11-42-79
Section 11-42-79 Construction of sidewalks and curbing and assessment of costs thereof in territory
exempt from taxation; landowners in exempt territory to file petition requesting betterments.
The council or governing body of the city shall have the right to construct or cause to be
constructed sidewalks and curbing in the territory exempt from city taxation under the provisions
of this article and assess the cost and expense thereof against the abutting property in the
same manner and under the same laws and to the same extent as it is authorized to construct
similar betterments in the territory within the corporate limits of said city which is not
exempt from taxation, but before said council or governing body is authorized to construct
any sidewalks or curbing in territory exempt from taxation, the owners of a majority of the
frontage of and to be assessed for such sidewalks or curbing must file with the clerk of the
city a written petition signed by them requesting such...
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11-50-108
Section 11-50-108 Adoption of rules and regulations for operation and maintenance of sewers
or sewer system purchased; charges for use of sewers or sewer system. The council of any city
or town purchasing any sewer or sewers or sewer system may make reasonable rules and regulations
for the operation and maintenance of the same and may provide penalties for the violation
thereof. No charge shall be made for the use of said sewers or sewer system against any property
assessed under the provisions of this article for the cost of the sewer or against the owners
or tenants thereof, but the council may prescribe a maximum volume of drainage for commercial
or manufacturing business or plants and make charges for such excess or otherwise regulate
the same. (Acts 1923, No. 165, p. 134; Code 1923, §2121; Code 1940, T. 37, §646.)...
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11-81-119
Section 11-81-119 Settlement, adjustment or refunding of bonds. The governing body of any municipality
shall have the power to settle, adjust and refund any bonds of such city heretofore or hereafter
issued to provide the cost of street, sidewalk or sewer improvements whereof the cost in whole
or in part was assessed against the property abutting said improvements, whether such bonds
have already become due and payable or are about to become due and payable or are callable
according to their terms, and the said governing body deems it to the best interest of the
city to call said bonds and raise funds for the payment thereof by the sale of bonds as authorized
in this division; provided, however, that all sums derived from the payment of assessments
and being in the hands of the city at the time of such refunding shall be first applied to
the payment of the outstanding bonds, and refunding bonds shall be issued only in such amount
as shall be necessary to raise the difference between...
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11-48-17
Section 11-48-17 Manner of assessment of costs of improvements generally - Improvements of
intersections of streets, alleys, etc. Where the intersections of streets, avenues, alleys,
or other highways are improved, the cost of improving any intersection or any part thereof
may be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on each of the streets, avenues,
alleys, or other highways so intersecting for a half block in each direction therefrom; provided,
that for the purpose of computing assessments under this section, no block shall be considered
as extending more than 1,000 feet from any intersection so improved. (Code 1907, §1372; Code
1923, §2187; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §526.)...
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11-50-97
Section 11-50-97 Making of loans and issuance of bonds to pay for sewers or sewer system. The
council may borrow money on the faith and credit of the city or town, executing the note of
the city or town therefor and pledging as security for such loan the proceeds of the proposed
assessments thereafter to be made as provided in this division, and such sum or sums so borrowed
the council may advance in payment or part payment of the cost of such sewer or sewers or
sewer system; and, upon the expiration of 30 days after the assessment for the cost of the
same shall have been made final, the council may then issue and sell bonds for such amount
as may be necessary, after deducting the amount paid by property owners, to pay the cost of
such sewers or sewer system, including such amounts as may have been borrowed for the purpose,
and all interest and other expenses incurred in and about the purchase of the same. The council
may provide in its contract with the owner or owners of the sewer,...
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11-48-18
Section 11-48-18 Manner of assessment of costs of improvements generally - Sidewalk improvements.
In the case of sidewalk improvements, including curbing and guttering, the costs or any part
thereof of the improvement of the street or avenue corner may be assessed against the lots
abutting on or nearest said improvement, and the entire cost or any part thereof of the sidewalks
improvement, including curbing and guttering, at the intersection of any alley with a street
or avenue or other highway may be assessed in fair proportion against the respective lots
or parcels of land abutting or cornering on the alley at such intersection, but in no case
shall the assessment against any lots or parcels of land be greater than the increased value
of such lots or parcels of land by reason of the special benefits derived from such improvement.
(Code 1907, §1373; Code 1923, §2188; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §527.)...

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11-50-105
Section 11-50-105 Use of proceeds to redeem bonds and coupons; disposition of excess. At any
time when the amount of any particular fund shall, with its accumulations, equal the amount
of outstanding bonds and accrued interest entitled to payment out of such fund, the council
shall have authority to redeem any and all such bonds that may be presented for redemption
at such time thereafter as the holders thereof may desire to present the same for redemption.
The excess, if any, when all bonds and coupons are redeemed and the interest thereon paid,
and not in excess of the total cost and expense of the purchase of such sewer or sewers or
sewer system, shall be converted into the general revenue fund of the city or town. (Acts
1923, No. 165, p. 134; Code 1923, §2118; Code 1940, T. 37, §643.)...
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11-48-19
Section 11-48-19 Assessment of costs of improvements against railroads. If there is a street,
electric, or other railroad track or tracks on any street or highway improved or reimproved
under this article, the cost of such improvement, except storm water and sanitary sewers,
between the tracks and the rails of the tracks and, in case there are two or more tracks,
the space between such tracks and 18 inches on each side of the tracks, including switches
and turnouts, shall be paid by the owner of the railroad and shall be assessed against and
form a lien on said railroad and the property connected therewith and, in the event that storm
water sewers are constructed which drain, serve or benefit the streets or avenues or rights-of-way
on which a street, electric, or other railroad is located, whether the same is a continued
or separate system, there shall be assessed against such railroad a fair and just proportion
of the cost of construction of such sewer, to be determined by the...
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11-48-8
Section 11-48-8 Hearing upon objections as to proposed improvement; amendment, modification,
rescission, etc., of ordinance or resolution; actions ratified and confirmed where prior to
ordinance, resolution or hearing. (a) At the meeting, to be held as provided for as specified
in Section 11-48-6, or at a place and time to which the same may be adjourned, all persons
whose property may be affected by the proposed improvement may appear in person or by attorney
or by petition and object or protest against said improvement, the material to be used or
the alternative types of material or any of them from which selection is later to be made,
if any, and the manner of making the same, and said council shall consider such objection
and protest and may confirm, amend, modify, or rescind the original ordinance or resolution.
But if objection to the proposed improvement is made by a majority in frontage of the property
owners to be affected thereby when the proposed improvement is to be...
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11-50-235
Section 11-50-235 Powers of corporation generally; provisions in mortgages, deeds of trust,
or pledge agreements executed by corporation as to rights of parties thereto, etc.; exemption
from taxation of property and income of corporation. (a) Each corporation formed under this
division shall have the following powers together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary
to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for
the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation
or until dissolved as provided in this division; (2) To sue and be sued and to defend civil
actions against it; (3) To make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;
(4) To acquire, purchase, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve any system
or systems, the operation of which is provided for in the certificate of incorporation of
such corporation (whether or not such system or systems were in...
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