Pennsylvania Act 1923-243 — MUNICIPALITIES PERMITTED TO CONSTRUCT SEWERS

Act text

MUNICIPALITIES PERMITTED TO CONSTRUCT SEWERS
                  Act of May 25, 1923, P.L. 452, No. 243              Cl. 53
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing cities, boroughs, and incorporated towns to require
        and permit the laying and constructing of sanitary sewers and
        sewer pipes outside the cartway and the curb lines thereof in
        all streets and highways, and prescribing the uses thereof;
        and providing for the assessment of the costs and expenses of
        any such sewer against the abutting property in the front of
        which the said sewer is laid.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 4701 of Act 317 of 1931 provided
            that Act 243 is repealed insofar as it relates to third
            class cities.
        Compiler's Note:  Section 3301 of Act 336 of 1927 provided
            that Act 243 is repealed insofar as it relates to
            boroughs.
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That cities, boroughs, and
     incorporated towns are hereby authorized to require and permit
     sanitary sewers and sewer pipes to be laid and constructed
     outside the cartway and the curb lines thereof in any street or
     highway.
        Section 2.  The said sewers shall be for the service and use
     of the property abutting thereon on the side of the street or
     highway in which they are laid.
        Section 3.  The costs and expenses of any sewer laid and
     constructed, as aforesaid, may be assessed against the abutting
     property in front of which the same is laid; and such costs and
     expenses, when so assessed, shall be assessed and collected in
     the way and manner as the costs and expenses of other sewers are
     assessed and collected in the respective city, borough, and
     incorporated town in which the same are laid.
        Section 4.  This act shall not affect the laying and
     construction of sewers under other acts of Assembly.