§ 40-32-04 — Improvement - When made - Expenses

If the improvement is not objected to or is not completed or commenced, as the case may
be, within the time prescribed in the notice, or if the improvement specified in the notice consists
of the maintenance of a boulevard or some improvement thereon, the city, in the event that the
owner does not inform the city auditor in writing, within ten days after the service of the notice,
that the improvement will be made, shall make the improvement or shall order the same to be
made by such person as the city may have contracted with, under the direction of the street
commissioner, at the expense of the lot or parcel of land adjoining the improvement. The
expense of the improvement shall include the expense of giving all notices in connection with
the work, of making assessments, and of any other nature incurred in doing such work.