Section 11-50-75 Passage of ordinance or resolution providing for purchase of sewers or sewer system, assessment of cost thereof against abutting lands, date for conduct of hearing upon objections, et - Alabama Statutes

Section 11-50-75

Passage of ordinance or resolution providing for purchase of sewers or sewer system, assessment of cost thereof against abutting lands, date for conduct of hearing upon objections, etc., to purchase, etc.

Thereupon, the council shall pass an ordinance or resolution providing for the purchase of said sewers or sewer systems, describing the boundaries of the area abutting on or drained by them, fixing the cost of the same to the city or town, including engineer's fees and cost of publication and providing that the cost of said sewers or sewer system or any specified portion thereof shall be assessed against all lots or parcels of land lying within the area abutting on or drained by said sewers or sewer system to the extent of the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from such sewer or sewer system and from the purchase of the same by the municipality, and in said ordinance the council shall appoint a time when the council will meet, which will be not less than two weeks after the date of the first publication of said ordinance or resolution, to hear any objections or remonstrances that may be made to the purchase of said sewers or sewer system.

(Acts 1923, No. 165, p. 134; Code 1923, §2088; Code 1940, T. 37, §613.)