The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-03
LEGAL.

provisions of this act the county commits
portion the cost thereof as follows: (a)
If all or any portion of said road improve
ment is entitled to and does receive fed
eral or state aid or donations, the same
shall be applied to the cost of the i'm
provement for the purposes and to the
The remainder of the cost shall be appor-
toned fifty per cent to the county; TWEEN
tyfixe per cent to the saxsa,e RropeeT tg
the benefit district Is situated, divided ac-
cording to the area of the benefit. district
in each township; and twenty-five per
within the Benefit district designated in the
map, according to the benefits accruing
thereon within the limits shown by said
map. When said apportionment to the
land within the benefit. district is deter
mined the county commissioners shall APP
point time for holding special session
to hear any complaint that may be made
as to the apportionment of cost, and the
county clerk shall mail written or print
ed notice to the owner or owners of any
tract of land liable to special assessments,
which notice shall set forth the time for
hearing complaints and the amount as
sessed against each tract within the bene
fit district, and the last day fol. paying
the assessment in full. Such notice shall
be mailed at least two weeks prior to the
time for hearing the complaints. At the
hearing the commissioners may alter or
shown. If the amount assessed to any
tract is changed, the county clerk shall
mail a second notice to the owner of such
tract which shall set forth the amount as
sessed and the lart day for paying the as
sessment in full. If the owner of any
tract within the benefit district shall pay
the full amount assessed against such tract
within thirty days after the issuance of the
first notice, such tract shall not be subject
to any further annual special assessments
Sec !. That section 1921 of the General
s Of 1912 Be to read IA fS
Judgment of the board of county commits
sioners any part of the road in addition to
being of public utility, shall be of general
ment of which by reason of sand, creeks,
heavy grades or other reasons would neces-
sarily incur unusual expense. the board OF
county commissioners may make an order
to that effect and charge not exceeding
sixty per cent of the expense of the i'm
provement to the county. the expense to
the lands within the benefit district to be
decreased in proportion;
Sec. s. That section $500 of the General
follows Section $500. The county com
missioners may receive subscriptions and
donations in money and real or personal
property which shall be applied in the
construction or the improvement of said
road. Any aid or donation by the state
any other source shall be placed in a spe-
cial fund for such improvements and shall
be applied by the board of county com
mainder of the cost between the county
township and benefit district. Such state
and federal aid and donations and special
assessments paid in full shall be used in
paying off the warrants and interest ac-
cumulating thereon which were issued dur
ing the progress of the improvement.
Sec. 8. That section 1928 of the General
Statutes of 1915 be amended to read as
follows: Section 1923. After the com
of state and federal aid. the ascertain
ment of .apportionment of cost to be
charged against the county, the taxable
property in the townships, and the amount
assessed against the several tracts of land
within the benefit district, the county COM
missioners shall issue bonds of the county
bearing not exceeding five per cent interest
payable within the time fixed in the petit
ton for the levying of special assessments.
Said bonds shall be issued in series and
year as near as practicable and shall be
distressed of by the county board in the
manner provided by law and the proceeds
thereof shall be used in paying the remain
ing outstanding warrants for the improve
ment. Thereafter the board of commits
all the taxable property of the county and
upon the taxable property of the TOWNSHIP p
and upon the lands within the benefit dis.
trict according to the .apportionment Of
cost fixed upon said lands, which tax shall
be sufficient to pay the bonds falling due
each year, and interest upon outstanding
bonds provided that the board may in its
discretion pay the county's proportion of
the cost out of the general fund and road
9 the ths
other proper charges against said funds.
and after such payment no general county
levy shall be made for payment of the
bonds.
Sec 10. That section 1924 of the Gen
eral Statutes of 1915 be amended to read
as follows: Section ss24< All roads i'm
proved under the provision of this act shall
thereafter be maintained and kept in re-
pair by the county in which said improved
roads are located
Sec il That section 1926 of the General
Statutes of 1915 be amended to read as
follows: Section 1926. All bridges. the
cost of which exceeds $1,000 and all bridge
of twenty foot span or greater, which are
required in making the improvements here
in provided for. shall be built by~and at
the expense of the county under the gen
erai laws of the state relating to the con-
struetion of bridges. All bridges costing
less than $1,000 and having a span of less
than twenty feet. shall be included as a
part of the improvement and the cost
thereof apportioned herein provided
See. IL. The petition provided for in
section of this act may be for the inn
provemeht- of road or roads situated in
more than one county or upon the county
line between two counties. certified
copy of the petition shall be transmitted
by the clerk of the county in which it is
filed to the board of county commissioners
of the adjoining county and after the ap-
prevail and granting thereof by the county
commissioners of each of said counties
the several county boards may act in con-
junction in carrying on said improvements
under the provisions of this act. The as
each board shall be required in all pro-
ceedings. contract for the construction
of road in more than one county may be
let bids may be advertised for proposals
filed and the contract let at the county
seat of either of the counties as the two
boards shall direct. The cost as between
two counties and the townships and bene-
fit districts therein. shall be apportioned
according to the area of benefit districts
in each county. After the aScertaiument OF
| the division of cost between the two coun-