14-532.   Same; petition; notice and hearing.Whenever a petition is filed in the office of the city clerk of any suchcity, setting forth that a certain street or portion of a street, not lessthan one block, naming and describing it, should be specially illuminated,and that an additional system of lights is necessary for that purpose, andstating that such illumination thereof will be conducive to the publicconvenience and welfare, and signed by the resident owners of not less thanone-half of the feet owned by residents, and fronting or abutting upon thestreet or portion of street described in the petition, and praying themayor and council or board of commissioners of such city to speciallyilluminate such street or portion of street, and to construct, install,equip and maintain an additional system of street lights for that purpose,it shall be the duty of the governing body to forthwith fix a time andplace for the hearing of such petition, and to cause the city clerk to givenotice thereof in the official city paper at least five days before thedate fixed for the hearing, which shall be within twenty days from the dateof the filing of such petition. The lots or pieces of land owned by personsnot residents of such city shall not be taken into account in determiningthe sufficiency of any such petition.

      History:   L. 1915, ch. 141, § 2; May 22; R.S. 1923, § 14-532.