The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1916-05-27
PROCEEDINGS C|yf'
COUNCIL FOR MAY Y.
Continued from last week. j

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ment OF the interest on said bonds anG
the creation of sinking fund for theil
liquidation as they become due by {
special tax levied annually on all taxable
property of said city, and by levying a
special assessment on. the abuttine
property, on said Front street, pro.
tected by said sea wall, in the manner
hereinafter provided, so that not over
| fifty per cent of the cost of said sea wall
and filling will be paid by said abutting
property.
"Sec. 4. One-half of the cost of said
sea wall shall be horne by the City of
Bay st. Louis, and the other half shall
be borne by the abutting property on
Front street benefited thereby, includ-
ing churches, colleges, converts, schools
and all other privately owned property,
whether subject to ordinary tax or not.
ssSec. 5. The Bond Commission shall
assess against the abutting property on
Front street, protected by said sea wall,
a special tax sufficient to require the
owner of each piece of abutting property
one half of the cost, of 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 practible at a given
and uniform price per front foot for each
district, and shall be fixed so that each
link or district shall pay its just pro-
portion of the whole tax. For the pur-
pose of taxation the property abutting
on said Front street may by laid off in
lots and designated by appropriate
numbers, the boundaries of said lots to
be defined by the land lines of the
present owners and to extend distance
of one thousand 10000 feet from Front
street, provided the land of the abutt-
ing owner extends that distance, other
wise, to the boundry 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 an equitable assessment of
the proportion OF benefits received, and
each owner shall be assessed in accord
ance with proportion fixed by said Bond
Commission.
"Sec. 6. When the bonds shall have
been sold the Bond Commission shall
advertise said work in such newspapers
and trade journals as it may deem prop
er, 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 Bond Commission may, if
thew deem best, with the approval of
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, in
stead of contracting, employ labor and
buy material and do said work or any
part thereof.
ssSec. Z. When said work is complet-
ed the Bond Commission shall file with
Secretary of 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 caid secretary
shall give notice by two publications in
a local newspaper, notifying all owners
of property abutting on Front street of
said fling. The Board of Mayor and
Aldermen shall at the time of examin-
ing regular assessments hear and deter
mine any and all objections made, should
there be any to said special assessment,
and amend or approve same, and any
person aggrieved may take bill of ex-
ception and appeal to the Circuit court,
where such appeal shall be tried on the
face of the record without the lnterven-
ton of a jury, and such order shall be
affirmed or reversed and in the prope:
order entered. The person SO appealing
shall give bond in the gum of Five
Hundred Dollars (S500.00) to abide by
the Judgment of the Circuit Court.
"Sec. s. When said assessment shall
have been approved the Board of Mayor
and aldermen shall impose special
tax as provided for in Section Five, of
the amount due by each property owner
as fixed by the Bond Commission; the
said tax shall be divided into equal
annual ipstallments for period of ten
wears, and shall bear five per centum
interest, payable annually. Said
special tax shall rank with all other
taxes, and shall be collected at the same
time, and the manner as other city taxes
and shall be subject to the same delin-
uuency penalties. The property owners
shall have the option of anticipating all
installments, upon paying the principal
and interest for the fiscal year.
"Sec. 9. The words sea WALL as
used herein, shall be held to include
filling behind sea wall, culverts, sluice-
WAYS, flood-gates and any other con-
struction work found necessary for the
protection of Front street.
ssSec. 10. All the powers of expro-
priation or right of condemnation of
property for the purpose of constructing
work of the character herein provided
for granted to the Bond Commission by
the amendment proposed on the 4th day
OF June, 1912, are continued in said
Bond Commission for the purpose of
the work herein contemplated.
"Sec. Ii. The Bond Commission cre-
ok.,l hxy prnrocod T,yno 10Th
1912, is in full force and effect until the
final liquidation of all bonds or certih-
Gates issued under this amendment are
finally liquidated, and all powers grant
ed them not inconsistent with the pro-
in full force and effect, the same as il
written at length herein.
"Sec. IL. It shall be the duty of said
Board Commissioners to shell said Front
street where needed out of the proceeds
of said Bond Issue.
"Sec. 13. That this amendment take
effect from and after its approval and
record thereof as by law required.
ssApproyed in open board. this, the
9th day of April A. D. 1916"
Was published in the manner pro-
vided for by law, and that whereas no
objection has been flec to the said
amendment be and the sapue is hereby
adopted and approved subject to the
action OF the Governor and Attorney
General as provided.
Approved in open board, this, the
9Th day OF May A. d. 1916.
L. b. CAPDEPON, Mayor.
Attest: SYLVAN j. LADNER,
Secretary.
There being no further business, the