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Charter and Revised Ordinances of Lake City Florida (1912) Gillen & Hodges
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Charter of the City of Lake City
ments and for the grading and paving of streets,
in a book prepared for that purpose, labeled 41/257
“Street Improvement Lien Book” giving the
cost of such works, the lot upon which such lien
or liens are claimed and such other information
as the Board may deem advisable, and shall
notify the City Council when said liens have been
entered up as aforesaid, and the City Council,
shall within a reasonable time thereafter, cause
to be published once each week for four weeks a
notice when the Council will meet to hear and
consider petitions against such liens. Any person
owning any lot or any interest therein or having
a lien thereon shall have the right at any time before
such meeting of the City Council to present to
the City Clerk a sworn petition to the City Council,
stating his interest in the property and alleging
that, in the opinion of the petitioner, the cost of
the work for which such lien is claimed as entered
up in the Street Improvement Lien Books exceeds
the actual cost thereof, or is otherwise erroneously
entered up, or exceeds the special benefits accruing
to the lot affected by the lien. It shall be the duty
of the City Council to hear and consider all
petitions presented as aforesaid and make due and
proper inquiry into the questions involved, and
if it shall appear to their satisfaction that the
cost as entered up is erroneously stated or entered
up, or exceeds the special benefits accruing to the
lot affected by the lien, then the City Council
shall by resolution so declare, and shall have the
entry thereof in the Street Improvement Lien
Book corrected, and shall fix the amount to be
charged up against such lot at an amount not ex­
ceeding in the discretion of the City Council the
special benefits accruing to such lot and the

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