The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-09

When PersonaI Property IL Subject
70 Lien for Tax.
Section rs. All personal property
of every person in the annual assess
ment rolf shall from and after the 4
second Monday in April be subject to
q lien in favor of the city for the pay
ment of all personal taxes to be levied
against such person during the same
calendar year; all personal property
assessed in any supplemental assess
ment roll shall be subje to like lien
from the confirmation Of said roll;
such lien shall take precedence OF any
sale, assignment or chattel mortgage,
levy or other lien on such personal
property, executed or made after said
hen attaches as herein provided ex-
goods in the course Of regular trade
at wholesale and retail.
Section rs. The Commission shall
continue the present sewer system Of 4
the city and may in the future estab-
fish and maintain such additional
sewer systems as they may deem ne
cessary and of such dimension and
materials and under such regulations
as they may deem proper for the
drainage Of the city, and private pro-
perty; or the use thereof, may be TAX
en- therefor in the manner prescribed
in this charter or in the statutes of
the state of Michigan for the taking
of such property for public use. But
in all cases when the Commission shall
find it practicable, such sewers and
drains shall be constructed in public
streets and grounds.
Section 81. The cost and expense
of establishing and making any main
or trunk sewer, constructed without
reference to sewer districts, shall be
excepting such portion or portions
thereof as the Commission shall deem
70 be of benefit to adjacent private
property, which property shall be de-
scribed and the benefits thereto deter
mined, assessed and taxed in the man. !.
ner as hereinafter provided. Such
part as the commission shall determ-
inc, being not less than one-sixth of
the cost and expense of any main sew
er district, or the cost Of any lateral,
branch or local sewer constructed
within a special sewer district, shall
be paid from the general sewer fund
and the remainder of such costs and
expenses shall be betrayed by special
assessment upon all the taxable lands
and premises included within the
main or special sewer district, as the
case may be, in proportion to the es-
timated benefits accruing to each par
eel respectively, from the construc-
ton of the sewer. Assessments ac-
cording to the benefits as aforesaid
shll be made without reference to
any improvements or buildings upon
the lands.
Section %. The Commission may,
however, provide for main or trunk
sewers without reference to sewer
districts, and may direct the prepar-
ing OF diagrams or plats thereof,
which, when approved by the Commits
sion shall be recorded by the City
Clerk in the book of sewer records.
Section 20. Whenever it may be-
come necessary in the opinion of the
Commission to provide additional
sewerage and drains for the city or
for any part thereof, it shall be their
duty to devise, or cause plan of such
sewerage or drainage to be devised,
for all that part of the city to be AFT
fected thereby.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. AS
SESSMENTS, CONTRACTS.
Power of City to Acquire and Dispose
of Property.
Section 1. The city shall have and
chase or condemn private property,
within or without the city, for the
public use within the scope of it's
power. To that end the City Com
mission, subject to the general laws
of the state, whenever it deems the
same essential for the welfare of the
inhabitants of the city may acquire
by gift, purchase, condemnation or
otherwise, the necessary property for
the purpose in view. The City Com
mission subject to the general laws
of the state, shall have the power to
hold and improve such property and
to convey or dispose of same.
Plans of Streets and Alleys.
Section 2. The City Commission
shall have and it is hereby given the
power to adopt plan of the streets
and alleys within the city limits, and
for such distance beyond the city linn
its as is now or may be hereafter au-
thorized by law; and to that end all
plats showing such streets and alleys
shall be submitted to and approved
by the City Commission before they
are filed for record
Separation of Grade Crossings.
Section 3. The City Commission
by ordinance may provide for gen.
eral plan of separation of streets from
the railroads and street railways at
grade crossings within said city and
for the execution of the same under
the direction of the City Manager.
Powers and Duties of City Commits
sion as to Public Works.
Section a. When the owners of a
majority of the lands liable to be as
sessed in any special assessment dis
trict, or part of the city which may
be constituted a special assessment
district, shall petition the council for
any public Improvement except sew
ers, the council shall order such i'm
provement to be made; except that in
no case shall the city pay more than
80 per cent of the cost of such i'm
provement. If there be no appro-
priation available for such proposed
Improvement, the council shall make
a proper appropriation for such pur-
pose in the next appropriation bill,
or NAV provide for tba ;co,a &c bcods