WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1965
make an assessment against fifty feet of said frontage and
against one-half only of the additional frontage thereof.
(F) Any person or persons desiring the construction of
any public work authorized under the provisions of this sec-
tion may petition the Council in writing therefor; and if all
the abutting property affected is represented in said petition
and the petitioners agree therein to a waiver of legal require-
ments hereunder the Council may direct the construction of
said work without compliance with said legal requirements
and may assess the cost thereof in accordance herewith as
though all legal requirements had been complied with; and
said construction and assessments are hereby declared to be
legal and valid as in this section provided.
(G) To carry out the provisions of this section the said
Council is hereby given power and authority, to borrow such
sums from time to time as may be needed to make such im-
provements, including the proportionate share thereof, if any,
to be assessed against the town in accordance with this sec-
tion, and to issue certificates of indebtedness as evidence
thereof. All sums so borrowed shall be kept in a separate
account to be known as the "Special Improvement Fund" and
shall be borrowed for no longer period than shall be suffi-
cient to collect the special assessments provided for; said
certificates of indebtedness shall be full and complete gen-
eral obligations of the Town of Rockville and shall be pay-
able first from the special assessments levied under the pro-
visions of this section; and in the event of any deficiency
occurring in the amount received from said special assess-
ment, the Council shall and it is hereby directed to make up
such deficiency by paying the same from the general revenues
of the town. Certificates of indebtedness herein authorized
may be issued at the discretion of the Council and without
being submitted to a vote of the taxpayers.
(H) If after ten (10) years following the construction of
any public improvement it be necessary, in the judgment of
the Mayor and Council, to reconstruct said work or to make
permanent repairs thereto, such reconstruction or repairs
may be authorized and directed by the Council under the
provisions of this section and all or any part of the cost
thereof assessed in accordance herewith. This section shall
be applicable to any existing public work.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.
Approved April 25, 1947.
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