4050 ARTICLE 17.

town of Riverdale, and issue therefor and as evidence thereof bonds or
promissory notes upon such terms and conditions as the Mayor and Com-
mon Council of Riverdale may designate, interest on such bonds or prom-
issory notes not to exceed the rate of six (6) per centum per annum. The
proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds or promissory notes shall be
used exclusively for the purpose of laying sidewalks, curbs, gutters and
roadbed provided for in Section 880 hereof, and no part of the same shall
be used for any other purpose whatsoever. The Treasurer of said town is
charged with the custody of any moneys received from the issue and sale of
said bonds or promissory notes as above mentioned and shall be charged
with the prompt collection of the moneys derived from assessments for side-
walks, curbs, gutters and roadbed and he shall be charged with the safe-
keeping thereof and said funds shall be kept as a separate account and
fund and no part thereof shall ever be used for any purpose other than to
liquidate the said bonds or promissory notes. The Treasurer of said town
shall be bonded in an amount equal to the amount of money borrowed by
the town, the cost of said bond to be paid for by him and he to be allowed
a commission not to exceed two (2) per centum of the amount assessed
against the abutting property owners for the improvement hereinbefore
set forth.

1929, ch. 395, sec. 3.

882. When the Mayor and Common Council shall have determined to
make sidewalks, curbs, gutters or roadbed and street improvement, or all
or any in any street in said town, they shall thereupon notify each prop-
erty owner upon said street proposed to be improved, by depositing said
notice in the United States Post Office addressed to such owner's last
known address, and publish notice thereof in the next succeeding issue
of one or more of the papers having circulation within the Town of River-
dale, setting forth that on a certain day to be named therein, the Mayor
and Common Council will meet and notify said owners to appear at said
meeting and express their views upon the question or show cause, if there
be any, why the said improvements should not be made, and the decision
made by the Mayor and Common Council at this meeting shall be final
and conclusive; provided, however, that no improvement shall be made
under this Act on any street without the signature consent or request of
more than fifty (50) per cent, of the front foot abuting property owners
affected on the street which it is proposed to improve.

1939, ch. 395, sec. 4.

883. The Mayor and Common Council are hereby authorized to make
such sidewalks, curbs, gutters, roadbed and street improvements deter-
mined by them in accordance with the previous section, and where work
is done under contract the Mayor and Common Council shall invite pro-
posals for said work by advertising for two weeks in some newspaper hav-
ing circulation in Riverdale, at such reasonable cost for said advertising,
to be paid out of the fund provided by this Act, as the Mayor and Common
Council shall determine, and the said Mayor and Common Council shall