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Title: Actual government of New York..
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Boynton, Frank D. (from old catalog)
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reets may be usedbelow the surface, on the surface, above the surface, whopays for all of these things, how the money is obtained,and the many other interesting details about our streetswhich demand constant care and expense. How Streets are laid out: New Problems. Thereis little or no difficulty experienced in the matter of layingout streets or putting through a new street in the earlybeginning of a city. Later, however, when the city hasgrown and the property becomes exceedingly valuable,difficulties arise which did not before exist. In the easeof difficulty, however, at the beginning or at a laterperiod, the process of taking private property for publicpurposes is the same. This process is called exercising theright of eminent domain (see p. 97). Art. I, sect. 7, of theconstitution provides that private property shall not betaken for public use without due process of law andwithout just compensation. Due process of law wouldbe for the city to present to the supreme court a petition
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. \C CHE S Health depends largely upon cleamlitk \ I her direct benefi ment is the removal of refuse from the sir 43 44 ACTUAL GOVERNMENT OF NEW YORK to have the street put through in the desired locality.The supreme court would appoint three commissioners,whose duty it would be to take evidence as to the needof the street and the value of the property. If the streetis ordered by the commissioners, the property is said to becondemned and may then be used for the public good.The owner of the property is awarded suitable damages;that is, he is paid for his property. These proceedings arefrequently referred to as condemnation proceedings. It notinfrequently happens that streets are laid out by the ownerof the property, who also provides proper drains, sewers,curbs, sidewalks, lights, etc. at his own expense, knowingfull well that these improvements will increase the valueof his property and make it more salable. It sometimeshappens also that if a city will agree to make the aboveimprovem

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