03/25/1913 Board of Public Works Minutes

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OF 749 And each piece of property in said district or area above described, in- cluding abutting property holders and the said City of South Bend, if the said City is benefited, shall be assessed, as aforesaid, to pay said excess of cost over and above what would be equivalent to the cost of a local sewer; all of which will more fully ap- pear by referene, to the profiles, map, drawings and specifications now on file in the office of the Department of Public Works of said City, which, among other things, gives the exact course of ,said proposed main sewer, overflows,, and its appurtenances, and the district or area which may be. injuriously or beneficially -affected thereby, as shown by the heavy boundary lines marked on said map and drawings, with proper words and figures written thereon, clearly indicating what said heavy boundary lines represent, and the district or area embraced thereby. Assessments if deferred, are to be paid in ten equal annual installments, with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum. A bond or bonds shall be issued to the contractor in payment for said work, unless the property owners pay said assessments before said bond or bonds are issued. Under no circumstwnces shall the Cityof South Bend be or be held responsible for any sum or sums due from said pro- perty owner or ownersfor waid work, or for the collection of the same, or for the payment of -Any bond or bonds, certificate or certificates issued to said contractor in payment for such work, except for such moneys as shall have been actually received by said City from the assessments for such improvements. All proceedings had and work done in the construction of said main. sewer and its appurtenances, manner of assessments of property, collection of assessments and is- suance -of bonds therefor, shall be provided for in an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana entitled "An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations," in matters pertaining to the constitution, alteration and maintenance of public drains and sewers, providing for theconstruction , alteration and maintenance of such sewers and. drains in such cities and within four miles thereof$ also providing for the assessments of property specially bene- fited thereby for the payment thereof, in whole or in part, and for tLLe collection of such assessments; repealing all laws and parts of laws in conflict therewith, and declaring an e,ergency ,approved March 6,1905, and all acts supplementary and amendatory thereto passed by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 27th. day of March 1913 and on the 3rd. day of April 1913 in the South Bend Daily Times. This Board will give a hearing on this resolution at its office in the City Hall on the 25th. day of April,1913 at 7:45 P.M. Adopted this 25th. day of Xarch,1913. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.