1911 private laws – Ch.349 Sec.4

To equalize the assessments on real estate, for the purpose described in section three next above, the said mayor and board of commissioners shall assess the total cost of such improvement made throughout the entire length of such work and improvements, and then shall pro rate the cost thereof on the real estate abutting thereon, according to the frontage on the street or portion of the street so improved, and charge to such real estate on each side of the street upon which such work is done, its pro rata share of onefourth of the cost of such street improvement made under the provisions of this act; when the board of commissioners shall order paving, macadamizing or other improvements to any street, they shall have same accurately surveyed, and the permanent grade thereof established, and accurate map made of the various lots and properties abutting upon said street, containing the exact frontage of each lot, and the said map shall be filed in the office of the secretary of the board for public inspection. When the assessment and lien herein provided shall have been made upon the various lands and properties on the street, the said clerk shall write in ink on said map the amount assessed upon the same, and he shall keep the record book showing such assessment and lien and the date and amount of all payments made upon any of said assessments and liens.