pany's principal station house in the City of Ann Arbor. SEC. 2. That all lateral and connecting sewers may be constructed at the cost and expense of the lands, tenements and premises adjacent thereto and benefitted thereby, and the cost thereof may be levied on and assessed against such lands, tenements and premises, and collected from the owners thereof by foot frontage, according to benefits, or by land values as the common council shall or may determine by ordinance. The common council shall have power and authority to make and ordain all needful rules, regulations and ordinances, which shall or may be necessary to enable said city to construct, maintain and protect such system of sewers, including all lateral and connecting sewers. SEC. 3.* The Common Council of said city is hereby authorized and empowered to raise by loan on the taxable property of said city a sufficient sum of money for a period of not longer than five years and at a rate of interest not greater than five per cent., for the purpose of enabling said city to construct and maintain said sewer system; provided, that not more than eighty thousand dollars of such bonded indebtedness shall be outstanding at any one time. SEC. 4. The common council shall assess the cost of the construction of all lateral and connecting sewers (excepting street crossing, which shall be a charge against the general sewer fund) upon all the property adjacent thereto as aforesaid, and all such assessments, with the interest thereon, shall remain a valid lien upon and against such premises so taxed and a valid debt and charge against the owner thereof until paid, and all such taxes and assessments shall be paid by the owner or person against whom the same may have been assessed in equal annual install * As amended April 7, 1919. ments during a period not exceeding five years from the date of such levy and assessment, with interest thereon at the same rate not exceeding five per cent., which shall be stated in the bonded indebtedness created therefor: Provided, That any person may elect and pay the whole of any such assessment at any time, paying all accrued interest thereon, and all such payments shall be credited to the particular sewer fund for the construction of which the same may have been levied, and shall be applied to pay the particular bonds issued therefor. SEC. 5. It shall be lawful for and the common council shall on or before the fourth Monday in June in each year certify to the city assessor the sum or sums of money required to pay for all the laterals and connecting sewers which they require to be raised on the tax roll of that year, together with a description of the lands and premises to be taxed for the same, and the city assessor shall place on the city tax roll of that year all such sum or sums so required to be raised, according to the provisions of the ordinances of said city, placing said sewer tax in a separate column on said tax roll, and said sum or sums of money so set down and spread upon such tax roll shall be, remain and continue a valid debt, demand and tax against the owners of the lands and premises, and a valid tax on and against the lands, tenements and premises in front of or adjacent to which any such lateral or connecting sewer may have been constructed, and shall be collected in the same manner in every particular as the other city taxes set down in and spread upon such tax rolls are collected. SEC. 6. That the proceedings and acts of the common council and officers of the City of Ann Arbor, in the County of Washtenaw, heretofore taken and had by virtue of the provisions of act number four hundred and thirteen of the local acts of Michigan of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be and the same are hereby declared to be in all things valid and legal. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved March 8, 1895. LOCAL ACTS, 1895.-No. 376 AN ACT to authorize the common council of the City of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw county, by ordinance, to enter into a contract not exceeding five years with any electric or gas light company to furnish electric or gas lights for its streets, public buildings and public places. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the common council of the city of Ann Arbor, in the county of Washtenaw, shall have power by ordinance, to enter into a contract not exceeding five years with any electric or gas light company to furnish electric or gas lights for its streets, public buildings and public places. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. LOCAL ACTS, 1889.-No. 343 AN ACT to authorize the City of Ann Arbor to raise twenty-five thousand dollars for a hospital. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the common council of the city of Ann Arbor is hereby authorized and empowered to raise by tax upon the taxable property in said city, or by part tax and part loan, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars to aid in the erection and furnishing of a hospital to be placed under the control of the regents of the University of Michigan, and to be known as the "University Hospital"; Provided, That no tax shall be levied or loan made for such purpose until the same shall have been authorized by a vote of the electors of said city, at a meeting to be convened pursuant to notice given as in such cases by the charter of said city provided: And provided further, That no tax shall be levied or bonds issued until the legislature now in session shall have appropriated the sum of fifty thousand dollars for said hospital. SEC. 2. Any loan negotiated for the purpose authorized in the preceding section, may be made payable in such installments and within such time not exceeding ten years from date thereof as the common council shall determine, and shall bear interest not exceeding four per cent per annum; and annually the common council may raise by tax as hereinbefore provided, a sufficient sum to pay the next installment of said loan to become due, with the interest on all of said loan unpaid, which sum may be in addition to the tax said common council may levy without a vote of the electors of said city. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. LOCAL ACTS, 1901.-No. 293. AN ACT to authorize and enable the city of Ann Arbor to build and construct a suitable building for a city hall, to purchase land therefor and to raise the money for such purpose by a tax and loan. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. The City of Ann Arbor is hereby authorized and empowered to build, construct and maintain a suitable building for a city hall, to purchase land therefor and to raise by tax or loan on the taxable property of the said city a sum of money not exceeding thirty thousand dollars for such purpose. SEC. 2. Whenever the common council shall propose to cause any such city hall building to be constructed they shall so declare by resolution, specifying the sum of money purposed to be expended for that purpose, to be passed by at least a two-thirds vote of all the aldermen elect and shall cause such resolution to be entered in the record of their proceedings, whereupon the common council may at the then or next regular meeting have power and authority to call a special meeting of the qualified electors of the city pursuant to the provisions of the charter, and shall submit to the said electors the questions of raising the money for such purpose by loan or other. wise. The vote of the said electors on such question shall be by ballot. The ballot shall be printed on white paper of equal length and width. The affirmative ballot shall have printed thereon the words "For the city hall loan-Yes." The negative ballots shal have printed thereon the words "For the city hall loan-No." The canvass of the vote and the determination of the result of such election shall be in accordance with the provisions of the city charter: Provided, however, That nothing in this act contained or in the city charter shall be construed to prevent the common council in its discretion to order the vote at such election and the question submitted to be voted on and determined by the use of the Abbott voting machine. In the event of the use of the Abbott voting machine all "no choice" votes shall be disregarded and not counted. SEC. 3. If the electors at said election shall vote to authorize the construction of such city hall building then the common council shall have power and authority to issue and dispose of the bonds of the city of Ann Arbor in a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars for such purpose. The said bonds to be issued |