Supplementary Assessments and Rebates.

   Section 92.   Upon the completion of any improvement the director of finance and public record shall, in the event of there being a deficit in the fund provided for the making of any such improvement, report to the council a supplementary assessment to be made by ordinance of the council and certified for collection as is provided in the case of original assignments, but no such supplementary assessment shall be levied after the expiration of one year from the date of the completion of the improvement.

Sewer and Water Connections.

   Section 93.   The council shall have authority to compel the making of sewer and water connections whenever, in view of the contemplated street improvements or as a sanitary regulation, sewer or water connections should, in their judgment, be constructed. They shall cause written notice to their determination thereof to be given to the owner or agent of such owner of each lot or parcel of land to which such connections are to be made, which notice to the owner or agent of such owner of each lot or parcel of land to which such connections are to be made, shall state the number and character of connections required. Such notice shall be served by the director of finance and public record in the manner provided for the service of summons in civil actions. Non-residents of the city or persons who cannot be found, may be served by one publication of such notice in a newspaper of general circulation, in the city, which notice shall state the time within which such connections shall be constructed; and if they be not constructed within the said time, the work may be done by the city and the cost thereof, together with a penalty of five (5%) per cent assessed against the lots and lands for which such connections are made. Said assessments shall be certified and collected as other assessments for street improvements.

Sidewalks.

   Section 94.   The council may by resolution declare that certain specified sidewalks, curbing, or gutters shall be constructed or repaired. Upon the passage of such a resolution the clerk of the council shall cause written notice of the passage thereof to be served upon the owner, or agent of the owner, of each parcel of land abutting upon such sidewalk, who may be a resident of the city, in the manner provided by law for the service of summons in civil actions. He shall return a copy of the notice with the time and manner of service endorsed thereon, signed by the person serving it, to the mayor who shall file and preserve such return. For the purpose of such service, if the owner of any such property be not a resident of the city, any person charged with the collection of rent, or the payment of taxes on such property, or having control thereof in any way shall be regarded as the agent of the owner, and service upon such person shall have the like force and effect as though personal service were made upon the owner thereof. If it appear in any such return, however, that the owner is a non-resident, or that neither such owner nor agent could be found, one publication of a copy of the resolution in a newspaper of general circulation in the city shall be deemed sufficient notice to such owner. If such sidewalks, curbing, or gutters be not constructed or repaired within thirty (30) days from the service of notice, or the completion of the publication, the mayor may proceed by direct employment of labor, or by contract to do, or have done, the said construction or repair at the expense of the owner, as in the case of other improvements, and all such expense shall be reported by the mayor to the council. The council shall thereupon by ordinance assess the cost and expense thereof upon the owners of all the property bounding or abutting thereon, and such assessments shall be collected in the same manner with a penalty of five per cent (5) and interest for failure to pay at the time fixed by the assessment resolution.

Further Proceedings Unnecessary.

   Section 95.   No proceedings for the construction or repair of sidewalks, curbings, and gutters, and levying assessments therefor, shall be necessary other than the proceedings required under this and the preceding section. In any case in which special assessments may be made on property for all the cost of constructing or repairing sidewalks, curbings, or gutters, such assessment within the limit of thirty-three and one-third per cent (33 1/3) of the real value of the property shall be a valid assessment thereon, except as provided in Section 88 of this Charter.

Assessment Bonds.

   Section 96.   The council may at any time borrow money and authorize the issuance of notes or bonds therefor in anticipation of the collection of assessments levied for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing or repairing sidewalks, which are to be or have been constructed by the council upon the failure of the owners of the property to construct or repair the same, pursuant to notice as hereinbefore provided.