12-617. For the purpose of providing for the expenses of sewerage and drainage, the governing body of any city having a population of less than 80,000 may by ordinance, divide such city into such number of taxing districts as they may deem best.
History: L. 1909, ch. 90, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 12-617; L. 1927, ch. 98, § 1; March 2.
Source or prior law:
L. 1887, ch. 102, § 1; L. 1907, ch. 131, § 1.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Discharging sewer outside sewer district not chargeable to district. City of Fort Scott v. Kaufman, 44 Kan. 137, 140, 24 P. 64.
2. Effect of section upon restraining the collection of assessments considered. Lynch v. Kansas City, 44 Kan. 452, 455, 24 P. 973.
3. Proceedings under this section do not require resolution. St. Louis-S. F. Rly. Co. v. City of Pleasanton, 121 Kan. 559, 560, 247 P. 447.
4. Fixing of boundaries of sewer district to omit certain lots is in discretion of city. Botts v. City of Valley Center, 124 Kan. 9, 12, 257 P. 266.
5. Action to enjoin collection of assessments upon property in district created hereunder. Schulenberg v. City of Reading, 196 Kan. 43, 410 P.2d 324.