13-1040.   Same; costs; assessments; bonds (cities between 15,000 and110,000).The city at large shall pay one-third of the entire cost of theimprovements above authorized and the property liable to special assessmentfor similar improvement in the first instance shall pay two-thirds of thecost of said recurbing, reguttering, resurfacing or repaving, and the sameshall be assessed against the benefit district and apportioned among thevarious lots, tracts, pieces and parcels of land within the benefitdistrict in the same manner as is provided for the construction of similarimprovements in the first instance: Provided, That in cities having apopulation of more than fifteen thousand (15,000) and less than one hundredten thousand (110,000) the city at large may pay the entire cost ofresurfacing of any such streets and issue bonds in payment of the costthereof in the same manner as provided for paying the cost of pavingassessed to the city at large.

      The city at large shall pay the entire cost of the repairing of any suchstreets and bonds may be issued for the cost of such repairs in the samemanner as bonds are issued to pay the cost of paving assessed to the cityat large. All ordinances, notices, bonds and special meetings to hearcomplaints, assessments, spreading and collecting taxes, and proceedingsshall be the same as for similar improvements in the first instance.

      History:   L. 1921, ch. 118, § 4; R.S. 1923, § 13-1040; L. 1941, ch. 126, § 3;L. 1949, ch. 136, § 2; April 8.