CHAPTER 218.

FIREMEN'S PENSIONS-RELIEF APPPROPRIATION.

AN ACT to appropriate out of the treasury of the State of Oklahoma from moneys not otherwise appropriated; for the purpose of paying firemen's pension and relief claims as is provided for by article 6, chapter 21, Session Laws of 1909; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma:

Appropriation-Insurance Premiums.

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of the State of Oklahoma, from moneys not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying firemens' pension and relief claims, as provided for by article six, chapter twenty-one, Session Laws of 1909, the sum of ten thousand two hundred seventy-six and 08-100 ($10,276.08) the same being one per cent of the net prerniums collected by fire insurance companies in the cities, towns and villages hereinafter named, for the year ending December 31, 1913,

provided by section twenty-two, article one, chapter twenty-one, Session Laws, 1909, and as shown by the report of the Insurance Commissioner for said year, as required by section two, article six of chapter twenty-one, Session Laws of 1909, to-wit:

Said sum to be immediately available and to be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of said article six, chapter twenty-one, Sesson Laws of 1909.

Appropriation-Insurance Premiums.

Section 2. There is hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of the State of Oklahoma, from moneys not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying nremens' pension and relief claims, as provided for by article six, chapter twenty-one, Session Laws of 1909 the sum of twelve thousand seven hundred eight-nine dollars and ninety-two cents ($12,789.92), the same being one per cent of the net premiums collected by fire insurance companies in the cities, towns and villages hereinafter named, for the year ending December 31, 1914, as provided by section twentytwo, article one, chapter twenty-one, Session Laws, 1909, and as shown by the report of the Insurance Commissioner for said year, as required by section two, article six, chapter twenty-one, Session Laws of 1909, to-wit:

Section 3. For the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

Approved April 2, 1915.

S. L. '15-14

CHAPTER 219.

MUNICIPALITIES-SIDEWALKS.

AN ACT authorizing cities and

towns to construct, reconstruct and repair sidewalks, authorizing the cost thereof to be assessed against abutting property; providing procedure therefore; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma:

Powers Concerning Sidewalks.

Section 1. All cities and towns be, and they are hereby given authority to construct, reconstruct, raise, lower, widen or repair sidewalks along and upon the streets of such cities and towns.

Change Subject to Previous Grade.

Section 2. Whenever the city council, board of trustees, or other governing body of such city or town shall deem it necessary to construct, reconstruct, raise, lower or widen sidewalks along or upon any street in any such city or town, such governing body shall by resolution declare it necessary to make such improvements, and such resolution shall state in general terms the specifications for, and location of, such sidewalks or alterations thereof; provided, that an established grade had not been previously adopted by the municipality.

Notice.

Section 3. Upon the adoption of such resolution, it shall be the duty of the officer designated by the governing body to serve personally the owners of the lots, pieces or parcels of land, the front or along side of which such improvements are to be made, if such owner is a resident of such municipality, to construct, reconstruct, raise, lower or widen such sidewalks in accordance with such resolution within thirty days from date of such notice and that if he fails so to do within such time such municipality will have such improvements made and charge the expense thereof to such property, making the same a special lien thereon. If the owner of such property is a non-resident of such municipality the notice heretofore required shall be given

by publication in some newspaper published of general circulation in such municipality, in two consecutive issues of such paper. If no newspaper is published in such municipality such notice shall be posted on the property affected.

Construction By City-Procedure.

Section 4. After the expiration of thirty days as aforesaid, if the sidewalks improvements declared by such notice have not been made, then the governing body of such city or town shall by resolution, direct the city engineer to prepare and present to such body a detailed statement of the cost of construction of the improvement contemplated by such resolution and notice, and which have not been installed by the property owners aforesaid, and upon the approval of such estimates, such governing body shall advertise for bids for the construction of such improvements, which advertisement shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in such city or town in two consecutive issues, if published in a daily paper, and in two consecutive issues if published in a weekly paper, and shall let a contract for the construction of said sidewalks improvements to the lowest and best bidder therefore; Provided, such bid does not exceed the estimate made by the engineer; provided, that after the publication of the notice provided for in section 3 of this act, and before the expiration of the 30 lays period named in such notice, any owner of property af fected by such published notice shall have the right to make such sidewalks improvements as set forth in such published notice, and if such owners of any such property shall not have made such sidewalks improvement before the letting of the contract by the mayor and council, or board of trustees, then in that event no such property owner shall be permitted or authorized to let such contract or do such improving covered by such contract.

Tax Warrants-Cost of Construction.

Section 5. As soon as the contract is let and the cost of the work and material can be accurately determined, the

engineer shall compute the cost thereof which shall include all other expenses incurred by said municipality in making such improvements against each lot, piece or parcel of land, separately in front of or long side of which such improvements are being made, which lots pieces or parcels of land shall include all railroad right-of-way abutting upon or laying alongside of any street where such improvements are made, and such municipality shall levy and assess the cost and expense of such improvement made in front of or alongside such lot, piece or parcel of land, or railroad rightof-way to such lot, piece or parcel of land, or railroad rightof-way in front of or alongside of which such improvements were made, and in making such levy and assessment and intersection of streets shall be considered as abutting the corner lot adjacent thereto. The levy and assessment of the special tax herein provided for shall be by resolution. If the owner of such property against which such levy and assessment have been by such resolution fail to pay such levy and assessment within ten days from the adoption of such resolution, then the mayor and council, or board of trustees, shall cause tax warrants, to be issued against such lots, piece or parcel of ground abutting on or alongside of said improvements as aforesaid, which said tax warrant shall recite the date of the passage of the resolution making the assessment, the amount of the assessment, description of the property against which same is levied, and that the same will be levied against said property in three (3) equal installments with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent (8%) per annum, levied each year, to become due on the first day of January next after each such levy, to pay the maturing installments; and said tax warrants shall b esigned by the mayor or president, as the case may be, and countersigned by the city or town clerk, and held by the town clerk for ten (10) days, within which time the tax warrants may be redeemed without interest; after the expiration of ten (10) days the warrants shall then be delivered to the contractor as the work progresses, together