Pennsylvania Act 1895-78 — CITIES PERMITTED TO IMPROVE STREETS

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CITIES PERMITTED TO IMPROVE STREETS
                  Act of May 22, 1895, P.L. 105, No. 78               Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     Empowering cities of this Commonwealth to grade, pave, curb,
        macadamize and otherwise improve the public streets and
        alleys, or parts thereof, within their corporate limits
        without petition of property holders, and providing for the
        payment of the costs, damages and expenses thereof.

        Section 1.  Power of cities; notice and adoption of ordinance
        All cities in this commonwealth shall have power, without
     petition of property owners, to grade, pave, curb, macadamize,
     and otherwise improve any public street or public alley, or part
     thereof, within their corporate limits: provided, the ordinance
     or ordinances authorizing and directing such improvement shall
     be adopted and enacted by the affirmative vote of three-fourths
     of the members elect composing the councils of the said cities,
     and shall be approved by the mayor or city recorder thereof.  No
     such ordinance shall be finally adopted and enacted in a less
     period than thirty (30) days from the date of its introduction,
     and in the meantime copies of said ordinance shall be published
     in each of the official newspapers of such cities, once a week
     for three consecutive weeks, immediately following the
     introduction thereof, and in the event such cities shall have no
     official newspapers, then in at least two weekly newspapers,
     published in the county in which the cities are situate, once a
     week for three consecutive weeks.  1895, May 22, P.L. 105, Sec.
     1; 1903, April 25, P.L. 301, Sec. 1.
        Section 2.  Assessment of damages and benefits
        In exercising the power aforesaid all proceedings for the
     ascertaining of damages and the assessment of benefits incident
     thereto shall be as now provided by law in reference to payment
     of costs, damages and expenses of public improvements within
     municipal corporations.  1895, May 22, P.L. 105, Sec. 2.