Show SOME PENDING tEASURES1 Bill Authorizing the Levy of a Sprinkling Tax I RECORDS AND SUPPLIES TO BE FUn ISHED BY THE TERRITORIAL i TERRI-TORIAL AUDITORS I Text of LmuVs Bill Proliibiiiiigr thc Sale of ExpluMiies to Minors The Bill Coneernlans the Mayors Veto Introduced in the Cuimcil I 4 Folowing is the text of the measure introduced by Councilor Williams entitled en-titled HA bill for an act defining the powers of cities in certain cases and authorizing the levy of a special tax to pay the cost of sprinkling streets Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Leg-islative Assembly of the Territory of Utah Sr > c 1 That after the approval of this act it shall not be necessary for the city council of incorporated cities in this Territory to give the notice required re-quired in Section 13 of Chapter 41 of the Session Laws of 1890 for the purpose of acquiring jurisdiction to make improvements im-provements by constructing reconstructing reconstruc-ting or repairing any sewer or drain within the city or to levy a special tax to pay the cost of such improvement improve-ment That vvhertever the city council of any city in this Territory shall deem it necessary and proper to make any improvement by constructing reconstructing recon-structing or repairing any such sewer or drain in the city the city council of said city shall declare such intention inten-tion by the adoption of a resolution f describing the improvements so proposed pro-posed and intended to be made the boundaries of the district to be affected or benefited by such improvements and estimated cost of such improvement Said resolution shall be submitted to the mayor of said city for his approval and when approved by him the city council shall be deemed to have acquired ac-quired jurisdiction to order the making mak-ing of such improvement by constructing construct-ing reconstructing or repairing such sewer or drain as the case may be and to levy and collect a special tax to pay the cost of such improvement Special taxes may be levied by the city council for the purpose of paying the cost of sprinkling the streets within with-in the city Such taxes to be levied on the real state lying and being within the sprinkling distrsict which is now or may hereafter be created by ordinance of said city where the streets are to be sprinkled Such levy shall be made according to the front feet of the lots or parts of lots or real estate where such sprinkling sprink-ling is to be done within said districtS district-S > 2 This act shall take effect and I be Ir force from and after its approvaL ap-provaL |