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lots or lands. shall be according to
such division.
insufficient and excessive assess
ments.
Section 1856. Should any special
assessment prove insufficient to pay
for the Improvement or work for
which il was levied and the expenses
incident thereto, the city council may
within the limitations prescribed for
such assessments. make an addition
al, pro rata, assessment to supply the
deficiency and in case a larger
amount shall have been collected than
was necessary. the excess shall be
refunded ratably to those by whom It
was paid.
Irregular and invalid assessments
Section 1876. Whenever any speci'
al assessment shall, in the opinion
son of irregularity or informality in
adjusted invalid by any competent
court. the city council shall, whether
the improvement has been made or
not, of whether any part of the as
sessment has been paid or not, have
power to cause a new assessment to
be made for the same purpose for
which the former assessment was
made and in the same manner. All
payments made on the assessment,
so set aside and not refunded. shall
be applied upon the assessment on
said premises and the re-assessment
shall to that extent be deemed salts.
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Vacating special assessments.
Section 1877. No act of the city
council vacating a special assess
ment, shall DESTROY or impair the lien
of the city upon the premises assess
ed for such amount of the assessment
as NAV be equitably charged against
the same or as by regular mode Of
proceeding, might have been lawful
iy assessed thereon.
When levied on general tax roll.
Section 1873. Whenever any speci-
al assessment shall be confirmed, the
city council may direct the city as
SCISSOR to levy the several sums to
be assessed as tax upon the sever
all lots and premises on which they
are to be assessed. Upon receiving
said report, the city assessor shall
levy the same therein mentioned up
on the respective lots and premises
to be assessed and against the per-
sons chargeable herewith. as a tax
in the city tax roll in which such
premises are described, next there
after to be made, in a column for
special assessments and thereupon
the amounts SO levied, in said tax
roll, shall be collected and enforced
with the other taxes in such tex roll
and in the same manner; and shall
- he,
iseG assessed, until paid, and when
collected shall be paid into the city
treasury.
When collected directly.
Section 139. When any special as
sessment shall be confirmed. and be
payable AS hereinafter provided, the
city council, instead CT requiring the
assessments to be reported to the
city assessor, as provided in the pre-
ceding section, NAV direct the assess
ment so made in the special assess
ment roll to be collected directly
therefrom and thereupon the city
clerk shall attach his warrant to said
special assessment roll and the
treasurer shall collect from each of
the persons assessed in said roll, the
amount of money assessed to and set
opposite his name therein; and in
case anv person, named in said roll,
shall neglect or refuse to pay his as
sessment within forty days (40) from
the date of the warrant, then to levy
and collect the same by distress and
sale of the goods and chattels OF
such person and return said roll and
warrant, together with his doings
thereon, within sixty days from the
date of such warrant.
Collection, how made.
Section 40. Upon completion OF
said assessment roll and warrant,
the city treasurer shall proceed to
collect the amounts assessed therein
and for that purpose it shall be his
duty, Immediately. to give public no.
tice thereof by publication at least
once each week for two weeks in sue
cession in one or more OF the news
papers. published and circulating or
circulating in the city. If any per
son shall neglect or refuse to pay, his
assessment within forty (40) days
from the date of the warrant at.
tached to such roll, the treasurer
shall seize and sell any personal
property belonging to such person as
is provided in the general law of the
state for the collection of taxes by
township and city treasurers, at
public auction. The proceeds Of such
sale shall be applied to the payment
of the assessment and the surplus,
if any, shall be paid to the person
entitled thereto.
Return by treasurer.
Section 141. The city treasurer
shall make return of said assessment
roll and warrant to the city council
according to the requirements Of the
warrant and if any of the assess.
ments in said roll shall be returned
unpaid, the city treasurer shall at
tach to his return statement, veri.
fed by affidavit, containing a list OF
the persons delinquent and a descrip-
ton of the lots and premises upon
N which the assessments remain unpaid
and the amount unpaid on each.
Renewal of warrant re-assessment
i Section 142. Said warrant may bt
renewed from time to time by the
city council for such time as they
shall determine. During the time Of
such renewal the warrant shall have
the same force and the city treasur
er shall perform the same duties ant
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