The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-06
CHAPTER 16.


SECTION 143. IMPROVEMENTS, THE COST OF
WHICH MAY BE DEFRAYED BY ASSESSMENT The
City hereby authorized light grade pave repave curb
gutter, WALL bridge, gravel macadamze sprinkle plank
sweep maintain any street. avenue alley highway to
construct and MAINTAIN trunk sanitary and storm sewers
to grade improve protect and ornament any public park
square grounds to construct improve and any
public parkwas and grass ats to plant and protect shade
or ornamental trees along its streets and
stuc lay relay and repair sidewalks retaining walls gut
ters sewers and drains in under street. alley
highway to abate nuisances to drain marshes
and low grounds within the City they constitute nui
and the whole part Of the expense of such
Improvement shall be- subject to the provisions hereinafter
contained betrayed by assessment the real
benefited thereby proportion to such benefits without
regard to cash valuation to be determined and levied in the
SECTION IA. COST PAID BY ASSESSMENTS; EX-
CEPTON The cost of any improvement mentioned in
foregoing section shall be betrayed except hereinafter
provided, as follows:
The City shall pay of the expense said improve
ment out OF the appropriate general fund of the City,
and the other half OF said of said shall
abe paid by upon the real estate benefited
thereby to be levied in the hereinafter prescribed
provided that the construction reconstruction maine
of walks public grounds and public parks
and the cost of improving and ornamentng public grounds
squares parks and the curbng gutterng paving re-
paving matchmaking and grading the space occupied by
street intersections and the intersection of the alleys
the Streets and the construction Of all main trunk SAM
tary sewers and further improvement and repair
OF the and repairing of all sewers curbs CUTTERS walls
bridges sidewalks avenues alleys and streets shall be paid
out OF the appropriate general fund Of city without
flied thereby.
CITY, PUBLIC OR EXEMPT PROPERTY. The amounts
which would otherwise be assessable against property
longing to the City, public property property exempt
from assessment for local improvements shall be paid
of the appropriate fund the general fund of the City
SECTION 49, TWO OR MORE IMPROVEMENTS AT
THE SAME TIME. Two or more of said improvements
upon streets avenues, may be made at the
same time under order and that be included
i contract.
SECTION 147 SEWER AND WATER PIPES MAY BE
INCLUDED IN ONE CONTRACT. The Council shall when
contract let for improving any street. alley or high
u1a A.
sewer or water pipes to the lot ne and the
shall be paid out OF the appropriate general fund of the
City.
SECTION 14S. PROCEDURE WHERE TWO IMPROVE
MENTS ARE MADE AT THE SAME TIME If two or
improvements included contract the
OF each Improvement may be separately apporoned and
onehaf the expense of each of such shall
be assessed the lots and parcels of land benefited by
such improvements save otherwise provided in proper
ton to such benefits, but such two improvements
PROCEDURE FOR MAKING AssEssMn ENr
:, SECTION 49, APPLICATIONS AND PETITIONS FOR
IMPROVEMENTS All applications or propositions for any
Improvement authorized by this Charter shall be made to-
or emanate from the Council If majority of the owners Of
the property abuttng any proposed Improvement sba
petition therefor in writing the Council NAV cause nans
and for such improvement to be made and
MED IN the office OF the City Clerk and SHALL when such plans
and specifications filed before further proceedings are
give notice OF the time and place when and where the
council Will meet and hear for and against sch i'm
provemea winch notice shall be published once
IN the oclal paper, and the last publication shall be at
least ten days prior to the time of such meeting Said no.
mce sha contain brief description of the Improvement
vided that the Council by majority vote of all it's members
may without petition where in it's Judgment mill;
necessity requires it, plans and specifications For I
Improvement to be made and filed in the Office If Tho SI
Clerk and shall give like notice as is reoured in cae ~
petition OF majority OF the property abutting on
SECTION $50. HEARING. If upon sucb be.r;nc tho
Council believes said improvement necessary and one
sna order tne Improvement made and onehaf
cost thereof against the property benefited thereby
cepng that any OF the improvements are made in an