1913 private laws – Ch.103 Sec.2

That the board of aldermen of the city of Goldsboro shall have the power, and it is hereby authorized, without any petition so to do, to pave, from time to time, such sidewalks or such streets, or both, in the city of Goldsboro, as in its discretion it may deem necessary, and assess the abutting property owners one-third the cost thereof, as heretofore provided for in the charter of said city; but in three years after the ratification of this act said board of aldermen are authorized to assess one-half the entire cost of any such sidewalk or street paving (except intersections) against the abutting property owners in proportion to their respective frontage on any such sidewalk or any such street so paved, and such assessment shall be a lien against such abutting property, and if not paid to said city within sixty days after completion of the work, such property, or enough of the same to pay any such assessment, may be sold by the tax collector of the city of Goldsboro, who is authorized to sell the same in such manner as real property is now sold under law for nonpayment of taxes; and said board of aldermen shall have the power, and are authorized, if they deem it advisable, to allow such assessments to be paid in five equal yearly installments (such installments likewise to be a lien against the property), each installment bearing interest from date of assessment at the rate of six per cent per annum, and in the event of the failure in payment of any installment of an assessment, all the installments of such assessment to become due and payable at once, and if not paid in thirty days thereafter, the said city tax collector shall proceed to sell the property against which such assessment lies and collect the same as hereinbefore provided.