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§§ 4378-4423. CITIES UNDER SPECIAL CHARTERS. Tit. XIII, Ch. 41.
SEC. 4378. Regulation of jitney busses.
1 Section thirty-eight hundred fourteen-a one to thirty-eight hun-
2 dred fourteen-a five, inclusive, of this supplement are applicable to
3 cities acting under special charters.
[S. S., '15, § 754-a; 39 G. A., ch. 115, §§ 1-5.]
SEC. 4422. Other provisions as to levying taxes.
1 Sections forty hundred thirty-two to forty hundred thirty-four,
2 inclusive, forty hundred thirty-seven and forty-six hundred two of
3 the compiled code, and forty hundred thirty-six-a one, forty hundred
4 thirty-six-a two, forty hundred thirty-six-a three, and forty-five hun-
5 dred ninety-nine of this supplement are made applicable to cities under
6 special charters, except that the words "city treasurer" or "collector"
7 and "city" shall be substituted for "county auditor" or "county" wher-
8 ever the same appear in said sections.
[C, '97, § 1004; S., '13, § 1004; 39 G. A., ch. 191, § 1.]
SEC. 4423. Special taxes.
1 They shall have power to levy annually the following taxes for
2 special purposes :
3 1. Grading fund. A tax not exceeding three mills on the dollar
4 for a grading fund, to be used for the purpose of opening, widening,
5 extending or grading any street, public ground or market place.
6 2. Improvement fund. A tax not exceeding three mills on the
7 dollar for the city improvement fund, to be used for the purpose of
8 paying the cost of the making, reconstruction and repair of any street
9 improvement at the intersection of streets, and spaces opposite streets
10 intersecting but not crossing, and the spaces opposite property owned
11 by the city or state.
12 3. Sewer fund. A tax not exceeding five mills on the dollar on
13 the assessed valuation of all property therein, for the city sewer fund,
14 to be used to pay the cost of making, reconstructing or repairing any
15 sewer at the intersection of streets, and all spaces opposite streets
16 intersecting but not crossing, and at spaces opposite property owned
17 by the city or state, or to pay the whole or any part of the cost of
18 making, reconstructing or repairing any sewer within the limits of
19 such city, and for the maintenance and operation of any sewage dis-
20 posai plant included in said sewer district. When the city has been
21 divided into sewer districts, a tax not exceeding five mills on the tax-
22 able real property in the sewer district, for the district sewer fund,
23 to be used to pay, in whole or in part, the cost of the making, recon-
24 struction or repair of any sewer located or laid in that particular
25 district, and for the maintenance and operation of any sewage dis-
26 posai plant included in said sewer districts ; provided that, on petition
27 of the owners of two-thirds in value of all the taxable real estate
28 within such sewer district for the construction of a sewer in such
29 district, then the maximum percentage of taxes that can be levied in
30 any one year shall not be limited to five mills, but shall be such per-
31 centage of the valuation of such property as will produce at least one-
32 tenth of the whole cost of such sewer assessable upon the real property
33 in such district.