Power to levy special assessments for certain purposes.
Section 64
SEC. 64. Power to levy special assessments for certain purposes.—The Municipal Board may by ordinance provide for the levying and collection, by special assessment of the lands comprised within the district or section of the city specially benefited, of the cost or a part not to exceed sixty per centum of the cost of laying out, opening, constructing, straightening, widening, extending, grading, paving, curbing, walling, deepening, or otherwise establishing, repairing, enlarging, or improving public avenues, roads, streets, alleys, sidewalks, parks, plazas, bridges, landing places, wharves, piers, docks, levees, reservoirs, waterworks, water mains, watercourses, esteros, canals, drains and sewers, including the cost of acquiring the necessary land and public improvements thereon, as hereinafter provided. In case of national public works, the Municipal Board, as an agency of the National Government, shall, when the President of the Philippines so directs, provide for the levying and collection by special assessment of the lands within the section or district of the city specially benefited of the cost, or a part thereof to be determined by the President, of laying out, opening, constructing, straightening, widening, extending, grading, paving, curbing, walling or deepening, or otherwise repairing, enlarging, or improving national roads and other national public works within the city, including the cost of acquiring the necessary land improvements thereon.