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Show VN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THE MODE of procedure for constructing and repairing s "wers an.l drains, and presc ribing the form of local assessment and for the levying and the collection col-lection of the special tax for making such improvements. im-provements. Sect.on 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Territory of Utah: That whenever the City Council shall deem It expedient ex-pedient or n 'cessary toionstruct or repair any Sewer, sewers or drain, said Council shall deter11 mine the Character, quality, extent and location i of such improvements, determine and define the boundaries of the district or dii don of tho city where such sewer, tenets or drains are to be con- : strutted or repairs are to be made, and the property prop-erty specially to lie benefited or affected by the i same, the Council shall determine wtether the whole, or if not, what proportion of the cot of such improvement shall be defrayed by loial as- ; sessment, by an order entered of record by said Council. Section 2. The city engineer shall make an estimate es-timate of the probabie cost of such improvement and shall report the same to the city council when completed; such estimate shall show the cost of such improvement per front foot or square foot of the blocks, lots, or parts thereof and lands affected or benefited by such improvements. Section 3. The city council shall t ien cruse a notice of its intention to make the improvement and defray the expenses thereof in whole or in part by local assessment, as the city council shall i have previously determined, describing the pro-posed pro-posed improvement, the boundaries of the district dis-trict or division, or the part thereof to be improved im-proved and assessed and to be a fected and benefited bene-fited by the same, the estimated cost thereof and designating the time in which t ie abutting prop-e prop-e ty owners may protest sgan et such improvement, improve-ment, by a notice to be pnhEsbea at least twenty days In a newspaper published and hiving a gen-e gen-e nl t ircu'atio'i within Uie city, which notice sh'H be -u''tai'iallv in tl? following form: No'ic is he eb given by tie Citv C uncil of Salt Lake C t . o' t .e i ten' ion to make the following fol-lowing de criled improe i eat, to-wit and d "riy the ,of 'he cist the eot, os imifed t j by a 1 n il !is'is -mi nt u on the I lo i s lots, parts of I ots and p e :t g of eroa; d wi h n Se ver Distric; No , ben: he proper lot, par s oi 0 e i n 1 pieces of g-cuud in said d.ttriet to be f ! feced or l ene.itted by said m rov-nen", nuu ely: All protests and objections to the carrying eat of such intention to make sa d im-.noe i ent I must be presented in writing to the C ity Reorder, ear or before I he .....divot ' , 189 being the time set by the ' said Council when it will hear and consider such objections as mav be made thereto. By order of he Citv Council of Salt Lake Citv, Territory oi L t h. Section 4. After the expiration cf the twenty days publication aforesaid, the City Recorder shall report to the City Council as to whether or i not written objections to such improvements signed by the owners of one half of the front foot of the property abutting on that pcr'ion of the street, lane, avenue or alley, or of the property through which snch sew er or drain is to be coh-stn coh-stn e'ed or repaired, and if it appear from said report that the owners of one half of such property prop-erty have not protested against the m iking ot suci improvements, the Council shall be deemed to have acquired jurisdiction to order the malting of such improvements, and may proceed to fix a day when they wiil sit as a Board of Equalization, 1 y giving public notice of the time of such sitting in some newspaper published in this citv, f r a least five days before the day so fixed. If the Council determines to proceed With the improve-ne improve-ne it, it shall make an order which shall le entered en-tered on the record of its proceedings, authorizing and directing the work to be done and improvements improve-ments made, under the supervision of the Board of Public Works, and shall thereupon, sitting as a Board of Equalization, apportion and assess the cost of the improvements or the part thereof ns spec ified in the notice upon the blocks, lots, or parte thereof and pieces of land embraced within the district or part of the district to he improved, such apportionment to be in accordance with the squar" foot, front foot or otherwise, as such Board shad direct, and estimate the special benefits to such property by reason of the improvements, as mav be determined to be just. So t on 5 The Council shall thereupon make an or in. ance levying the tax and for tie assessment assess-ment of the p.-ooerty, in accordance with the apportionment ap-portionment a'.d deiermma ij'.i of the Br ard of Equalization in snrh d s r.c. Th ordinance shall also designate the boundaries of the district embracing the property to be tae'. e ".ion 6 A copy or the otdir aace certified by the Recorder, under the corporat - seal of the city, shall be de ve: ed to the City Assessor and Collector, Col-lector, who shall immediately proceed to list nd :.ssi s-the property according, to 'he apportionment apportion-ment set f orth in said ordinance tat ng tne name of the owner, or if known, then so stating the number and dimensions of each let or piece of ground and the amount of tax levied thereon. vmt it shall be sufficen to describe the lot or pie. e of ground as the same ii- platted and recorded. He s all also make a plat to accompany said li t, showing the location cf the improvement, aim the position of the respective lots or pieces of ground assessed with reference to the same, and shall return and lodge said list and plat when ccmpieteL with the Recorder, within ten days after the receipt of said orde.- o- such farther time as the Council may allow. The City Assessor Asses-sor ami Collector shall be present at the g -sijicns of said beard and note upon sud list such corrections cor-rections and changes as inny b ordered by the boaid, and when sa d list :s completed the Council Coun-cil si all make an ordinance confirming the assessment as-sessment a- set forth in the list as corrected by the Board of Equalization, a copy of which ordinance, ordi-nance, certified by the Recorder under corporate seal, togetner with i-uch corrected list shall be delivere I to the Assessor and Collector, and shall constitute his warrant for the collection ol" said taxes ; such taxes shall be due and payable sixty dav s after the date of the ordinance confirming the assessment, and any and ali such taxes remaining re-maining unpaid at the expiration of said sixty davs shall be deemed delinquent. Section 6- Said Assessor and Collector upon receipt of the certified copy aforesaid, shall, without with-out delay, g ve at least five days' notice in one or more newspapers having general circulation in Salt Lake City, of the time when such tax shall become delinquent. Sections. Upon the receipt of the correct list and ordinance confirming the assessment aforesaid, afore-said, the Assessor and Collector shall collect the j as-essment iu like manner as other city taxes, and shall furnish to eash taxpayer or leave nt his place of business (it known) a notice of the amount of tax assessed against him and when and wh 're payable. B teflon 9. The Assessor and collector shall nay ou-: to the City Treasurer ml moneys collected by h.m at the end of each month, or sooner if rein re-in : c d by the council. ' Section 10. This ord nance shall take effect fr m and after its passage. Passed and approved Mav 27, lt52. Attest: R. N. BASKIN, Mayor. Seal. C. E. Stanton, Recorder. lnitfd States of Ameuica, i Tekkitoky of Utah, City and County of Salt Lake. ) I, C. E. Stanton, Recorder in and for Salt Lake Citv, Utah, do hereby certify that the foregoing is ; a full, true aud correct copy of "An Ordinance, Providing the mode of procedure, for constructing construct-ing and repairing sewers and drains, and prescribing pre-scribing the form of local assessment and for the levying aud collection of the special tax for making mak-ing uch improvements,'' passed and approved by the i ity Council of Salt Lake City, Utah. Mav 2th, 1382. as appears of record in my office. In witness whereof. I have hereunto set mv hand and affixed the Corporate Seal of Salt Lake Citv, Utah, this 31st dav of Mav, A. D. 1392 C. E. STANTON, O. No. 204. Citv Recorder. |