Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-03-26

by the emPloyment Of labor: or by con;
tract. ali things Of the nature Of local
the state are made, or may be made,
ehargeable by special assessments upon
the property specially benefited there
the laws of the state. may inhere in. or
pertain to. municipal corporations. It
also shall have power, under the con-
Of eSe to
part. of the cost of any such improve
ments by special assessments upon the
property pro- Tsp specially benefited. thereby
specially benefited. to pay for such local
improvements authorized by this sec.
ton. shall not exceed the amount Of
The city shall have power to do any
Of the things in this section. author
lied, at cost in excess Of the benefits
s 20
such excess shall be paid by general
provement for the purpose of making
which may be occasioned to private
by such nF ROY shall
purpose of making the assessments. the
proportionate part of the cost Of the
Improvement shall be considered to be
Sec :1 s.: SIDEWALKS. SEWERS and
SPRINKLING.-The Council may, by q
tSs ySts 0;naass 6Fe1
sewer. or the sprinkling of any high
way, which it deems necessary for pub
lie convenience, welfare or safety and
may cause the cost of such cOnstruc-
ton or sprinkling. or any portion of
such cost, to be assessed against the
property specially benefited thereby.
occupants Of property within the city
to promptly remove accumulations Of
snow garbage: DIRT or other oostru c.
alleys on which such property abuts.
when notified to do SO by the street
commissioner the street commissioner
the cost of such removal shall be as:
sessed against such property and shall
constitute lien thereon and shall be
collected in the same manner as special
sss; g; PROCEDURE FOR I'M
A. UPON PETITION THEREFoRE:
not less than twenty-five !25) per cent
of the. owners resident in Morrison
County, Minnesota, and owning not
the real " estate 70 be ASSESSED s thsrefor
as shown by the records in the office of
the Register Of Deeds, Of Morrison
to Pc by s% any s
Charter to be made by the. city. and
improvements. or any portion thereof.
hted by such improvements.
be, done directly by and under the SUI
city ' engineer or may provide for the
doing Of the work by contract under
the Inspection Of the City engineer
expenses s s Of sach im anS S the
council Shall. thereupon appportion and
assess the same. together with the
costs Of the proceedings: upon S,, the RET real
hted. in proportion to the benefits re-
as nearly as may be-, and shall briefly
assessment may be made: and it shall
assessment. that the amount thereof
sinai estimate estimate Of the cost c Of = the I'm
ptR!e% WITHOUT PETITION THERE
In case the City Council shall at any
time deem it necessary that such inn
provement above referred to be made. it
declare by resolution the. necessity Of
such improvements and its determine
ton to have the same made. Such reso-
provement to be made and the cost
thereof, as previously estimated by the
city engineer. and shall. state therein
specially benefited by such improve
m mf4bn and the territoriai limits
proposed to- be made Upon the
passage and publication of such
resolution, a period of sixty (60) days
shall saP sfe ne by sny hs1 Se
matter of such Improvement. If. with
in said sixty (60) days period remon-
STRANGE AGAINST such improvement be be
less than twenty-five per cent l25 p. CO.
Of the owners residing in Morrison
County, Minnesota. owning not less than
erty proposed to be assessed for such
Improvement, protesting against the
making of the Improvement. the council
shall not make such Engagement at
unless in the meantime. there be filed
with the council a petition asking that
the be made siEnsd by
signing the remonstrance. in which
event the council may ~ proceed with tth
property benefited Notwithstanding the
re% sse g. STREET INTERSECTIONS
local IMPROVEMENTS IN the intersections
of streets. avenues and alleys with 9th
er streets. avenues and alleys. shall be
paid out of the permanent improvement
fund and no assessments for Dement'S
for any such improvements shall ever
be made.
If the council shall deem any such i'm
proVement on any street which has
been designated as a state road. or on
a street in front of unplatted property,
especially beneficial to the public at
large. it may, upon unanimous vote of
its members, order to be paid from the
permanent improvement fund. not to
exceed twenty-five (25) per cent of the
cost and expense of the improvement
on such a state road, and not to exceed
fifty (50) per cent of the cost and ex-
pense of the Improvement on such
street in front of unplatted property,
and shall assess the remaining percent
age of the cost against the AUDITING
property.
Sec 20. DEFICIT IN COST.-In case
the amount collected by assessment
prove insufficient to pay the cost of the
improvement the council may authorize
the payment of the deficit out of the
permanent Improvement fund.
Sec II. ASSESSMENT OF COST
When it has been determined that any
improvement provided for in the fore
going sections is to be made. and the
cost therefore. and the proportion of
such cost which is to be assessed
the dtS snd tSe
City Engineer shall cause such assess
ment to be made and the amount there