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Quitman Street Improvements.

behalf of the State; and where the County is the owner, the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Houston County is authorized to sign in behalf of the County; and where the City of Perry is the owner, the Mayor of Perry is authorized to sign in behalf of the City.

Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved March 27, 1926.

QUITMAN STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

No. 13, FIRST SESSION.

An Act to authorize and empower the Board of Commissioners for the City of Quitman to establish and change the grade of any streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, and other public places in the said city and to improve the same by paving, macadamizing, and draining the same; to require street and steam railroads in said streets and other public places to improve and pave the same between their tracks and two feet on either side thereof; to provide for the procedure of such grading, improving, and paving, and for making and collecting of assessments for the same, and for establishing a lien therefor; to provide for the payment of such grading, improving, and paving entirely by the abutting and adjacent property owners on the basis of ten per cent. yearly for ten (10) years; to provide for the issuance of bonds by the said Board of Commissioners, to be known as "Street Improvement Bonds," and for the payment of same; to provide for the renewal of any such paving and other paving previously laid, and for other purposes.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that the Board of Commissioners of the City of Quitman is hereby authorized and empowered to establish and change the grade of any streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, and other public places in the City of Quitman, and to improve the same by paving, macadamizing, and draining the same whenever in its judgment the public convenience and welfare may require such improvements, subject only to the limitations prescribed in this Act.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that any street or steam railroad now having or which may hereafter have tracks running through or across the streets, avenues, alleys or lanes of said city, or other public places, shall be required by said Board of Commissioners to pave, macadamize, and drain the width of its track and two feet on each side of every line of track now constructed or that may hereafter be constructed by such railroad company. And if such railroad company shall fail or refuse to comply with the order of the said Board of Commissioners to make such improvements by paving, macadamizing, and draining the same after receiving thirty days' notice to do said work, such work may be done by said Board of Commissioners at the cost and expense of such railroad company, and such cost and expense shall be charged against such railroad company, and the Board of Commissioners for the City of Quitman shall be entitled to a lien for the full amount of such cost and expense against the property of such railroad company, which may be enforced against such property as hereinafter provided for enforcement of other liens for paving.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that whenever the said Board of Commissioners shall deem it necessary to grade, pave, macadamize, drain, or otherwise improve any street, avenue, alley,

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lane, or any part thereof, within the limits of the City of Quitman, said Board of Commissioners shall by resolu- Resolution. tion declare such work or improvement necessary to be done, and such resolution shall be published in two (2) Publication. consecutive issues of a newspaper published and having a general circulation in the City of Quitman; and if a majority of the owners of the land liable to assessment to pay for such improvements of any such highway shall not, within thirty (30) days after the last publication of such resolution, file with the Clerk of said city their protest in writing against such improvement, then said Protest. Board of Commissioners shall have power to cause said improvement to be made and to contract therefor, and to levy assessments or liens provided for. Any number of streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, or other public places or parts thereof to be so improved may be included in one resolution, but any protest or objection shall be made as to each street or other highway separately; provided, however, that if a majority of the owners of the land liable to assessment for any such improvement shall petition the Board of Commissioners for such improvement of any street or part of street, alley, lane, or avenue owners. or other public place, describing in such petition the character of the improvement desired and the width of the same, it shall thereupon be the duty of said Board of Commissioners to promptly cause the said improvement to be made in accordance with the prayer of said petition, the said Board of Commissioners having, however, the right to determine the material with which such improvements shall be made and the manner of making the same, and in such cases the resolution hereinbefore mentioned shall not be required.

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Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the lots, pieces, or parcels of land fronting and abutting upon both sides of said improvements shall be pro rata. charged with the cost thereof according to the just pro rata of the entire cost of said improvement for the said frontage on the basis of lineal foot frontage; provided,

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that the frontage of intersecting streets, avenues, lanes, or alleys shall be assessed as real estate abutting upon the street, alley, lane, or avenue paved or otherwise improved, and the said Board of Commissioners shall be for all the intents and purposes of this Act an owner or legal representative of real estate abutting on any street, lane, alley, or avenue, shall possess the same rights and provileges as all other owners of real estate abutting on any such street, lane, alley, or avenue, and shall pay from the City Treasury the just pro rata of the entire cost of said work or improvement for the said frontage.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that whenever the petition provided for in Section three of this Act is presented, or when the Board of Commissioners shall have determined to pave or improve any street, avenue, lane, alley, or other public place, and shall have passed the resolution provided for in said Section three of this Act, the said Board of Commissioners shall then have the power to enact all ordinances and to establish all such rules and regulations as may be necessary to require the owners of all property subject to assessment to pay the cost of such improvement, and to cause to be put in and constructed all water, gas, or sewer-pipe connections to connect with any existing water, gas, or sewer-pipes in and underneath the streets, avenues, lanes, and alleys and other public places where such public improvements are to be made, and all costs and expense for making such connections shall be taxed against such property and shall be included and made a part of the general assessment to cover the cost of such improvement, in addition to the basis of said lineal foot frontage, if so determined by the appraisers hereinafter provided for.

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that after the expiration of the time for objection or protest on the part of the property owners, if no sufficient protest be filed, or on receipt of a petition for such

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improvement signed by a majority of the owners of the land to be assessed, if such petition shall be found to be in proper form and properly executed, the said Board of Commissioners shall adopt a resolution reciting that Resolution. no such protest has been filed, or the filing of such petition, as the case may be, and expressing the determination of said Board of Commissioners to proceed with the said improvement, stating the material to be used, and the manner of construction, and defining the extent, character, and width of the improvement, and other such matters as may be necessary to instruct the City Manager of said city in the performance of his duties in preparing for such improvement, the necessary plans, plots, profiles, specifications, and estimates. Said resolution shall set forth any and all such reasonable terms conditions. and conditions as said Board of Commissioners shall deem proper to impose with reference to the letting of the contract and the provisions thereof; and the said Board of Commissioners shall by said resolution provide that the contractor shall execute to the city a good and sufficient bond in an amount to be stated in such resolution, conditioned for the full and faithful performance bond. of the work and the performance of the contract, and for the protection of the city and all property owners interested against any loss or damage by reason of the negligence or improper execution of the work, and may require a bond in an amount to be stated in such resolution, for the maintenance of good condition of such improvements for a period of not less than five (5) years from the time of its completion, or both, in the discretion of said Board of Commissioners. Said resolution shall also direct the City Manager of said city to advertise for sealed proposals for furnishing the materials and ment for performing the work necessary in making such improvements. The notice of such proposals shall state the street, streets, or other public places to be improved, the kinds of improvements proposed, what, if any, bond or bonds will be required to be executed by the contractor aforesaid, and shall state the time when and at the place

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