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Chapter 536.

[75] Charter of St. Louis, 1901, Act VI, Section 1.

[76] Acts of Massachusetts, 1913, Chapter 536, removes both limitations on the discretion of the Boston street commissioners in the special case covered by the act.

[77] Fifteen petitions for reduction of assessment are pending and no payments have been made.

[78] Thirteen petitions for reduction of assessments and two writs of certiorari are pending. The latter question the validity of the assessment.

[79] Acts of 1912, Chapter 537, compels the street commissioners to reduce this assessment. See Appendix, p. 268, for the text of act.

[80] Sixty petitions for reduction of assessments are pending. Acts of 1912, Chapter 339, authorized a reduction of assessments. See Appendix, p. 267.

[81] For each specified improvement the amount assessed on property specially benefited equals the sum of the cost of land taking and land damage and cost of construction.

[82] Widening not yet done. Amounts are those used in making assessment roll.

[83] Three instalments unpaid.

[84] Six instalments unpaid.

[85] Eight instalments unpaid, January 1, 1912.