether
subject to ordinary tax or not.
SEC s. The Bond Commission shall assess
the abutting property on Front street,
protected by said sea wall special tax sufficient
To REQUIRE the owner OF each piece of abutting
property to pay his just proportion, not exceed
ing oue-half OF the cost or erecting said sea
wall in front of, and protecting it. In fixing the
amount to be assessed against said property the
same shall be assessed by links or districts, said
| assessment to be made as far As practicable at a
given and uniform price per front foot for each
district and shall be fixed so that each link or
district shall pay it's just proportion OF the
whole tax For the purpose of taxarion the prop
erty abutting on said Front street may be laid off
in lots and designated by appropriate numbers,
the boundaries of said lots to be fined by the
| land lines Of the present owners and TO extend
a distance of one thousand $1,000 feet from
Front street provided the land NJ the abuttug
owner extends that distance, otherwise, to the
boundary of such abutting property. Whenever
the property abutting Front street Wis Wis on
the East and West sides, is owned by separate
owners the Bond Commission shall make
equitable assessment OF the proportion of oene-
fits received by each and each owner shall be
assessed in accordance with the proportion liked
by said Bond Commission.
SEC s. When the bonds shall have been sold
the Bond Commission shall adver, ise said work
in such newspapers and trade journals as IL may
deem proper and said work shall be let to The
lowest bidder, but the Bond Commission shall
have the right to reject any and all bids The
Rond Commission may, IL they deem best, with
the approval OF the Board OF Mayor and
Aldermen, instead OF contracting, employ labor
and buy material and do said work or any part
thereof. -,
Bono Commission shall file With Secretary or
the CITY of Bay ST Louis the assessment made
by it against each piece of property abuttiug on
Front Street fixing the apportionment due by
each property owner, and said secretary shall
give notice by two publications In local news
paper notifying all owners OF properly abuttng
on Front street of said filling. The Board or
Mayor and AidermeI shall at the time of exam
ining regular assessments near and determine
any and all obec tons made, should there be
any to said special assessment, aud amend or
approve same, and any person aggreVed may
take a bill OF exception and appeal TO the Cir
cuit court where such appeal shall be tried on
the face Of the record without the Intervention
of jury, and such order shaH be a11rmea or
reversed and in the proper order entered. me
Derson so appealing shall give bond in the sum
of Five Hundred Dollars Cs500.0O) TO abide the
Judgment of the Circuit Court.
SEC. s. When said assessment snail nave neen
aoproyed the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
shall impose a special tax as provided for In
Section Five, OF the amount due by each proper
tv owner as fixed by the Bond COmmlssioni the
said tax shall be divided into equal annual in
staliments for period Of ten years, and shall
bear five per centum Interest, payable annually
Said special tax shall rank wItn sll other taxes
and shall De collected at tne same time. and Ia
the manner as other city taxes ana snail De
subject to the same slinqueney penalties The
property oWEers shalt nave the option OF an
ticipating al install nenBs, upon paying the
principal and interest for the fiscal year.
SEC o. The words ''sea wall" as used herein.
shall be held to include dliing behind the sea
wall culYerts slutce- way, flood gates aud any
other construction work found necessary Tor
the prote-to OF Front street.
SEC. 10. All the powers OF appropriation, or
right of condemnation or property for the pur-
pose of constructing work OF the character here
in provided for granted 10 the Bond COMMISSION
by the amendment prop lsed on the Atm, day Or
June lgi2 are continued in said Bond Commis-
sion for the purpose of the work hereiG eoatem-
plated
SEC H. The Bond Commission created by
by amendment proposed June 18th, 1872 is In fad
force and effect until the inai liquidation OF ali
bonds or certificates issued under this amend
ment are finally iiquidated, and ali powers
granted them not incon ,lstent vita the pro-
visions OF this amendment are coGtlnued IN full
force and effect the same as IL written at length
herein
SEQ y. If shall be the duty of said Board Com
missioners to she'll said Front street where
needed out OF the proceeds OF said Bond Issue.
SEC I3 That this amendment take enecc
from and after It's approval ana record thereof
as by law required
APpoYed In open board, this, the 9th day OK
ADrtl A, D, 1916.