City of St. Louis v. Ӕters
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. This suit was for building a sewer, brought on a special tax bill certified by Truman J. Homer, city engineer, “ that the charge against the property in the bill described is correct and in accordance with § 14 of ‘ An act amendatory of and supplementary to the several acts incorporating the City of St. Louis,’ approved March 14,1850, and also § 4 of ‘An act supplementary to the several acts incorporating the City of St. Louis,’approved…
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. This suit was for building a sewer, brought on a special tax bill certified by Truman J. Homer, city engineer, “ that the charge against the property in the bill described is correct and in accordance with § 14 of ‘ An act amendatory of and supplementary to the several acts incorporating the City of St. Louis,’ approved March 14,1850, and also § 4 of ‘An act supplementary to the several acts incorporating the City of St. Louis,’approved January 16,1860. The receipt attached, signed by James Creamer, contractor, will cancel the charge against the property…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, Judge
This was a suit upon certified special tax bills for the cost of construction of a district sewer in the city of St. Louis, under the act of March 14, 1859. (Laws of 1858-9, p. 168,. §14.)
By this act, the city has power by ordinance to establish a general system of sewers, to consist of public, district, and private sewers. District sewers are to be established within the limits of districts to be prescribed by ordinance, and the districts may be subdivided, enlarged and changed, by ordinance, at any time previous to the construction of a sewer therein. The common council is authorized “ to…
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