16-623 District paving bonds; interest.
16-623. District paving bonds; interest.For the purpose of paying the cost of improving the streets, avenues or alleys in any such district, exclusive of intersections of streets or avenues, or spaces opposite alleys therein, the mayor and council shall have power and may, by ordinance, cause to be issued bonds of the city, to be called Street Improvement Bonds of District No. ....., payable in not exceeding twenty years from date, and bearing interest, payable either annually or semiannually, with interest coupons attached. In such cases they shall also provide that said special taxes and assessments shall constitute a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds; Provided, the entire cost of improving any such street, avenue or alley, properly chargeable to any lot or land within any such improvement district according to the front footage thereof, may be paid by the owners of such lots or lands within fifty days from the levying of such special taxes, and thereupon such lot or lands shall be exempt from any lien or charge therefor. SourceLaws 1901, c. 18, § 48, LV, p. 259; Laws 1901, c. 19, § 4, p. 307; Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 111; R.S.1913, § 4918; C.S.1922, § 4086; Laws 1925, c. 50, § 3, p. 194; C.S.1929, § 16-615; Laws 1931, c. 32, § 1, p. 123; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-615; R.S.1943, § 16-623; Laws 1967, c. 67, § 6, p. 221; Laws 1969, c. 51, § 27, p. 288.