2. Whenever a majority of the owners of real estate within any district shall petition for the construction of the sewers in said district, the city council shall have power by ordinance to levy and collect a special tax on the real estate within said district so drained, not to exceed one half of one per centum per annum on the assessed value of said real estate, for the purpose of constructing said sewers, which tax shall be annually levied and collected as other city taxes, and shall constitute a lien on the real estate on which it is assessed; and shall not be repealed or altered until the debt created thereby shall have been fully paid. 3. Whenever a petition signed as aforesaid is presented to the city council, they shall provide by ordinance for the letting and construction of the sewers, or such parts thereof as shall be necessary, and may, from time to time, extend, enlarge or alter the same under such terms and on such conditions as they may deem necessary. 4. The mayor and city council, upon the presentation of a petition as aforesaid, may borrow any sum of money necessary for the construction of the sewers in any district, and issue the bonds of the city for the same, payable and predicated, in interest and principal, upon the tax in the second section of this act mentioned. 5. All moneys, collected under and by virtue of this act, shall be applied to the district from which it is so collected, and to no other purpose or use. This act to take effect from its passage. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS TO ISSUE THE BONDS OF THE CITY TO THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND TO LEGALIZE APPROPRIATIONS BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE SAID CITY DURING THE YEARS 1849 AND 1850. WHEREAS, embarrassment to the treasury of the City of St. Louis has arisen out of the extraordinary expenditures occasioned by two years' visitation of epidemic cholera, the great fire of eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and the opening and macadamizing of a part of south Seventh street, Washington avenue and Broadway, and the curtailment of the city revenue from taxes in the new limits, in consequence of the decision of the supreme court in the case of Allen against the City of St. Louis; therefore, Be it ordained by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: SECTION 1. That the City of St. Louis be, and she is hereby, authorized to borrow, for a period not exceeding twenty years, and at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, any sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, as the same may be wanted for the purposes hereinafter mentioned. SEC. 2. For the money so borrowed, the mayor is hereby authorized to issue the bonds of the city in the usual form, in sums of one thousand dollars each. SEC. 3. The proceeds of the bonds authorized to be issued, as aforesaid, shall go to liquidate balances due, and falling due, by the treasury of the City of St. Louis; provided, that the proceeds of forty of said bonds shall go to liquidating debts already contracted, and to be contracted, by the authorities of said city, for the purchase of water pipe, and the extension of the new water-works now being erected in said city. SEC. 4. All appropriations of money made by the city councils of St. Louis for and during the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine and eighteen hundred and fifty, so far as said appropriations are in contravention to the first section of the third article of the charter of said city, are hereby legalized; and the constructive penalty incurred by the provisions of the twentieth section of the seventh article of the charter aforesaid is hereby abrogated, so far as said penalty shall attach to any acts done by the mayor and members of the respective councils aforesaid. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, January 7th, 1851. OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE OF MISSOURI. I, EPHRAIM P. EWING, Secretary of State, do certify, that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original roll on file in this office. [SEAL.] IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said office, at the city of Jefferson, this seventh day of January, 1851. EPHRAIM B. EWING, Secretary of State. AN ACT SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE SEVERAL ACTS TO INCORPORATE .THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, AND TO CONTINUE IN FORCE THE LAW COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE NEW LIMIT LAW, AS IT NOW EXISTS. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: SECTION 1. In making the assessment of the revenue of the City of St. Louis, the assessors shall so arrange and make out their books, as to distinguish the revenue arising from taxes on the property in the several wards, situate within the new limits of the city, (which were added to the city by an act approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-one, entitled, "An act to amend an act to incorporate the City of St. Louis," approved on the eighth day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine,) from the revenue accruing from taxes on property situated in the old limits of the city, as they existed before the passage of the above recited act, so as to show how much revenue is derived from taxes on property situated within said new limits, added to the said City of St. Louis by the above recited act; and, in like manner, the collectors of revenue shall keep their accounts so as to show the amount of revenue derived from tax on licenses granted within said new limits, and outside of the old limits of the respective wards. SEC. 2. When the whole city revenue of each year shall have been collected, there shall be paid out of the net aggregate amount thereof derived from taxes and licenses of every kind, First-All expenses of the city hospital, except for additions or enlargement of the buildings. Second-All quarantine or extra expenses, except for buildings, that may have been incurred within the year, on account of the danger or prevalence of epidemic disease. Third-All interest that may accrue upon money borrowed for the construction of public sewers within the city, which have been, or may be, constructed at the expense of the city; and then one-half the remaining revenue derived from taxes and licenses as aforesaid, within said new limits, and outside of old limits, shall be set apart and appropriated to the making and grading, and improving the streets within said new limits, and outside of said old limits, in each of the several wards of said city, in proportion to the amount of such revenue derived from each respectively; and no part of the revenue thus set apart shall be used for other purposes than as herein specified. SEC. 3. The aldermen and delegates from each ward, for the time being, shall constitute a standing committee on improvements for the limits of said ward, and shall determine upon and report to the city council what streets within the new limits they recommend the improvement of, and the amount to be expended in said improvement; which report shall be in writing, signed by said committee, or a majority of them, and shall be published daily, for at least four days, in two papers publishing the proceedings of the city council; and if the council then concur in the report, they shall pass an ordinance providing for such improvement, as in other cases. SEC. 4. Whenever a street shall form a division line between that part of any two wards within such new limits, the improvement committees of the two wards may act jointly, and recommend that an equal amount from the new limit fund of each ward be appropriated to improve such street. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the city council to pass such rules, make such orders, and establish such regulations, as will cause the money thus set apart for the improvement of the new limits of the several wards, to be faithfully, judiciously, and economically applied, in such manner as will best promote the interests of said new limits, and provide for the manner in which the fund thus set apart shall be paid out and disbursed; and all such improvements shall be contracted for, and constructed under the superintendence of the city engineer, and be in all respects managed as other city improvements: Provided, however, that no street shall be improved out of the new limit fund until recommended by the improvement committee, or a majority of them; but the council may reject the report of such committee. SEC. 6. The city shall, within three years from and after the passage of this act, improve all the unimproved streets within what is known as the old limits of the city, and make a loan for that purpose, if necessary. SEC. 7. This act shall take effect and continue in force for and during the period of ten years from the day of its passage: Provided, however, that if, before the expiration of said period of ten years, all the streets in the new limits of any ward shall be improved, then and in that case the provisions of this act shall cease to apply to said ward, and all the revenue collected in said ward shall remain in the general fund of the city. Approved, March 1, 1851. MISSOURI. OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE, I, EPHRAIM B. EWING, Secretary of State, do certify that the foregoing act of the general assembly of the State of Missouri, entitled, "An act supplementary to the several acts to incorporate St. Louis, and to continue in force the law commonly known as the new limit law, as it now exists," approved March 1, 1851, is a true and perfect copy of the original roll on file in this office. [SEAL]. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said office, at the city of Jefferson, this twelfth day of March, A. D. 1851. EPHRAIM B. EWING, Secretary of State. |