the credit of the town, to make suggestions as to the sum needed, the purposes of its use, and appoint the time and place of holding an election, in conformity with the provisions of this Act governing other elections, at which the qualified electors of the town may vote for or against a special tax for the purposes designated. The ballots to be Ballots used. used at such election shall have printed on them: For the Special Tax-"Yes;" or, For the Special Tax-"No."

lecting

SEC. 7. Section fourteen of said Act is hereby amended Board to fix so as to read as follows: Section 14. The Board of Trustees time of colshall, by ordinance, fix the time and manner of collecting all taxes herein before provided for, and the time and manner of selling property for such taxes when unpaid. All property sold for such unpaid taxes shall be subject to redemption, upon the same conditions as property sold for State and county taxes.

SEC. 8. Section fifteen of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 15. All ordinances passed by the Board of Trustees shall be signed by the President and Secretary, and published in such newspaper, printed in the town of Red Bluff, as the Board may direct.

streets and

SEC. 9. The Board of Trustees shall have the power, upon Alteration of the petition by the owners of a majority of the real estate alleys." fronting on both sides of any projected street or alley, or upon a street or alley already established and sought to be extended, or upon any street or alley already established and sought to be altered, to lay out, to extend, or to alter such street or alley, if they deem it necessary for the public good. Whenever the Board orders such streets or alleys to be laid out, extended, or altered, and it becomes necessary to take private property for the purpose of laying out, extending, or altering the same, and the Board of Trustees cannot agree with the owner thereof as to the price to be paid, they may direct proceedings to be taken under Title Seven, Part Three, of the Code of Civil Procedure, to procure the same.

SEC. 10. If at any time the owners of more than one- Grading and half in frontage of lots and lands fronting on any street or sewerage. proposed street, between two given points on such street, or their duly authorized agent, shall petition the Board of Trustees to order such street to be graded, macadamized, provided with sewers, or otherwise improved between such points, then it shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to determine and draw up, or cause to be drawn up, plans and specifications of the character of, and the improvements to be made on such street, and shall order such improvements as petitioned for to be made in accordance with such plans and specifications, and may make an assessment of the cost thereof to each of the persons owning the real estate frontage on such street, between said points, at such rate per front foot as may be necessary to furnish the cost of such work; and such assessment shall constitute a lien on such real estate, until the same is paid. All work done under the provisions of this section to be let by contract to the lowest bidder.

Construction of sidewalks.

Improvement of crossings.

SEC. 11. If at any time the owners of a majority of the real estate fronting on one side of any street shall petition the Board of Trustees to order to be constructed, altered, or to be repaired, a sidewalk along such side of said street, between two given points, then it shall be the duty of said Trustees to determine and draw up, or cause to be drawn up, plans and specifications of the character of the sidewalk, and shall order such improvement to be made as petitioned for, in accordance with said plans and specifications, and shall make an assessment of the cost thereof to each of the persons owning the real estate fronting on that side of the street, between the given points, each of said persons to pay the cost of the improvement in front of his own property, and the same shall constitute a lien on such real estate until the assessment is paid or satisfied; provided, that each of said persons shall have the privilege of making such improvement in front of his own property, in accordance with the specifications and within the time mentioned in the order requiring such improvement to be made, but if not so made, then the Board of Trustees shall have jurisdiction to order it done, and the cost thereof shall remain assessed to and be a lien on the land as aforesaid.

SEC. 12. Whenever in the opinion of the Board of Trustees it shall become necessary to construct or repair a culvert or sidewalk at the intersection of two streets, they shall have the power to order the Marshal to construct the same. When such a culvert or sidewalk shall run parallel with a street, the cost of the same shall be assessed by the Board of Trustees to the two quarter blocks adjacent thereto on the same side of the street, and each lot or part of lot on such quarter block shall be assessed separately, in proportion to its amount of frontage on the street to which said sidewalk or culvert is parallel. The said assessment shall be a lien on such property, and so continued until paid or satisfied; provided, said Board of Trustees may assess less than the entire cost of such improvement on such two quarter blocks, and may pay the balance, or may pay the entire cost of such work out of the town treasury.

SEC. 13. Whenever any street to be improved as provided in section ten of this Act shall cross any other street, the expense of the improvement of such crossing shall be assessed by the Board of Trustees on the four quarter blocks adjoining and cornering on such crossing, and each lot or part of lot in such quarter block fronting on such street where the improvement is being or about to be made shall be separately assessed, according to its proportion of frontage on such street sought to be improved or being improved, and such assessment shall constitute a lien on such real estate until paid or satisfied; provided, that the Board of Trustees may assess less than the entire cost of such improvement on such four quarter blocks, and may pay the balance, or may pay the entire cost of said improvement out of the town treasury.

SEC. 14. When any sidewalks, or gutter, or any portion of the same, becomes out of repair, dangerous, or in a con

sidewalks

dition to cause great inconvenience, and shall be so deter- Dangerous mined by the Board of Trustees, the Marshal shall, by notice and gutters. in writing, to be delivered personally to the owners, occupants, or tenants of any real estate (or, if unoccupied, by posting the same on the premises) in front of which such repairs or improvements are required to be made, requiring them to make such improvements or repairs forthwith, particularly specifying in such notice what improvements or repairs are required to be made; provided, no one shall be required to make any such repairs or improvements further from such real estate than the middle of the street. If such improvements or repairs are not commenced within three days after notice given as aforesaid, and diligently prosecuted to completion, the Town Marshal shall be deemed to have acquired jurisdiction to contract for the doing of the work or improvements required by such notice, and may pay for doing the same such price as may be reasonable and just, and such owner shall be liable to pay the same, and all sums of money contracted to be paid for such work shall be a lien upon the real estate in front of which to the middle of the street said work or improvements shall have been made, and remain a lien on the same until paid or satisfied. Upon the completion of such repairs or improvements the Marshal shall give notice to the owners, occupants, or tenants of such real estate (or, if unoccupied, by posting on the premises) of the amount of the cost of the same, and requiring each owner, occupant, or tenant, within twenty days thereafter, to pay his proportion thereof, according to the frontage owned by him, to the Collector of the Town, and shall immediately thereafter give the said Collector a written statement, containing a description of the work done, the date of the order directing it, the amount of the cost thereof, the description of the land to be charged with the said cost, the name of the owner, if known, and the date and manner of service of said last mentioned notice, and the amount due from each owner, occupant, or tenant. If the amount named in such notice is not paid to said Collector within twenty days after the delivery or posting of such notice he shall declare the same delinquent, by an entry on said statement, and add five per cent. to the amount. The Collector shall then proceed to collect the amount so delinquent from the sale of property, in the manner in section fifteen of this Act provided, being for that purpose vested with all the powers therein given him.

of property.

SEC. 15. When any work to be done under the provisions Assessor to of sections ten, eleven, twelve, and thirteen of this Act shall make a list have been ordered by the Board of Trustees, they shall direct the Assessor of the town to make a full and complete list of property to be charged with the expense thereof, and when known the names of the owners of each lot or part of a lot set opposite the same, specifying the number of front feet in each lot so charged, and the rate per front foot that each lot has been assessed, and shall carry out the full amount to be charged against each separate lot or parcel of land into a separate column, and the total shall be added up at the foot

list.

assessments.

thereof. Such list shall be completed and delivered to said Board within ten days, unless the Board shall, by order, grant Approval of further time. When the said list shall have been approved by the Board they shall cause the same to be delivered to the Collector of the Town. When the work so ordered shall have been completed and accepted by said Board of Trustees, they shall direct the said Collector to proceed and collect the Publication several amounts so assessed. The Collector shall thereupon of notice. give notice to parties interested by two weeks' publication, in some newspaper printed in said town, stating that the said assessment is due, and requiring the same to be paid within thirty days from the first publication of such notice; and when any payment is made he shall write the word "paid " against such amount, and shall also write the word "paid " against each amount when persons have made the improvements required by section eleven of this Act themselves. Delinquent Upon the completion of the thirty days, he shall declare the assessments unpaid to be delinquent, by an entry in writing at the foot of the roll, and then shall add five per Collection of cent. to each sum so delinquent. He shall then proceed, after having given notice, as required by law in the collection of State and county taxes upon real property, to collect the various amounts so delinquent, including the percentage aforesaid, the cost of advertising, and such other costs as are allowed by law in the collection of State and county taxes, from the sale of the property, or so much thereof as may be necessary, which sales he is hereby authorized to make. In all things concerning such sales, the execution of certificates and deeds, the said Collector shall be governed by and as nearly as practicable conform to the same rules and directions as are contained in the laws now in force, or which may be at the time in the County of Tehama, providing for the sale of real property for the collection of delinquent State and county taxes, the same powers being hereby conferred on said Collector as are or may be given to Tax Collectors of said county in cases of sale of real property for the collection of delinquent State and county taxes.

same and

costs.

Duty of Board to publish transac

tions.

SEC. 16. The Board of Trustees may exercise and carry into effect all powers conferred on them by sections nine to fifteen, inclusive, of this Act, by motions, resolutions, or orders, spread on the minutes of the proceedings of said Board.

SEC. 17. It shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to publish in a newspaper printed in the town, quarterly, a full and detailed statement of the transactions of the Board, and of the finances of the city, and in every such statement the different sources of the town revenue, and the amount received from each, the several appropriations made by the Trustees, the objects for which the same were made, and the amount of money expended under each, the moneys borrowed on the faith and credit of the city, the authority under which each loan was made, and the terms on which it was obtained; all of which shall be clearly and particularly set forth in such statement.

SEC. 18. Section seventeen of said Act is hereby amended

attorney.

so as to read as follows: Section 17. The Board of Trustees Board to may appoint an attorney, and allow him for his services appoint an what they may reasonably be worth, and also such fees, in cases of convictions for breaches of ordinances, as the Board of Trustees may fix. It shall be his duty to attend all meet- Duty of ings of the Board of Trustees, when required by the Board, same. or any member thereof; to conduct on behalf of the town all prosecutions for breaches of ordinances of said town; to defend all suits brought against the town; to prosecute all actions brought for the recovery of debts, fines, forfeitures, and penalties accruing to the town; and give, when required by the Board, without fee, his opinion, in writing, on matters relating to the duties of the several officers of the town, and the government and control thereof.

SEC. 19. The Board of Trustees shall have power to con- Town tract for the printing required by said town; and it shall be printing. their duty to give two weeks' notice, to be published in some newspaper in said town, that they will, at a regular meeting, receive proposals to do the corporation printing for the period of one year from the date of said meeting. The bids shall be opened by the Board, and the contract to do said printing awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, upon his executing a bond in the sum of five hundred dollars for the faithful performance of his duties.

amount of

Treasurer.

SEC. 20. Section twenty-five of said Act is hereby amended One half of so as to read as follows: Section 25. The Assessor of poll tax to Tehama County, and every officer of said county whose duty be paid to it is to collect the road poll tax therein, shall pay to the Treasurer of the Town of Red Bluff one-half of all road poll taxes collected from residents within the limits of said town; said moneys to be used by the Trustees to keep in repair the streets and alleys of said town.

SEC. 21. If at any time the owner of more than one-half Sprinkling in frontage of lots and lands fronting on any street between of streets. two given points on such street, or their duly authorized agents, shall petition the Board of Trustees to order such street to be sprinkled between such points, specifying in such petition the number of days, exclusive of Sundays, commencing at a given date, for which it is to be sprinkled, and the number of times it is to be so sprinkled each day, then it shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to order such street, between the points named, to be sprinkled as prayed for, and may make an assessment of the cost thereof to each of the persons owning real estate fronting on such street between the points named, at such rate per front foot as may be necessary to furnish the cost of such work, and such assessment shall constitute a lien on such real estate until the same is paid. All work done under the provisions of this section to be let by contract to the lowest bidder.

of property

SEC. 22. When any work done under the provisions of Assessor to section twenty-one of this Act shall have been ordered by make a list the Board of Trustees, they shall direct the Assessor of the to be town to make a full and complete list of the property to be charged. charged with the expense thereof, and when known, the names of the owner of each lot, or part of a lot, set opposite