14-516.   Main or intercepting sewers; districts.Whenever it shall be the judgment of the governing body of any city ofthe second class that in addition to the sewer districts to be carved outof the territory embraced within the corporate limits thereof, as nowprovided by law, that it is necessary to build and construct a largeintercepting sewer or sewers sufficient in size into which the lateralsewers may empty themselves, for the purpose of draining and caring for thesewage of said city, and that the charge therefor would be too great uponany portion of such territory, the governing body of said city may byordinance declare that a main intercepting sewer or sewers is necessary asa condition precedent to the division of any such city into sewerdistricts, under the law as it now is, and that all of said territory ofsuch municipality shall for the purposes of such main sewer or sewers bedeclared one sewer district, and the same constructed at the expense of theentire territory embraced therein, and fixing the point where said mainsewer or sewers is to be commenced and outlining the same to a point wheresuch sewer or sewers intercept some other watercourse or escape.

      If any city of the second class has already carved out and designatedany portion or portions of its territory into a sewer district ordistricts, and the property in such district or districts has already beentaxed for building any large sewer used as a main intercepting sewer, intowhich lateral sewers are emptied, and the territory of the city at largehas not been taxed for building such main sewer or sewers in saiddistricts, and in the judgment of the governing body of any such city suchmain intercepting sewer or sewers should be extended so that it may be usedas a main intercepting sewer into which the lateral sewers of the otherportions of the city and the other districts of the city to be carved outand designated may be emptied, and that the expense of the said main seweror sewers, including that portion already built, should be borne by thewhole territory of the city, the governing body may by ordinance, as aboveprovided, declare that a main intercepting sewer or sewers are necessary asa condition precedent to the further division of such city into sewerdistricts, and that for the purpose of extending and constructing such mainsewer or sewers and paying for that portion already constructed, declareall the territory of the city to be one sewer district, and tax allproperty in the city for such purpose.

      In case of any such extension or use of a main sewer as last abovementioned, the city shall pay to the parties then owning the property inthe district or districts which constructed such sewer the amounts paid bysuch property in the construction of the same. If bonds are issued, ashereinafter provided, the city may issue, in addition to the sum necessaryto make the extensions, such amount as may be necessary to make thepayments for the old sewer, as hereinabove provided.

      History:   L. 1905, ch. 117, § 1; L. 1909, ch. 83, § 1; March 27; R.S. 1923, §14-516.