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Charter and Revised Ordinances of Lake City Florida (1912) Gillen & Hodges
Charter of the City oj Lake City
178
Sec. 2. That the owner or owners of any lot
or pieces of land to which said City may build or 178/257
construct a lateral sewer or sewers shall be liable
to the City of Lake City for the cost of such con­
struction and said City shall have a lien on such
lot or piece of land for the cost of construction of
such lateral sewer or sewers which shall be supe­
rior in dignity to all other liens and it shall be the
duty of such owner to pay to the City of Lake City
as soon as such lateral sewer or sewers shall have
been constructed the entire cost of such construc­
tion or such sum as the City may pay therefor.
And should there be a failure on the part of such
owner to pay same for a period of three months
then and in that event such owner shall pay to
said City interest on the amount due at the rate of
eight per cent per annum from the time the same
became due until cost of such construction, inter­
est, cost and attorneys fees shall have been paid.
The City may enforce such lien at any time after
the debt becomes due either at law or in chancery
and in the manner provided by law for the enforce­
ment of liens. Said City shall be entitled to have a
reasonable allowance for attorneys or solicitors fees
to be recovered in such suits; and said City shall
have a lien for such cost of construction, inter­
est, attorneys fees and costs of suit on the property
aforesaid which shall remain a subsisting lien until
paid.

Sec. 3. The word or term named “Sewer”
shall be construed to mean such sewer as has been
or may hereafter be laid by the said City or its
authorities, along any street or running with such
street and shall include all sewers now under con­
struction by said City. The word or term “Lateral

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