1915 private laws – Ch.180 Sec.61

That whenever any street of the city has been graded and curbed in whole or in part, including the sidewalks, the owner or owners of the land abutting on said street or part thereof shall, whenever the board of aldermen deem it necessary, pave, repave, or repair said street to the extent of one-half of the street adjoining their respective property with such material, except sand, clay, or cinders, and in such manner as the board of aldermen shall prescribe and direct: Provided, however, that the board of aldermen, in order to secure uniformity in the work, may, after giving ten days notice to the owner that said paving, repaving, and repairing is to be made, have all the work provided for herein done by the city or by contract and charge the actual cost of such work to the owner or owners of the abutting property, in the proportion aforesaid, that is, one-half to owners on each side of said street; that said charges shall be a lien on said property of the abutting owners and collected as herein provided for the collection of taxes; that in the discretion of the board of aldermen, payment of said cost and charges may be made in not exceeding ten annual installments, bearing interest from the date of the completion of the work at a rate not exceeding six per cent per annum: Provided, also, that the said city shall, ut of its general fund, pay for the remainder of said improvements, including all intersections of streets so improved except that portion of such street and intersections occupied.or used by a street railway or railroad company, which shall be assessed and paid, as hereinafter provided, by the owners and operators of the railroad or street railway: Provided, that the paying provided for in this section shall not apply to that part of the territory of the city of Winston-Salem lying without the fire limits, as the same is defined at the time of said proposed improvement, unless on a petition requesting said proposed paving, signed by the owners of three-fourths of the frontage of said street proposed to be paved is presented to and filed with the board of aldermen.