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or shall make all special assessments
| for said city. II he shall be person
ally interested in any special ASSESS
ment, such special assessment, shall,
! il the city council 80 determine, Be
made by such other peron as the city
council shall designate.
(b) The council may, when the
owners of q majority Of the iande
liable to be assessed, petition. estab..
| lish q special assessment district and
levy a special assessment for any OF
the following improvements; viz:
oiling, sprinkling, scraping, sweep
ing or cleaning any street or alley,
or removing the snow and ice from
| the sidewalks within such district;
| installing an ornamental system Tor
street lighting; constructing sys~
| tenn Of drainage apart from the sew
| er system Of the city: or for such
other lawful purpose as the council
may by ordinance determine.
Expenses determined by city coun-
| Gil.
Section 119. When the city coun-
| ell shall determine to make public
| improvements or repairs and defray
the whole or any part of the cost ana
expense thereof by special assess
ment they shall so declare by resolu-
ton stating the Improvement and
what part or portion of the expense
shall be paid by special assessment,
and what part. if any, has been ap..
propriated from the general funds OF
the city or shall be borne by the city
lands and premises upon which, and
| the persons against whom, the speci-
al assessment shall be levied and re-
port the same to the city assessor.
Estimates to be filed.
Section 100. Before ordering any
public improvement or repairs, any
part of the expense Of which is to be
paid by special assessment, the city
council shall cause estimates ~ the
expense thereof to be made AMI also
plats and diagrams when practicable
of the work and of the locality to be
improved and file the same with the
city clerk.
Cost what to include.
Section 121. The costs and expen-
ses of any improvement which may
be betrayed by special assessment,
shall include the cost of surveys,
plans. assessments, notices, adver-
Using and construction.
Levy, before Improvement.
Section 122. Special assessments
ment may be levied before making
the improvement.
Assessments, how made.
Section 1913. When any special as
sessment is to be made pro rata up
on the lots and premises in any spe-
cial district, according to frontage
or benefits the city council shall, by
resolution, direct the same to be
made by the city assessor and shall
state therein the amount to be assess
ed and whether according to 'front.'
age or benefits, and describe or des-
ignate the lots and premises or To-
cality constituting the district to be
assessed.
Assessors. duties of in making as
sessments.
Section 124. Upon receiving such
orders and directions, the city assess
or shall make out an assessment roll
entering and describing therein all
the lots, premises and parcels Of land
to be assessed, with the names of the
persons, if known, chargeablc with
the assessments thereon; and shall
levy in?:eo1 and against such per-
sons the amount to be assessed, in
the ma aner directed by the city coun-
ell and tie provisions of this charter,
applicable to the assessment. In all
cases where the city assessor l. un-
able to ascertain the name of the
owner of any parcel of land, he shall
in lieu Of the name of the owner, in
sert "Unknown"; and if by mistake
or otherwise any person shall be i'm
properly designated as the owner of
any lot, parcel of, land or premises,
or if the same shall be assessed
without the name of the owner or in
the name of person other than the
owner, such assessment shall not, for :.
any such cause, be vitiated. but shall
in all respects be as valid upon and
against such lot, parcel of land or
premises as though assessed in the
the assessment roll shall have been
confirmed be valid lien upon such
lot. parcel of land or premises, and
collected as in other cases.
Section 125. If the assessment is
required to be according to frontage
the city assessor shall assess to each
lot or parcel of land such relative
portion of the whole amount to be
levied as the length or front of such
premises abutting upon the improve
ment bears to the whole frontage Of
all the lots to be assessed unless on
account of the shape or size of any
lot. an assessment for a different
number of feet would be more equit-
able. If the Assessment is directed
70 be according to benefits, the city
assessor shall assess, upon each lot
such relative portion Of the whole
sum to be levied as shall be proper
tomato to the estimated benefit re-
sulting to such lot from the i'm
When the city assessor
completes the assessment, he shall
'eport the same to the city council;
uch report may be in the form of
certificate, Endorsed On the assess
nent roll as follows:
State of Michigan,
City of Belding. s..
selding:
hereby certify and report, that
he foregoing is me special assess.
nent roll and the assessment made