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120 MUNICIPAL LAW.

i»U4. Cost of Sewers. Where, in order to afford an outlet for the
8ewerat,fe and draina^re of real property not fronting on the street in
which tiie sewer is constructed, such sewer is constructed with a larger
capacity than it otherwise w(juld need to have, the Council nuiy impose a
special assessment upon any other real property benefited by such larger
sewer.
i»Oi»- Cost of Pavements. When the Council is about to con-
struct, remove or alter the character of a pavement on any street or public
place, as a local improvement, it may put in all necessary private drain
connections from any existing sewer on such street, and all necessery water
mains, altei'ation of service pipes, stop-cocks thereby necessitated, and
assess the cost thereof against the property benefited thereby, as part of
the cost of the said local improvement.
iiiHi. Assessment of Corner Lots. The Council may provide
an e(|uital)le mode of assessing corner lots, triangular or other irregular-
shaped lots, at junctions of streets, and may charge the amount of any
allowance made on such lots on the other real property fronting on the
street, or may assume the same as a portion of tlic! municipality's share of
the improvements. There are the usual appeals from such as.sessment.
mil. Lands Unequally Benefited. Where lands on either side
of a street, in the opinion of the Council, are unfit for building purposes,
they may assess such property for local improvements at a lower I'ate than
others fronting on said street. The Coimcil shall, in all cases, deteiniine in
what proportion the cost of such improvements shall be borne by the lands
on each side of said streets, respectively.
508. Assessment for Boulevards. KeaJ property adjoining or
fronting on any park, sijuare, or b'.."!ev avd, shall be .specially a.sse.s.sable for
improvements respecting such pla(!es in same manner as real property front-
ing on streets, but only to the (ixtent that such lands are benefited by
such improvements.
Where lands on one side of a drive or boulevard are a park or squai'e,
or for other rtiasons are exempt from taxation, at least one-half of the cost
of such improvements shall be borne by the inunicii)ality gcsnerally.
No petition shall avail to j)revent the carrying out of any local im-
provement work or service in any such park, scjuare, drive or boulevard,
and the making of special assessments therefor.
."»<M>. Assessment of Property not fronting on streets or high-
ways on which improvements are made, as extension of sewers, sidewalks,
paving, or construction of bridges, is provided for in the Local Improve-
ment Act, and the Council may asscjss all such property as to them seems
equitable for their share of the cost, relatively to the benefit such lands
derive from the works, and in case of townships such lands may be asses.sed
by a sjiecial rate instead of by a frontage tax.
510. Purchase of Works. In townships where owners of real
property have ccnstructed works which might have been constructed by
the municipality as local improvements, the Council may, upon petition of