The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-06-11
NOTICE OF LOCAL BILL

4NoIlcC 10 HeIeDy gwen OF an IN
tention to apply to the next Gen
eral Assembly for the passage Of
a local bill with the following cap
~tion:
IAN Act to amend the charter
for the town of Smyrna, in the
county of Cobb, so as to authorize
the Mayor and Council of said
town to improve the sidewalks,
streets, avenues, public alleys,
other public places, or any por-
ton thereof, in said town, by paw
ing, re-paving, curling, re-curb-
ing, guttering, reguttering, drain
ing, and re-draining, the same
with such form Of improvement
as to them may seem proper and
assess the cost thereof against the
abuttlng owners upon the petition
OF majority of said owners for
such Improvement; to declare
liens and authorize the issuance of
execution against the abbutting
properties and owners thereof for
the cost of such improvement; al
so to install man-holes, catch ba-
sins, culverts and draining pipes,
whenever in their discretion pub
lie necessity may require it; to pro
vide that no cost for paving, re-
paving or improving any street
intersection, or expense incurred
for engineering, surveying, grad
ing installation of man-holes,
catch basins, culverts or draining
pipes, shall be assessed against
the abutting property or owner
thereof, but shall be paid out of
the general fund of said town or
any special fund for street i'm
Iprovements; to provide for notice
by advertisement pending the
consideration of any ordinance
for any of such improvements al
lowing all parties at interest a
hearing before said Mayor and
| Council upon any objection offer
ed against the passage of such or
dlnance; to require any party sub
ject to such assessment to begin
legal proceedings to prevent the
same within fifteen days from the
passage of an ordinance for such
improvement; or be concluded to
provide for assessment against
the owners or operators of any
street car company owning or ope-
rating street cars upon track or
tracks on street where improve
ment is had, for the cost of paw
ing, re-paving or improving the
full width of sixteen feet of such
street where they have two tracks
and eleven feet where they have
; one track on said street; to pro-
vide for furnishing a statement to
the abutting owners of such side
walk or street, and street car COM
pany owners or operators Of a
track or tracks upon the street i'm
IprOved, of the cost of such i'm
provement, and to provide a me-
thod for such owners or company
to contest the amount of such cost
by affidavit of illegality to the ex-
ecution issued thereof, and to pro-
vide such affidavit as a remedy to
such owners or company to con
test the cost of any Improvement
that may be done by said Mayor
and Council upon any street or
sidewalk for the improvement of
which such owner or company
shall be liable for assessment; to
Iprovide when such assessments
shall become due with the option
to person, company or corpora
ton liable therefor to pay the
same in cash or one-fifth in cash
and the balance in four equal an
nual installments bearing interest
at the rate of Z per cent per an
mum from date of ordinance au-
! thorizing such improvement, by
giving notes for such deferred
payments payable to said Mayor
and Council; to provide for the
transfer of any execution issue,
for any assessment by the mar
shall of said city and for the re-
demption of property sold under
said execution; to authorize said
city to require the construction of
all sanitary sewers and connec-
tions in any portion of said city
when the same shall have been or
dained to be paved before such
improvement is made, and for
ether purposes.
i This May q, 1920.
j M 21-2S. j Ill.