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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-39-17. Assessments where portion of costs paid by municipal corporation.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-39-17. Assessments where portion of costs paid by municipal corporation.

When the municipal corporation desires to pay any portion of the cost of the improvements contemplated in this chapter in addition to the amounts otherwise provided for, the balance may be assessed against the abutting property or the owners thereof or against the owners of any street or steam railway therein, as provided in this chapter.

## History

Ga. L. 1927, p. 321, § 15; Code 1933, § 69-427.