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§§ 3878-3887-al. STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND SEWERS. Tit. XIII, Ch. 23.
11 lished grade; provided that only so much of the cost of the removal
12 of the earth and other material as lies between the subgrade and the
13 established grade shall be assessed to abutting property. And upon
14 the repaving of streets, avenues or alleys they shall have power to use
15 the old material in whole or in part for such reconstruction and dis-
16 pose of the waste material and salvage from the old pavement under
17 such rules and regulations as the council by resolution may direct, the
18 salvage so used in reconstruction or the proceeds derived from the sale
19 of such waste material and salvage to be equitably applied upon the
20 cost of the new improvement ; provided, however, no salvage may be
21 sold hereunder until the owner, or his agent, of abutting property
22 shall have been given ten days' notice in writing requiring him to
23 elect whether he himself desires such salvage, which notice shall be
24 personally served on the owner or his agent, or, if neither be found,
25 by posting in a conspicuous place on the abutting property. The elec-
26 tion, if made, shall be in writing and filed with the city clerk. Any
27 owner electing to take his salvage shall not be entitled to a pro rata dis-
28 tribution derived from the proceeds of sale of any salvage hereunder.
[R., '60, § 1097; C, '73, §§ 466, 527; C, '97, § 792; S., '13,
§ 792 ; 38 G. A., ch. 25, § 1 ; 39 G. A., ch. 284, § 1.]
SEC. 3878. Contractor's bond to repair.
1 Every contract for the making or reconstruction of any street or
2 sewer improvement, except a street improvement by graveling, shall
3 contain a provision obligating the contractor and his bondsmen to
4 keep such improvement in good repair for the period herein provided.
5 In the case of a street improvement such obligation shall be for a
6 period of not less than four years after the acceptance of the improve-
7 ment by the city and in the case of a sewer improvement such obli-
8 gation shall be for a period of not less than two years from such ac-
9 ceptance. The bond of the contractor in such cases shall be so con-
10 ditioned as to conform to the terms of the contract for the making or
11 reconstruction of the improvement as herein specified.
[C, '97, § 814; S., '13, § 814 ; 38 G. A., ch. 234, § 1 ; 39 G. A.,
ch. 2, § 1 ; 39 G. A., ch. 210, § 1.]
SEC 8887-al. Notice to common carrier.
1 When any common carrier or railway, not including street rail-
2 ways, owning any land or property affected by any proposed assess-
3 ment for public improvement in any city, town or county, shall have
4 filed in the office of the clerk of said city or town, or with the auditor
5 of said county, as the case may be, wherein such improvement is pro-
6 posed, an instrument in writing giving a complete description of such
7 land and designating the name and postoffice address of its agent in
8 said state upon whom service of notice may be made, the clerk of said
9 city or town, or the county auditor of said county, shall, not less than
10 ten days prior to the date set for the levying of assessments covering
11 such improvement, mail a notice thereof in a registered letter ad-
12 dressed to such person or agent so designated. Failure to give such
13 notice shall not delay or invalidate the proceedings or assessment.
[39 G. A., ch. 196, § 1.]